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On World Maritime Day, UN Warns Of High Costs Of Piracy
Monday, 3 October 2011, 9:50 am | UN News
New York, Sep 29 2011 9:10AM The United Nations marked World Maritime Day today with a warning of the high costs that piracy is imposing on the shipping industry, and a call for collective action from UN agencies, governments and military forces to ... More >>
UN Agencies Seek $18 Million To Assist Sudanese Refugees
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:19 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 9:10AM United Nations agencies and their aid partners today appealed for $18.3 million to help tens of thousands of refugees who are fleeing into western Ethiopia to escape violence in Sudan’s Blue Nile state. More >>
Tourism An Important Force To Reduce Poverty - UN
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:17 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 9:10AM Top United Nations officials stressed the importance of tourism in reducing poverty and linking countries through tolerance and solidarity as they marked World Tourism Day today. More >>
Kenya: Durable Solutions For Internally Displaced Persons
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:15 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 10:10AM An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged the Kenyan Government to adopt a comprehensive strategy to tackle key challenges faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country. More >>
100 States in Initiative To End Use Of Child Soldiers
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:12 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 11:10AM Five more countries have joined a United Nations-backed list of States committed to release hundreds of thousands of child soldiers and others recruited by armed groups worldwide, end the practice and reintegrate them into society, ... More >>
Social Justice and Political Inclusion Can Prevent Unrest
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:09 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 12:10PM An equitable distribution of resources and greater political participation could ease some of the discontent that many young people feel across the world and prevent popular uprisings such as those seen in North Africa ... More >>
Preventable Urban Air Pollution Kills More Than A Million
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:07 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 1:10PM More than one million lives could be saved each year if cities around the world adhered to United Nations guidelines on air pollution from cars and factories that can cause heart disease, lung cancer, asthma, and acute ... More >>
UN Political Chief: Israel-Palestine Give Diplomacy A Chance
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:05 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 1:10PM While the Security Council mulls over the Palestinian application to become a Member State, the United Nations political chief today called on the Israelis and the Palestinians to return to negotiations to reach a comprehensive ... More >>
Disabled Children Discrimination In Former Soviet Countries
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:02 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 1:10PM Some 1.1 million children with disabilities in Central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union are hidden away at home or in institutions, the United Nations reported today, calling on States that ... More >>
UN Conference: Green Job OpportunitiesFor Young People
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:00 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 1:10PM Providing training and education for young people so they can fully participate in the emerging ‘green economy’ will be the focus of a United Nations conference which kicks off today in the Indonesian city of Bandung. More >>
Russia Urges International Cooperation In Global Finance
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:57 am | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 2:10PM Russia called today for greater international cooperation to ensure better management of the global economic and financial systems, telling the United Nations that the Group of 20 developed and emerging economies can play ... More >>
Delegates Debate Challenges Of Worldwide Internet Governance
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:55 am | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 2:10PM The Internet’s role as a catalyst for change in light of the turmoil sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, the exposure by WikiLeaks of confidential United States diplomatic cables and recent cyber-attacks are high ... More >>
Aid Agencies Preparing To Assist Libyans - UN
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:53 am | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 2:10PM Aid agencies have pre-positioned food and medical supplies on the outskirts of the Libyan city of Sirte, where fighting between pro- and anti-Government forces has displaced about 6,000 people and limited humanitarian access, the United ... More >>
UN Urges Stronger Protection Of Mexican Journalists
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:51 am | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 3:10PM Condemning the murders of three women journalists in Mexico over the past month, the United Nations agency that defends press freedom today pressed for stronger measures to halt the frequent violence against reporters ... More >>
Childhood Vaccines To Reach 37 More Nations
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:48 am | UN News
New York, Sep 27 2011 3:10PM A United Nations-backed scheme that delivers vital immunizations to those who need them the most announced today that it will provide funding for 37 more developing countries to introduce vaccines against the two leading causes ... More >>
Estonia: Action on Responsibility to Protect Principle
Friday, 23 September 2011, 3:42 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 21 2011 - The principle known as ‘responsibility to protect’ – safeguarding populations from genocide and war crimes – must be turned into practical steps to ensure that societies are no longer devastated by such atrocities, Estonia’s ... More >>
Security Council Condemns Murder of Former Afghan President
Friday, 23 September 2011, 3:40 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 21 2011 - The Security Council strongly condemned yesterday’s terrorist attack in Afghanistan that claimed the life of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani and wounded several others. More >>
Ukrainian Leader Calls for Assurances for Non-Nuclear States
Friday, 23 September 2011, 3:38 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 21 2011 - The President of Ukraine today told the General Assembly that the world should move towards gradual and irreversible nuclear disarmament and called for legally binding international security assurances to protect non-nuclear ... More >>
Global Financial Reform Urgently Needed - Argentina at UN
Friday, 23 September 2011, 3:36 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 21 2011 - In the face of the world financial crisis, Argentina called from the podium of the United Nations today for true economic reform to regulate run-away speculation and other factors undermining market stability, global development ... More >>
Maldives Latest to Endorse International Criminal Court
Friday, 23 September 2011, 3:33 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 21 2011 - Maldives today became the latest country to agree to be bound by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the independent, permanent tribunal set up to prosecute individuals accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. More >>
