UN anti-crime chief urges better use of Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
Oct 18, 2016, at 01:31 pm
New York, Oct 18 (Just Earth News): Citing indisputable negative impacts of transnational organized crime on people’s lives and societies, the United Nations top anti-crime official on Monday stressed the need to make better use of the existing global convention and its protocols to tackle this illicit act.
Oct 18, 2016, at 01:30 pm
New York, Oct 18 (Just Earth News): As the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, one man who has spent many years working to end poverty among the world’s poorest populations is calling for action now, by investing more in the rural poor.
Sustainable food systems vital to achieving 2030 Agenda nutrition targets – UN Rome-based agencies
Oct 18, 2016, at 01:28 pm
New York, Oct 18 (Just Earth News): Opening its 43rd plenary session in Rome on Monday in the wake of major global agreements on sustainable development and climate change, the main United Nations body focused on food security and nutrition, called for an urgent transformation of the world’s food system and nutrition to eradicate all forms of extreme poverty, hunger, and malnutrition by 2030.
Oct 18, 2016, at 01:27 pm
New York, Oct 18 (Just Earth News): Opening on Monday the United Nations Habitat III conference in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, Secretary-General Ban-Ki-Moon told the gathered delegations that “transforming our world for the better†means re-making towns and cities through sustainable development.
Central African Republic: UN Mission condemns ‘cowardly’ attacks on peacekeepers
Oct 18, 2016, at 01:26 pm
New York, Oct 18 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on Monday strongly condemned repeated assaults against its peacekeepers, in the wake of two attacks over the past five days.
‘Aleppo will not be there’ in two months if diplomatic stalemate continues, warns UN envoy
Oct 18, 2016, at 01:25 pm
New York, Oct 18 (Just Earth News): Between now and December, “if we cannot find a solution, Aleppo will not be there anymore,†warned United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, speaking to reporters after a meeting on Monday with Foreign Ministers of the European Union in Luxembourg.
Agriculture must adopt climate-smart practices to better help poverty reduction – UN report
Oct 18, 2016, at 04:26 am
New York, Oct 17 (Just Earth News): The rapid transformation of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, such as adopting climate-smart practices, particularly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, is critical for hunger and poverty reduction, the United Nations agriculture agency said on Monday in a new report.
UN calls for protection of civilians as Iraq begins military operations to retake Mosul
Oct 18, 2016, at 04:25 am
New York, Oct 17 (Just Earth News): As a large-scale military offensive gets under way to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) fighters, senior United Nations officials on Monday are stressing the need to ensure that civilians in the city are protected and able to access to humanitarian assistance.
Oct 18, 2016, at 04:23 am
New York, Oct 17 (Just Earth News): Poverty is both a cause and consequence of marginalization and social exclusion, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday, stressing that to fulfil the promise of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind, “we must address the humiliation and exclusion of people living in poverty.â€
Ontario ban on Cleveland name, logo hearing in Toronto Court
Oct 18, 2016, at 03:30 am
Toronto, Oct 17 (IBNS): A suit filed in the Toronto court, will be heard on Monday on account of an attempt to bar the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and logo in Ontario.
Youth issues take centre stage in Toronto Housing summit
Oct 18, 2016, at 03:07 am
Toronto, Oct 17 (IBNS): Toronto Mayor John Tory and his counterparts in big cities like Vancouver and Edmonton are holding roundtable discussions on housing affordability.
Federal Mortgage rules take effect from today
Oct 18, 2016, at 02:54 am
Toronto, Oct 17 (IBNS): New federal rules that will limit down the purchasing power of some of the first-time home buyers in Canada will be in immediate effect starting from Monday.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari calls PM Modi 'butcher'
Oct 18, 2016, at 02:04 am
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IBNS): Targeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called him the 'butcher' of Gujarat and Kashmir,media reports said.
Health Ministers to discuss new health accord in Toronto
Oct 18, 2016, at 12:56 am
Toronto, Oct 17 (IBNS): The provincial and federal health ministers planned to gather together before there scheduled meet on Tuesday with their federal counterpart Jane Philpott.
Oct 18, 2016, at 12:31 am
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IBNS): A collision between two buses in Pakistan's Rahim Yar Khan district on Monday killed at least 29 people, media reports said.
Donald Trump accuses media to rigging US election
Oct 17, 2016, at 04:05 pm
Washington, Oct 17 (IBNS): Republican nominee for the upcoming US Presidential election, Donald Trump on Sunday accused the media of distorting facts and rigging the polls.
