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Three Abducted UNAir Service Crew Members Released In Darfur
Friday, 10 June 2011, 12:32 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today confirmed the release of three Bulgarian crew members who were abducted in January while working for the agency’s air service in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan. More >>
UN Rights Group Asks China to Report on Missing Monks
Friday, 10 June 2011, 12:27 pm | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights group today called on Chinese authorities to report on the fate of some 300 Tibetan monks who reportedly were arrested in April, and to investigate “the ongoing practice of enforced disappearances” in the Asian ... More >>
Security Council Highlights UN Role In Global AIDS Response
Friday, 10 June 2011, 12:23 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today underlined the continuing need for urgent and coordinated global action to curb the impact of HIV and AIDS in conflict and post-conflict situations, while recognizing the important role United Nations peacekeeping operations can play ... More >>
UN Trip to Libya: Displacement, Violence & Humanitarian Need
Friday, 10 June 2011, 12:04 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency said today that its officials in Libya have visited both Government and opposition-controlled areas and found significant displacement of people, widespread violence and an urgent need to support groups providing relief ... More >>
UN Condemns Killing of Golan Heights Protesters
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 1:50 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today condemned the killing this week of civilian protestors in the occupied Golan Heights, and called for Israel and Syria to conduct “independent, impartial, transparent and thorough investigations” ... More >>
Businesses Keen on Green Issues; Lag on Graft & Human Rights
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 1:47 pm | United Nations
Businesses across the world are making tangible progress towards tackling environmental concerns related to their activities, but continue to lag on issues related to human rights and corruption, the United Nations initiative that seeks to foster socially ... More >>
Call For ‘Forceful’ Action by Israel after Attack on Mosque
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 1:41 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in the Middle East deplored today’s desecration of a mosque in the occupied West Bank and called for “forceful” action by the Israeli Government against such attacks. More >>
Bahrain Agrees to Visit by UN Human Rights Mission
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 1:39 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office said today that the Government of Bahrain has agreed in principle to a UN mission to the country to look into the reported violations related to the recent pro-reform protests there, but a date for the visit ... More >>
UN Help Tens of Thousands of Displaced Pakistanis To Go Home
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 1:36 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has helped 38,000 people displaced by fighting in Pakistan’s tribal areas return to their homes over the past two months. More >>
World Food Prices Set To Remain High Into Next Year
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 1:34 pm | United Nations
Citing dwindling stocks and only small production increases for the majority of crops, a new United Nations report released today says world food prices are likely to remain high for the rest of this year and into 2012. More >>
Parties to Western Sahara Conflict Conclude UN-Backed Talks
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 1:31 pm | United Nations
Parties to the conflict in Western Sahara continued to deepen their discussions on the electoral mechanisms for self-determination during three days of United Nations-backed informal talks in New York, according to a communiqué issued at today’s end of ... More >>
UN Provides Help to Relief Efforts in Flood-Hit Haiti
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 12:26 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers and humanitarian staff are helping with relief efforts in Haiti, where floods sparked by torrential rains earlier this week have killed at least 10 people in the capital, Port-au-Prince. More >>
UN Urges Progress Towards Low-Emissions Future
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 12:07 pm | United Nations
Against the backdrop of new warnings about the rise in greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, the top United Nations climate change official today called on governments to make progress in the fight against global warming, building on commitments made ... More >>
UN Urges Sudanese Parties to Prevent Further Violence
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 12:04 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) today called on the Sudanese parties to defuse tensions in Abyei and Southern Kordofan state, following the recent fighting in those areas, and to prevent any further escalation of violence. More >>
UN War Crimes Tribunals Face Staffing Crisis
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 12:02 pm | United Nations
Top officials of the two United Nations tribunals trying key suspects accused of genocide and war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda today voiced concern over a staffing crisis resulting from the departure of employees as the courts prepare ... More >>
UN Helps Newly Democratic States Share Ideas on Transition
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:59 am | United Nations
Representatives from countries that have recently undergone transitions to democracy are meeting in Cairo in a United Nations-supported conference to exchange ideas on democracy and development in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere in the Arab world, the ... More >>
Global Postal Services Issue Stamps to Mark 30 Years of AIDS
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:57 am | United Nations
At least 20 postal services around the world are issuing stamps and other products as part of a United Nations initiative to highlight 30 years battling the AIDS epidemic, during which 60 million people have become infected with HIV and nearly 30 million ... More >>
Syria ‘Very Likely’ Had an Unreported Nuclear Plant
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:51 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations atomic energy agency said today that “it is very likely” that a building destroyed in Syria in 2007 was a nuclear reactor, and there are indications that ‘seem to point to the existence of possible military dimensions ... More >>
African Trade Diversification Should Be Encouraged
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:48 am | United Nations
African countries should develop closer ties with both traditional and emerging partners, to boost sustainable and inclusive growth, according to a United Nations-backed report released today. More >>
Outbreak of E. coli Infections Persists In Europe
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:45 am | United Nations
The outbreak of E. coli infections in Germany and 11 other countries have continued to spread, with more than 2,260 cases in total, including 22 deaths, reported, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest update on the situation. More >>
