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Security Council Resolution Demands Aid Access in Syria
Monday, 24 February 2014, 10:31 am | UN News
The United Nations Security Council today unanimously approved a resolution to boost humanitarian aid access in Syria, a move Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said can at least ease some civilian suffering, if it is implemented quickly and in good faith. More >>
Ban Appeals for Central African Republic to End Conflict
Monday, 24 February 2014, 10:30 am | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again taken to the airwaves to deliver a personal appeal to the people of strife-riven Central African Republic (CAR) to lay down their weapons, come together, and end the spiralling bloodshed and inter-communal ... More >>
Ukraine: Use of Excessive Force As Protests Intensify
Friday, 21 February 2014, 3:21 pm | UN News
As the casualties mount in and around crisis-riven Kiev, so have the calls for restraint from senior United Nations officials, who today once again urged the authorities in Ukraine to exercise restraint amidst a fiery stand-off with anti-Government protestors. More >>
Syria: UN Agency Awaits Clearance to Resume Aid Delivery
Friday, 21 February 2014, 11:25 am | UN News
The United Nations agency charged with ensuring the well-being of Palestinian refugees throughout the Middle East is awaiting clearance to again resume distributing aid in a camp near Damascus, where just yesterday it had been able to reach civilians ... More >>
UN Urges Libyans to Take Part In Constitution-Making Process
Friday, 21 February 2014, 10:51 am | UN News
Polling stations are open today across most of Libya in elections that the top United Nations official in the country say is an opportunity for voters to have their voice heard and contribute to a new State’s constitution. More >>
Safety of Media Workers Needed in Violent Unrest in Ukraine
Friday, 21 February 2014, 10:50 am | UN News
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today denounced the killing of Ukrainian journalist Vyacheslav Veremyi and called for ensuring the safety of all media workers in the crisis-hit nation. More >>
Water Scarcity in Near East and North Africa
Friday, 21 February 2014, 10:48 am | UN News
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that water scarcity is one of the most urgent food security issues facing countries of the Near East and North Africa, with fresh water availability in the region expected to drop ... More >>
On Eve of Elections, UN in Libya Urges Voters to Contribute
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 5:00 pm | UN News
As Libyans prepare elect tomorrow the national body that will draft the new Constitution, the United Nations office in the country urged calm and called on voters to contribute positively and “provide the suitable atmosphere” for this important event. More >>
Syria: Palestine Refugee Agency Condemns Bombing near School
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 10:17 am | UN News
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees expressed his “outrage and shock” today, strongly condemning a bomb attack that killed 18 people, including five children, near a school the agency operates in southern Syria. More >>
Siege Warfare in Syria Violates Human Rights Laws
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 10:14 am | UN News
An estimated 240,000 Syrian remain trapped in areas under siege resulting in severe hardship, suffering and deaths of civilians, in clear breach of the obligations under international human rights and humanitarian laws, the United Nations today reported. More >>
Central African Republic:Accountability Needed Amid Violence
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 10:12 am | UN News
Authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) will be held personally accountable for the serious human rights violations committed in the country, Navi Pillay, the United Nations human rights chief today said, urging that every effort be made to ... More >>
Ukraine:Clashes in Kiev, Peaceful Resolution of Crisis Urged
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 10:11 am | UN News
Concerned by the escalating violence in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, top United Nations officials have urged all sides to exercise restraint and find a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human ... More >>
UN Envoy for Lebanon Condemns Double Bombing in Beirut
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 9:51 am | UN News
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, condemned today’s double bombing in the area of Bir Hassan in the southern Beirut suburbs that killed and wounded a number of people. More >>
Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Bill Violates Human Rights
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 1:03 pm | UN News
The United Nations agency leading the global HIV/AIDS response warned today that the signing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda would have “serious human rights implications” and urged protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ... More >>
UN Urges Libya to Reconsider New Law Curbing Free Expression
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 10:43 am | UN News
Libya’s new law could place undue restrictions on freedom of expression and opinion, the United Nations human rights office today warned while also expressing concern about an increasing number of attacks against journalists in recent months. More >>
Manus Island Disturbance - Need to Protect Asylum-Seekers
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 10:42 am | UN News
The United Nations refugee agency today highlighted the need to address “significant shortcomings” in the process by which Australia moves asylum-seekers to Papua New Guinea and called for a probe into recent incidents that reportedly led to the death ... More >>
UN Condemns Latest Deadly Attacks in North-Eastern Nigeria
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 10:41 am | UN News
The United Nations human rights office today strongly condemned the attack on several villages in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday that led to the death of more than 150 people. More >>
Syria: Aid Deliveries to Palestinian Refugee Camp Suspended
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 2:50 pm | UN News
Unable for the tenth straight day to deliver life-saving aid to thousands of Palestinian refugees trapped in a camp near Damascus, the United Nations agency charged with ensuring their well-being is again appealing strongly to the parties to allow in ... More >>
Human Rights Inquiry on DPR Korea Documents Systematic Abuse
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 1:39 pm | UN News
A grim array of human rights abuses, driven by "policies established at the highest level of State," have been and continue to be committed in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to a United Nations-mandated report released ... More >>
Kenya Must Stop Discrimination in Marriage Property Act - UN
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 12:43 pm | UN News
United Nations human rights experts today urged Kenya to repeal sections of its Marriage and Property Act which effectively strip women of marital property upon divorce or death of their spouse, unless they can prove they made a contribution to the acquisition ... More >>
