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Contact with Qadhafi’s Son on Possible Surrender
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:25 pm | United Nations
ICC Prosecutor in Contact with Qadhafi’s Son on Possible Surrender New York, Oct 28 2011 1:10PM More >>
Needs of Pakistani Flood Survivors Rise as Winter Approaches
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:24 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 28 2011 1:10PM The needs of people affected by floods in Pakistan are rising as winter approaches and reported outbreaks of water- and vector-borne diseases, the United Nations reported today, warning that funding for humanitarian assistance ... More >>
Emergency Airlift for Quake Victims in Eastern Turkey
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:23 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 28 2011 12:10PM The United Nations refugee agency has launched an emergency airlift to bring tents, blankets and other vital relief supplies for the victims of the deadly earthquake that struck eastern Turkey earlier this week. More >>
Flood Disaster Worsens in Thailand
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:22 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 28 2011 12:10PM The United Nations will provide 20,000 insecticide-treated mosquito nets in temporary shelters and other areas in flood-hit Thailand in a bid to protect people from dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases, as weather ... More >>
Deadly Outbreak of Kala-Azar Disease Continues
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:21 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 28 2011 12:10PM At least 720 people have died in South Sudan from a protracted outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease, and the number of deaths could be much higher, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) ... More >>
Aerial Bombings Driving More Refugees From Sudan
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:19 pm | United Nations
Aerial Bombings Driving More Refugees From Sudan’s Blue Nile into Ethiopia – UN New York, Oct 28 2011 11:10AM More >>
UN Agency Urges Continued Support for Kyrgyzstan
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:18 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 28 2011 10:10AM The United Nations refugee agency today called for continued support for southern Kyrgyzstan, noting that while the overall situation in the Central Asian nation is peaceful, tensions persist in some areas that suffered ... More >>
Women Must Play Greater Role in Conflict Prevention, UN Says
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:17 pm | United Nations
Women Must Play Greater Role in Conflict Prevention, UN Says New York, Oct 28 2011 10:10AM More >>
Norway could lose lead in indigenous peoples’ rights
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 2:11 pm | United Nations
Norway could lose lead in the recognition and protection of indigenous peoples’ rights – UN expert More >>
Ban Calls on G-20 Summit to Show Boldness
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 12:21 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the world’s biggest economies to heed the voices of global public protest at their G-20 summit next week and show the bold leadership needed to resolve the global economic crisis and achieve sustainable development. More >>
UN Congratulates Tunisians on Peaceful Holding of Polls
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:44 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the people and interim authorities of Tunisia for the peaceful holding of the first free elections in the region since the start of the Arab Spring reform movement. More >>
Dream of Nuclear-Weapon-Free World Is Possible, Ban Says
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:43 pm | United Nations
As the world prepares to welcome its 7 billionth inhabitant next week, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need to achieve a future for the entire human family that is free of nuclear weapons. More >>
Human Rights Defenders Still Threatened Around World
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:42 pm | United Nations
Human rights defenders continue to be harassed, attacked, killed and ‘disappeared’ around the world more than a decade after the adoption of an international declaration meant to protect them, a United Nations expert warned today. More >>
Arab Spring is Rejection of Corruption--UN Anti-Crime Chief
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:41 pm | United Nations
Corruption is a serious impediment to reducing poverty and achieving development goals, the head of the United Nations agency anti-crime agency said today, adding that this year’s uprisings in the Arab world highlighted the anger within societies ... More >>
Debt Crisis in Affluent States Threatens DevelopingEconomies
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:36 pm | United Nations
Two top United Nations economic bodies held their first ever joint meeting today to discuss the serious risks to developing countries and economies in transition stemming from the sovereign debt crisis currently affecting some developed countries. More >>
UN Welcomes Libyan Plan to Probe Death of Qadhafi
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:34 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office today welcomed reports that Libya will set up an independent commission of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding last Thursday’s killing of the country’s former leader Muammar al-Qadhafi. More >>
Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change Fall Short Of Vital Goal
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:33 pm | United Nations
International efforts to mitigate climate change are insufficient to meet the goal of keeping global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, a United Nations report warned today, just a month before a major conference on the ... More >>
Contest for Eastern European Seat on Security Council
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:31 pm | United Nations
Voting resumed today at United Nations Headquarters in New York in the contest for the last remaining non-permanent seat on the 15-member Security Council. Four out of five vacant non-permanent seats for 2012-13 were filled on Friday when Guatemala, ... More >>
UN Human Rights Expert Warns Of Pitfalls of Contract Farming
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:28 pm | United Nations
The United Nations independent expert on the right to food cautioned today that smallholder farmers face the risk of exploitation under contract farming arrangements with processing or marketing companies, and recommended mechanisms that could ensure that such agreements ... More >>
Ivorian Refugees Return from Liberia--Voluntary Repatriation
Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 4:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has facilitated the return of the first group of Ivorian refugees who have opted for voluntary repatriation from Liberia where they sought safety during the bloody unrest that rocked Côte d’Ivoire after presidential ... More >>