Pakistan: Road mishap kills 25
Oct 17, 2016, at 03:15 pm
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IBNS): At least 25 people were killed when two buses collided with each other in Pakistan's Rahim Yar Khan district on Monday, media reports said.
Kentucky: US sprinter Tyson Gay's daughter shot dead
Oct 17, 2016, at 06:08 am
New York, Oct 17 (IBNS): Daughter of former US sprinter Tyson Gay was killed during a shooting incident in US state of Kentucky, media reports said on Sunday.
Agriculture must transform to feed a hotter, more crowded planet, UN says on World Food Day
Oct 17, 2016, at 03:50 am
New York, Oct 16 (Just Earth News): To mark World Food Day 2016, the United Nations is highlighting the close links between climate change, sustainable agriculture, and food and nutrition security, with the message: “The climate is changing. Food and agriculture must, too.â€
Teen shot dead in north west Toronto
Oct 17, 2016, at 03:15 am
Toronto, Oct 16 (IBNS): A 17-year-old teen boy died after a shooting incident happened early Sunday morning in northwest Toronto.
'The United Nations is with you,' Ban tells people of Haiti after witnessing hurricane's wrath
Oct 16, 2016, at 02:38 pm
New York, Oct 16 (Just Earth News): Haiti is facing its largest humanitarian disaster since the 2010 earthquake, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday in Port-au-Prince, where he urged friends of the island nation worldwide to “step up†and provide the resources the Haitian people so desperately need in the wake of the “utter devastation†wrought by Hurricane Matthew.
Pakistan: Six suspected militants killed
Oct 16, 2016, at 02:22 pm
Islamabad, Oct 16 (IBNS): Security officials on Saturday killed six suspected militants at Sheikhupura area of Pakistan, media reports said.
Rural women's empowerment critical to UN Sustainable Development Agenda – Ban
Oct 16, 2016, at 04:42 am
New York, Oct 15 (Just Earth News): Marking the International Day of Rural Women, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that rural women are critical to the success of almost all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as they all “have gender equality and women's empowerment at their core.â€
Green transformation 'unstoppable' as countries agree to curb powerful greenhouse gases – UN
Oct 16, 2016, at 04:41 am
New York, Oct 15 (Just Earth News): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have welcomed the landmark deal struck on Saturday by nearly 200 countries to reduce the emissions of potent chemicals used in air conditioners and refrigerators – a move that could prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of this century.
The pedestrian countdown law in Toronto
Oct 16, 2016, at 01:29 am
Toronto, Oct 15 (IBNS): The Highway Traffic Act states that it is against the law to start crossing when the hand is flashing, which is when the countdown starts.
Afghanistan to open Consulate in Hyderabad
Oct 15, 2016, at 06:00 pm
Kabul/New Delhi, Oct 15 (IBNS): Bolstering their bilateral ties with India, Afghanistan will open another Consulate in the city of Hyderabad, reports said.
Burundi: Security Council hopes for ‘swift solution’ between government and human rights bodies
Oct 15, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, Oct 15 (Just Earth News): Expressing “deep concern†over the political situation in Burundi, the United Nations Security Council reiterated its demand that all stakeholders to refrain from any action that could threaten peace and stability in the country or undermine the East African Community-led inter-Burundian dialogue.
UN deputy chief briefs Member States on new UN approach to cholera outbreak in Haiti
Oct 15, 2016, at 01:42 pm
New York, Oct 15 (Just Earth News): Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said on Friday that the first track of the new United Nations approach to tackling cholera involves intensifying efforts to treat and eliminate the disease and boost access to clean water and sanitation; and the second track aims to develop a framework proposal to Member States for material assistance to those Haitians most affected by cholera after the 2010 outbreak.
Concerned by recent violence in Myanmar, UN aid chief calls for stronger humanitarian action
Oct 15, 2016, at 01:40 pm
New York, Oct 15 (Just Earth News): Concluding a three-day mission to Myanmar on Friday , the top United Nations aid official called on all sides to find peaceful ways to resolve their differences and urged strengthened humanitarian action to support the people affected by violence in the Southeast Asian country.
Oct 15, 2016, at 01:39 pm
New York, Oct 15 (Just Earth News): A major global conference, aiming to set a ‘New Urban Agenda,’ which, in the words of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will “help us to rethink how we plan, manage and live in cities,†begins this weekend, in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito.