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Yemen: UN Report Urges Probe Into Alleged Human Rights Abuse
Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:50 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 13 2011 11:10AM A new United Nations report calls for an independent probe into alleged human rights abuses committed in Yemen since the start of protests earlier this year, as well as immediate action to protect civilians and address the ... More >>
Yemeni Group Receives Prestigious UN Award
Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:49 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 13 2011 12:10PM The United Nations refugee agency announced today it is awarding a prestigious prize to a Yemeni group that provides life-saving assistance to thousands of people who arrive on the country’s shores after making the dangerous ... More >>
Ban Takes To Cyberspace For Global Conversation With Public
Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:47 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 13 2011 12:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took the United Nations pulpit live to cyberspace for the first time today, answering questions submitted through Facebook, LiveStream, Twitter and other social media networks on issues ranging ... More >>
Haiti: UN Concerned At Forcible Evictions Of Quake Survivors
Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:45 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 13 2011 1:10PM Voicing concern at the evictions, some of them forcible, of nearly 70,000 survivors of Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake from camps sheltering them, the United Nations and its partners have pledged to help the authorities plan ... More >>
UN Agency Renews Funding Appeal Gaza Emergency Programmes
Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:43 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 13 2011 1:10PM The United Nations today renewed its appeal to donors to provide $36 million in urgently-needed funds to support emergency assistance to Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. More >>
UN Forum Hears Calls For Greater Protection Of Journalists
Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:41 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 13 2011 2:10PM Top United Nations officials today urged better protection of journalists and greater efforts to ensure that those who kill or intimidate them are brought to justice, stressing that freedom of the press is a basic foundation ... More >>
Un Urges Kosovo And Serbia To Exercise Restraint
Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:16 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 9:10PM A senior United Nations peacekeeping official today urged both Kosovo and Serbia to demonstrate their full commitment to dialogue, reconciliation and peace, and refrain from unilateral action or the use of force in their latest ... More >>
Democracy A Universal Yearning – Ban
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:53 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 9:10AM This year’s dramatic popular support for political change in North Africa and the Middle East showed that democracy is a governance model that people of all cultures yearn for, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, ... More >>
With Pledge To Continue Its Work, UN Honours Nigerian Dead
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:51 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 10:10AM With calls to persevere through adversity, the United Nations held a memorial ceremony in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, today for the staff members who died when its offices there were attacked by a suicide bomber last month. More >>
UN Marks International Day Of Peace - Make Your Voice Heard
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:49 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 11:10AM The United Nations today marked the annual International Day of Peace with tributes to those working to build a better future as well as a call to people everywhere to make their voices heard to strengthen peace and democracy. More >>
Sixteen New Sites Seek Admission To Un-Backed Geoparks List
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:45 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 12:10PM A glacier-covered volcano in Iceland, a mountainous headland in Japan and a mineral-rich outcrop in Brazil are among 16 new sites being examined this week for admission to the United Nations-backed Global Network of National ... More >>
Latin America/Caribbean: Violent Crime Threatens Development
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:42 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 12:10PM High levels of crime and insecurity continue to pose a challenge to social and economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean, despite steady improvements in governance over the past two decades, the head of ... More >>
Millions Set To Benefit From UN-Luxembourg Partnership
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:39 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 12:10PM Millions of victims of humanitarian emergencies, particularly in West Africa, will benefit from a new life-saving partnership signed today between the United Nations and Luxembourg to provide a rapid response in food aid and communications ... More >>
Coca Cultivation In Bolivia Remains Stable, Un Report Finds
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:38 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 1:10PM The cultivation of coca bushes in Bolivia has remained stable over the past year with 31,000 hectares planted with the shrub, the raw material for the manufacture of cocaine, according to a new survey by the United Nations Office ... More >>
UN Stands Ready For Turbulent Times Ahead – Ban
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:35 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 1:10PM The world is undergoing “a moment of uncommon turbulence,” facing enormous political, economic, humanitarian and environmental challenges, but the United Nations stands ready to help deal with all of them, Secretary-General ... More >>
Timor-Leste: Un Backs Traditional Dialogue Process
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:32 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 1:10PM An argument between two martial arts groups in Timor-Leste that escalated into violence, resulting in the death of an off-duty police officer and the burning of 67 houses, has been resolved by a day-long traditional peace-building ... More >>
IT Use Rises As Price Of Communications Drops
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:29 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 2:10PM The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) continues to accelerate worldwide, spurred by a steady decrease in the price of telephone and broadband Internet services, the United Nations telecommunication ... More >>
Coherent Trade, Agriculture Policies Crucial For Development
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:25 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 3:10PM Trade and agricultural policies are at the core of development, three senior United Nations officials said today, calling for much more to be done towards bringing greater coherence to the issue and warning against protectionism. More >>
Ethical Tourism Vital To Protect Planet - UN Officials
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:24 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 3:10PM United Nations officials today stressed that the tourism industry must ensure it does business in an ethical manner, saying that irresponsible travel could harm societies and the environment despite its benefits to the global ... More >>
Substantial Drop In Child Mortality Around The Globe - UN
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:22 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 4:10PM The number of young children who die each day has plunged over the past two decades, new United Nations figures show , but the world is still lagging far behind in efforts to achieve its target for reducing child mortality. More >>
