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UN Expert Urges Azerbaijan To Spend More On Health
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:56 pm | UN News
UN Independent Expert On Right To Health Urges Azerbaijan To Spend More On Health New York, May 23 2012 4:10PM A United Nations independent human rights expert today urged the Government of Azerbaijan to raise its expenditure on health to international ... More >>
Appointed To New Term, WHO Head Recommits To Goal
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:54 pm | UN News
Appointed To New Term, Who Head Recommits To Goal Of Better Health For Most Vulnerable New York, May 23 2012 4:10PM Appointed to a new term at the helm of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), the agency’s head today underlined her commitment ... More >>
Report Urges Greater Efforts To Prevent Child Drowning
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:51 pm | UN News
New UN Report Urges Greater Efforts To Prevent Drowning Deaths Among Children New York, May 23 2012 3:10PM The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and a partner organization are urging greater use of effective and cost-efficient measures to prevent ... More >>
At Rio+20, World Must Seize Generational Opportunity
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:49 pm | UN News
At Rio+20, World Must Seize Generational Opportunity To Achieve Sustainable Future – Ban New York, May 23 2012 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged countries to seize the opportunity provided by the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable ... More >>
Youth Employment Forum - UN Warns Of ‘Growing Discontent'
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:48 pm | UN News
At Youth Employment Forum, UN Labour Chief Warns Of ‘Growing Discontent’ New York, May 23 2012 1:10PM Addressing a youth employment forum, the head of the United Nations labour agency today warned of a “growing disconnect between people and ... More >>
UNESCO Calls For Protection Of Libya’s Old City Of Ghadamès
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:44 pm | UN News
UNESCO Calls For Protection Of Libya’s Old City Of Ghadamès New York, May 23 2012 12:10PM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with safeguarding the world’s cultural heritage today called for the protection of Libya’s Old City of Ghadamès, ... More >>
Somalia: UN Call To Minimize Civilian Casualties
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:38 pm | UN News
Somalia: UN Calls For Efforts To Minimize Civilian Casualties In Military Operation New York, May 23 2012 12:10PM As military forces make their way into Somalia’s Afgooye corridor, the United Nations top humanitarian official for the east African ... More >>
Burkina Faso Visit, UN Stresses Need For Rapid Response
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:36 pm | UN News
During Burkina Faso Visit, Un Relief Chief Stresses Need For Rapid Response To Food Crisis New York, May 23 2012 11:10AM The United Nations humanitarian chief today stressed the need to respond rapidly to the food and nutrition crisis in Burkina ... More >>
Top UN Officials Stress Need For Concrete Commitments Ahead
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:33 pm | UN News
Top UN Officials Stress Need For Concrete Commitments Ahead Of Rio+20 Conference New York, May 22 2012 2:10PM United Nations top officials today stressed the need to achieve concrete commitments ahead of the Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) ... More >>
Secretary-General Condemns Beating Of Mali’s Interim Preside
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:31 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Condemns Beating Of Mali’s Interim President New York, May 22 2012 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned today an attack against Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traoré, which left reportedly the leader with ... More >>
Ban Praises Work Of Commission On Access To Medicines
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 3:23 pm | UN News
Ban Praises Work Of Commission On Access To Medicines For Women And Children New York, May 22 2012 1:10PM While commending the work of a United Nations commission trying to improve access to life-saving medicines, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... More >>
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 >>
