As the humanitarian situation in Mali deteriorates, United Nations agencies continue to step up efforts to respond to the needs of refugees and displaced persons. Gerry Adams reports. Duration: 3’21″
After some 40 years on the international scene, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sharing his extensive experience in shaping the international landscape in the book Interventions: A Life in War and Peace. Gerry Adams reports. Duration: 5’00″
A new programme in the Republic of South Sudan is helping vulnerable farmers to improve their livelihoods by boosting the quality of the seeds used to produce key crops. The project, valued at more than $600 000 (EUR 500 000), will help to train farmers in the production, storage and marketing of quality seeds and [...]
The scourge of terrorism was once again under the spotlight in the Security Council on Tuesday. Under the presidency of Pakistan, the Council held a meeting on “a comprehensive approach to counter- terrorism”. Pakistani Foreign Minister, Hina Rabani Khar presided over the meeting which was attended by other foreign ministers and senior government officials of [...]
No counter-terrorism policy can be effective without addressing conditions that are conducive to the spread of terrorism, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council Tuesday during an open debate on "Threats to International Peace and Security caused by Terrorist Acts". The Secretary-General said that is the first pillar of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. [...]
The head of the UN mission in Iraq has strongly condemned the killing of a parliamentarian on Tuesday. 'Ifan Al-Issawi died in a terrorist attack which happened during a demonstration in the city of Fallujah. Several other people were killed or injured in the suicide bombing, according to news reports. In a statement, UN [...]
With terrorism mutating daily into newer and different forms, the Security Council must continue to focus on it, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar told the chamber on Tuesday. She said terrorism threatens all countries and can only be defeated through collective action by the international community. "Terrorists' misleading, distorted and malicious narrative and their [...]
Clashes over the weekend between the Malian Army, supported by France, and Al-Qaida linked Islamist groups in the Konna, Lere, and Gao areas of northern central Mali, have resulted in new population displacement – both within Mali, and into neighbouring countries. And the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), says it has updated its contingency planning and [...]
A record 107,500 African refugees and migrants last year risked their lives crossing the Gulf of Aden into Yemen, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Tuesday. UNHCR said this number represents the largest influx into Yemen since it began compiling statistics in 2006. The previous record high was in 2011 when more than [...]
Half a million people were displaced due to conflict in the northern areas of Mali, where the vulnerable population is still recovering from the recent drought in the Sahel region. The World Food Programme (WFP) says despite insecurity, it has managed to provide emergency food to over 270,000 people in the north, including 70,000 [...]
The humanitarian situation in Mali is deteriorating as a result of recent fighting. And UN humanitarian agencies say it is affecting their access to civilians in need. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – OCHA says further displacement is adding to the first wave of displacement that started last April and the [...]
African forces will be deployed to Mali within the coming weeks, French ambassador Gérard Araud told journalists in New York on Monday. Speaking following Security Council consultations on the West African country, he said the Nigerian General heading the force is already in the capital, Bamako. Over the past few days France has launched air [...]
