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Myanmar Must Release All Remaining Political Prisoners
Friday, 21 October 2011, 2:27 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 4:10PM Myanmar’s new Government must follow up on its release of 200 political prisoners earlier this month by freeing all remaining such detainees by the end of the year, a United Nations human rights expert said today. More >>
Iran: UN Human Rights Expert Stresses Need For Dialogue
Friday, 21 October 2011, 12:52 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 1:10PM An independent United Nations human rights expert on Iran today stressed the need for constructive dialogue with the country’s authorities, adding that he was encouraged by Tehran’s stated willingness to cooperate with ... More >>
Cambodia: Interference in Work of Genocide Tribunal
Friday, 21 October 2011, 12:50 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 1:10PM The United Nations legal chief today strongly urged the Cambodian Government to refrain from interfering in any way with the judicial process relating to the United Nations-backed tribunal set up to try those accused ... More >>
Development Needs Of Today Must Not Trump Better Tomorrow
Friday, 21 October 2011, 12:38 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 3:10PM The world has little time to lose to come up with bold but pragmatic solutions to balance the need to provide an equitable, prosperous life for all with the imperative to save the planet from climate change and runaway over-exploitation, ... More >>
Horn Of Africa: More Resources Needed To Maintain Relief
Friday, 21 October 2011, 12:34 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 3:10PM The massive humanitarian response to the food crisis in the Horn of Africa has eased the suffering of thousands of people, but more resources are needed to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in famine-hit areas ... More >>
UN Agencies To Improve Well-Being Of Drylands Communities
Friday, 21 October 2011, 12:28 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 10:10AM United Nations agencies have agreed to step up their efforts to protect and revitalize drylands, and help improve the social and economic well-being of the communities that rely on these ecosystems. More >>
Soccer Great Ronaldinho To Score Goals In AIDS Campaign
Friday, 21 October 2011, 12:19 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 12:10PM The United Nations has a new striker on its team to defeat HIV/AIDS, Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho, who will now parlay his devastating skills on the sports field into raising awareness among young people worldwide to ... More >>
Mexico: Angélique Kidjo Lauds UN-Backed Children's Centre
Friday, 21 October 2011, 12:16 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 11:10AM Internationally renowned singer Angélique Kidjo has lauded the efforts of a facility in Mexico City supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that provides medical, psychological and legal assistance to children ... More >>
Libyans Must Come Together And Reconcile - Ban
Friday, 21 October 2011, 12:14 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 12:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all sides in Libya to lay down their arms and work together peacefully to rebuild the North African nation amid reports that Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi has been killed. More >>
UN Expert Urges Protection For Palestinian Children
Friday, 21 October 2011, 12:11 pm | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 12:10PM A United Nations human rights expert today urged the international community to scale up its protection measures for Palestinian children living under occupation in the West Bank and Gaza and called on Israel to adopt guidelines ... More >>
Nine Countries Compete In Upcoming Security Council Election
Friday, 21 October 2011, 11:40 am | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 5:10PM Nine countries are formally campaigning for elections tomorrow that will decide which States will occupy five non-permanent seats on the Security Council during 2012-13. More >>
Corporate Leaders At Un-Backed Meeting Urge Reforms
Friday, 21 October 2011, 11:38 am | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 5:10PM Corporate executives and prominent political figures today at a United Nations-backed meeting called for investment in emerging sectors that support sustainable development to reinvigorate the flagging global economy ... More >>
Dialogue Vital Tool To Foster Understanding
Friday, 21 October 2011, 11:35 am | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 5:10PM An independent United Nations human rights expert today stressed the vital role of inter-religious communication to combat intolerance and discrimination and to promote understanding among people of different faiths. More >>
DPR Korea: UN Expert Warns Of Dwindling Aid and Food Crisis
Friday, 21 October 2011, 11:33 am | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 6:10PM Although the food situation in the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) is critical, international assistance is dwindling, a United Nations human rights expert warned today. More >>
General Assembly President Urges Greater Support
Friday, 21 October 2011, 11:32 am | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 6:10PM General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser today urged the United Nations committee that focuses on economic and financial issues to find “creative and innovative” ways of tackling the problems of the countries ... More >>
UN Supports Training For Dr Congo Police Ahead Of Elections
Friday, 21 October 2011, 11:30 am | UN News
New York, Oct 20 2011 6:10PM More than 700 police officers are being trained by the United Nations and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to provide better policing in the country’s province of South Kivu during next month’s elections. More >>
Timor-Leste & UN Step Up to Dispose of Unexploded Ordinance
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 11:56 am | UN News
Timor-Leste and the United Nations are stepping up their efforts to uncover unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the small South-East Asian country and strengthen its capabilities to dispose of these deadly objects. More >>
DR Congo:Security Council Wants Credible, Peaceful Elections
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 2:35 pm | UN News
The Security Council today reiterated its call for credible and peaceful elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), stressing that the country’s Government bore the primary responsibility to ensure that the polls are above reproach. More >>
UN Conference: Reversing Desertification to Combat Poverty
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 12:18 pm | UN News
Key speakers at the United Nations conference in the Republic of Korea on combating desertification today stressed that restoring degraded lands is crucial to addressing some global challenges, including poverty, food scarcity and the loss of the world’s ... More >>
Investing in People and Green Growth to Eradicate Poverty
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 11:15 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned today that progress so far in the fight against poverty risked being reversed by a failure to put people at the centre of development policies and strategies aimed at economic recovery following the global financial ... More >>
