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Pakistan: UN Humanitarian Fund Allocates Money for Flood
Friday, 7 October 2011, 2:31 pm | UN News
The United Nations humanitarian fund today announced the allocation of $17.6 million to ensure that more than five million people affected by floods in Pakistan will continue to receive relief, including safe drinking water, sanitation services, food, ... More >>
Ban Pays Tribute to US Computing Pioneer Steve Jobs
Friday, 7 October 2011, 1:00 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today paid tribute to Steve Jobs, the United States computing entrepreneur and inventor who has died at the age of 56. More >>
Retrial of Medical Personnel Convicted of Crimes in Bahrain
Friday, 7 October 2011, 12:58 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the plan to re-try the cases of several Bahraini medical personnel charged and convicted with offences related to the pro-democracy movement in the Arab country. More >>
South Sudan Becomes Latest Member of UN Postal Union
Friday, 7 October 2011, 11:01 am | UN News
South Sudan has become the newest member of the United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU), the agency announced today. The country, which gained independence on 9 July, became the 192nd Member State to join the organization, which regulates international ... More >>
Murders Highest In Parts of the Americas and Africa
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:59 am | UN News
Young men in Central and South America and southern and central Africa are most at risk of being killed in cases of intentional homicide, while women face increased likelihood of being murdered in domestic violence, the United Nations Office on Drugs ... More >>
Cereal Production to Rise, But Food Insecurity to Continue
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:58 am | UN News
Despite improved prospects for world cereal production and falling prices, food security is likely to remain precarious in some regions in 2011-2012, with the slowdown in global economic recovery and increased risks of recession casting a shadow, the United ... More >>
Trade Forum in Asia-Pacific Urges Streamlined Procedures
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:55 am | UN News
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region should simplify their trade procedures to remain competitive during the current global economic uncertainty, according to experts at a United Nations-convened regional forum on trade policy that concluded yesterday. More >>
UN Rights Office: Death Toll from Syrian Violence Tops 2,900
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:53 am | UN News
The death toll from months of violent clashes between Syrian Government forces and pro-democracy protesters has now climbed to 2,900, the United Nations human rights office said today. More >>
Tension as Sudan & South Sudan Keep Troops in Disputed Area
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:51 am | UN News
Neither Sudan nor South Sudan have fulfilled their pledges to withdraw their forces from the disputed Abyei area, threatening a “serious deterioration” in tensions between migrating herders and displaced farmers returning to plant their crops, the ... More >>
Campaign of Sustainable Development for World of 7 Billion
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:49 am | UN News
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today joined the 7 Billion Actions campaign, an initiative to encourage individuals, governments, businesses and organizations to take positive actions towards creating a more sustainable world with 7 billion ... More >>
Indian Ocean Tsunami to be Re-enacted to Test Warning System
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:47 am | UN News
More than 20 nations will participate next week in a full-scale exercise to test a United Nations-backed early warning system which will re-enact the events of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. More >>
UN Calls For Integrated Flood Response in Philippines
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:45 am | UN News
A Philippine lawmaker who champions disaster risk reduction in the Asia-Pacific region for the United Nations today called for an integrated flood warning and response system, as 3.2 million of her compatriots struggle with the impact of typhoons that ... More >>
DR Congo: UN Deplores Murder of Five Humanitarian Workers
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:43 am | UN News
The United Nations today called on the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to capture and try those responsible for the murder of five non-governmental organization (NGO) staff in the deadliest ever single assault on humanitarian workers ... More >>
Political Will Needed To Avoid Violence in Southern Lebanon
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:41 am | UN News
Southern Lebanon has seen its longest period of stability in years, but strong political will is needed to avoid future violence, a senior United Nations official said today, calling for Lebanon and neighbouring countries to work together to achieve a permanent ... More >>
Pakistan: Calls For ‘Quantum Leap’ On Disaster Reduction
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:46 pm | UN News
The head of the United Nations disaster risk reduction agency arrives tomorrow in Pakistan to discuss possible measures to reduce the impact and recurrence of major floods, which have inundated much of the Asian country in the past two years. More >>
Young People Voice Concerns on Economic Crisis to UN
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:45 pm | UN News
Young people from 22 countries have gathered at the United Nations this week to shine a light on the impact that the global economic crisis is having on youth around the world. More >>
Somalia: UN For Protection of Civilians after Suicide Attack
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:33 pm | UN News
A United Nations independent expert on human rights called today on the international community to deploy a supplementary force to protect Somali civilians after yesterday’s deadly suicide bombing in Mogadishu that left at least 65 people dead and more than ... More >>
Treaty to Save Fishermen’s Lives to Begin Next September
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:32 pm | UN News
A United Nations-backed treaty that seeks to slash the 24,000 lives estimated to be lost each year during fishing operations around the world will come into force next September, over 17 years after it was adopted by the UN International Maritime ... More >>
Scandinavia: Energy & Green Issues the Focus for Ban’s Visit
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:30 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Scandinavia next week, attending meetings on energy, sustainable development, climate change and green economic initiatives, as well as conferring with heads of State and Government in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. More >>
UNICEF Chief Calls for Urgent Protection of Yemen's Children
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:28 pm | UN News
The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today called for the urgent protection of children in Yemen who are being caught in the crossfire of the civil unrest that began earlier this year. More >>
