A major diplomatic effort is due to get underway at the UN Security Council on Tuesday to try to stop an ongoing conflict in Syria. The UN estimates up to 5,000 people have been killed in a struggle to oust incumbent president Bashar al-Assad. Senior government leaders from across the world are descending in New [...]
The United States says it strongly supports the recommendation to keep 7,000 United Nations peacekeepers in South Sudan. The Security Council established the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in 2011 to help the newly independent country to consolidate peace and security and to create conditions for development. South Sudan continues to face inter-ethnic violence [...]
A group of global policy makers examining ways to combat challenges such as climate change, water scarcity and human consumption patterns, has presented its findings to the UN Secretary-General. Ban Ki-moon received the report by the High Level Panel on Global Sustainability in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday. The report—"Resilient People, Resilient Planet"—says that [...]
National reconciliation is "the most important factor" to guarantee political stability in Libya, according to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Ban Ki-moon spoke to reporters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the Summit of the African Union on Monday. He said he had an in-depth discussion with the Prime Minister of Libya. "What I emphasized [...]
A new initiative has been launched in London to improve the lives of 1.4 billion people around the world who are affected by neglected tropical diseases. The diseases, such as leprosy, guinea worm, river blindness and dengue fever, affect poor people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Charles Appel reports. The initiative to eliminate or [...]
Exposure to radiation and the health effects caused by the accident at the Fukushima plant in Japan in March last year are being assessed at a meeting that started in Vienna on Monday. The weeklong meeting of the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) is being attended by 60 international experts. [...]
A new course for sustainable development is needed to strengthen economic growth while protecting the planet. That's according to the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon who received a report from his high level-panel on sustainable development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday. The panel is co-chaired by President Jacob Zuma of South Africa and [...]
