Diplomacy & Crisis News

The United Nations said Thursday diplomats are working overtime to secure a humanitarian pause in the bloody fighting occurring in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and that a deal could emerge in the coming “days.”

Barack Obama is contemplating a revolutionary — and exceedingly dangerous — change to U.S. nuclear policy.

Expressing deep concern about the critical health condition of a prisoner on hunger strike for three months, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on the Government of China to stop all forms of ill-treatment and urgently provide him with specialized medical care, based on his full and informed consent.

As fighting in and around battle-scarred Aleppo intensifies, along with diplomatic efforts to secure a truce, United Nations agencies and their partners are “ready, willing and able” to rush aid to the desperate people trapped there, a senior UN envoy said today, stressing that a humanitarian pause is critical, both to allow relief workers to enter the area, and for civilians to leave voluntary.

The United Nations refugee agency today welcomed a joint commitment by nine North and Central American countries acknowledging the need for stronger protection of asylum-seekers, refugees and internally displaced people in the region, where crime and gang violence have driven thousands of people from their homes.

D'immenses vues aériennes qui disent les enchevêtrements de solitudes et d'aliénations de la vie urbaine, mais aussi ses épiphanies et ses moments de grâce — et le tableau tout entier semble alors bruire et s'animer, foisonnant de vie. Une visite dans l'atelier du peintre Rostia Kunovsky, en région (...) / Art, Culture, Urbanisme, Ville, Environnement, Peinture - 2016/03

Preliminary United Nations investigations into the recent fighting in South Sudan reveal Government security forces carried out killings and rapes, and looted and destroyed properties, the UN human rights chief said today, calling on the Security Council to take stronger action.

The international prices for major food commodities saw a modest decline in July, following five consecutive months of increases, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien concluded today his three-day mission to crisis-torn South Sudan, voicing serious concern at the humanitarian situation in the country and in particular the violence against civilians, as well as attacks against aid workers, which is hampering efforts to respond to the needs of the people affected by the fighting.

A United Nations-backed report launched today explores the different ways the international treaty governing the inscription of world heritage sites may one day apply to sunken coral islands, floating rainforests, or giant undersea volcanoes, none of which can be considered for listing because they are in the seas outside of any national jurisdiction.

The United Nations is "deeply troubled" by the recent missile launches of the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK), a UN spokesperson said today after one of the rockets, reportedly landed in or near Japanese waters for the first time.

In a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Erlan Idrissov, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the country on its recent election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, as well on its signing of the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The United Nations food relief agency today started a fundraising campaign, using a smartphone application, to provide school meals in a southern district of Malawi, where El Niño-induced drought has reduced crop yields.

A new United Nations report has found that e-government is an effective tool for facilitating integrated policies and public service by promoting accountable and transparent institutions, such as through open data and participatory decision-making, and therefore it has the potential to help support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Marking the second anniversary of the seizure of Sinjar by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his profound sympathy to the families of the victims and the survivors as well as deep concern for safety of the people – particularly thousands of Yazidi women and children – still being held captive.

Des millions de Roumains vivent de l'agriculture de subsistance. Au nom de la compétitivité, l'Union européenne a décidé d'y mettre un terme. Face aux « agents d'européanisation » qui parcourent le pays, rappelant des temps anciens, la population fait de la résistance. / Europe, Roumanie, Agriculture, (...) / Europe, Roumanie, Agriculture, Agroalimentaire, Alimentation, Économie, Commerce - 2014/02

En fouillant les archives du climat consignées dans les calottes polaires, une poignée de glaciologues ont mis en évidence le rôle du gaz carbonique. Un de ces pionniers rappelle comment les chercheurs ont contribué à éclairer une question devenue politique. / Écologie, Histoire, Mutation, Recherche, (...) / Écologie, Histoire, Mutation, Recherche, Relations internationales, Science, Climat, Antarctique, Environnement, Organisation internationale - 2015/11

Civilian causalities in eastern Ukraine spiked in June and July, prompting the United Nations human rights chief to call on the parties to the conflict to make protection of civilians a priority and take urgent steps to de-escalate the increasingly tense situation at the contact line.

Attirés par le patrimoine culturel et la géographie singulière du Pérou, les visiteurs recherchent parfois d'autres expériences. Comme la prise d'une substance hallucinogène consommée en Amazonie : l'ayahuasca. / Amérique latine, Pérou, Culture, Idées, Amérindiens, Santé, Tourisme, Médecine, Drogue - (...) / Amérique latine, Pérou, Culture, Idées, Amérindiens, Santé, Tourisme, Médecine, Drogue - 2014/01

Un « génocide oublié » ? Entretenue par des associations congolaises et internationales, la querelle sur le nombre de victimes des conflits dans la région des Grands Lacs africains depuis 1993 s'envenime. / Afrique, République démocratique du Congo, Rwanda, Conflit, Génocide, Minorité nationale, (...) / Afrique, République démocratique du Congo, Rwanda, Conflit, Génocide, Minorité nationale, Violence, Guerre civile, Afrique des Grands Lacs - 2014/01