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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 >>
UN Ramps up Aid for Philippines; Action Urged on Climate
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:11 pm | UN News
The United Nations is ramping up relief operations in the Philippines as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned a climate conference today that the deadly devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan proves that the world must act now to counter the wrath of a warming ... More >>
Central African Republic Shaken By Killings and Robbery
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 12:35 pm | UN News
A spate of armed robberies and extrajudicial killings, including those of army soldiers and a senior magistrate, has shaken Bangui, capital of the conflict-torn Central African Republic (CAR), for more than week, the United Nations reported today, calling ... More >>
Darfur: UN Assists Talks to Diffuse Intertribal Tensions
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 12:31 pm | UN News
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur, which this weekend assisted in mediating between the Salamat and Misseriya tribes in the central area of the region, today expressed grave concern about intertribal conflict on civilians. More >>
Somalia:UN Renews Call to Fight Piracy, Armed Robbery at Sea
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 12:27 pm | UN News
The United Nations Security Council today reiterated its calls on the international community to fight piracy and armed robbery at sea, which continue to pose a threat to the delivery of humanitarian aid to the country. More >>
Interactive Information Superhighway to Close Digital Divide
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 12:14 pm | UN News
The United Nations launched today an interactive map of the information superhighway to show policy makers and investors the location of the missing links in the digital divide in the Asia-Pacific region. More >>
Coal Industry Must Try Avert Worst Impacts of Climate Change
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 12:14 pm | UN News
The coal industry must radically transform and diversify to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a senior United Nations official said today at a meeting in Poland, stressing that companies must assess the risks of doing business as usual. More >>
South Sudan Faces Enormous Challenges amid Signs of Hope
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 12:12 pm | UN News
Beset by enormous challenges in extending the Government’s authority, deadly inter-communal conflict, and human rights abuses by the security forces, South Sudan is “travelling a bumpy road” despite some positive signs, the top United Nations envoy for the ... More >>
Typhoon Haiyan Wake-Up Call to Speed up Climate Control
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 12:02 pm | UN News
Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the Philippines a week ago, is a wake-up call for the international community to speed up efforts to fight climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today, as latest estimates put the total of those affected at ... More >>
