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India ratifies Paris climate pact at UN, brings its entry into force 'tantalisingly close'

UN News Centre - Sun, 02/10/2016 - 07:00
India today ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, bringing the treaty&#39s entry into force "tantalisingly" close.

Syria: Time running out to protect those trapped in eastern Aleppo, UN aid chief warns

UN News Centre - Sun, 02/10/2016 - 07:00
Warning of an urgent humanitarian situation in Syria&#39s eastern Aleppo city, the United Nations humanitarian chief today reiterated a call for a cessation of violence, medical evacuation of hundreds of patients in critical conditions and safe, full, regular and unimpeded humanitarian access.

On Non-Violence Day, Ban highlights link between peace and nature

UN News Centre - Sun, 02/10/2016 - 07:00
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the link between non-violence, peace and nature as he observed the International Day of Non-Violence.

Afghanistan: UN condemns killings of 19 civilians by explosive devices planted on roads

UN News Centre - Sun, 02/10/2016 - 07:00
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned two improvised explosive device (IED) detonations on civilian vehicles that killed 19 people in Helmand and Badghis provinces in recent days.

Hungary Is Too Small for Viktor Orban

Foreign Policy - Sat, 01/10/2016 - 15:43
He’s outmaneuvered all of his political rivals at home. Now the populist prime minister is setting out to put his stamp on the EU.

Another Country Gets Tired of Hope and Change

Foreign Policy - Sat, 01/10/2016 - 15:15
Voters in Georgia have had enough of turbulent politics. Their upcoming election is marked by apathy — and maybe that’s OK?

'Take a stand against ageism,' says UN on International Day of Older Persons

UN News Centre - Sat, 01/10/2016 - 07:00
The United Nations is marking the International Day of Older Persons by encouraging countries to draw attention to and challenge negative stereotypes and misconceptions about older persons and ageing, and to enable older persons to realize their potential to build a life of dignity and human rights.

UN adviser on preventing genocide alarmed over ‘disrespectful’ comments by Philippines President

UN News Centre - Sat, 01/10/2016 - 01:09
The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, expressed alarm today at public comments by President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, in which he reinforced a campaign to kill millions of drug addicts in the Philippines and compared it to the massacre of millions of Jews by Hitler during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

Iraq: UNICEF launches back-to-school campaign to help millions missing out on education

UN News Centre - Sat, 01/10/2016 - 00:25
Several weeks before of the start of the new school year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), together with the Iraqi Ministry of Education, launched a nationwide ‘Back to School’ campaign in 10 governorates.

UN refugee agency, African host countries agree on final steps on Rwandan refugees

UN News Centre - Sat, 01/10/2016 - 00:22
The UN refugee agency and delegations from African countries as well as the African Union (AU) agreed today on final steps to end the protracted Rwandan refugee situation after seven years of negotiations.

Fewer than 30 doctors left in war-torn Aleppo, UN health agency warns

UN News Centre - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 23:54
There are now less than 30 doctors working in Aleppo city, down from 35 several days ago, a senior official of the United Nations health agency said today, highlighting the deteriorating healthcare capacity in the war-battered area.

Hacked Audio of Clinton Fundraiser Raises More Suspicions of Russian Meddling

Foreign Policy - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 23:36
The latest hack of the Democratic nominee’s campaign reveals Clinton has some misgivings about Obama’s push to modernize the nuclear arsenal.

Colombia: UN mission begins working to verify compliance with historic peace deal

UN News Centre - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 23:28
Nine representatives of the Government of Colombia, as well as nine members from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia&#8211People&#39s Army (FARC-EP) and 18 international observers from the UN mission in the country have started working together at the joint Monitoring and Verification Mechanism headquarters in Bogota.

UN health agency calls for stronger measures against Zika as Thailand confirms disease-related cases

UN News Centre - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 22:30
The United Nations health agency today urged countries across the South-East Asia region to continue to take decisive action to prevent, detect and respond to Zika virus, following news that Thailand has confirmed two cases of Zika-related microcephaly.

The Atlantic Council Did Not Give a Global Citizen Award to Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba

Foreign Policy - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 22:01
And the allegation that we received funding to nominate him for the award is preposterous.

Watch This Strange Video of a U.N. Official Silently Holding a Blue Helmet

Foreign Policy - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 21:50
Watch this video of a top U.N. official stroking a blue helmet without saying a word.

Top Congolese Official Blasts Washington for Pulling Embassy Staff’s Family Members

Foreign Policy - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 21:44
A top aide to President Joseph Kabila told FP there is no tension in Congo and that Americans should feel safe there.

Ban to set up probe into deadly attack on UN-Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy in Western Aleppo

UN News Centre - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 21:44
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will establish an internal United Nations Board of Inquiry to investigate the deadly 19 September incident involving a UN–Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) relief operation to Urum al-Kubra, a town in western Aleppo Governorate.

UNICEF completes mobile health campaign aimed at children and women in Yemen

UN News Centre - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 20:40
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported that, along with its partners, the agency has completed a drive reaching more than 600,000 children under five years old and some 180,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in conflict-torn Yemen with critical health and nutrition services.

UN refugee agency urges better measures for people crossing contact line in eastern Ukraine

UN News Centre - Fri, 30/09/2016 - 20:36
The United Nations refugee agency today called on authorities in Ukraine to help ease the plight of some 26,000 people who cross the dividing line between Government-controlled and non-Government-controlled areas of the crisis-gripped country daily.

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