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Need for Long-Term Aid for Philippines Typhoon Victims
Friday, 22 November 2013, 3:37 pm | UN News
As food aid reached nearly 2.7 million survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the central Philippines earlier this month, the top United Nations emergency relief official warned today that millions of people left without homes will require substantial ... More >>
World Philosophy Day:UN Urges Critical Thinking on Inclusion
Friday, 22 November 2013, 11:48 am | UN News
Marking World Philosophy Day, the head the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today appealed to every professional, author and teacher worldwide to unleash the power of critical thinking, and urged the international ... More >>
Major Role of Cities in Mitigating Impact of Climate Change
Friday, 22 November 2013, 11:47 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took his campaign to galvanise an urgent global response to climate change to the world’s cities today, stressing that changes in urban planning, home building and transportation can usher in a low-carbon future that ... More >>
Terrorism Can Be Defeated By Education, Tony Blair Tells UN
Friday, 22 November 2013, 11:45 am | UN News
Broad based cross-cultural education is crucial to defeating terrorism, much of it fed by religious extremism, since security measures will not succeed alone, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the main United Nations counter-terrorism ... More >>
Call for Dutch Dialogue on Controversy over ‘Black Pete'
Friday, 22 November 2013, 11:44 am | UN News
Saying they themselves had received threats, United Nations human rights experts today called on the Government of the Netherlands to facilitate the growing national debate on whether the portrayal of a servant in an age-old Christmas parade perpetuates ... More >>
Red Cross Official Heads UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 3:52 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of a veteran Red Cross official to head the main United Nations agency responsible for Palestinian refugees. More >>
Children’s Day: Violence against Young Hobbles Development
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:33 am | UN News
Drawing a direct link between violence against children and poverty, United Nations officials marked Universal Children’s Day with a call to make child protection a priority in the global development agenda for the decades to come. More >>
Afghanistan: Final List of Candidates for 2014 Elections
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:32 am | UN News
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomed the announcement today of the final list of candidates for next year’s presidential and provincial council elections. More >>
Climate Finance Is Essential To Addressing Climate Change
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:31 am | UN News
The top United Nations official today called on foreign ministers to prioritize the environment in domestic politics and contribute to climate financing as a way of moving towards a new global climate change agreement by 2015. More >>
Progress in Fighting HIV/AIDS, But Some Regions Lag - UN
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:29 am | UN News
The United Nations today reported accelerated progress in combating HIV/AIDS in much of the world, with significant decreases in new infections and deaths, but worrying signs persist that some regions and countries are falling behind in the global battle. More >>
Nepal: Peaceful Conduct Of Constituent Assembly Polls
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:28 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the people of Nepal for the peaceful and successful conduct of yesterday’s elections for members of the Constituent Assembly, which is tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution. More >>
UN Donates Satellite Phones, Laptops to Philippines Relief
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:27 am | UN News
With all manner of aid beginning to make its way to victims of Typhoon Haiyan, the United Nations telecommunications agency has today stepped in to provide equipment such as satellite phones and laptops to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Philippines ... More >>
Private, Public Partnerships for Joint Climate Solutions
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:41 pm | UN News
As diplomats and environment experts continue to work towards a global climate agreement in Poland, a United Nations-business forum is trying for the first time to unite the public sector with private ventures to allow businesses and investors to set ... More >>
Battle against HIV/AIDS in Asia-Pacific ‘Far From Over’
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:38 pm | UN News
Voicing deep concern over high HIV/AIDS infection among children and teenagers in Asia-Pacific, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today called for accelerated actions to address the specific needs of this vulnerable group and wipe out the pandemic. More >>
Libya: UN Condemns Violence against Peaceful Protestors
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:34 pm | UN News
The United Nations human rights office today expressed deep concern about violent incidents in the Libyan capital of Tripoli which have left more than 40 people dead and hundreds others injured, and urged authorities to bring those responsible to ... More >>
Thousands Flee Syria Fighting To Neighbouring Lebanon
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:28 pm | UN News
The United Nations refugee agency and other humanitarian partners have been working with Lebanese authorities to cope with the influx of an estimated 6,000 people who have arrived from Syria in recent days. More >>
Ban Condemns Terrorist Attack near Iranian Embassy in Beirut
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:24 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the terrorist bombing near the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, today which killed at least 23 civilians, including reportedly one Iranian diplomat, and injured over 100 others. More >>
World Toilet Day: Making Sanitation for All a Global Reality
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:23 pm | UN News
With its first official observance of World Toilet Day, the United Nations today called on the international community to help break taboos around toilets, which are still out of reach to more than one-third of the global population, and make ... More >>
Ban Urges Climate Negotiators to Reach Global Deal
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:22 pm | UN News
The world need look no further than the catastrophe in the Philippines to comprehend the profound and dangerous consequences of a warming planet, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today, urging negotiators at a United Nations conference in Warsaw ... More >>
Israelis and Palestinians Must Not Undermine Renewed Talks
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:20 pm | UN News
Four months since their resumption, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have reached a delicate moment, the United Nations political chief told the Security Council today, warning that the consequences of failure would be dire for both parties. More >>
