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Body Calls on World to Compel Israel to Halt Settlements
Saturday, 20 August 2011, 12:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 19 2011 4:10PM A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights today called on the international community to take “credible and decisive action” to compel Israel to halt its settlement activity in occupied Palestinian territory. More >>
Somalia: ‘Disaster Fatigue’ Must Not Dull Compassion
Saturday, 20 August 2011, 12:47 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 19 2011 4:10PM The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today made an impassioned appealed to the world to save an estimated 390,000 starving children in famine-ravaged regions of Somalia, saying the international community ... More >>
Palestinian Refugees Displaced by Fighting in Syria
Saturday, 20 August 2011, 12:43 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 19 2011 6:10PM The United Nations is providing emergency assistance to some of the thousands of Palestinian refugees who have had to flee their homes in Syria in recent days amid mounting international concern at the violent crackdown ... More >>
Security Council Calls for Stability in Central Africa
Friday, 19 August 2011, 5:53 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today encouraged the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) to form partnerships with other organizations to help countries in the region to address peace and security challenges, particularly the flow of illicit ... More >>
UN Meeting in Rome Discusses Ways to Tackle Horn of Africa F
Friday, 19 August 2011, 5:50 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-convened meeting to discuss ways to boost food security in the drought-prone Horn of Africa got under way in Rome today, as humanitarian agencies step up their response to cholera and diarrhoea in Somalia, where famine and water shortages have ... More >>
Secretary-General Deplores Terrorist Attacks in Southern Isr
Friday, 19 August 2011, 5:47 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned today’s series of coordinated terrorist attacks in southern Israel that have killed at least six people and injured many more. More >>
Key Witness in Kosovo War Crimes Case Handed Over to UN
Friday, 19 August 2011, 5:45 pm | United Nations
Dutch authorities today handed over to the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia a key witness cited for contempt for refusing to testify in the trial of former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj on charges of crimes against ... More >>
Key Witness in Kosovo War Crimes Case Handed Over to UN
Friday, 19 August 2011, 5:43 pm | United Nations
Dutch authorities today handed over to the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia a key witness cited for contempt for refusing to testify in the trial of former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj on charges of crimes against ... More >>
Syrian Crackdown May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity - UN
Friday, 19 August 2011, 5:39 pm | United Nations
The Syrian Government's "widespread and systematic" attacks against its own people may amount to crimes against humanity and warrant an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the United Nations human rights office said in a report released ... More >>
Security Council Deplores Deadly Blasts in Iraq
Friday, 19 August 2011, 5:34 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today strongly condemned the series of terrorist attacks that killed scores of people in Iraq and injured many others earlier this week, stressing the need to bring those responsible for the bloodshed to justice. More >>
UN Force Seeks to Reduce Tension Over Line of Separation
Friday, 19 August 2011, 5:28 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon today discussed “critical issues” with Lebanese and Israeli commanders to prevent a recurrence of the exchange of gunfire earlier this month between the two armies across the line separating the ... More >>
Chained to a tree for three months – A peacekeeper in Darfur
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:47 pm | United Nations
When Istvan Papp awoke on the morning of 7 October last year, he had no way of knowing that he would spend most of the next three months waking up under the open sky, surrounded by camels and chained to a tree near Sudan’s border with Chad. More >>
Airplane and Drone Attacks Must Avoid Killing Civilians
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:44 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today called on all international forces to redouble their efforts to avoid killing civilians, particularly women and children in air attacks, including by unmanned drones. More >>
Aid Efforts in the Horn of Africa Need to Be Scaled Up
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:43 pm | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian chief today stressed the need to further scale up efforts to assist the millions of people suffering in Somalia and the wider Horn of Africa, warning that more lives will be lost to famine and disease without urgent ... More >>
Full Indictment against Accused in Hariri Murder Case
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:41 pm | United Nations
A judge in the United Nations-backed tribunal set up to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri today ordered the unsealing of the full indictment that spells out prosecutors’ case against four men accused ... More >>
Egyptian Trauma Surgeon on Somali Front Line
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:40 pm | United Nations
Omar Saleh was leading a peaceful and comfortable life as a trauma surgeon and university lecturer in Egypt when the call came from the United Nations health agency: surgeons urgently needed in war-torn Somalia. He didn’t have to think twice. More >>
Occupational Safety a Concern in Cambodian Garment Factories
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:38 pm | United Nations
Although compliance by Cambodian exporting garment factories with national and international labour standards is generally good, areas such as discrimination and occupational safety and health remain a concern, according to a new United Nations report. More >>
Concern on Syrian Violence, UN Relocates Non-Essential Staff
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:37 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is temporarily withdrawing some staff from Syria amid mounting international concern about the violent crackdown by Government forces against civilian demonstrators. More >>
Humanity's Noisy Impact on MarineAnimals Focus of UN Meeting
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:34 pm | United Nations
With noisy human activity on the world's oceans possibly disrupting the well-being of marine creatures, perhaps reducing their ability to find food, seek out mates or avoid predators, the United Nations is hosting a meeting to launch a decade-long ... More >>
UN Guidebook for Psychological Support for Disaster Victims
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:33 pm | United Nations
The United Nations health agency and its partners have launched a guide to help fieldworkers provide vital psychological support to people affected by humanitarian emergencies. More >>
