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$84 Million Needed to Tackle Food Insecurity in South Sudan
Monday, 26 August 2013, 12:33 pm | UN News
The United Nations food relief agency today said it needs $84 million to extend its assistance to more than 2.8 million people in need in South Sudan. More >>
UN Great Lakes Envoy Urges Immediate End to Goma Fighting
Monday, 26 August 2013, 12:30 pm | UN News
"Deeply concerned" by renewed armed clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as attacks on civilians and United Nations peacekeepers based there, the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes called today for an immediate end ... More >>
Syrian Refugees Pour into Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 11:20 am | UN News
About 30,000 Syrians have streamed into Iraq’s Kurdistan region since last week and thousands more are waiting to enter the country, the United Nations refugee agency said today, urging all neighbouring countries to keep their borders open to those ... More >>
DR Congo: Envoy Reaffirms UN Commitment to Resolve Conflict
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 11:18 am | UN News
During his first visit to the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a United Nations envoy reiterated the world body’s determination to help restore State authority in the eastern region of the vast country. More >>
Security Council Briefed on Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 11:16 am | UN News
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met today for a second round of direct talks in the Middle East, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council, pledging the Organization’s support for this “small but important opening for peace” ... More >>
Egypt: UN Rights Office to Assess Violent Situation
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 11:14 am | UN News
The United Nations today called on Egyptian authorities to allow access to human rights officers to assess the situation on the ground in light of the new wave of violence in the country. More >>
South Sudan: Security and Aid Access around Pibor, Gumuruk
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 11:07 am | UN News
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan is stepping up its military patrolling in parts of Jonglei State to allow families to return home and to provide access for humanitarian aid. More >>
Ban Condemns Ambush on Police Officers in the Sinai
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 11:33 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the latest ambush in the Sinai of Egyptian police officers, following earlier reports of dozens of prisoners killed while in police custody. More >>
World Humanitarian Day: 10th Anniversary of Baghdad Attack
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 10:29 am | UN News
The United Nations today honoured aid workers who have lost their lives in the line of duty, marking the tenth anniversary of the attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad, and the World Humanitarian Day inspired by that tragic event. More >>
Ban Discusses Egypt, Syria and Pakistan in Press Conference
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 10:05 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters today that has dispatched the top United Nations political official to hold wide-ranging talks in Cairo on how the Organization can best support peace and reconciliation efforts in Egypt. More >>
UNESCO Deplores Damage to Cultural Heritage Sites in Egypt
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 10:03 am | UN News
The head of the United Nations cultural agency today expressed grave concern for Egypt’s cultural heritage following reports that a national museum in the city of Minya had been looted and that several monuments of religious importance in Fayoum ... More >>
Somalia: Rape Allegations at African Union Facility
Monday, 19 August 2013, 12:26 pm | UN News
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia today expressed grave concern over allegations of rape at a facility of the African Union Mission in the country (AMISOM), and welcomed the Government's investigation into the incident. More >>
Attacks on Egyptian Churches, Public Facilities Unacceptable
Monday, 19 August 2013, 10:26 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the attacks on churches, hospitals and public facilities in Egypt, stressing this is unacceptable, and appealed to authorities to contain violence and revive the political process immediately. More >>
Release of Children Recruited By Armed Group in DR Congo
Monday, 19 August 2013, 10:25 am | UN News
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has welcomed the release of 82 children from the Mayi Mayi Bakata Katanga armed group through the joint efforts of aid agencies working in the country. More >>
Mali’s Presidential Poll ‘Major Step’ Towards Democracy
Monday, 19 August 2013, 10:24 am | UN News
The successful conduct of the presidential election in Mali represents a “major step toward the restoration of democratic governance and constitutional order,” the Security Council said today, urging the international community to continue its ... More >>
UN Humanitarian Wing Warns Of Sexual Violence in Somalia
Monday, 19 August 2013, 10:23 am | UN News
Sexual and gender-based violence continues to be a pervasive issue in Somalia, the United Nations humanitarian wing said today, adding that many times it is perpetrated by armed men in the Horn of Africa nation. More >>
Improving Mental Health Care After Humanitarian Emergencies
Monday, 19 August 2013, 10:22 am | UN News
Countries have the opportunity to strengthen their mental health care systems in the aftermath of humanitarian emergencies, according to a new United Nations report released today. More >>
UN Hopes 2013 Will Be Decisive Year for Peace in Middle East
Monday, 19 August 2013, 10:21 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today, on a visit to Jerusalem, stressed his full support for direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, and voiced the hope that this year will be a decisive one for peace in the Middle East. More >>
Thousands of Syrians Stream into Northern Iraq by New Bridge
Monday, 19 August 2013, 10:20 am | UN News
Thousands of Syrians fleeing the conflict in their homeland have streamed into northern Iraq in a sudden movement across a recently constructed bridge, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. More >>
Egypt: Dialogue Needed amid Worrying Human Rights Crisis
Monday, 19 August 2013, 10:18 am | UN News
A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today called for restraint and an immediate end to violent confrontations that have seen hundreds killed and thousands injured in the Egyptian capital in recent days. More >>
