This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Countries in the Near-East and North Africa, where chronic water shortages are sure to worsen due to climate change, must take pro-active steps to become more resilient against droughts, the United Nations agriculture agency said on Friday. Even though drought is a familiar phenomenon […]Heat-resistant crops, ‘green’ infrastructure, can prepare Near East and North Africa to better tackle droughts – UN agency
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Countries in the Near-East and North Africa, where chronic water shortages are sure to worsen due to climate change, must take pro-active steps to become more resilient against droughts, the United Nations agriculture agency said on Friday. Even though drought is a familiar phenomenon […]Mali: Presidential elections critical to consolidate democracy, says UN peacekeeping chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Though the past 12 months had been the most encouraging in terms of advancing the peace process in Mali, security challenges still pose a dangerous threat, with civilians and security forces still being attacked, the top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council […]‘True’ peace, requires standing up for human rights, says UN chief Guterres
June 15, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Achieving peace involves more than “laying down weapons”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, calling for intensified efforts to address the root causes of conflict. In a message marking the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace, observed annually on 21 […]‘Much more’ can be done to raise awareness about the plight of persons with albinism: UN chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. On the international day to raise awareness on albinism – a rare genetic condition that results in the lack of melanin in the body – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater solidarity with people living with albinism, so they can live […]UNICEF urges all countries to provide ‘Super Dads’ with paid leave
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Almost two-thirds of the world’s children under the age of one live in countries where fathers are not legally entitled to any paid paternity leave, according to a new analysis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). There are 92 countries which lack national […]UN General Assembly urges greater protection for Palestinians, deplores Israel’s ‘excessive’ use of force
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. In an emergency meeting on Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for greater protection for Palestinians, and deploring any use of “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate” force by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians, particularly in Gaza. The emergency session […]FROM THE FIELD: Finding refuge in the ‘beautiful game’
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Teenage refugees from East Africa have discovered that participating in the ‘beautiful game’ as football is often referred to, can level the playing field and help them to integrate into new homes and new cultures. The teenagers are part of a team based in […]UN rights chief calls for international inquiry into Kashmir violations
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Decades of rights violations on both sides of the Line of Control in Kashmir have “claimed or ruined numerous lives” and should be the subject of a high-level international probe, the UN’s human rights chief said on Thursday. Flagging the launch of the first […]Financial abuse of elderly ‘rampant, but invisible’, says UN expert
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Older people are increasingly subject to financial abuse, in many cases by their own family members, a United Nations human rights expert warned on Thursday. “Financial abuse of older persons is rampant but largely invisible, and the problem is expected to grow dramatically with […]Mali: Presidential elections critical to consolidate democracy, says UN peacekeeping chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Though the past 12 months had been the most encouraging in terms of advancing the peace process in Mali, security challenges still pose a dangerous threat, with civilians and security forces still being attacked, the top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security […]US-North Korea summit ‘an important milestone’ towards denuclearization, says Guterres
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Tuesday’s historic summit between the leaders of the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been hailed as “an important milestone” by the UN Secretary-General. US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un concluded their meeting in Singapore by signing […]Millions of young lives ‘at risk’ says UN labour chief, calling for an end to child labour
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. No child under the age of 18 should be toiling in mines, fields, factories and homes, carrying heavy loads or working long hours, the head of the UN labour agency said on Tuesday, marking World Day against Child Labour. “Many suffer lifelong physical and […]Assault on key Yemeni port would endanger 300,000 children and ‘choke off’ aid for millions more: UNICEF chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Any attack on the key Yemeni port of Hodeida would deepen one of the world’s worst malnutrition crises and put the lives of an estimated 300,000 children at risk, said the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday. UNICEF Executive Director, […]Everyone has ‘a moral imperative’ to uphold the rights of persons with disabilities, says UN chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Cementing and protecting the rights of around 1.5 billion people around the world in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a “moral imperative” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday. He was addressing a conference of signatories to the Convention at […]UN chief welcomes resolution to 27-year-old disagreement over renaming the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The United Nations has welcomed Tuesday’s announcement by the leaders of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) that 27 years after the dispute began, they have reached a mutual agreement over a new name for the Republic. Following the announcement by the […]Prevention is key to ‘breaking the cycle of HIV transmission’, UN chief tells General Assembly
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. This year’s United Nations annual debate over how best to battle HIV and AIDS heard that while progress had been made, it remains “uneven and fragile” with many hurdles still to come. “The world is making good progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic by […]UN chief welcomes formation of unity government in Madagascar
