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Interview with UN Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock
Thursday, 5 October 2017, 8:55 am | United Nations
2 October 2017 – The number of those needing humanitarian assistance is at its highest since the end of the Second World War – some 145 million people. Several protracted crises in Africa and the Middle East are deteriorating and climate-induced ... More >>
Affordable Housing Key to Development & Social Equality
Thursday, 5 October 2017, 8:51 am | United Nations
2 October 2017 – With 1.6 billion people living in inadequate housing, one billion of whom reside in slums and informal settlements, the United Nations is spotlighting affordable homes on today's World Habitat Day , which also marks the official start ... More >>
Sustainable Cities Key to Implementing UN Development Goals
Thursday, 5 October 2017, 8:49 am | United Nations
4 October 2017 – Noting the high speed of urbanization in Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations development arm in the region underlined the need to keep a close watch on the provision of services, equipment, mobility, housing and ... More >>
Cameroon: UN Secretary-General urges dialogue
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 8:43 pm | United Nations
3 October 2017 – Strongly condemning recent violence in south-west and north-west regions of Cameroon, including reported loss of life, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged all stakeholders to refrain from any further acts of ... More >>
Probe into violence during referendum in Catalonia urged
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 8:42 pm | United Nations
2 October 2017 – The top United Nations human rights official urged today the authorities in Spain to ensure thorough, independent and impartial investigations into all acts of violence that took place Sunday during a referendum on the independence of Catalonia. More >>
Aim to slash 90 per cent of cholera deaths by 2030
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 8:40 pm | United Nations
3 October 2017 – A taskforce of United Nations and international partner agencies is gearing up to launch an ambitious new strategy to combat cholera – aiming to reduce deaths by 90 per cent by 2030, the UN health agency announced today. More >>
UN urges scaling up response for Rohingya refugee crisis
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 8:36 pm | United Nations
3 October 2017 – With over half a million Rohingya refugees having fled their homes in Myanmar since violence erupted in late August, the top United Nations humanitarian official has underscored that the solution to the crisis needs to be found within ... More >>
Global Goals embraced by Japanese society
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 8:33 pm | United Nations
3 October 2017 – Concluding her three-day visit to Japan today, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed today noted how much the Japanese society has embraced the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ) as a compass guiding to a ... More >>
72 States sign UN compact on preventing sexual abuse
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 8:31 pm | United Nations
In less than two weeks, 72 States sign UN voluntary compact on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse More >>
UN Relief Operation in Dominica Going in the Right Direction
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 12:09 pm | United Nations
3 October 2017 – Two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Dominica, the island nation’s recovery is becoming more evident as the main port has reopened and supplies of food, water and basic necessities are being regularly delivered to the people, ... More >>
Nothing enduring can be built on violence
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 9:09 am | United Nations
2 October 2017 – Noting that in today's world, violence has become a “tool of choice” for many and new evidence, of destruction and suffering, every day resulting from this choice, the President of the United Nations General Assembly has called ... More >>
Millions of refugees in Middle East at risk
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 8:45 am | United Nations
3 October 2017 – Dwindling resources could severely jeopardize efforts to provide refugees and displaced persons across the Middle East with essential winter supplies such as thermal blankets and warm clothing, the United Nations refugee agency has ... More >>
UN urges support amid massive Rohingya influx
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 8:38 am | United Nations
October 2017 – The head of the United Nations food relief agency called today for an end to the “horrors” driving Rohingyas by the tens of thousands from their homes in Myanmar into neighboring Bangladesh. More >>
UN envoy condemns killing of Israeli security personnel
Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 9:31 am | United Nations
26 September 2017 – The United Nations envoy for the Israel-Palestine peace efforts has condemned today's fatal shooting attack by a Palestinian perpetrator against Israeli security personnel in the West Bank, deploring that such an incident undermines ... More >>
‘Little interest’ in pushing peace process forward in Sudan
Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 9:15 am | United Nations
Warring parties in South Sudan show ‘little interest’ in pushing peace process forward – UN envoy More >>
UN Sec-Gen condemns killing of peacekeepers in Mali
Monday, 2 October 2017, 7:39 pm | United Nations
24 September 2017 – Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned today's attack against a convoy of the United Nations mission in northern Mali that killed three Bangladeshi peacekeepers. More >>
New lab will boost UN efforts to keep harmful insects at bay
Monday, 2 October 2017, 7:37 pm | United Nations
25 September 2017 – The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) today opened the doors of a new laboratory to help countries use a nuclear technique to keep harmful insects, such as mosquitoes and fruit flies, at bay. More >>
Tanzania stresses importance of regional stability
Monday, 2 October 2017, 7:35 pm | United Nations
23 September 2017 – Tanzania has integrated ‘sustainability’ into its development plan 2016-2021, with an eye towards becoming a middle-income country by 2025, its top foreign affairs official told the United Nations General Assembly today. More >>
Colombia: New UN Mission begins operation
Monday, 2 October 2017, 10:17 am | United Nations
27 September 2017 – The second post-conflict United Nations mission in Colombia has started its operations, succeeding the UN entity which was mandated to verify the implementation agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary ... More >>
Some 25 million unsafe abortions occur each year
Monday, 2 October 2017, 10:15 am | United Nations
28 September 2017 – About 25 million unsafe abortions, accounting for 45 per cent of all abortions, occurred every year from 2010 to 2014 worldwide, with 97 per cent of those unsafe procedures occurring in developing countries in Africa, Asia and ... More >>
