Geopolitics
New York, Sept 8 (Just Earth News): An annual meeting of State Parties to the United Nations-backed pact banning cluster bombs ended on Wednesday in Geneva, with an agreement on a target to complete by 2030 clearance of these explosive remnants of war that kill large numbers of civilians. more
UN-backed report finds urgent need for greater headway to achieve world education goals

New York, Sept 7 (Just Earth News): There is an urgent need for greater headway in education without which, on current trends, the world will be half a century late for achieving the educati ...

New UN report finds that without obstacles Occupied Palestinian Territory’s economy could easily double gross domestic product

New York, Sept 7 (Just Earth News): The economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory could easily produce twice the gross domestic product (GDP) it generates now, while unemployment and pov ...

Annual meeting on UN-backed treaty aims to set target date for cluster bomb abolition

New York, Sept 6 (Just Earth News): An annual meeting of State Parties to the United Nations-backed pact banning cluster bombs opened in Geneva on Monday, with a call to set a target date to ...

UN-supported ‘historic’ training to monitor ceasefire between Government and FARC-EP starts in Colombia

New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): Following a recent agreement to end more than 50 years of conflict between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Peopl ...

UN agency lays foundation for its biggest logistics base in Gaza

New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees has started work on what will become its largest logistics base in th ...

UN teams bring aid to besieged Syrian people despite extreme challenges

New York, Aug 27 (Just Earth News): In the first full, completed, cross-line delivery via road in August, inter-agency convoys have reached some 75,000 people in al-Waer in Syria’s Ho ...

UN envoy encouraged by preparations for upcoming Palestinian local elevations

New York, Aug 25 (Just Earth News): United Nations Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Piper on Wednesday said he is encouraged by preparations for the early ...

DR Congo: UN chief notes holding of preparatory meeting towards national dialogue

New York, Aug 24 (Just Earth News): Noting on Tuesday’s meeting of the national dialogue preparatory committee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations Secretary- ...

PODCAST: Preventing the young terrorist of on Wednesday – former Taliban supporter says UN has key voice in global debate

New York, Aug 24 (Just Earth News): When he was 19, Mubin Shaikh, believed that “you could change the world overnight, and you could do it through violence.”