The United Nations has condemned bombings that took place in Bahrain on Monday killing two foreign nationals and critically injuring a third. The government is reported as saying that the five bombs that exploded in three districts of Bahrain's capital Manana were improvised explosive devices. One victim was reportedly killed after he kicked one of [...]
The situation in Syria is turning grimmer every day and risks spreading to neighbouring countries in a volatile region. That's what United Nations Political Affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman told reporters on Tuesday after briefing the Security Council on the situation in Syria. Mr. Feltman said that a proposed pause over the Eid al-Adha Muslim [...]
A senior United Nations humanitarian officer is visiting The Philippines to see first hand how the country is well prepared for natural disasters. Rashid Khalikov, the Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva, began a week-long mission to the country on Monday. OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke says that The [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for the prevention of conflicts over natural resources and for maximizing the benefits of these resources for maintaining and building peace. Mr. Ban's call comes in his message to mark the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict observed on 6 November. [...]
Haiti can capitalize on its natural and cultural resources to get the country back on the world tourism map, thereby contributing to its overall recovery and development. This was the main message of UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, during his first official visit to Haiti (27-30 October 2012). According to UNWTO figures, Haiti benefited from the [...]
The West African nation of Côte d'Ivoire is the world's leading exporter of cocoa beans which are used to make chocolate. But with the economic crisis affecting pricing, cocoa farmers are struggling to make a living. Dianne Penn reports Duration: 2’56″
International tourist arrivals grew 4 percent between January and August year-on-year and are heading for the 1 billion mark for the first time by December, the UN World Tourism Organization said on Monday. In 2011, international tourist arrivals reached 990 million. With an expected growth of 3% to 4% in 2012, this figure is forecast [...]
Waste experts from around the world have gathered in Osaka, Japan for a two-day conference which started on Monday to discuss the global waste crisis. The conference is convened every two years by the Global Partnership on Waste Management which is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Donn Bobb reports. UNEP is warning [...]
The World Food Programme (WFP) is helping to feed thousands of people in Haiti and Cuba who have lost their homes and livelihoods due to Hurricane Sandy. WFP is urgently appealing for more than $20 million to support more than 425,000 people in Haiti alone, particularly pregnant women, new mothers and children under five years [...]
The World Food Programme (WFP) is appealing for more than $20 million to provide food for hundreds of thousands of Haitians affected by Hurricane Sandy. The agency says the impact of the hurricane and a recent drought is still being felt in the poor Caribbean country which suffered from an earthquake in 2010. Spokesperson Elisabeth [...]
More than 1,300 South Sudanese stranded in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum are being airlifted to South Sudan in an operation that started on Tuesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says the people are among approximately 40,000 South Sudanese who moved to open places in Khartoum in 2010 expecting to be transported to South [...]
