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UN Expert Urges Panama to Strengthen Rights of Indigenous
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 2:27 pm | UN News
Panama must continue to strengthen the rights of its indigenous people and ensure they are allowed to preserve their land and autonomy, a United Nations independent expert said today, raising concerns over the recent loss of large indigenous areas ... More >>
UN Urges End to 'Senseless Bloodshed' After Attacks
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 2:23 pm | UN News
The United Nations envoy in Iraq has called on political leaders to take immediate action to end the "senseless bloodshed" that has gripped the country, as dozens more civilians have lost their lives in the latest wave of attacks. More >>
International Day of Friendship Opportunity to Build Trust
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 11:44 am | UN News
Marking the International Day of Friendship, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the global community to use the potential of friendship to strengthen common bonds and inspire efforts for peace and sustainable development. More >>
UN Chief's Phone Call with Egypt's Interim Vice President
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:14 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his profound concern about the direction in which the transition in Egypt is moving and reiterated his strong condemnation of the upsurge of violence that has led to scores of people killed and hundreds others ... More >>
World Hepatitis Day:Call for Prevention, Access to Treatment
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:13 pm | UN News
Marking World Hepatitis Day, the head of the United Nations drugs and crime agency today called for stronger prevention efforts to stop the spread of this major global health risk and urged authorities to ensure that all victims, including injecting ... More >>
Somalia: Suicide Attack Targets Turkish Staff Building
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:12 pm | UN News
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia strongly condemned a suicide attack against an office housing Turkish staff earlier today in Mogadishu which reportedly ended in deaths and injuries. More >>
Egypt: UN Chief Urges Security Forces to Respect Human Right
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:11 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the deadly upsurge of violence in Egypt and called on security forces to respect the right to free speech and assembly while urging protesters to demonstrate peacefully. More >>
DR Congo: Peacekeepers Denounce M23's Abuses of Civilians
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:10 pm | UN News
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo today said it is highly alarmed over allegations of killings, forced recruitment and illegal detention of civilians by the March 23 Movement (M23) and urged humanitarian access ... More >>
Talks on Chemical Weapons Probe 'Productive' -- UN and Syria
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:09 pm | UN News
The United Nations disarmament chief and the head of the team probing the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria have had "thorough and productive" discussions with the Government that led to an agreement on moving forward. More >>
Australia-Papua New Guinea Asylum Accord - Protection Issues
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:08 pm | UN News
Following a review of a new Australian asylum agreement, the United Nations refugee agency today said that it was “troubled” by a lack of protection standards and safeguards in the policy, under which Australia will move asylum-seekers to Papua ... More >>
UN Agency Concerned At Detention of Syrian Refugees in Egypt
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:07 pm | UN News
The United Nations today voiced concern over the detention of an increasing number of Syrian refugees in Egypt, including several minors, amid growing anti-Syrian sentiment in the country. More >>
UN Officials Urge Egyptian Authorities to Respect The Law
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:05 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations human rights chief have voiced growing concern about developments in Egypt and called on authorities to ensure respect for the rule of law and international human rights standards. More >>
Israel: Bill Would Displace Thousands of Bedouins
Friday, 26 July 2013, 12:33 pm | UN News
The United Nations human rights chief today urged Israel to reconsider a proposed law that would result in the demolition of up to 35 Bedouin villages, displacing as many as 40,000 members of these communities from their ancestral homes. More >>
Over $1 Billion in Reparations for Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait
Friday, 26 July 2013, 12:30 pm | UN News
The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses due to Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, today made $1.07 billion available to the Government of Kuwait. More >>
Ban Ki-Moon, John Kerry Urge Solution to Syrian Crisis
Friday, 26 July 2013, 12:29 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking to the press at United Nations Headquarters in New York, stressed that a political solution is the only way to end the Syrian conflict, adding that they would step ... More >>
UN Condemns Assassination of Tunisian Opposition Leader
Friday, 26 July 2013, 12:27 pm | UN News
Strongly condemning the assassination earlier this morning of a Tunisian opposition leader, the United Nations human rights chief called on the authorities to investigate the murder, and urged Tunisian citizens to stand united against attempts to derail ... More >>
UNICEF Sounds Alarm on Nutrition Crisis in Northern Mali
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 1:35 pm | UN News
The humanitarian community is sounding the alarm on a nutrition crisis in Gao, in northern Mali, that is taking a toll on the most vulnerable and children under the age of five in particular, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said. More >>
Greater Efforts Needed to Fight Silent Epidemic of Hepatitis
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 1:34 pm | UN News
Only one-third of the world’s countries have national strategies for viral hepatitis, the United Nations health agency today said urging Governments to scale up measures to tackle this ‘silent epidemic,’ in particular the five types that, over time, ... More >>
United Nations Designates 19 November as World Toilet Day
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 1:30 pm | UN News
In a bid to make sanitation for all a global development priority, the United Nations General Assembly today designated 19 November as World Toilet Day, urging changes in both behaviour and policy on issues ranging from enhancing water management to ... More >>
Darfur: Surging Violence Shows Need for Political Dialogue
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 1:27 pm | UN News
The security situation in Darfur remains volatile, amid fighting between Sudanese Government forces and rebels, a recent spate of attacks against peacekeepers and an upsurge in inter-ethnic violence, the head of the joint African Union-United Nations ... More >>
