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UN chief proposes ‘sweeping’ management reform
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 2:43 pm | United Nations
4 December 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday proposed sweeping management reform to Member States in the General Assembly’s main administrative and budgetary body, including the adoption of an annual budget ... More >>
UN Urges Universal Ratification of ICC's Founding Treaty
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 12:03 pm | United Nations
4 December 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday stressed the importance of all States ratifying the treaty that established the International Criminal Court as the central institution of the global criminal justice system, ... More >>
UN Urges Recognition of Migration’s Positive Impact
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 11:06 am | United Nations
Recognize Migration’s Positive Impact, Address Its Challenges in Realistic Way, Urges Senior UN official More >>
Large-Scale, Coordinated Action Needed to Beat Pollution
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 10:44 am | United Nations
4 December 2017 – Noting the severity of the threats posed by pollution to both people and the planet, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the need for rapid, large-scale and coordinated action by all actors to make the ... More >>
UN Supports Somali Efforts at First-Ever Security Conference
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 9:00 am | United Nations
UN Voices Support for Somali Government’s Efforts at First-Ever Security Conference in Mogadishu More >>
Business Standards to Tackle LGBTI Discrimination Launched
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 8:25 am | United Nations
UN officials, business leaders and activists launch global standards to promote equality for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex people in the workplace and beyond. Adidas, Aviva, Ben & Jerry, Intel, Fidelity International, Mastercard, McKinsey, ... More >>
Urgent Action Needed to Address Rising Global Hunger
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 8:03 am | United Nations
4 December 2017 – Immediate action is needed to address the rise in global hunger, the head of the United Nations food security agency has urged, highlighting the need to build resilience in poor and vulnerable communities. More >>
Group of International & Regional Experts Appointed in Yemen
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 7:56 am | United Nations
GENEVA (4 December 2017) – The upsurge in deadly violence in recent days in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, has once again highlighted the horrific impact on civilians of the country’s brutal war, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad ... More >>
UN Calls for ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in Yemen
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 7:54 am | United Nations
4 December 2017 – Amid a sharp escalation of fighting in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, with reports that dozens have been killed and hundreds injured, the top United Nations relief official in the country has urged for an urgent humanitarian ... More >>
UN chief calls for end to all armed clashes in Yemen
Monday, 4 December 2017, 1:03 pm | United Nations
3 December 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the parties to the conflict in Yemen to cease all air and ground assaults, expressing deep concern about the “sharp escalation” of armed clashes and airstrikes in ... More >>
Remove Physical & Cultural Barriers for Disabled
Monday, 4 December 2017, 8:25 am | United Nations
Remove Physical And Cultural Barriers; Build Inclusive Societies 'For, by And with Persons with Disabilities' – UN More >>
Yemen: threat of famine looms, UN urges lift of blockade
Sunday, 3 December 2017, 11:46 am | United Nations
Yemen: As threat of famine looms, UN urges Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Red Sea ports More >>
Massive underfunding hampering relief in DRC and Zambia
Saturday, 2 December 2017, 2:04 pm | United Nations
1 December 2017 – With millions displaced within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and thousands more forced to flee across the border into Zambia, the United Nations refugee agency is appealing for urgent resources to make sure that ... More >>
Media coverage frames public thinking on migrants
Saturday, 2 December 2017, 2:01 pm | United Nations
1 December 2017 – Changes in traditional media and growing use of social media are offering new avenues for “migrant-led” media and journalism as well as a unique opportunity for migrants to highlight their concerns and contributions – ... More >>
UN agency to fly 15,000 migrants home from Libya
Saturday, 2 December 2017, 1:57 pm | United Nations
UN agency to fly 15,000 migrants home from Libya in wake of reported abuses More >>
UN relief wing appeals for record $22.5 billion in aid for 2
Saturday, 2 December 2017, 1:47 pm | United Nations
1 December 2017 – A record level of aid funding – more than $22.5 billion – is needed to deliver lifesaving assistance around the world in 2018, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Friday. More >>
World AIDS Day: UN calls for renewed commitment
Saturday, 2 December 2017, 1:43 pm | United Nations
World AIDS Day: UN calls for renewed commitment to make epidemic ‘a thing of the past’ More >>
Syria: UN-supported talks in Geneva extended until mid-Dec
Friday, 1 December 2017, 4:21 pm | United Nations
30 November 2017 – Previewing what he said will be “not just a normal round of talks,” Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, insisted Thursday there should be no preconditions heading into the current round of discussions ... More >>
Security Council hails Colombian peace accord
Friday, 1 December 2017, 4:18 pm | United Nations
30 November 2017 – The Security Council on Thursday marked the one year anniversary of the signing and entry-into-force of the peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC-EP). More >>
UN Agriculture Agency Looking at Cactus as Climate Resilient
Friday, 1 December 2017, 11:10 am | United Nations
30 November 2017 – With the reality of climate change becoming more real by the day, including its impact on food sources, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) is urging communities around the world not to take the prickly ... More >>
