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Calls for Independent Probe into Isreali Shooting of Amputee
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 9:12 am | United Nations
19 December 2017 – Shocked at the “incomprehensible” killing of a wheelchair-bound amputee protester by Israeli security forces, the top United Nations human rights official has called on the country to open an independent and impartial investigation ... More >>
UN Increases Aid to Ukraine as Temperatures Plummet
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 9:09 am | United Nations
19 December 2017 – As temperatures plummet across Ukraine, the United Nations refugee and migration agencies said Tuesday that they are stepping up assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by the conflict in the country’s east. More >>
Security Council Renews Syrian Cross-Border Relief Convoys
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 9:07 am | United Nations
19 December 2017 – The Security Council today renewed the authorization for United Nations relief agencies and their partners to use routes across conflict lines and border crossings to deliver lifesaving assistance to millions in north-west and southern ... More >>
Need for Internet Governance to Prevent Criminal Use
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 12:02 pm | United Nations
18 December 2017 – Adequate governance is critical to realizing the vast promise of the Internet for a better world for all, Secretary-General António Guterres told the annual United Nations forum on Internet governance on Monday. More >>
Perpetrators of Pakistan Attack Must Be Brought to Justice
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 11:59 am | United Nations
Perpetrators of Attack on Church in Pakistan Must Be Brought to Justice, Stresses UN Chief More >>
UN Security Council Fails to Adopt Resolution on Jerusalem
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 10:18 am | United Nations
18 December 2017 – The United Nations Security Council on Monday failed to adopt the draft resolution that reflects regret among the body's members about “recent decisions regarding the status of Jerusalem,” with a negative vote by the United ... More >>
Job creation and poverty reduction to promote stability
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 9:07 am | United Nations
5 December 2017 – A gathering of senior representatives of the Somali Government, the United Nations and the international community concluded in Mogadishu today with a call for greater investment in the country’s economic development to create more ... More >>
UN Backs Good Faith Negotiations on South Sudan's Peace Deal
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 9:07 am | United Nations
15 December 2017 – As the conflict in South Sudan enters its fifth year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has encouraged all South Sudanese to end the violence and peacefully resolve the crisis in the country as negotiations ... More >>
UN Welcomes Somali Policy on Role of Youth in Peacebuilding
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 9:05 am | United Nations
18 December 2017 – Welcoming the launch of a national policy for young people in Somalia, the United Nations Youth Envoy expressed hope that with the new policy, young Somalis will be able to contribute to peacebuilding efforts in the country. More >>
Regional push to revive South Sudan’s peace pact
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 9:05 am | United Nations
14 December 2017 – As the brutal conflict in South Sudan enters its fifth year, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday said it remains deeply concerned over the situation there, and expressed strong support for a regional initiative ... More >>
UN Urges International Cooperation to Make Migration Safer
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 7:39 am | United Nations
18 December 2017 – On International Migrants Day, the United Nations is appealing for cooperation in managing migration to ensure that its benefits are most widely distributed, and that human rights of all concerned are protected – as recognized ... More >>
Attack on Humanitarian Convoy in Nigeria Leaves 4 Dead
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 7:37 am | United Nations
18 December 2017 – At least four civilians are reported to have been killed when an aid convoy transporting food supplies was ambushed by armed individuals in Nigeria’s strife-torn north-east region, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the ... More >>
American Dream Is Rapidly Becoming American Illusion
Monday, 18 December 2017, 10:15 am | United Nations
WASHINGTON, D.C. / GENEVA (15 December 2017) – The United States, one of the world’s richest nations and the “land of opportunity”, is fast becoming a champion of inequality, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty ... More >>
‘American Dream’ quickly becoming an ‘illusion’
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 5:30 pm | United Nations
15 December 2017 – The number of Americans living in poverty and the already high income inequality could worsen further in the days to come, making the United States the most unequal society in the world, the United Nations expert on extreme poverty ... More >>
Hostilities flare on Yemen’s west coast
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 5:27 pm | United Nations
15 December 2017 – As hostilities intensify in frontline areas on Yemen’s west coast, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday that it is bracing for further displacement and a spike in humanitarian needs. More >>
Children are the face of conflict in South Sudan
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 5:26 pm | United Nations
A child carries his younger sister on his back. Both children are living on the street in Aweil, South Sudan. UNICEF/Rich More >>
Denuclearize Korean Peninsula, avoid ‘sleepwalking into war'
Friday, 15 December 2017, 2:41 pm | United Nations
14 December 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres wrapped up a short visit to Tokyo on Thursday with an appeal to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and other countries to implement relevant Security Council resolutions ... More >>
UN Security Council supports South Sudan’s peace pact
Friday, 15 December 2017, 1:28 pm | United Nations
UN Security Council pledges support for regional push to revive South Sudan’s peace pact More >>
Golden Opportunity Missed for Progress on Intra-Syrian Talk
Friday, 15 December 2017, 12:20 pm | United Nations
14 December 2017 – A “golden opportunity” has been missed to decide the future of Syria at the end of the latest round of United Nations-supported talks in Geneva, UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday. More >>
UN Pays Tribute to ‘Blue Helmets’ Killed in DR Congo
Friday, 15 December 2017, 10:57 am | United Nations
14 December 2017 – The head of United Nations peacekeeping operations on Thursday attended a ceremony in the port city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in honour of the country’s peacekeepers recently killed during their mission in a neighbouring country. More >>
