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Cancer patients in poor countries have few diagnostic options and even fewer treatment possibilities, the UN nuclear agency, IAEA has warned. The disease is now killing more people in the developing world than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. A program of action for cancer therapy called PACT spearheaded by IAEA helps countries develop national cancer [...]

The efforts Kazakhstan has made to turn the country around economically need to be applied to human rights and democracy issues as well. That's according to UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai who recently completed an official visit to the central Asian country. He said the Government's approach to regulating peaceful assemblies was one of the [...]

NEWS IN BRIEF (PM) 6 FEBRUARY 2015 1. Murder of Jordanian pilot condemned by UN officials The murder of a Jordanian pilot by terrorists of the Islamic State or ISIL has been condemned by two senior United Nations officials. The terrorists recently released a video of Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive. The Special Adviser on [...]

American actor Forest Whitaker is helping to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Mr Whitaker who is a UN Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, arrived on Friday in the civil war-torn country with the UN's top humanitarian official, Valerie Amos. Together they will assess the situation on the ground and highlight [...]

Kosovo is at what has been described by the top UN envoy in the territory as "a key juncture" in its history. Ambassador Farid Zarif the head of the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) briefed the Security Council on Friday. Jocelyne Sambira reports. In his briefing to the Security Council, Ambassador Farid Zarif pointed out [...]

Rape in some parts of South Sudan was so widespread in August last year that some local people were calling it a "month of rape"; that's according to a top UN humanitarian official. As Ivan Simonovic wound up his six day visit to South Sudan on Friday, he said these crimes are "intolerable" and justice [...]

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Donors have been urged to honour the commitments they made last year to provide funds for the reconstruction of Gaza following a 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas which began in July 2014. The appeal was made on Friday by the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and the League of Arab States that expressed their [...]

NEWS IN BRIEF (A.M.) 6 FEBRUARY 2015 1. Somali government urged to move political process forward Political leaders in Somalia have been urged by the UN Security Council to make greater efforts to quickly establish an inclusive and representative government. The members of the Council have expressed their concern at the ongoing political crisis in [...]

Relief workers in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region are scrambling to deliver urgent aid to people displaced by heavy fighting in the area. That's according to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, which has teams on the ground assisting local populations in areas close to the frontline. Government forces have been battling pro-Russian separatists over control of [...]

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The government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been urged to release people who have been arrested during recent protests in the country. The appeal has come from the UN human rights office in Geneva which says the people are being "illegally" detained for exercising their right to freedom of expression. Stephanie Coutrix [...]

News in brief from the United Nations. 1. Political leaders in Yemen urged to overcome impasse Political leaders in Yemen have been urged by the UN Secretary-General to overcome the current political impasse so that the peaceful democratic transition launched in 2011 can be fulfilled. The country has been plunged into a crisis following the [...]

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Three West African countries that have been worst affected by the deadly Ebola virus are to receive $100 million in debt relief from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Close to 9,000 people have died from the disease mainly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The pandemic has badly disrupted the economies of the three countries. [...]