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UN Foundation Launches First Smart Phone Application
Friday, 16 September 2011, 4:18 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 15 2011 7:10PM The United Nations Foundation today launched its first smart phone application, which it hopes will allow users to quickly access information about the activities of both the UN system and the Foundation itself. More >>
UN and China Launching Small-Business Fund To Empower Women
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:38 pm | UN News
The United Nations joined Chinese groups today in launching a new small-business fund that seeks to further empower women in the world’s most populous country. More >>
UN Working To Mitigate Climate Change Impact on Africa
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:27 pm | UN News
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today it is working with African leaders to help the continent adapt agricultural approaches that are more resilient to the impact of the climate change and scarcity of natural resources. More >>
Medical Waste Becoming An Increasing Problem - UN Expert
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:22 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 14 2011 12:10PM Medical waste is posing a growing problem worldwide, jeopardizing the health of staff, patients, disposal workers and anyone else coming into contact with the often hazardous materials discarded by hospitals and other ... More >>
Toll From Pakistani Rains Mounts As Flooding Spreads - UN
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:19 pm | UN News
The toll from torrential rains in Pakistan is mounting, with 230 people killed, more than 300,000 others displaced and 1.1 million homes destroyed or damaged as flooding has inundated 4.5 million acres, cutting major roads and polluting water, the United ... More >>
Private Security Contractors Threaten Human Rights - UN
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:16 pm | UN News
A United Nations panel today called for greater regulation of mercenaries and private military and security companies by both host and contributor countries to ensure respect for human rights and accountability for any abuses committed. More >>
Mandate Of UN Peacebuilding Office In Sierra Leone Extended
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:11 pm | UN News
The Security Council today extended for another year the mandate of the United Nations office that is helping Sierra Leone on its journey towards becoming a stable, peaceful and democratic country. More >>
UN Unveils Full List Of Staff Killed In Nigeria Attack
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:08 pm | UN News
Somali Consensus Paves Way for Restoring Stability - UN
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:06 pm | UN News
A broad consensus on how to end the transitional period and restore peace and stability in Somalia now exists among the country’s leadership, the United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, urging it to send an unequivocal message to the ... More >>
Security Council Reappoints War Crimes Tribunal Prosecutors
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:01 pm | UN News
New York, Sep 14 2011 2:10PM The Security Council today reappointed the prosecutors working at the United Nations tribunals tasked with bringing to justice the perpetrators of the worst crimes committed during the Balkans conflicts of the 1990s and the 1994 ... More >>
New Opportunities As Global Population Nears 7 Billion - UN
Friday, 16 September 2011, 11:54 am | UN News
With the world’s population projected to top 7 billion next month, the United Nations today launched a global initiative – "http://www.7billionactions.org/" >7 Billion Actions – bringing together governments, businesses, the media and individuals ... More >>
UN Reports Progress In Palestinian State-Building
Friday, 16 September 2011, 11:47 am | UN News
UN Reports Progress In Palestinian State-Building, But Warns Over Political Stagnation. More >>
Senior UN Team Heads To Haiti Following Alleged Sexual Abuse
Friday, 16 September 2011, 11:44 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent a senior team to Haiti to enforce the United Nations’ zero-tolerance policy on misconduct by its personnel following the alleged sexual assault of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan members of the UN peacekeeping ... More >>
UN Secretary-General: Opening remarks with NZ PM John Key
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 3:58 pm | UN News
Prime Minister Key, Ladies and Gentlemen of the media, I am honoured to participate in this very historic, 40th anniversary of the PIF leaders' meeting and I am also very pleased to have a very successful constructive visit, bilateral, to New Zealand. More >>
UN Aid as More Sudanese Refugees Flee to Ethiopia
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 1:02 pm | UN News
United Nations agencies are mobilizing to assist at some 20,000 people who have fled the fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile state and arrived in neighbouring Ethiopia. More >>
UN War CrimeTribunal: Former Yugoslav Army Chief Convicted
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 12:59 pm | UN News
The United Nations tribunal set up to prosecute the most serious offences committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today convicted Momcilo Perišić, ; for crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced the former chief of staff of ... More >>
Over 80 Per Cent of Somali Refugees in Ethiopia Are Children
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 12:56 pm | UN News
The latest demographic data shows that people under the age of 18 account for 80 per cent of the 121,000 refugees in four camps in the Dollo Ado area of south-eastern Ethiopia, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). More >>
World Must Pull Together in Face of Unprecedented Challenges
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 12:53 pm | UN News
Reaching into the sport of rugby for metaphor and the lore of the Maoris, New Zealand’s original inhabitants, for wisdom, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a fervent appeal today for unprecedented global cooperation to meet an exceptional host of complex ... More >>
Nepal Must Improve Conditions of Former Indentured Labourers
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 12:44 pm | UN News
The United Nations and local partners in Nepal today called for immediate steps to better the lives of over 100,000 bonded labourers and family members, who have seen scant improvement in their often deplorable conditions since the Government abolished ... More >>
Darfur: UN Education Efforts on Unexploded Ordinance
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 12:39 pm | UN News
Peacekeepers serving with the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) will hold a public awareness campaign this week about the risks posed by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the wake of the recent deaths of two children who had ... More >>
