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Illicit Financial Outflows from Africa Cripple Development
Friday, 7 February 2014, 3:56 pm | UN News
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and former South African President Thabo Mbeki today stressed the need for global efforts to address the problem of illicit financial flows from Africa, which have crippled the continent’s development ... More >>
Syria: UN Calls For Speeding Up Chemical Weapons Elimination
Friday, 7 February 2014, 3:49 pm | UN News
The United Nations today welcomed a long-sought accord to let in convoys with life-saving supplies for 500 Syrian families trapped by war in the Old City of Homs without any aid for two years, but voiced growing concern at the slow pace in ridding the country ... More >>
UN/African Union: Landmark Agreement to Curb Sexual Violence
Friday, 7 February 2014, 11:25 am | UN News
The United Nations and the African Union (AU) affirmed their common commitment “to put an end to history’s oldest and least condemned crime” by signing landmark agreement on the prevention of and response to conflict-related sexual violence in ... More >>
Both Sides in Syria Guilty Of War Crimes
Friday, 7 February 2014, 11:12 am | UN News
Government and opposition forces in Syria are committing war crimes by using civilian suffering, such as blocking access to food, water and health services, as a method of war, United Nations experts said today, highlighting the “most critical” situation ... More >>
Sochi Olympic Games: Power of Sport to Unite All People
Friday, 7 February 2014, 11:11 am | UN News
In Sochi, Russia, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the power of sport to promote human rights and unite people regardless of their age, race, class, religious, ability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity in a ... More >>
UN Urges Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Friday, 7 February 2014, 10:48 am | UN News
United Nations officials today called for a complete end to genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) to ensure the dignity, health and well-being of every girl, noting that despite a century of efforts, millions of girls worldwide are still threatened by the horrible ... More >>
Food Prices Fall For First Time in Three Months -- UN Agency
Friday, 7 February 2014, 10:45 am | UN News
Global food prices declined for the first time in three months as lower prices for cereals, sugars, oils and meat outstripped gains in dairy values, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. More >>
Syria:Polio Vaccination Campaign at Palestinian Refugee Camp
Friday, 7 February 2014, 10:44 am | UN News
The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees said today it has begun a large-scale polio vaccination campaign targeting thousands of children in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. More >>
Syria:Protection of Museums Only Piece Of Good News Amid War
Friday, 7 February 2014, 10:40 am | UN News
The Syrian Government moved the majority of content from its 34 national museums into safe havens, a senior United Nations official today said, warning that the nearly three-year conflict has nevertheless dealt a major blow to the country’s vast and ... More >>
Syrians Internally Displaced by War to Nearly Double in 2014
Friday, 7 February 2014, 10:39 am | UN News
The number of people displaced by the civil war inside Syria is expected to nearly double from some 3.5 million today to 6.5 million by the end of the year, a senior United Nations official said today. More >>
Central Africa Republic: UN Assists Children in Conflict
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 10:38 am | UN News
Amid continued fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners are setting up temporary classrooms for more than 20,000 children in the capital, Bangui, and in the north-west of the country, ... More >>
New UN Airlift Ships Food from Iraq to 30,000 Syrians
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 10:37 am | UN News
The United Nations today began a new airlift from Iraq to feed nearly 30,000 displaced people in a conflict-torn region of northeast Syria where road access has been cut off for over six months and no significant relief deliveries have arrived overland ... More >>
UN Report on Children in Syria War: ‘Unspeakable’ Horrors
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 10:34 am | UN News
Syrian children have been subjected to “unspeakable” suffering in the nearly three years of civil war, with the Government and allied militia responsible for countless killings, maiming and torture, and the opposition for recruiting youngsters ... More >>
Food Needs of South Sudanese Refugees in Kordofan Province
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 10:32 am | UN News
A team from the United Nations emergency food agency is in Sudan’s West Kordofan state to assess the needs of civilians fleeing the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. More >>
Unmet Humanitarian Needs Could Threaten Yemen’s Progress
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 10:31 am | UN News
While Yemen has made good progress in its political transition, the country will not enjoy stability unless the humanitarian needs of its people are met, a senior United Nations relief official warned today. More >>
IKEA Lighting To Brighten Lives of Refugees in UN Camps
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 10:30 am | UN News
The IKEA Foundation has launched a two-month campaign to raise funds to provide solar-powered lighting and other renewable energy technologies in refugee camps run by the United Nations through the sale of light bulbs in its stores around the world. More >>
Thailand: Amid ‘Complex’ Elections, Ban Calls For Dialogue
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 10:29 am | UN News
Concerned that some Thai people were unable to vote after national elections were reportedly disrupted by protests over the weekend, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all parties to resolve their differences through dialogue, ... More >>
Afghanistan: Killing of Two Electoral Campaign Workers
Monday, 3 February 2014, 1:15 pm | UN News
Strongly condemning the killing of two campaign aides who were shot dead in the western city of Herat, the top United Nations official in Afghanistan has stressed that such cowardly attempts to disrupt the country's election process "cannot be tolerated", ... More >>
UN Condemns 'Heinous' Terrorist Attack in Northern Lebanon
Monday, 3 February 2014, 1:14 pm | UN News
The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the "heinous" terrorist attack which killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others today in Hermel, Lebanon, a town near the country's northern border. More >>
'Historic' New Commitment to End Hunger in Africa By 2025
Monday, 3 February 2014, 1:12 pm | UN News
The head of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has welcomed a breakthrough commitment by African leaders to end hunger on the continent by 2025, and has pledged the UN's support as they work to "transform vision into reality." More >>
