The international community should work to renew its engagement in Kosovo, the head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Farid Zarif, told members of the Security Council on Tuesday. UNMIK was established in 1999 following ethnic conflict between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo. The mission has been working to ensure conditions for [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his deep sadness following the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. According to reports, Mr. Meles, 57, died late on Monday while outside the country where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Dianne Penn reports. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Secretary-General said Prime [...]
Because of climate change, the frequency, intensity and duration of droughts are expected to increase, according to the World Meteorological Organization, (WMO. The agency says this will have impacts on many sectors, including food, water, health and energy. WMO is calling on governments around the world to adopt stronger national policies to deal with drought. [...]
Diplomats participating in the United Nations body dealing with disarmament issues have been urged to use its potential to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The appeal came from the new President of the UN Disarmament Conference (CD) in Geneva, Ambassador Hellmut Hoffmann of Germany. He said it is not fruitful to engage in debates [...]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is urging authorities in the Caucasus region to scale up prevention methods following an outbreak of African swine fever in Ukraine. The disease is caused by a highly infectious virus that affects domestic and wild pig populations, and can result in high numbers of deaths. African swine fever does [...]
Relocating to a foreign country can offer many opportunities, but without job skills and good connections, migrants run the risk of being exploited. The Laotian government has implemented a new initiative to give people who want to try for a better life abroad the chance to make it work safely and legally. Gail Walker reports. [...]
The new nation of South Sudan will receive help in managing its borders through a $5.4 million agreement signed this week between the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Japan. The two-year programme will facilitate the building of 16 border posts, construction of an immigration training academy, and development of a national training curriculum [...]
Countries around the world are being urged by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to develop national policies to deal with the hazards of drought. WMO says that different parts of the planet are currently experiencing drought conditions, with the United States facing the longest 12-month period of drought since climate records were kept in [...]
A cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone has claimed over 203 lives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). So far, 11,189 cases have been documented, with 10 out of the country's 13 districts reporting cases. WHO says although cholera is endemic in the country, the escalation of the outbreak during the ongoing rainy season was [...]
The deadly Ebola Virus has killed at least nine people, including three health care workers, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO says at least 15 cases of the disease have been reported in Isiro, Pawa and Dungu regions of Province Orientale in [...]
