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On Biodiversity Day, UN Chief Calls For Greater Protection
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:21 pm | UN News
On Biodiversity Day, UN Chief Calls For Greater Protection Of World’s Oceans New York, May 22 2012 12:10PM Marking the International Day for Biological Diversity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the fragile state of the world’s ... More >>
Mali: UN Emergency Operation To Feed Thousands who Fled
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:18 pm | UN News
UN Launches Emergency Operation To Feed Thousands Who Fled From Malian Conflict New York, May 22 2012 11:10AM The United Nations food and refugee agencies today launched a joint emergency operation to respond to the food needs of hundreds of thousands ... More >>
Security Council And UN Chief Condemn Yemen Terrorist Attack
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:16 pm | UN News
Security Council And UN Chief Condemn Deadly Terrorist Attack In Yemen New York, May 21 2012 5:10PM The United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned a terrorist attack in the city of Sana’a, the ... More >>
Airlift Takes Home Thousands Of South Sudanese Citizens
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:11 pm | UN News
Airlift Takes Home Thousands Of South Sudanese Citizens From Sudan – UN Official New York, May 21 2012 4:10PM So far, some 4,200 of the estimated 12,000 South Sudanese who were stranded at a river port in Sudan for months awaiting transportation back ... More >>
At Nato Summit, Ban Urges Commitment To Afghanistan
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:08 pm | UN News
At Nato Summit, Ban Urges Commitment To ‘Enduring’ Support For Afghanistan New York, May 21 2012 3:10PM While re-affirming the continued engagement of the United Nations in Afghanistan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the country’s ... More >>
Colombia Must Fight Impunity For Sexual Violence Crimes – UN
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:04 pm | UN News
Colombia Must Fight Impunity For Sexual Violence Crimes – UN Official New York, May 21 2012 2:10PM Colombia must increase its efforts to fight impunity for crimes of sexual violence, a United Nations envoy said today, adding that such efforts should ... More >>
UN Peacekeeping In Syria To Assess Progress Of Observers
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:02 pm | UN News
UN Peacekeeping In Syria To Assess Progress Of Military Observers New York, May 21 2012 1:10PM The head of UN peacekeeping, Hervé Ladsous, today met with Syrian government and opposition group representative in the city of Homs, during a visit to assess ... More >>
Timor-Leste Independence Anniversary: ‘Impressive Advances’
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 2:59 pm | UN News
Ban Hails Timor-Leste’s ‘Impressive Advances’ On 10th Independence Anniversary New York, May 21 2012 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the people of Timor-Leste on the 10th anniversary of their country’s restoration of ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Must Boost Collaboration Ensure Sustainability
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 2:57 pm | UN News
Asia-Pacific Region Must Boost Collaboration To Ensure Sustainable Growth – UN Official New York, May 21 2012 12:10PM Countries in Asia and the Pacific must come closer together and increase cooperation to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth ... More >>
W. Africa: Security Council Praises Liberia Progress
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 2:54 pm | UN News
On Visit To West Africa, Security Council Praises Liberia’s Progress New York, May 21 2012 11:10AM Ahead of their visit to Côte d’Ivoire, the members of the Security Council commended Liberia for its progress since the end of its civil war ... More >>
Countries Must Overcome Deadlock in UN Disarmament Body
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:54 pm | UN News
The President of the General Assembly today called on Member States to advance the work of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD), stressing the need for greater efforts and flexibility to overcome the deadlock that has plagued the body ... More >>
Sub-Saharan Africa Cannot Grow without Eliminating Hunger
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:51 pm | UN News
Sub-Saharan Africa cannot sustain its present economic growth unless it eliminates the hunger that is affecting almost a quarter of its people, according to a new United Nations report launched today, which calls for new approaches to empower local communities ... More >>
UN Airlifts South Sudanese Citizens Stranded in Sudan
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:50 pm | UN News
An operation to fly back to their country an estimated 12,000 citizens of South Sudan stranded at a riverside town in neighbouring Sudan has begun, a senior United Nations official said today, adding that the returnees are being provided with humanitarian ... More >>
Syria:3 Vehicles Carrying UN Observers Damaged In Bomb Blast
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:48 pm | UN News
Three vehicles belonging to a convoy of UN observers in Syria were damaged in a bomb blast near the city of Hama today, according to a UN spokesperson. The three vehicles were part of a four-vehicle convoy of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS), ... More >>
Somalia Entering Critical Stage At End of Transition Period
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:47 pm | UN News
Somalia is entering its “most critical stage” as the end of its transitional governing period approaches in August, a United Nations envoy said today, calling for the international community to boost their efforts to help the east African country ... More >>
Charles Taylor Denies Role in Sierra Leone Atrocities
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:45 pm | UN News
Convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor told the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) today that he was saddened by the atrocities and crimes committed in Sierra Leone, but denied that he aided the rebels who committed ... More >>
Increase of Women in Parliament and Gender Equity in Algeria
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:44 pm | UN News
The head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality today welcomed the increase in women’s representation in Algeria’s new parliament as a result of elections held last week, and stressed that it represented a step towards democratic ... More >>
UN Trial of Former Bosnian Serb Military Leader Ratko Mladic
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:42 pm | UN News
The trial of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief facing charges of genocide and other war crimes, got under way today in the United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. More >>
Judge Resigns from UN-Backed Cambodia Genocide Tribunal
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:41 pm | UN News
One of the judges from the United Nations-backed Cambodia genocide tribunal today informed the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of his decision to resign his position. Motoo Noguchi from Japan, an international judge of the Supreme Court Chamber of ... More >>
$66m for Agriculture and Fishing Projects in Saudi Arabia
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:39 pm | UN News
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) today welcomed Saudi Arabia’s contribution of $66 million to implement its technical assistance projects in the country, which aim to benefit small-scale agricultural producers and fishermen. More >>
