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Finland Has Largest Share Of Economy Based On IT - UN
Friday, 17 February 2012, 2:22 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 12:10PM Finland has the world’s largest portion of domestic economic activities related to information and communication technology, with almost a tenth of the European country’s non-agricultural business workforce employed ... More >>
UN Rights Expert Calls For Intervention To Help Palestinian
Friday, 17 February 2012, 1:47 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 10:10AM An independent United Nations human rights expert today added his voice to the concerns expressed about the health of a Palestinian detainee who has been on a hunger strike for almost two months. More >>
UNESCO Mourns Passing Of Celebrated Danish Artist Erik Reitz
Friday, 17 February 2012, 12:09 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 14 2012 6:10PM The head of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today paid tribute to the Danish artist and civil engineer Erik Reitzel, who has died at the age of 71, saying his art reinforced the ... More >>
UN Warns About Worsening Situation In Southern Yemen
Friday, 17 February 2012, 12:05 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 14 2012 6:10PM The number of people that have been affected by ongoing violence in southern Yemen and are dependent on assistance for protection, water and sanitation continues to increase, the United Nations humanitarian wing warned ... More >>
UN Official Calls On Countries: End Disarmament Stalemate
Friday, 17 February 2012, 12:02 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 14 2012 5:10PM A senior United Nations official called today on countries to boost their efforts and find common ground to reach an agreement and end the existing impasse within the world’s sole multilateral disarmament negotiating forum. More >>
Latin American Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone On 45th Anniversary
Friday, 17 February 2012, 11:58 am | UN News
New York, Feb 14 2012 5:10PM On the 45th anniversary of the treaty that created a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Latin America and the Caribbean, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the pact as an example of how regional initiatives can advance ... More >>
UN Warns Of Unequal Exposure To Environmental Health Risks
Friday, 17 February 2012, 11:54 am | UN News
New York, Feb 14 2012 5:10PM One out of every five Europeans dies from environmentally-related diseases, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) warned today, noting that poorer citizens are more exposed to such risks than their wealthier peers. More >>
Top UN Officials To Travel To Niger As New Food Crisis Looms
Friday, 17 February 2012, 11:50 am | UN News
New York, Feb 14 2012 5:10PM Two top United Nations officials will travel later this week to Niger, where 5.4 million people are struggling to get enough to eat, part of a wider emergency affecting at least 10 million people across the Sahel region. More >>
General Assembly President Stresses Role Of Problem Solving
Friday, 17 February 2012, 10:28 am | UN News
New York, Feb 13 2012 7:10PM The President of the General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser today underlined the United Nations’ central role in building world peace through dialogue and consensus by bringing countries together to find common solutions ... More >>
Arriving In Myanmar, UN Focus On Sustainable Development
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 3:48 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 13 2012 6:10PM The Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for Myanmar arrived in the country today for a five-day visit in which he will meet with Government authorities, political parties and civil society representatives, as the Asian nation ... More >>
Security Council Ambassadors Begin Official Visit To Haiti
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 3:46 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 13 2012 6:10PM A Security Council delegation kicked off its mission to Haiti today as the country begins its painstaking transition towards reconstruction, job creation and capacity building following the devastating earthquake two years ... More >>
Israel: UN Expert Calls For Urgent Housing Policies Revision
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 3:41 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 13 2012 10:10AM An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on Israel to revise its housing policies , saying they have failed to respond to the needs of minorities and the socially disadvantaged. More >>
Soil Erosion And Nuclear Reactor Management Key Green Issues
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 3:37 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 13 2012 12:10PM The depletion of soil and the growing number of end-of-life nuclear power reactors are some of the most pressing environmental issues, according to a United Nations yearbook launched today that compiles the most important events ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Sudan/South Sudan Non-Aggression Pact
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 3:35 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the signing of a non-aggression and cooperation pact between the governments of Sudan and South Sudan and urged both countries to maintain the positive spirit that led to the agreement and abide by ... More >>
Un Convenes Meeting Of Aid Groups To Discuss Hunger in Sahel
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 3:30 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 13 2012 4:10PM The leaders of United Nations aid agencies, humanitarian organizations and donor governments will meet on Wednesday in Rome to discuss how to urgently scale up assistance in Africa’s Sahel region, where drought and food ... More >>
UN Welcomes Official Start Of Libyan Electoral Authorities
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 3:29 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 13 2012 4:10PM The United Nations today welcomed the official start of operations for Libya’s new electoral authorities, but urged that the framework for staging the first free elections in the North African country in four decades ... More >>
UN And Partners Urge Rapid Response To Food Crisis In Sahel
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:36 am | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 2:10PM Delegates at a meeting convened by the United Nations to draw up strategies to respond the humanitarian crisis in West Africa’s drought-prone Sahel region today called for comprehensive and rapid assistance to the millions ... More >>
UNICEF To Distribute Emergency Supplies To Madagascar
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:34 am | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 2:10PM The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will start distributing medicines and mosquito nets tomorrow to the parts of eastern Madagascar hardest hit by Cyclone Giovanna, which has killed at least 16 people and left a trail ... More >>
Ban Calls For Start Of Relocation Of Iranian Exiles in Iraq
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:32 am | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for the start of the relocation of residents of the settlement in Iraq formerly known as Camp Ashraf, urging the Government and the camp dwellers to continue to cooperate so that the ... More >>
Renewed Clashes In Bahrain Spark Concern
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:31 am | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern today about reports of fresh clashes in Bahrain between security forces and demonstrators, a year after widespread civil protests first emerged in the Middle East country. More >>