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the formation on Monday of a government of national unity in Madagascar led by a non-partisan Prime Minister, as requested by the nation’s leading constitutional court. According to media reports, the court ordered President Hery Rajaonarimampianina to […]Military escalation will have ‘serious consequences’ for Yemeni civilians, warns UN Special Envoy
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. An attempt by a Saudi-led military coalition to take control of the Yemeni port of Hodeida from opposition Houthi forces “will have serious consequences” on an already “dire” situation for millions of civilians, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen said on Wednesday. In a statement issued […]Terrorism diverts resources from ‘much-needed’ development to ‘costly’ security, warns UN envoy for Central Africa
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The scourge of terrorism and violent extremism continues to affect all of Central Africa and divert government resources from much-needed development programmes to costly security operations, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday. “Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army […]At least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled in 2016, first UN global study shows
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. According to the first ever Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants, released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday, at least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled during the course of 2016. Migrant smuggling occurred in all parts of the world, generated […]From drought to floods in Somalia; displacement and hunger worsen, says UN
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. After four consecutive poor rainy seasons that brought Somalia to the brink of famine, the country is now seeing near-record rainfall, and with it, flooding that has already displaced hundreds of thousands of people, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. According to […]ICC Appeals Chamber acquits former Congolese Vice President Bemba from war crimes charges
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Friday, decided to acquit Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, former Vice President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and head of a rebel group in the country, on charges of war crimes and crimes […]WHO reports ‘very strong progress’ in battling DR Congo Ebola outbreak
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. One month after the start of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations health experts on Friday reported “very strong progress” in the response to the disease. Dr. Peter Salama of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists in Geneva that the […]India-UN fund gets 22 development projects off the ground in first year
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. An India-United Nations fund aimed at supporting sustainable development for low-income nations marked its first anniversary on Friday, with 22 projects having already been approved in 25 partner countries. “The Fund’s focus on supporting people in least developed countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing […]‘We face a global emergency’ over oceans: UN chief sounds the alarm at G7 Summit event
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Unless there is a change of course, the amount of plastic waste in the world’s oceans will outweigh the fish that live in them, by 2050, said the United Nations Secretary-General on Saturday, declaring that the world now faces a “global emergency” over the […]UN humanitarian coordinator condemns Central African Republic hospital attack as ‘inhuman and unworthy’
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Weapon-toting militiamen forced their way into a hospital in the conflict-ridden Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday; an act that was condemned by the United Nations humanitarian coordinator on the ground, as “an outrageous violation of international humanitarian law.” The armed men entered the Regional Hospital […]Central Asia bloc has important role in ‘peace, stability and prosperity’ beyond region, says Deputy UN chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addressed the Heads of State summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Sunday, stressing that the organization’s impact in the political, economic and security realm, extends well beyond the large Eurasian region that its members represent. Noting that […]Syria: Guterres concerned over reported attacks in Idlib, calls for ‘full investigation’
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern over airstrikes that reportedly targeted a village in northern Idlib last week, killing dozens – including children. “He calls for a full investigation into the attacks, especially allegations that there was also a second strike targeting first responders, to establish […]Rohingya refugee shelters ‘washed away’ in Bangladesh monsoon rains: UN agency
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Two days of heavy monsoon rains have caused severe structural damage to camps in Bangladesh hosting one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday. So far, more than 9,000 have been affected and the number is expected […]‘Highly explosive’ escalation of conflict and displacement across Syria’s Idlib, says top UN official
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The situation inside Syria’s Idlib threatens to become “highly explosive” amid an uptick in conflict between armed groups and a spike in the number of people displaced inside the war-torn country, a top UN aid official said on Monday. Panos Moumtzis, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator […]US-North Korea summit in Singapore ‘a promising development’ says Guterres
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The summit that is due to begin shortly between the leaders of the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is “a promising development for global peace and security,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday. US President Donald Trump and his […]UN chief welcomes Taliban’s temporary truce announcement, encourages all parties to embrace ‘Afghan-owned peace’
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the Taliban’s announcement of a three-day partial ceasefire during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, urging all parties concerned “to seize this opportunity and embrace an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process.” This follows the recent announcement by the Afghan […]‘Favour dialogue’ over violence, UN chief urges all parties following clashes in Mali’s capital
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for “calm and restraint” on Saturday, following violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police in Mali’s capital Bamako. According to news reports, police used tear gas to break up opposition supporters who had planned to march through […]
