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UN Launches Decade On Biodiversity To Stem Loss
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 3:12 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today launched the Decade on Biodiversity with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging humanity to live in harmony with nature and to preserve and properly manage its riches for the prosperity of current and future generations. More >>
Ban Pledges To Support Newly Elected ICC Prosecutor
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 2:44 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor-elect of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and pledged his continued support for her and the United Nations’ cooperation to assist the court in fully achieving its ... More >>
UN Mission On Impact Of Libyan Crisis
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 1:48 pm | United Nations
A United Nations mission to assess the impact of the recent turmoil in Libya on the Sahel region is heading to Mauritania for talks with top officials in the West African nation, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesperson announced today. More >>
UN Rural Poverty Agency Unveils Billion-Dollar Target
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 1:42 pm | United Nations
Member States of the United Nations’ rural development arm announced today that they will aim to raise $1.5 billion in new contributions to support the agency’s efforts to bolster the living conditions of rural poor across the developing world. More >>
Yemen’s New Govt Taking Steps To Restore Peace And Stability
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 1:40 pm | United Nations
Yemen’s new Government has taken steps to restore peace and stability in the country, the United Nations special envoy for the country said today, explaining that the new measures include instructions that roadblocks be removed, soldiers return to ... More >>
UN-Backed International Centre For Women In Arts
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 1:28 pm | United Nations
The “genius of women artists from around the world” will be the main focus of the United Nations-backed International Centre for Women Artists (ICWA), a museum and arts education project that will open in Jordan next year. More >>
Ban Stresses Role Of Business In Sustainable Development
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 1:20 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the critical role that businesses play in advancing sustainable development, and called for a surge in public-private partnerships ahead of a major United Nations conference on the issue next June. More >>
ICC Orders Release Of Rwandan Rebel Leader
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 1:13 pm | United Nations
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today ordered the release of a Rwandan rebel leader after dismissing war crimes charges related to deadly fighting in the far east of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2009. More >>
UN And Major African Bank In Partnership Raising HIV/AIDS
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 1:10 pm | United Nations
The United Nations body tasked with combating the spread of HIV/AIDS and one of Africa’s largest banks have formed a two-year partnership to raise public awareness of the pandemic in the continent, the UN agency reported today. More >>
Donors Give Nearly $375 Million To UN Emergency Relief Fund
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 1:07 pm | United Nations
Donors pledged nearly $375 million today to the United Nations fund that ensures that humanitarian workers can quickly begin saving lives when a crisis strikes. More >>
Viet Nam: UN-Backed Study Shows Well-Being Disparities
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 1:02 pm | United Nations
Disparities in the well-being of children and women persist in Viet Nam, according to the findings of a United Nations-backed survey released today, which also shows that the differences vary across regions by gender, area of residence, wealth, and ... More >>
Migration Policies Should Protect Rather Than Infringe
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 12:58 pm | United Nations
Migrants are a strong force of progress in their host countries and policies should protect, not infringe their human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says, calling for States to ensure their inalienable rights are not violated. “Migrants make ... More >>
South Sudan: UN Envoy Hails Vice-President’s Appeal
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 12:48 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has welcomed an appeal by the country’s Vice-President Riek Machar to communities in the troubled Jonglei state to refrain from violence and to immediately engage in talks on reconciliation ... More >>
Somalia: UN Expert Urges Greater Efforts To Tackle Violence
Sunday, 18 December 2011, 12:34 pm | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert today called for greater efforts to improve the plight of women in Somalia, thousands of whom remain extremely vulnerable to discrimination and violence. More >>
Stricken Japanese Nuclear Plant is Now Stable
Saturday, 17 December 2011, 7:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Dec 16 2011 10:10AM The United Nations nuclear watchdog today welcomed Japan’s announcement that it had successfully stabilized the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was damaged earlier this year and that the release ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Climate Change Deal Reached at UN Conference
Sunday, 11 December 2011, 11:44 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today the set of decisions reached by countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, saying they represent a significant agreement that will define how the international community ... More >>
UN To Dispatch Human Rights Delegation To Bahrain
Sunday, 11 December 2011, 5:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Dec 9 2011 11:10AM The United Nations human rights office announced today it is dispatching a delegation to Bahrain, where serious rights violations are alleged to have occurred earlier this year, to discuss how to build a more open and democratic ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Swearing in of Yemen's New Government
Sunday, 11 December 2011, 5:32 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today the swearing in of the Government of National Unity in Yemen, calling it an important milestone in implementing the transitional agreement in the country. More >>
40 Die in Ethnic Violence in Jonglei
Saturday, 10 December 2011, 12:23 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan today stressed the need to press ahead with the reconciliation process in Jonglei state where another outbreak of inter-ethnic violence earlier this week left more than 40 people dead, most of ... More >>
Syria Could Plunge into Civil War as More Soldiers Defect
Saturday, 10 December 2011, 12:21 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief warned today that Syria could descend into civil war as more members of the armed forces defect, noting that nearly 1,000 of the estimated 4,000 people who have died in the bloody crackdown on protesters have ... More >>
