Jordan said Sunday it is incapable of servicing Syrian refugees without support from the international community, reported the state-run Petra news agency.
The UN says the worst drought in 30 years in Ethiopia means 400,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition and more than 10 million people need food aid.
The Tibetan Government in-Exile today called upon the United Nations, the Chinese government and the international community to protect the fragile eco-system and environment of the Tibetan plateau – the roof of the world.
Only a fraction of the emergency funds the United Nations has
requested for victims of Nepal's earthquake have come in, UN officials
have said, as crises around the world put unprecedented demands on
international donors.
Cyprus
warned Turkey Friday that if it re-entered the exclusive economic zone
where Nicosia has licensed exploratory drilling there would be no chance
of resuming stalled UN-brokered peace talks. Government
spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said any such a move would be a
"worrying development" and would only "validate the reason for not
returning to the talks".
UN, 20 November 2014 – The head the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today marked the twelfth edition of World Philosophy Day with a widespread appeal for dialogue in diversity, adding that only by embracing the intellectual pluralism of our global society can the foundations of a truly global community be laid.