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Global Action Needed to Increase Response to Drought
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 12:43 pm | UN News
Countries must work collectively to build resilience and prepare themselves against drought, United Nations officials stressed today, highlighting the extensive costs of this global threat. More >>
UN General Assembly to Explore Impact of Ocean Acidification
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 12:42 pm | UN News
The United Nations General Assembly will begin today its consideration of the impacts that the increasing acidification of the world's oceans will have on the marine environment and on people. More >>
Terror Tactics Making Children More Vulnerable in Conflict
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 12:41 pm | UN News
The evolving nature and tactics of conflict are creating unprecedented threats for children, United Nations officials told the Security Council today, stressing that despite progress in protecting youngsters during war, dangerous new trends are making ... More >>
Young Pakistani Activist Supports Safe, Universal Education
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 12:41 pm | UN News
A 15-year-old Pakistani girl targeted by assassins – Malala Yousafzai – is the first signatory of a new worldwide petition calling for urgent action to ensure the right of every child to safely attend school, launched today with the backing of ... More >>
Call for Entry into Force of Treaty Banning Nuclear Tests
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 12:39 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed his call for the earliest entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which prohibits all nuclear tests across the world. More >>
Montenegro: Pending Cases Of Violence against Journalists
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 12:36 pm | UN News
Calling for effective accountability in all cases of violence against journalists, the United Nations independent expert on the right to freedom of expression today urged Montenegro to set up an inclusive mechanism to resolve and prevent cases of ... More >>
Palestinian Refugee Camps In Syria Now ‘Theatres of War’
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 12:24 pm | UN News
Warning that the centrifugal force of the Syria crisis continues to imperil the region, a senior United Nations agency official today said that more than half of the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria have become “theatres of war,” where killings and kidnappings ... More >>
Quality Education Can Help Prevent Racism and Xenophobia
Monday, 17 June 2013, 1:13 pm | UN News
Access to quality education has a significant role in preventing racism, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination, a United Nations independent expert said today. More >>
Israel’s Continuing West Bank Settlement Expansion
Monday, 17 June 2013, 1:12 pm | UN News
Calling reported ongoing settlement construction in the West Bank “unhelpful” and a “deeply worrisome trend,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed his calls on Israel to heed the global community to freeze settlement activity and abide ... More >>
UN Delivers Aid to Thousands Stranded In Northern Syria
Monday, 17 June 2013, 1:10 pm | UN News
The United Nations refugee agency today said it has delivered vital aid for 5,000 people displaced in the northern Syria area of Al Raqqa, where the humanitarian situation is reported to be “extremely dire” after being inaccessible for the past three ... More >>
International Support Key for Serbia-Kosovo Relations
Monday, 17 June 2013, 1:03 pm | UN News
Strong support from the international community is needed to ensure ‘positive momentum’ is sustained between Serbia and Kosovo, a United Nations envoy told the Security Council today. More >>
UN Reaches Refugees in Myanmar’s Kachin State
Monday, 17 June 2013, 12:47 pm | UN News
The United Nations humanitarian relief agency today said it had, for the first time in a year, been able to deliver aid to thousands of displaced persons in Myanmar’s Kachin state. More >>
UN Expert Urges Belarus to Improve Human Rights Violations
Monday, 17 June 2013, 12:46 pm | UN News
An independent United Nations expert today urged the Government of Belarus to grant his request for an official visit the country and to engage with his mandate to improve its human rights situation. More >>
UN Climate Change Talks in Bonn See Concrete Progress
Monday, 17 June 2013, 12:44 pm | UN News
The United Nations climate change body said it has made concrete progress towards a new universal agreement on climate change during its latest round of talks which wrapped up today in Germany. More >>
UN Officials Condemn Attack on Iranian Exile Camp in Iraq
Monday, 17 June 2013, 12:40 pm | UN News
Two United Nations officials today strongly condemned an attack on Camp Liberty, an Iranian exile camp in Iraq, and called on the Government to assist and protect camp residents in need. More >>
Ban Deplores Attacks Targeting Female Students in Pakistan
Monday, 17 June 2013, 12:40 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned a series of deadly attacks targeting a bus, a hospital facility and a historic house in Pakistan, which killed at least 20 civilians, many of whom were female students. More >>
Hasan Rowhani Congratulated on Election as President of Iran
Monday, 17 June 2013, 12:38 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated Hasan Rowhani on his election as the next President of Iran, and commended the country's high turnout to the polls. More >>
UN Urges Iraqi Leaders to Establish Dialogue After Attacks
Monday, 17 June 2013, 12:37 pm | UN News
The United Nations envoy in Iraq today condemned the latest wave of car bombings across Iraq that injured dozens of civilians, and called on the country's leaders to sit together and address the nation's current challenges. More >>
UN Calls On Libyans to Support Legitimate Institutions
Monday, 17 June 2013, 12:36 pm | UN News
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) today called on all citizens to support their country's legitimate institutions, following armed attacks in Benghazi, which resulted in several deaths and injuries. More >>
Somaliland Island of Relative Peace and Stability In Region
Friday, 14 June 2013, 1:24 pm | UN News
The new United Nations envoy for Somalia arrived today in Somaliland, which he said has remained “an island of relative peace and stability” and could provide lessons for peace consolidation throughout the wider region. More >>
