UN News stories

18 stories found over the past 45 days
UN official highlights positive trends in Africa to protect indigenous people’s rights

23 May 2013 – A United Nations official today stressed that Africa has taken positive steps to protect the rights of indigenous people, adding that the continent must continue making progress and avoid repeating mistakes made by other regions.

Central African Republic: UN measles vaccination campaign to protect 125,000 children

21 May 2013 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners are launching an emergency measles vaccination campaign that will aim to reach 125,000 children in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Eight countries submit action plans to combat illegal trade in elephant ivory – UN

17 May 2013 – Eight countries identified as being the most affected by the illegal trade in elephant ivory have submitted national action plans to the United Nations-backed treaty for the conservation of endangered species containing measures to combat the scourge.

UN agency prepositions for Darfur refugees in Chad ahead of rainy season

17 May 2013 – With tens of thousands of Darfur refugees in eastern Chad, the United Nations refugee agency today said it is “in a race against time” to deliver aid before heavy rains cut off access to the group escaping violence linked to tribal conflicts.

CAR: UN envoy urges Security Council to bolster security, consider sanctions against rebels

15 May 2013 – A neutral security force is urgently needed to help restore the stability and counter the absence of law and order in the Central African Republic (CAR), a United Nations envoy today told the Security Council, while also calling on the body to consider sanctions against rebel groups for gross violations of human rights.

CAR: UN agency ‘condemns in strongest possible terms’ killing of teen linked to rebels

10 May 2013 – The United Nations Children’s Fund today condemned in the strongest possible terms the re-recruitment and the killing of a 17-year-old boy in the Central African Republic (CAR) associated with the Séléka rebel coalition and called for the release of all children linked to the group.

UN official alarmed over rising violence in Central African Republic nature reserve

06 May 2013 – The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has expressed deep concern over the rise of poaching, armed violence and destruction in the Central African Republic’s (CAR) Dzanga-Sanga National Park, which is on the agency’s World Heritage List.

New UN envoy Robinson heads to Great Lakes region

26 April 2013 – The newly appointed United Nations Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa is headed to the region this weekend for her first visit to bolster support for a recently agreed UN-mediated accord she has described as "a framework for hope" aimed at ending decades of conflict and instability in Democratic Republic of the Congo and the wider region.

UN peacebuilding body chair stresses benefits of enhanced partnership with Security Council

25 April 2013 – The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) can help the Security Council manage its increasing workload, especially when it comes to dealing with countries during the critical period once a conflict has ended, a senior official said today.

UN official voices concern at reported child rights abuses in Central African Republic

25 April 2013 – A senior United Nations official today voiced deep concern about reports of widespread violations committed by the Séléka rebel coalition against children in the Central African Republic (CAR), including killing, sexual violence and recruitment into armed groups.