UN conference opens in Nairobi day after Ethiopian Airlines crash

UN conference opens in Nairobi day after Ethiopian Airlines crash

Posted on March 11, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Many of the UN staff killed in Ethiopia Airlines crash were travelling to the UNEP assembly in Kenya’s capital. An assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has opened in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, under a dark cloud cast by the Sunday’s plane crash that killed 157 people, including 22 UN staff, many heading for the annual event. On Monday,

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Buhari broke human rights standards by suspending Onnoghen – UN

Buhari broke human rights standards by suspending Onnoghen – UN

Posted on February 11, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Diego Garcia-Sayán, the United Nations special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to suspend former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, was in contravention of human rights standards. Garcia-Sayán said in a statement that “the suspension and replacement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria by the country’s President is

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Elections 2019: Avoid hate speech, acrimony – UN warns

Elections 2019: Avoid hate speech, acrimony – UN warns

Posted on February 9, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Ahead of upcoming elections, the UN has advised Nigerian politicians to avoid messages of hate, politics of acrimony, bitterness and rancour to avoid undermining the peace and stability of Nigeria. The special representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, gave

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Nigeria replaces Togo, chairs ECOWAS group at UN

Nigeria replaces Togo, chairs ECOWAS group at UN

Posted on November 20, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Nigeria has replaced the Republic of Togo as chairman of the 15-nation sub-regional group, Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS), at the United Nations. The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb. Tijjani Bande, took over from his Togolese counterpart, Amb. FrancK Kpayedo at the sub-regional group’s meeting in New York. Bande said

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Over 30,000 Cameroonian refugees arrive Nigeria – UN

Over 30,000 Cameroonian refugees arrive Nigeria – UN

Posted on November 10, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The number of Cameroonians fleeing violence and seeking refuge in Nigeria has crossed the 30,000-mark, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. Babar Baloch, a spokesperson for UNHCR, highlighted that the needs on the ground to cater for the refugees in Nigeria were outpacing donor efforts. Mr Baloch said reports indicated that scores

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Nigeria back in worrying levels of debt after Okonjo-Iweala took us out of it- Buhari’s ex-minister

Nigeria back in worrying levels of debt after Okonjo-Iweala took us out of it- Buhari’s ex-minister

Posted on September 12, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Amina Mohammed, immediate past minister of environment under president Muhammadu Buhari and the present deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) has said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, two-time minister of finance, spent years to get Nigeria out of debt, but the country is now back to worrying levels of debt. According to a video published by the

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UN pays tribute to Kofi Annan

UN pays tribute to Kofi Annan

Posted on August 22, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The Secretary-General of the UN, Antonio Guterres and staff members, remembered former Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday, describing him as a leader who put people at the centre of the UN work. During a wreath-laying ceremony in New York, Guterres led staff members in paying respects to Annan, whom they described as the embodiment of

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NKorea has not stopped nuclear, missile programs: UN report

NKorea has not stopped nuclear, missile programs: UN report

Posted on August 4, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

North Korea has pressed ahead with its nuclear and missile programs and continues to evade UN sanctions through increased illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products at sea, a UN report said Friday. In a 62-page report sent to the Security Council, the UN panel of experts also listed violations of a ban on North Korean

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UK expresses regret over U.S. exit from U.N. rights council

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UK expresses regret over U.S. exit from U.N. rights council

The UK has expressed regret over the Tuesday’s decision of the U.S. to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council. UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, said in a statement by the United Kingdom Mission to the UN, that Britain wants to see a reformed Council but would work for it from within. “The United States’

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UN workers issue strike notice

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UN workers issue strike notice

February 25, 2018

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UN staff in Geneva are planning a half-day strike on Tuesday, as dozens of ministers and other dignitaries attend high-level events at the organisation’s European headquarters.

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2019: Northern Christians want Buhari out of office, inform UN Nigerian ethnic nationalities is under siege

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2019: Northern Christians want Buhari out of office, inform UN Nigerian ethnic nationalities is under siege

February 25, 2018

Christians’ Group from Northern Nigeria, Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association, has pleaded to Nigerians to liberate the country from President Muhammadu Buhari’s “bad leadership”

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Jerusalem: 128 UN members defy Trump

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Jerusalem: 128 UN members defy Trump
December 21, 2017

President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off funding to nations that voted at the UN General Assembly against his decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, only swayed about 65 countries.

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UN set to vote on U.S.’ recognition of Jerusalem status

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UN set to vote on U.S.’ recognition of Jerusalem status
December 17, 2017 

The United Nations Security Council will on Monday vote on a draft resolution that the recognition of Jerusalem as Capital of Israel has no legal effect.

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UN considers sanctions to fight Libya slave trade

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UN considers sanctions to fight Libya slave trade
November 29, 2017

France’s ambassador to the UN has urged the Security Council to impose sanctions on the people involved in Libya’s slave trade of African refugees and migrants

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Breaking: Famine declared in South Sudan as 100,000 face starvation

Over 250,000 children severely malnourished and ‘many of them will die,’ says UN

IT>>>   Famine has been declared in two counties of South Sudan, according to an announcement by the county’s government and three UN agencies.

The calamity is the result of prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis that has devastated the war-torn East African nation, the announcement said.

Kerry to Israel: Don’t block path to peace

Kerry: warns Israel on Palestine

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday warned that the two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinian Territories is in “serious jeopardy.’’

The United States allowed a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements to pass last week in an effort to preserve the possibility of such an outcome to the enduring conflict, Kerry said.

“My deepest regret” – Ban Ki-Moon

NAN  Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has bid the Security Council farewell, telling the Council that the protracted conflict in Syria remained his greatest regret as he bows out of office.

Ban, in an emotion-laden speech, told the 15-member Council that it is strongest when united.