The Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route in Bethlehem are now inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization also inscribed sites from Israel, Palau, Indonesia and Morocco and put Timbuktu on its endangered list. Julie Walker reports. The Church of the Nativity is situated 10km south [...]
The United Nations Security Council is asking member states to help the African Union equip a force searching for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army. It is also endorsing the strategy set up by the UN and African Union. Abou Moussa, head of the U.N. Regional Office for Central Africa told the [...]
Bank on women. That was the message from business leaders, trade unionists and government representatives during a panel discussion on gender and sustainability held on the margins of the Rio+20 conference in Brazil. The panel was organized by the UN Global Compact which brings together the United Nations and the business community. Dianne Penn reports [...]
At a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan in June, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous noted that 2011 marked the fifth consecutive year of rising civilian casualties in the country. The UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council that "significant progress" has been made over the past months on Afghanistan's path toward self-reliance but that [...]
Colombia takes over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in July. This is the second time in two years the country will lead the UN body charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. The Permanent Representative of Colombia, Ambassador Nestor Osorio spoke with Gerry Adams about what his priorities for the [...]
The international community will meet in Geneva on Saturday in efforts to resolve the ongoing violence in Syria. Foreign Ministers from the five permanent member countries of the UN Security Council—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States—as well as Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby, are among the participants in the Action Group [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is travelling to Geneva on Friday to participate in this weekend's meeting by the Action Group for Syria. The meeting has been convened by UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan, and comes amidst intensification of the conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people since March 2011. Foreign Ministers from [...]
Smile! The UN General Assembly has declared March 20 of each year as the International Day of Happiness. The resolution calls on States to observe the Day in an appropriate manner. President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser says the pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal. "I believe that the proclamation of [...]
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan, especially in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States. Hundreds of thousands of people remain trapped in the conflict zone with little access to food, water, shelter and medical services. Thousands more are crossing into neighbouring countries each day, [...]
Bank on women. That was the message from business leaders and government representatives during a panel discussion on gender and sustainability held on the margins of the Rio+20 Conference in Brazil. The panel was organized by the UN Global Compact which brings together the United Nations and the business community. Departing Deputy Secretary-General reflects on [...]
Thousands of people who fled civil wars in Angola and Liberia will lose their refugee status as of June 30 this year, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. This means people who fled the two countries and remain abroad will no longer be regarded as refugees by UNHCR and host governments. The Liberian civil [...]
Camel racing is a centuries old sport in the Gulf region. It’s an exciting event that generates cash prizes which drive the camel owners to do anything they can to win, even if that means using children as jockeys. The children, mostly from Bangladesh, Sudan, India and Pakistan, are smuggled into the Gulf states. Qatar and [...]
United Nations humanitarian agencies and their partners on Thursday appealed for $193 million to help Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq. Gerry Adams reports Duration: 2’53″
