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South Sudan: Millions of children's lives hang in balance
Saturday, 20 January 2018, 12:00 pm | United Nations
Millions of children's lives hang in the balance as South Sudan conflict grinds on – UNICEF chief More >>
Dialogue and confidence vital to prevent, resolve conflicts
Friday, 19 January 2018, 1:33 pm | United Nations
18 January 2018 – Worldwide concerns over nuclear weapons are the highest they have been since the Cold War, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Thursday, calling for comprehensive political solutions that include dialogue ... More >>
Iceland leads the way on closing gender pay gap
Friday, 19 January 2018, 1:29 pm | United Nations
GENEVA (18 January 2018) – Iceland is setting the world an example on equal pay for work of equal value which other States should follow, according to UN human rights experts. More >>
Dire situation for Rohingya could become "catastrophic"
Friday, 19 January 2018, 1:19 pm | United Nations
16 January 2018 – As the Bay of Bengal region gears up for cyclone and monsoon seasons, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that more than half-a-millon Rohingya children already living in “horrific” conditions in makeshift ... More >>
World cannot stand idle as millions in DR Congo suffer
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 10:08 pm | United Nations
World cannot stand idle as millions in DR Congo ‘suffer in silence,’ says UN agency More >>
2nd anniversary of Iran nuclear deal ‘Implementation Day’
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 1:46 pm | United Nations
17 January 2018 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday welcomed the second anniversary of the day when Iran was confirmed to have taken a series of nuclear-related actions under the nuclear agreement reached with key ... More >>
US funding cuts for UN Palestine refugee agency
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 1:42 pm | United Nations
US funding cuts for UN Palestine refugee agency put vital education, health programmes at risk More >>
Guterres gives full support for peace process in Colombia
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 12:18 pm | United Nations
13 January 2018 – In an official visit to Colombia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday met with the country's President in the capital, Bogotá, where the UN chief said it is the duty of all the citizens of the world to support ... More >>
Rebuilt bridge in Upper Nile helping local communities
Saturday, 13 January 2018, 12:24 pm | United Nations
12 January 2018 – For Samuel James Ayot, a villager from Akoka in rural north South Sudan, accessing basic services and earning a livelihood does not mean having to make a perilous neck-deep wade across a river, thanks to the tireless efforts of ... More >>
South Africa responding to largest-ever Listeria outbreak
Saturday, 13 January 2018, 11:58 am | United Nations
12 January 2018 – What is believed to be the largest-ever outbreak of the bacterial disease Listeriosis – or Listeria – has left more than 60 people dead across South Africa, with nearly 750 confirmed cases, the United Nation’s health agency ... More >>
More refugees and migrants feared lost in Mediterranean
Saturday, 13 January 2018, 11:57 am | United Nations
12 January 2018 – Amid reports that some 160 people are feared lost during desperate attempts to cross the Mediterranean this week alone, the United Nations refugee agency on Friday called for more action to save lives by offering more resettlement places ... More >>
Iraqis returning home outnumber displaced
Saturday, 13 January 2018, 11:54 am | United Nations
12 January 2018 – The number of Iraqis returning to their area of origin has surpassed those internally displaced for the first time since December 2013, when the country became engulfed in conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), ... More >>
Darfur: Displacement slows but returns remain difficult
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 3:14 pm | United Nations
10 January 2018 – Despite some recent voluntary returns among those displaced in Sudan's Darfur region, lack of security, services and sustainable livelihoods in return areas have become major impediments to returns, the top United Nations peacekeeping ... More >>
Western Sahara: UN chief urges easing of tensions
Sunday, 7 January 2018, 11:41 am | United Nations
Western Sahara: UN chief urges easing of tensions in Guerguerat area Peacekeepers with the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) consult a map as they drive through vast desert areas in Smara, Western Sahara. UN Photo/Martine ... More >>
'Heinous and cowardly' terrorist attack in Kabul
Sunday, 7 January 2018, 11:25 am | United Nations
6 January 2018 – The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack that took place in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on 4 January, killing at least 15 people and leaving some 25 others wounded. More >>
Probe into attacks on peacekeepers in eastern DR Congo
Sunday, 7 January 2018, 11:24 am | United Nations
6 January 2018 – The United Nations is launching a special investigation into attacks on peacekeepers in restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one month after 15 'blue helmets' were killed and dozens wounded in the deadliest single assault ... More >>
UN Security Council meets due to violent protests in Iran
Saturday, 6 January 2018, 12:24 pm | United Nations
In wake of violent protests in Iran, UN Security Council meets to take stock of situation More >>
Funding allocation to scale up response in war-torn Yemen
Saturday, 6 January 2018, 11:18 am | United Nations
UN approves largest-ever emergency funding allocation to scale up response in war-torn Yemen More >>
Central African Republic: thousands of refugees in Chad
Saturday, 6 January 2018, 11:14 am | United Nations
New refugees, most women and children fleeing a recent flare up in violence in the northwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) in Chad. Photo: UNHCR/Ezzat Habib Chami More >>
Guidelines to help cabin crews identify human trafficking
Friday, 5 January 2018, 10:23 am | United Nations
4 January 2018 – The United Nations is taking the global combat against human trafficking into the skies as the Organization's human rights office and its Montreal-based civil aviation agency begin putting the final touches on training guidelines that could ... More >>
