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S. Sudan: Japanese Engineers Join UN Mission To Build Roads
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 3:03 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 21 2012 5:10PM A Japanese engineering contingent has arrived in South Sudan to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the young country and help build roads and bridges in areas with very little basic infrastructure. More >>
UNESCO Chief Warns Crucial Yet ‘Fragile’ Linguistic Heritage
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:59 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 21 2012 6:10PM Language is a key ally in the fight against discrimination, the head of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today, warning that the world’s linguistic diversity was nevertheless a “fragile ... More >>
UN Experts In Iran To Discuss Concerns Of Nuclear Programme
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:56 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 21 2012 6:10PM A five-member group of experts from the United Nations atomic energy watchdog is today continuing its visit to Iran, where the members are holding talks with officials about international concerns over the country’s nuclear ... More >>
Darfur Patrol Returns Home Safely After Rebel Blockade - UN
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:53 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 21 2012 7:10PM A 55-person patrol of the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur returned to its home base today after the team had been blockaded for nearly two days by armed rebels in the northwest of the troubled Sudanese ... More >>
UN Provides Logistical Support For Elections in Yemen
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:48 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 21 2012 7:10PM As Yemenis vote today in elections that will bring to a close more than three decades of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule, the United Nations is providing ongoing support to ensure that the ballot is carried out peacefully. More >>
Brazil Funds UN Local Food Purchase Projects in Africa
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:46 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 21 2012 1:10PM Brazil is providing more than $2.3 million to support a new local food purchase programme to be set up by two United Nations entities for the benefit of farmers and vulnerable populations in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, ... More >>
UN Camps For Somalia Refugees In Kenya Enter 20th Year
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:44 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 21 2012 1:10PM The world’s largest refugee camp – the Dadaab settlement in eastern Kenya – set up to host tens of thousands of people who fled Somalia following the 1991 collapse of the government and the ensuing civil war-related humanitarian ... More >>
Warning Of Destructive Floods As Danube Thaw Sets In
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:42 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 21 2012 2:10PM Destructive floods caused by the rapid thawing of the Danube River could add to the fatalities from an already harsh European winter, the head of the United Nations agency dealing with disaster risk reduction warned today. More >>
Ban Welcomes Political Deal Reached At Somali Constitutional
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 2:40 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 19 2012 8:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the political agreement reached by Somalis at a national constitutional conference, saying the accord "sets out clear steps for ending the transition and putting in place ... More >>
UN Tribunal Sets Date For Genocide Trial Of Ratko Mladic
Friday, 17 February 2012, 3:15 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 1:10PM The United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s announced today that the trial of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief who is facing charges of genocide and other war ... More >>
Western Pacific: Final Push to Eliminate Leprosy - UN
Friday, 17 February 2012, 3:10 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 1:10PM The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a “final push” to eliminate leprosy as a public health threat in the Western Pacific region, where more than 5,000 fresh cases of the curable disease ... More >>
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 >>
