Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have been commended by the top United Nations envoy in Kosovo for their efforts to normalize relations. Farid Zarif, who is also the head of the UN Mission in the territory, briefed the Security Council on the situation in Kosovo which broke away from Serbia in 2008. Serbia has refused [...]
The Permanent Observer of Palestine is promising a historic event will take place in the UN General Assembly this Thursday 29th November. Riyad Mansour told reporters at the United Nations Tuesday that's when President, Mahmoud Abbbas with a large Palestinian delegation will contribute to efforts with all their friends in the General Assembly to legislate [...]
Almost a quarter of the northern hemisphere is covered by permafrost which contains twice the amount of carbon as that in the atmosphere. Carbon is part of greenhouse gases which scientists say are responsible for global warming. A new report issued by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Tuesday, warns that the thawing of permafrost [...]
Governments of those States that are not yet parties to the Chemical Weapons convention have been sent letters underscoring the importance of achieving the universality of the Convention as a condition necessary to attain a world free from chemical weapons. The letters, from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü of the Organization for [...]
UN humanitarian agencies have been working around the clock to assist more than 140,000 people displaced by fighting in and around the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The people have been running for their lives to escape fighting between Congolese forces and the M23 movement, which had [...]
The devastating round of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians is a stark reminder that the status quo is unsustainable. That warning came Tuesday from the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, in a briefing to the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East. He says there [...]
"Regional economic integration has become ever more important in the quest to find new drivers of regional growth, in support of shared and sustained prosperity. That's what the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Dr. Noleen Heyzer, told Tuesday's opening of a regional economic cooperation forum [...]
Every year, one and half million people leave The Philippines to find jobs overseas. They send home more than US$20 billion a year. But little of that money is saved or invested. In Mabini – known as “Little Italy” due to the number of people now living there, many huge houses have been built – [...]
Over 140,000 people have been displaced in and around the town of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the capture of the town by the M23 rebel movement. United Nations humanitarian agencies in the region say they have managed to resume assistance to the displaced persons, although security remains a major concern. UN [...]
The World Economic Forum and the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat have announced the launch of an initiative that showcases successful public-private financing mechanisms and approaches to support climate change adaptation and mitigation activities. The initiative, “Momentum for Change: Innovative Financing for Climate-friendly Investment”, will inform governments, investors, business, public finance agencies and the media [...]
A new UN report warns that permafrost covering almost a quarter of the northern hemisphere could significantly amplify global warming should thawing accelerate as expected. The report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), says warming permafrost can also radically alter ecosystems and cause costly infrastructural damage due to increasingly unstable ground. The report titled “Policy [...]
