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Caribbean: Ban Calls For Action to Combat Organized Crime
Friday, 1 July 2011, 3:34 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Caribbean nations to combat organized crime on a regional level and promised United Nations assistance in the fight. In a message to the heads of government of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting ... More >>
Regional Drought Causing Overcrowding At Kenyan Refugee Camp
Friday, 1 July 2011, 3:32 pm | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian agency reported today that the numbers of new arrivals of Horn of Africa drought victims at an already overcrowded refugee camp in north-eastern Kenya is growing “at alarming rates.” More >>
Lebanon: Indictment Submitted Over Hariri Murder Confirmed
Friday, 1 July 2011, 3:23 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-backed tribunal set up to try those alleged responsible for the 2005 assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri today submitted to the country’s authorities a sealed indictment and arrest warrants for an unknown ... More >>
Greek Austerity Measures Could Violate Human Rights
Friday, 1 July 2011, 2:45 pm | United Nations
The United Nations independent expert on foreign debt and human rights warned today that the austerity measures and structural reforms proposed to solve Greece’s debt crisis may result in violations of the basic human rights of the country’s people, ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Five-Party Nuclear Disarmament Meeting
Friday, 1 July 2011, 2:22 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a meeting in Paris today of five nuclear non-proliferation treaty States as a unique opportunity to advance nuclear disarmament. More >>
Arab Spring Shows Human Rights Are For Everyone, Everywhere
Friday, 1 July 2011, 2:21 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official said today that the so-called Arab Spring across North Africa and the Middle East this year has shown that human rights are for “all of us, all of the time, everywhere.” More >>
Calls for Stepped-Up Action against Attackers of Children
Friday, 1 July 2011, 2:18 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his concern over the growing number of attacks on schools and hospitals and threats to children in armed conflicts around the world, stating that the United Nations is considering targeted measures against ... More >>
Youth Education and Employment Key to Progress in Africa
Friday, 1 July 2011, 2:17 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today urged African countries to empower the continent’s youth through schooling and jobs, stressing that the foundation for peace and development lay in giving young people opportunities to build better lives for themselves. More >>
Golan Heights: Security Council Extends UN Force's Mandate
Friday, 1 July 2011, 2:15 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today agreed to extend the mandate of the United Nations force monitoring the ceasefire in the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria for another six months, voicing grave concern that recent events have put the long-held ceasefire ... More >>
UN's Global Network of Biosphere Reserves Grows by 18 Sites
Friday, 1 July 2011, 2:12 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today added 18 new sites to its global list of biosphere reserves, bringing the total to 581 in 114 different countries, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported. More >>
Calls for Specific Steps to Close Gender Gap in Parliaments
Friday, 1 July 2011, 2:05 pm | United Nations
Mr. Ban told a high-level forum on women and democracy, held in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, that it was time for “faster and wider progress” in promoting the participation of women at all levels of society. More >>
Iraq’s Assumption of Oversight over Development Fund Welcome
Friday, 1 July 2011, 1:38 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today welcomed the Iraqi Government’s assumption of full autonomy, with effect from tomorrow, over the proceeds of a development fund set up after the 2003 United States-led invasion to meet the country’s humanitarian needs, economic ... More >>
Kyrgyzstan:Poor Nutrition Has a Crippling Effect on Children
Friday, 1 July 2011, 1:35 pm | United Nations
Nearly one in every four deaths of young children in Kyrgyzstan is caused by under-nutrition, and the physical and mental development of many other boys and girls is being delayed in the Central Asian country, according to a United Nations report launched today. More >>
Europe & Asia Must Stop Sending Children to State-Run Homes
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:41 pm | United Nations
Two United Nations entities have urged governments in Europe and Central Asia to immediately end the practice of placing young children in State-run homes for infants because of the risk of neglect and abuse. More >>
Upcoming Thai Polls Should Be Free, Fair and Peaceful
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:38 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he is closely following the situation in Thailand ahead of this Sunday’s national elections and hopes the polls will be credible and free from violence. More >>
Human Rights Concerns In New Anti-Terrorism Sanctions Regime
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:37 pm | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert today said that the new procedure adopted by the Security Council on the listing of individuals and organizations under the international sanctions regime against terrorism still fails to address the human ... More >>
Bangkok Declared World Book Capital 2013 at UN Conference
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:35 pm | United Nations
An international committee has designated Bangkok as World Book Capital 2013, the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) reported today. More >>
Terms of Judges at UNTribunal for Former Yugoslavia Extended
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:34 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today extended the terms of judges serving on the United Nations tribunal created to try perpetrators of the worst crimes committed during conflicts in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s to ensure that the court is adequately staffed ... More >>
More UN Troops and Helicopters to Stay On In Côte d’Ivoire
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:31 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today extended the deployment of the additional 2,000 troops and the air assets it sent to reinforce the United Nations peacekeeping force in Côte d’Ivoire in the wake of the violence that erupted following last November’s ... More >>
UN Report: Measures to Prevent Electoral Violence in Asia
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:29 pm | United Nations
A new United Nations report warns that Asian nations are at risk of electoral violence, driven by real and perceived fraud and corruption, and stresses the need for strong oversight and other measures to strengthen election credibility. More >>
