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UN Concerned Over Treatment of Asylum-Seekers in Ukraine
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 5:48 pm | UN News
The United Nations refugee agency has voiced concern over the plight of asylum-seekers, including some minors, held in two detention centres in Ukraine, where more than 100 people are reportedly challenging their detention or have complained that they ... More >>
South Sudan: UN Stresses Vast Scale of Humanitarian Needs
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 5:47 pm | UN News
The United Nations relief chief today underlined the enormity of the humanitarian challenges facing South Sudan on the first day of her three-day visit to the fledgling country, highlighting the needs of returnees, an influx of refugees, internal displacement ... More >>
Small Indian Hill State to Improve Agricultural Livelihoods
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 5:24 pm | UN News
India is receiving a loan of nearly $90 million from the United Nations to improve agricultural livelihoods in the small north-western state of Uttarakhand, one of the poorest areas in the country. More >>
New UN Initiative To Harness Social Media To Fight Hunger
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 12:27 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 1 2012 11:10AM The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is launching a week-long campaign in which users of the popular online trivia game Freerice can recruit their friends to help bring food to the world’s most vulnerable populations. More >>
Kenyan Court Sentences Men Who Killed UN Humanitarian Worker
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 12:17 pm | UN News
The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Josette Sheeran welcomed today the decision by the Kenyan High Court to sentence five men to 56 years in prison each for the murder of a WFP staff member in 2008. Silence Chirara, a Zimbabwean ... More >>
Tanzania: Refugee Children Learn Art Basics
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 12:15 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 1 2012 1:10PM In a novel way to impart new skills to children while improving their social interaction, the United Nations refugee agency has sponsored an arts workshop for refugee pupils from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ... More >>
Middle East: Ban Urges Efforts To Resolve Israel-Palestine
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 12:10 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 1 2012 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Israelis and Palestinians to take steps that will build trust and ensure an environment conducive to sustained negotiations, voicing his hope that the nascent talks begun last month ... More >>
UN Yugoslav Tribunal Accepts Plea Agreement
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 11:52 am | UN News
New York, Jan 31 2012 6:10PM The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today accepted the plea agreement filed in the contempt of court trial of Jelena Rašic, who was accused of procuring false statements from ... More >>
Thousands Affected By Tropical Storms In Mozambique – UN
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 11:48 am | UN News
New York, Jan 31 2012 6:10PM The United Nations humanitarian agency reported today that an estimated 117,000 people have been affected by two tropical storms in Mozambique last week, adding that it is closely monitoring the situation. More >>
Call For Multilateral Action To Address Sahel Challenges
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 11:46 am | UN News
New York, Jan 31 2012 7:10PM The Security Council today called for a coordinated and inclusive approach to ensure a solution to the problems facing the Sahel region, which include an ongoing humanitarian crisis, lack of socio-economic development, ... More >>
Ethiopian Capital: Power Of Books Celebrated By Un Chief
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 11:43 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon celebrated the benefits that books can bring to young people as he opened a library at an Ethiopian primary school that has been established under an innovative United Nations scheme. At a ceremony yesterday in Addis Ababa, ... More >>
Senegal: Ban Urges All Sides to Refrain from Violence
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 9:52 am | UN News
New York, Jan 31 2012 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern today about mounting political tensions in Senegal, where voters go to the polls in less than a month to elect a president. More >>
UN Launches Information System To Boost Disaster Prevention
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 9:21 am | UN News
The United Nations launched today an information system to improve and expand the exchange of weather, climate and water data, which can be used for disaster risk reduction, water management, food security and health purposes. The World Meteorological ... More >>
Security Council Debates Situation In Syria
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 2:05 pm | UN News
The Security Council this afternoon began debate on the situation in Syria, where thousands of people have been killed over the past 10 months in a Government crackdown against a popular uprising. Nabil El Araby, the Secretary-General of the League of ... More >>
UN Certifies Standards of New Camp For Iranian Exiles
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 1:57 pm | UN News
United Nations refugee and human rights officials said today that they have confirmed that the infrastructure and facilities at a new camp in Iraq for residents of the settlement formerly known as Camp Ashraf meet international standards, as stipulated ... More >>
Ban Encourages Jordan And Arab Neighbours To Continue Reform
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 1:53 pm | UN News
The Arab world has a “generational opportunity” to create a future it deserves, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today during a visit to Jordan, voicing his support for ongoing reforms in the country and the region. “At this critical juncture, ... More >>
UNESCO Chief Condemns Latest Murder Of Journalist In Somalia
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 1:49 pm | UN News
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting and defending the freedom of the press today condemned the murder of a journalist in Somalia and called for measures to improve the safety of media professionals in the Horn of Africa country. ... More >>
Reform Of Green Institutions ‘Imperative’
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 1:23 pm | UN News
New York, Jan 31 2012 1:10PM Reform of environmental institutions is needed so countries can achieve sustainable development, the President of the General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser said today, and stressed that States must prepare and contribute ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Agency Funds Irrigation Improvement Projects
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 1:18 pm | UN News
The United Nations fund tasked with promoting rural development will provide a $22-million loan to Sri Lanka to finance the improvement of the South Asian country’s irrigation infrastructure and crop diversification, as well as projects to expand market opportunities ... More >>
Mediterranean The Deadliest Sea For Refugees & Migrants - UN
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 1:11 pm | UN News
New York, Jan 31 2012 12:10PM The Mediterranean Sea has become the deadliest stretch of water in the world for migrants and refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today. More >>
