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UN Condemns Use of Young Child as Unwitting Suicide Bomber
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 2:58 pm | United Nations
A top United Nations official today condemned as unconscionable the use of an unwitting child as a suicide bomber in Afghanistan and a separate attack on a hospital in the strife-torn country. More >>
Empowering Women Helps Fight Poverty and Other Social Ills
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 2:56 pm | United Nations
Empowering women and advancing their rights is not only the right thing to do but it can lead to progress on a range of issues, including the fight against poverty, hunger and violence, the head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting ... More >>
Darfur: UN-Backed Conference on Water Resource Management
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 2:55 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-sponsored conference on the management of water resources in Sudan’s troubled and arid region of Darfur opened today with delegates expected to tackle the problem of water shortages in relation to conflicts exacerbated by competition ... More >>
Leader of UN Agency Foresees Cooperation on Food issues
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 2:50 pm | United Nations
The newly-elected head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today said he would utilize the “democratic success” of his selection to forge agreements to help overcome differences among Member States. More >>
Women’s Empowerment Campaign at Soccer’s World Cup
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 2:49 pm | United Nations
As the world’s best soccer teams face off in Germany for the Women’s World Cup, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is using the event to spotlight the need to empower women to play leading roles in daily life, from the home to the school ... More >>
UN-Backed Tribunal Begins Trial Against Khmer Rouge Four
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 9:41 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 27 2011 3:10PM - The joint trial of the four most senior surviving leaders of the notorious Khmer Rouge regime got under way today in Cambodia at the United Nations-backed tribunal set up to deal with the worst offences committed under ... More >>
Brazilian Next Chief of UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Monday, 27 June 2011, 4:46 pm | United Nations
A former Brazilian food security minister will become the first person from Latin America to head the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations agency leading international efforts in the fight against hunger. More >>
States Must Take Effective Measures to Prevent Torture
Monday, 27 June 2011, 3:37 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today exhorted States to take effective legislative, administrative and judicial measures to prevent torture, calling the practice a brutal attempt to destroy a victim's sense of dignity and sense of human worth that can ... More >>
UNESCO Regrets Thai Denouncing of World Heritage Convention
Monday, 27 June 2011, 1:20 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced deep regret after Thailand announced it would denounce the global convention aimed at preserving humankind's most outstanding shared cultural ... More >>
Historic Caribbean Capital latest To World Heritage List
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 11:25 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 25 2011 4:10PM The historic section of the capital of Barbados today became the Caribbean country's first entry on the United Nations-managed World Heritage List after a committee of experts approved its inscription and that of two other ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Deplores Deadly Bombing Of Hospital
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 11:23 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has voiced outrage at a bomb attack earlier today at a public hospital in the country's east that has killed dozens of people. More >>
Eradicating Deadly Cattle Plague
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 11:19 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 25 2011 5:10PM The lessons learned from the elimination of rinderpest, a deadly cattle plague that has threatened the livelihoods of herders and rural families for millennia, can be applied to tackling other major challenges, such as hunger ... More >>
Calls For Messages Of Support To Mark Day Of The Seafarer
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 11:18 am | United Nations
The United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) is encouraging people today to voice their support for seafarers through social media as the world marks the first International Day of the Seafarer in honour of sailors' contribution to ... More >>
Genocide Tribunal Convicts Woman Of Genocide For First Time
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:31 pm | United Nations
The first woman ever charged with genocide by an international court was today convicted of the crime and sentenced to life in prison by the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the mass killings in Rwanda in 1994. More >>
Fighting And Need For Aid Increase In North-Western Libya
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:30 pm | United Nations
Fighting has intensified in north-western regions of Libya and the United Nations has stepped up its effort to help wounded civilians in the area, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today. More >>
UN Official ‘Shocked’ By Conditions In Darfur Camp
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:29 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 24 2011 6:10PM A high-ranking United Nations human rights official today said she was shocked at the conditions of a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur and called for renewed international concern with the situation ... More >>
Outrage After Mass Rape In Eastern Dr Congo
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:28 pm | United Nations
The envoy spearheading United Nations efforts to combat sexual violence during conflicts has strongly condemned the mass rape of more than 150 civilians in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) earlier this month. More >>
UN Chief Renews Calls For Release Of Israeli Soldier
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:27 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 24 2011 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called once again for the immediate release of Israeli Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit, who has been held captive by Palestinian militants for the past five years, and pledged the continued ... More >>
Tunisia To Join International Criminal Court
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:25 pm | United Nations
Tunisia today became the first North African nation to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the 116th party to the treaty establishing the world’s first permanent court tasked with trying people accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and ... More >>
Harsh Sentences And Excessive Detention In Georgia
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:23 pm | United Nations
A group of independent United Nations human rights experts has urged Georgian authorities to tackle problems in the country’s judiciary, warning of harsh sentences, a lack of bail and what they called an excessive use of detention. More >>
