Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register UN News for InfoPages here.
UN News - Latest News [Page 458]
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 >>
Everyday Benefits From Space Science and Technology
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:01 pm | UN News
Understanding more about space science and that benefits that such technology has brought to everyday life is essential to helping the world address its most urgent problems, the United Nations said today as the Organization kicked off World Space ... More >>
Mexican Initiative to Protect Population from Earthquakes
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 11:58 am | UN News
The United Nations welcomed Mexico City’s new preventive measures to protect its population from earthquakes by ensuring that property at high risk of damage is expropriated by the Government and its occupants provided with safe alternate housing. More >>
Clean Water, Sanitation and Food Relief Priorities in Haiti
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 11:57 am | UN News
Access to safe drinking water, sanitation and food are the priority humanitarian needs in Haiti over the next year, the United Nations relief chief said today, stressing that the estimated 600,000 people still in camps after last year’s earthquake continue ... More >>
UN:Integrate Social Concerns into Economic Recovery Policies
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 12:00 pm | UN News
A senior United Nations official today urged countries to pursue economic policies that take social considerations into account to ensure that the poor, youth, persons with disability and the elderly do not continue to bear the brunt of fiscal austerity ... More >>
