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DR Congo: UN chief condemns killing of blue helmet
Sunday, 28 January 2018, 2:54 pm | United Nations
DR Congo: UN chief condemns killing of 'blue helmet,' calls on armed groups to lay down weapons More >>
'Barbaric' terrorist attack in central Mali
Sunday, 28 January 2018, 11:29 am | United Nations
Security Council condemns 'barbaric' terrorist attack in central Mali that killed dozens on civilian bus More >>
Massive vehicle bomb attack in Kabul leaves scores dead
Sunday, 28 January 2018, 11:27 am | United Nations
27 January 2018 – Secretary-General António Guterres and the United Nations in Afghanistan have strongly condemned Saturday's massive vehicle bomb attack on a busy street near Government buildings in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which reportedly left ... More >>
UN envoy for Syria to attend Russia-sponsored talks
Sunday, 28 January 2018, 11:25 am | United Nations
27 January 2018 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will send his Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, to Sochi next week to attend the Russia-sponsored Congress of the Syrian National Dialogue, talks reportedly on a ... More >>
Guterres says partnership with African Union is fundamental
Sunday, 28 January 2018, 11:23 am | United Nations
In Addis Ababa, Guterres says partnership with African Union is fundamental to work of the UN More >>
Pyeongchang: Appeals for nations to honour ‘Olympic Truce’
Saturday, 27 January 2018, 12:18 pm | United Nations
26 January 2018 – Ahead of next month’s Olympics and Paralympics in the Republic of Korea (ROK), United Nations General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák on Friday appealed to all UN Member States to observe the historic 'Olympic Truce' during the ... More >>
Venezuela: Economic woes worsening malnutrition
Saturday, 27 January 2018, 12:15 pm | United Nations
Shoppers wait in line for five hours to buy a ration of bread from a small bakery in Cumaná, Venezuela. Photo: Meridith Kohut/IRIN More >>
Overcrowded boat capsizes off Yemen coast, 30 drowned
Saturday, 27 January 2018, 12:13 pm | United Nations
Somali refugees wait on Yemen's Red Sea coast for transport to Aden. Photo: UNHCR/R. Nuri More >>
Syria: World cannot become numb to killing of children
Saturday, 27 January 2018, 12:10 pm | United Nations
‘Enough is enough;’ world cannot become numb to killing of children, says top UNICEF official in Syria More >>
Davos: Role of businesses in ending LGBTI discrimination
Saturday, 27 January 2018, 12:07 pm | United Nations
26 January 2018 – With major companies joining the growing list of early adopters of United Nations standards to promote equality for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people, the UN human rights chief on Friday highlighted the private sector's ... More >>
Time to show leadership to resolve conflict
Friday, 26 January 2018, 2:15 pm | United Nations
25 January 2018 – The United Nations, the Security Council and the wider international community all have fallen into a pattern of “managing, rather than resolving” the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the UN envoy on the Middle East peace process warned ... More >>
Largest ever yellow fever vaccination campaign in Nigeria
Friday, 26 January 2018, 11:03 am | United Nations
25 January 2018 – The Nigerian Government launched a mass vaccination campaign in alliance with the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, aiming to immunize more than 25 million people before the end of this year. More >>
Time to end leprosy stigma, says new UN human rights expert
Friday, 26 January 2018, 9:34 am | United Nations
GENEVA (25 January 2018) – People affected by leprosy continue to suffer discrimination and lack of access to medical care, a newly appointed UN human rights expert specialising in the disease has warned, citing latest statistics that show over 200,000 new cases ... More >>
Alarm at effort to shut down independent media outlet
Friday, 26 January 2018, 9:30 am | United Nations
UN experts express serious alarm at effort to shut down independent media outlet in the Philippines More >>
Death sentence of Bahá’í follower in Yemen must be quashed
Friday, 26 January 2018, 9:28 am | United Nations
GENEVA (25 January 2018) – UN human rights experts* have urged the de facto authorities in Sana’a to annul a death sentence handed down against a follower of the Baha’i faith, reiterating calls for an immediate end to persecution of the community in ... More >>
Safety of Rohingya children must be guaranteed before return
Friday, 26 January 2018, 9:26 am | United Nations
25 January 2018 – Improved security and unimpeded humanitarian access in Myanmar are essential before Rohingya children can be returned from Bangladesh, a senior official of the United Nations children's agency has said. More >>
Libya: UN relief wing and partners seek $313 million
Friday, 26 January 2018, 8:57 am | United Nations
Libya: UN relief wing and partners seek $313 million to assist hundreds of thousands of people More >>
DR Congo is home to one of world’s worst displacement crises
Friday, 26 January 2018, 8:54 am | United Nations
25 January 2018 – More than 800,000 children have been forced from their homes by violence and armed clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in what the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) calls “one of the world’s ... More >>
Spike in attacks on ‘blue helmets’
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 3:18 pm | United Nations
24 January 2018 – With United Nations ‘blue helmets’ facing increasingly grave threats, including armed groups with no interest in peace, the UN peacekeeping chief called on Wednesday for greater political engagement and leadership from the Security ... More >>
UN chief condemns double bombing in Libyan city of Benghazi
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 3:15 pm | United Nations
24 January 2018 – Condemning the double bombing in the Libyan city of Benghazi, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underscored that there can be no military solution to the crisis plaguing the country. More >>
