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UN Reports Three Areas In Somalia Have Emerged From Famine
Monday, 21 November 2011, 1:02 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 18 2011 7:10PM The United Nations reported today that three areas in Somalia which were declared to be in a state of famine earlier this year have emerged from the dire food crisis as a result of scaled-up relief delivery, but warned that ... More >>
UN Calls For Urgent Funds For DR Congo Cholera Outbreak
Monday, 21 November 2011, 12:59 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 18 2011 6:10PM The United Nations humanitarian arm warned today that $5.5 million is urgently needed from donors to combat an outbreak of cholera that has infected more than 17,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
Ban Calls For Access To Affordable Energy In Africa
Monday, 21 November 2011, 12:55 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 20 2011 9:10AM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today call for greater support of efforts to provide 600 million people in Africa with affordable and sustainable energy to enable the continent accelerate social and economic development. More >>
Ban Urges Action To Improve Road Safety
Monday, 21 November 2011, 12:52 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 20 2011 9:10AM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for global mobilization of expertise, resources and individual commitment to improve road safety as a demonstration of honour to all those who have lost their lives in road traffic ... More >>
Rwanda: Un Tribunal Convicts Former Mayor Of Genocide
Friday, 18 November 2011, 1:48 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 17 2011 3:10PM The United Nations tribunal trying those most responsible for the 1994 genocide that engulfed Rwanda today found a former mayor guilty of genocide and extermination and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. More >>
Cambodia: Former Khmer Rouge Leader Unfit for Trial
Friday, 18 November 2011, 1:46 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 17 2011 4:10PM The United Nations-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia ruled today that a 79-year-old former senior member of the Khmer Rouge is unfit to stand trial and ordered her unconditional release. More >>
Migiro: Faster Movement of Women Into Senior UN Positions
Friday, 18 November 2011, 1:31 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 17 2011 5:10PM Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today called for greater effort to raise the number of women holding senior positions at the United Nations, saying that the majority of them remain in the lower ranks although more ... More >>
Thousands Of Ivorian Refugees To Return To Their Villages
Friday, 18 November 2011, 1:29 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 17 2011 6:10PM The voluntary repatriation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in a refugee camp in western Côte d’Ivoire began this week with the support of the Government, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of ... More >>
South Sudan: UN Mission Presses For Child Soldiers Release
Friday, 18 November 2011, 1:27 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 17 2011 6:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping operation in South Sudan today called on the country’s military to ensure that all child soldiers within its ranks are released after more than 50 teenage soldiers were let go earlier ... More >>
Deforestation Threatens Planet, Economies And Communities
Friday, 18 November 2011, 10:43 am | UN News
New York, Nov 17 2011 12:10PM Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also communities whose income, culture and way of life depend on healthy forests, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today ... More >>
Hungarian Laboratory The Likely Source Of Iodine Outbreak
Friday, 18 November 2011, 10:40 am | UN News
New York, Nov 17 2011 12:10PM A Hungarian laboratory is the most likely source of the outbreak of a radioactive particle recently detected in the atmosphere above parts of Europe, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported ... More >>
Innovative Agriculture Essential To Meet Water/Energy Demand
Friday, 18 November 2011, 10:38 am | UN News
New York, Nov 17 2011 12:10PM Innovative agricultural approaches will be crucial to respond to increasing competition for water and energy resources, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), calling for more integrated planning ... More >>
UN Seeks Visit To Clarify Nature Of Iran’s Nuclear Programme
Friday, 18 November 2011, 10:35 am | UN News
New York, Nov 17 2011 10:10AM The head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today there is credible information that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon and called on the country to agree to a visit by a high-level team ... More >>
Ban Commends Liberians For Holding Free And Fair Election
Friday, 18 November 2011, 10:33 am | UN News
Ban Commends Liberians For Holding Free And Fair Presidential Election More >>
UN Urges Rwanda To Transition To Green Economy
Friday, 18 November 2011, 10:29 am | UN News
New York, Nov 16 2011 7:10PM Rwanda must build on its efforts to transition to a green economy, according a United Nations report released today on the country’s post-conflict environmental situation, which also urges the Government to implement ... More >>
UN Chief: Obligation To Protect Civilians in Conflict
Friday, 18 November 2011, 10:25 am | UN News
New York, Nov 16 2011 7:10PM Civilians are bearing the brunt of conflict in several countries, the United Nations top humanitarian official said today, reminding parties to such disputes of the their obligation under international humanitarian law to ... More >>
Philosophy Can Benefit Society, Aid Search For Peace
Friday, 18 November 2011, 10:17 am | UN News
Philosophy, the exercise of critical thought and freedom of expression are vital in the search for lasting responses to the challenges of peace and development, a top United Nations official stated as the world body marked this year’s World Philosophy ... More >>
Medical Examination Of Former Bosnian Serb Military Chief
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 1:27 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 16 2011 5:10PM The United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today ordered a medical examination of Ratko Mladic , the former head of the Bosnian Serb armed forces who is being tried on genocide ... More >>
Govts And Private Sector Transition to Green Economy
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 1:17 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 16 2011 1:10PM Businesses and governments are accelerating investment in the green sectors of the economy, a United Nations report unveiled today shows, stressing that the trend will facilitate the transition towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient ... More >>
Security Council: Extension For Bosnia Peacekeepers
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 1:11 pm | UN News
New York, Nov 16 2011 1:10PM The Security Council today extended for another year the European Union stabilization force (EUFOR) that is tasked with ensuring that all sides continue to comply with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended fighting ... More >>
