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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 >>
UN Atomic Energy Official & Radiation Contamination Incident
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:27 pm | UN News
The United Nations atomic energy agency reported today that one of its safeguards inspectors has been involved in a contamination incident at a nuclear waste processing facility in Dessel, Belgium. More >>
UN Arbitrary Detention Group Concerned At German Practices
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:25 pm | UN News
The United Nations independent working group on arbitrary detention today voiced concern over Germany’s preventive detention system, citing the practice of depriving some people of their liberty after serving their prison terms because they are considered ... More >>
Items from Heavens to Seas Admitted UN World Memory Register
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:24 pm | UN News
Georgian manuscripts from the 5th century AD, a French royal decree from 1537, and a 20th-century astronomical study of the nearby parts of the universe are among seven new entries to a United Nations world heritage register. More >>
Darfurian Armed Group Committs to Not Using Child Soliders
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:23 pm | UN News
A faction of one of the armed groups in Darfur has agreed to prohibit the use of child soldiers in its ranks after discussions with the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Sudanese region (UNAMID), the mission reported ... More >>
Haiti: UN Hopes for Greater Reconstruction with New Premier
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:20 pm | UN News
The United Nations today welcomed the Haitian Parliament’s approval of a new Prime Minister after months of delay, voicing hope that the impoverished country where the world body maintains a large peacekeeping force can now accelerate its reconstruction ... More >>
UNICEF: Lack of Nutrition Supplies to Meet Unpreceded Demand
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:19 pm | UN News
Stronger partnerships and industry support are needed to meet the demand for life-saving nutrition products for children, which has reached an all time-high, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported yesterday. More >>
South Sudan Becomes Member State of UN Telecoms Union
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:18 pm | UN News
South Sudan has become the 193rd Member State of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the agency announced today. The country, which gained its independence on 9 July, has already been allocated the international dialling ... More >>
Sudan: Looming Food Crisis in Blue Nile & Southern Kordofan
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:17 pm | UN News
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for urgent action and funding to prevent a looming crisis in Sudan’s Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states, where the latest fighting combined with erratic rainfall has doomed ... More >>
6 Mil. Teachers Needed To Ensure Universal Primary Education
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 1:15 pm | UN News
The United Nations marked World Teachers’ Day today with a warning that 61 million more teachers are needed to meet the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of attaining universal primary education by 2015. More >>
Russia/China Veto Draft Security Council Resolution on Syria
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 1:18 pm | UN News
China and Russia today vetoed a draft resolution in the Security Council that had strongly condemned Syrian authorities for their violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters this year and called for an immediate end to human rights abuses. More >>
Top UN Relief Official to Visit DPR Korea
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:44 pm | UN News
The top United Nations humanitarian official will visit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) later this month to assess the extent of the country’s food crisis and hear from authorities what longer-term plans they have to deal with ... More >>
UN Speaks Out Against Targeting of Roma in Bulgaria
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:43 pm | UN News
The United Nations human rights office today voiced deep concern about the anti-Roma demonstrations and accompanying hate speech that have been occurring in Bulgaria, and called on authorities to combat discrimination and protect minority groups. More >>
UN Starts Phone-Based Scheme to Help Poor Ivorians Buy Food
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:29 pm | UN News
The United Nations has launched a pilot programme that uses mobile telephone technology to facilitate cash transfers to help thousands of poor people that were badly affected by the post-election crisis in Côte d’Ivoire to buy food. More >>
UN Deplores Deadly Bombing in Somali Capital
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:27 pm | UN News
The top United Nations envoy to Somalia has strongly condemned today’s suicide bombing at a government ministry building in the capital, Mogadishu, that has killed scores of people and injured many more. More >>
Students Must Help Build Law Institutions in Democracies
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:26 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tonight articulated his vision for a world where accountability, the rule of law and conflict prevention mechanisms are entrenched for sustainable peace, and urged students to consider joining some of the United Nations peace missions ... More >>
Slovenia’s Response in Wake of Japanese Nuclear Accident
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:03 pm | UN News
United Nations atomic experts today commended Slovenia’s regulatory framework for nuclear safety, citing its prompt reaction to the implications of the accident and radiation release at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant earlier this year. More >>
