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Tensions rise after missing teens found dead
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 12:54 pm | UN News
With tensions mounting in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip following yesterday’s discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teenagers missing since mid-June, the United Nations is today calling strongly on all Israelis and Palestinians to exercise maximum ... More >>
UN Chief: Death penalty has no place in 21st century
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 12:49 pm | UN News
The death penalty has no place in the 21st century, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today, calling on all States take concrete steps towards abolishing or no longer practicing this form of punishment. More >>
More than 75,000 Pakistanis flee to Afghanistan
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 12:40 pm | UN News
The ongoing Pakistani military offensive against militants in the North Waziristan tribal region has forced more than 75,000 people to flee their homes in the past two weeks, seeking shelter in neighbouring Afghanistan, the United Nations refugee ... More >>
Iraq: UN officials voice concern about abuse of women, girls
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 12:30 pm | UN News
Amid reports of deliberate targeting of women and girls in Iraq, senior United Nations officials today voiced deep concern about the deteriorating humanitarian and security situations in the country, where more than 1.2 million people have fled their homes ... More >>
Ghanaian Major General appointed to head UN observer mission
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 12:25 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana as the head of the United Nations mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan. More >>
Efforts to halt Ebola’s rapid spread in West Africa
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 12:19 pm | UN News
‘Leave no stone unturned’ to halt Ebola’s rapid spread in West Africa, urges UN agency More >>
UN initiative strengthens drought monitoring
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 12:15 pm | UN News
Although drought is a “silent killer” in Asia and the Pacific, access to scientific information and knowledge remain a challenge for many countries in the region, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said ... More >>
UN forum seeks to set stage for future global development
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 12:08 pm | UN News
As countries ramp up their efforts to achieve the set of anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ahead of the 2015 deadline, a new United Nations forum seeks to spur them on as well as to help them create the foundation ... More >>
UN panel urges action to reduce global food waste
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 12:03 pm | UN News
A newly issued United Nations-backed expert panel report takes a close look at where and how food waste occurs and recommends a number of actions that could help reduce the 1.3 billion tonnes of food that are squandered worldwide each year. More >>
UN: Reconnect science and policy to global development
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 11:53 am | UN News
To achieve a sustainable transition by 2050, when more than nine billion people will live on Earth, there needs to be significant adjustment to the current patterns of consumption and production, delegations heard today as a United Nations high-level ... More >>
UN chief: condemning murder of Israeli teens, urges calm
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 11:44 am | UN News
Strongly condemning the murder of three Israeli teenagers abducted in mid-June in the West Bank, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today declared that the perpetrators’ attempts to stoke tensions in the region “must not be allowed to succeed”, expressing ... More >>
UN officials deplore murder of Palestinian boy in Jerusalem
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 11:08 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process have both condemned the murder of a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem, and called on both Israelis and Palestinians to refrain from exacerbating ... More >>
UNESCO condemns killing of Russian journalist near Donetsk
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 10:43 am | UN News
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, condemned today the killing of Russian television journalist Anatoli Klian, who was shot to death last night in crisis-torn eastern Ukraine. More >>
UN envoy: No one could have predicted scope of Sudan crisis
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 10:39 am | UN News
As the top United Nations envoy in South Sudan prepares to complete her tenure, she says that no one could have predicted the horrible conflict that has gripped the world’s youngest nation for the past six months and urged the parties to put the ... More >>
UN refugee agency: ‘sharp rise’ in people fleeing Ukraine
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 1:19 pm | UN News
Some 16,400 people fled their homes in crisis-riven eastern Ukraine during the past week, bringing the number of displaced within the country to 54,000, according the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). More >>
Up to 10,000 from Iraq Christian communities flee violence
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 1:12 pm | UN News
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that up to 10,000 people from predominately Christian communities in northern Iraq have fled their homes this week amid the ongoing violence in Mosul. More >>
Nigeria: Ban Strongly Condemns Ongoing ‘Horrific Attacks’
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 1:08 pm | UN News
Strongly condemning the ongoing “horrific attacks” being carried out by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored that such violence has become an almost daily occurrence, and reiterated the readiness of the ... More >>
Ban ‘appalled’ by deadly bombing in Nigeria's capital
Friday, 27 June 2014, 3:41 pm | UN News
Ban ‘appalled’ by deadly bombing near shopping centre in Nigeria’s capital 26 June 2014 – More >>
Prohibition of torture is absolute,’ says Ban Ki-moon
Friday, 27 June 2014, 3:39 pm | UN News
Reiterating their pledge that every victim of torture will one day gain his or her right to acknowledgement, senior United Nations officials marked the International Day in Support of those victims by calling on the international community to strengthen ... More >>
Iraq: Military quelling of insurgency needs politcal backing
Friday, 27 June 2014, 3:37 pm | UN News
Iraq: Military effort to quell insurgency must be backed by political process, says UN envoy More >>
