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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 >>
Prison Blaze Kills Hundreds In Honduras, UN on Overcrowding
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:28 am | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 4:10PM A United Nations human rights official today called on Latin American countries to tackle the problem of prison overcrowding in the wake of an overnight fire at a jail in Honduras that killed hundreds of inmates. More >>
UN Postal Union Acquires World’s First Postage Stamp Issued
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:26 am | UN News
New York, Feb 15 2012 5:10PM The United Nations postal union reported today that it has acquired what is probably the world’s best-known stamp – the Penny Black – which was issued 172 years ago and shows a profile image of United Kingdom’s ... More >>
Migiro Urges Greater Role For Emerging Economies
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:00 am | UN News
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today called for the wider inclusion of emerging economies in global governance mechanisms, noting that powerful decision-making bodies do not sufficiently reflect the growing impact of developing and new markets ... More >>
Maldives: UN Official Urges All Sides To Form National Unity
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 10:53 am | UN News
All sides in the current political crisis in the Maldives must urgently reach agreement on forming an inclusive government of national unity, a senior United Nations official said today, calling also for a “credible and independent” probe into recent events ... More >>
UN Adviser Warns Of Potential Sectarian Split In Syria
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 5:15 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 14 2012 7:10PM The deadly violence in Syria threatens to permanently divide the country along sectarian and ethnic lines, a senior United Nations official warns, urging community and religious leaders and civil society groups to lead the ... More >>
