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New York, Nov 1 (JEN): Two United Nations humanitarian agencies announced Thursday that they will be forced to reduce food rations for more than half a million refugees in the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps in northern Kenya beginning Friday due to lack of resources. more
Syria renders chemical weapons facilities inoperable: UN

New York, Nov 1 (JEN): Syria’s chemical weapons facilities are “inoperable,” the Joint Mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nation ...

UN warns against settlements in occupied territories

New York, Oct 31 (JEN): An independent United Nations human rights expert Wednesday warned that financial institutions and real estate companies involved with housing settlements in occupi ...

UN envoy meets Syrian President in Damascus

New York, Oct 31 (IBNS): The Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, Lakhdar Brahimi, Wednesday met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damas ...

Ban deplores plans for Israeli settlements in Palestine

New York, Oct 31 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the announcements Wednesday of further Israeli settlement plans in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem ...

UN urges action to prevent violations of indigenous rights

New York, Oct 30 (jen): States and corporations need to do more to prevent the violation of indigenous peoples’ rights as a result of business-related activities, a United Nations independ ...

UN warns against forced returns to northeast Nigeria

New York, Oct 30 (JEN): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is calling on States to keep their borders open for Nigerians fleeing the escalating violence in their count ...

UN to address global migration issues

New York, Oct 26 (JEN): Urging enhanced global migration governance, the United Nations independent expert on the human rights of migrants called Friday for the establishment of a single, ri ...

DR Congo: UN on high alert following clash with armed groups

New York, Oct 26 (JEN): The United Nations stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on “high alert” following early morning clashes between Congolese Govern ...

Myanmar: UN urges efforts to curb anti-Muslim sentiment

New York, Oct 26 (JEN): The United Nations expert on Myanmar Friday cautioned that the situation in Rakhine State is feeding a winder anti-Muslim narrative in the country which threatens the ...