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As Starving Somalis Flood Into Ethiopia, UN Sends in Aid
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 2:23 pm | UN News
As Starving Somalis Flood Into Ethiopia, UN Sends in Emergency Aid Team. More >>
US Must Do More to Protect Women from Domestic Violence, UN
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 2:18 pm | UN News
US Must Do More to Protect Women from Domestic Violence, UN Rights Expert Warns. The United States must do more to protect women from domestic violence after a regional body found it wanting in defending a battered woman and her three murdered children ... More >>
UN Reports Signs of Antarctic Ozone Depletion this Year
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 2:14 pm | UN News
UN Agency Reports First Signs of Antarctic Ozone Depletion this Year. Signs of ozone depletion are again appearing over the Antarctic, the United Nations reported today, adding that prevailing temperatures and polar stratospheric clouds indicate that ... More >>
Libya: UN Chief Stresses Unity and National Reconciliation
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 2:09 pm | UN News
Libya: UN Chief Stresses Unity and National Reconciliation During Transition. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for maintaining national unity and fostering reconciliation in Libya when he spoke with the leader of the North African country’s ... More >>
Grenada Accedes to the Rome Statute of the ICC
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 2:06 pm | UN News
Grenada Accedes to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Established by the Rome Statute of 1998, the ICC can try cases involving individuals charged with war crimes committed since July 2002. The Security Council, the ICC Prosecutor ... More >>
Pakistan Trailblazer Wins UN Female Police Peacekeeper Award
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 9:59 am | UN News
Police officer Shahzadi Gulfam, currently a United Nations Police (UNPOL) Team Leader with the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), is this year’s recipient of the UN International Female Police Peacekeeper Award. More >>
Liberians Vote on Constitutional Changes Seen as Milestone
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 9:47 am | UN News
Liberians went to the polls today to vote in a referendum on constitutional changes, a move described by the United Nations envoy for the West African country as a milestone in the process to entrench peace and stability that has prevailed since the end of ... More >>
Darfur: UN-Backed Ceasefire Commission Inaugural Meeting
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 1:03 pm | UN News
A new ceasefire commission for Darfur held its inaugural meeting today, with the head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in the war-torn Sudanese region saying it plants the seeds for enduring peace. More >>
Thailand Must Fight Human Trafficking More Effectively - UN
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 12:59 pm | UN News
Thailand must do more to effectively combat the rising rate in human trafficking and protect migrant workers who are increasingly vulnerable to forced and exploitative labour, a United Nations expert has said, warning that deep-rooted corruption is ... More >>
South Sudan Ethnic Clashes, UN Urges End ‘Cycle of Violence'
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 12:53 pm | UN News
The top United Nations official in South Sudan today called for an end to the “cycle of violence” engulfing the newly independent country’s state of Jonglei, where hundreds of people have been killed in recent days in fighting between ethnic groups. More >>
UN Backs Probe into Employee Implicated in Mineral Smuggling
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 9:48 am | UN News
The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said today it is fully cooperating with the authorities there who are investigating an attempt by a local UN employee to smuggle about one ton of cassiterite ore from ... More >>
Haiti UN Staff at the Ready as Hurricane Bears Down
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 9:38 am | UN News
United Nations staff in Haiti have activated their emergency response systems to prepare for tonight’s expected arrival of Hurricane Irene as it crosses the Caribbean region. More >>
Talks Between Myanmar’s President and Opposition Welcomed
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 9:34 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he is encouraged by last week’s meeting between Myanmar’s President U Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with both figures voicing satisfaction with discussions aimed at finding common ground ... More >>
Investing in Ecosystem Services Can Boost Food Security
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 5:23 pm | UN News
Investing in healthy ecosystems can boost food security, improve resilience to climate change and provide economic benefits for poor communities, says a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners. More >>
UN Human Rights Council Mulls New Probe Into Syria Crackdown
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 5:19 pm | UN News
The United Nations Human Rights Council met in special session today to debate the urgent dispatch of a commission to Syria to investigate possible crimes against humanity in the Government’s “brutal” crackdown on largely peaceful protesters seeking ... More >>
Visiting Egypt, UN Envoy Urges Calm After Recent Violence
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 5:16 pm | UN News
Visiting Egypt, UN Envoy Urges Calm After Recent Violence on Israeli Border. A senior United Nations envoy has voiced deep concern over the death of Egyptian security personnel during the incident that occurred near the country’s border with Israel ... More >>
UN-Backed Project to Provide Tourism Management Skills
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 5:13 pm | UN News
UN-Backed Project to Provide Tourism Management Skills in Africa and Asia. Some 8,000 tourism workers and entrepreneurs from developing countries in Africa and Asia will benefit from a training project supported by the United Nations and implemented by ... More >>
Libya: UN Chief Urges Smooth, Peaceful Transition of Power
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 5:02 pm | UN News
With signs that the conflict that has raged in Libya for more than six months may soon end, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for a smooth and peaceful transition and pledged the assistance of the United Nations for the people of the ... More >>
Libya: UN Chief Urges Smooth, Peaceful Transition of Power
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 5:01 pm | UN News
With signs that the conflict that has raged in Libya for more than six months may soon end, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for a smooth and peaceful transition and pledged the assistance of the United Nations for the people of the ... More >>
