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UN works on to tackle worsening Syria crisis

New York, Nov 6 (JEN): International efforts to bring about a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria continue apace, with two United Nations officials reporting Tuesday on their work towards convening a political conference that brings all sides in the conflict to the negotiating table, and overseeing the destruction of the country’s chemical weapons stockpiles, reported on their latest activities Tuesday. more

Piracy ransom amounts to more than $339 million: UN

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): Pirates off the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa have made between USD 339 million and USD 413 million in ransom profits, fuelling a wide range of criminal act ...

UN urges immediate action to resolve Gaza power crisis

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): A senior United Nations humanitarian official has voiced his concern about the shutdown of Gaza’s main power plant earlier Friday due to a critical fuel shortage, a ...

UNICEF urges investment to help Lebanon care for refugees

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): The international community should match Lebanon’s generosity in supporting more than 400,000 refugee children from Syria by further investing in the country’s pu ...

Final group of Angolans leaves Botswana for home: UN

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): The last group of Angolan refugees arrived in their home country from Botswana on Wednesday afternoon, marking the end of the voluntary repatriation programme, a Unit ...

Africa: UN, World Bank to help Sahel tackle crises

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced Friday they are teaming up for a trip to the Sahel next week to address p ...

UN agency provides food to record number of Syrians

New York, Nov 2 (JEN): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said that it is reaching close to 3.3 million people in Syria – a record for its operations – but many are still wit ...

UN concerned over renewed clashes in Lebanon

New York, Nov 1 (JEN): The top United Nations envoy in Lebanon Thursday expressed serious concern over the recurrence of armed clashes in the city of Tripoli, and stressed the need for a lo ...

UN reduces food rations for refugees in northern Kenya

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 Ka ...

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 ...