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Broadband's Potential for Economic and Social Development
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:42 am | United Nations
Broadband telecommunications have the potential to spur rapid economic growth and facilitate job creation, according to a United Nations reported unveiled today, which urges countries to implement national broadband plans or risk losing the benefits ... More >>
New Tools Needed To Cope With Climate Change Migrations
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:39 am | United Nations
Climate change will result in increased migrations and displacements of people, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said today, and the world needs to develop new methods to deal with it. More >>
Ban Calls for Restraint in Violence at Israeli-Syrian Border
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:36 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for maximum restraint by all sides after yesterday’s violence in the occupied Golan Heights, which reportedly led to an unconfirmed number of civilian casualties, and warned that it threatens the long-held ... More >>
UN Expert Highlights Challenges to Democracy in Cambodia
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 3:16 pm | United Nations
Significant challenges remain in the process towards full democratic governance in Cambodia, a United Nations independent human rights expert has said, while also recognizing the steps the country has taken towards democracy. More >>
Measures to Prevent TB Unveiled Ahead of UN Event on AIDS
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 2:52 pm | United Nations
Ahead of this week’s high-level United Nations meeting on AIDS, the Stop TB Partnership today unveiled five simple steps that could prevent tuberculosis, which is responsible for one in four AIDS-related deaths. More >>
World Leaders to Gather At UN Meeting on Combating HIV/AIDS
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 2:49 pm | United Nations
An unprecedented number of national leaders and other high-level figures will participate in next week’s United Nations meeting on combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the UN announced today. More >>
Libyan Government Forces Committed War Crimes
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 2:45 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-ordered panel investigating human rights abuses in Libya says that Government forces have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the course of their crackdown on opposition forces seeking the ouster of Colonel Muammar ... More >>
IRAQ: UN Envoy Welcomes National Human Rights Conference
Monday, 6 June 2011, 1:54 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2011 2:10PM A major conference tasked with drafting a national action plan to improve human rights in Iraq offers a critical chance for the country's citizens to ensure that their voices are heard, a senior United Nations official said today. More >>
Spending More On Forests Could Reap Enormous Benefits
Monday, 6 June 2011, 1:52 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2011 2:10PM Investing a relatively small amount each year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation, create millions of new jobs and help tackle the devastating effects of climate change, according to a United Nations report released ... More >>
DR CONGO: UN Official Calls For More Aid
Sunday, 5 June 2011, 12:10 pm | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies and their partners need to scale up aid to remote eastern and north-eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior United Nations official said today, warning that as many as 1.7 million people ... More >>
Progress Towards Possible Peace Agreement In Darfur
Sunday, 5 June 2011, 12:09 pm | United Nations
Welcoming the progress made during peace talks aimed at resolving the eight-year conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the parties to the fighting to now make the necessary compromises to secure a lasting ... More >>
Secretary-General Stresses Human Rights With Bahrain
Sunday, 5 June 2011, 12:08 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated his call on Bahrain's Government and security forces to uphold international human rights standards, days after authorities in the Middle East country lifted a state of emergency following months of unrest. More >>
Benchmarks To Move Somalia To Next Political Phase
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 2:17 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 3 2011 4:10PM The United Nations envoy for Somalia has proposed the setting up of benchmarks and a monitoring mechanism to encourage the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI) to abide by obligations requiring them to prepare the ... More >>
Sudanese Military Forces Must Withdraw From Abyei
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 1:40 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 3 2011 7:10PM The Security Council today demanded that the Government of Sudan withdraw immediately from Abyei, the disputed area which is contested by both north and south Sudan. More >>
UN Hands Out Awards For Innovative Tourism Projects
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 1:38 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 3 2011 7:10PM An initiative that has made hotels in Slovenia more accessible for people with disabilities and a project in Australia that allows people to volunteer to protect biodiversity are among the winners of United Nations awards aimed at encouraging ... More >>
Bosnian Serb War Crimes Suspect Refuses To Enter Plea At UN
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 1:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 3 2011 6:10PM Serbian war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic today appeared before the United Nations tribunal trying those responsible for the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s but did not enter a plea on what ... More >>
Rising Governmental Restrictions On Internet Information
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 1:36 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 3 2011 5:10PM An independent United Nations expert on freedom of expression today warned that governments are increasingly restricting the flow of information on the Internet due to its potential to mobilize people to challenge the status quo. More >>
Health Agency Appoints Chinese Singer As Goodwill Ambassador
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 1:35 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the appointment of Chinese singer Peng Liyuan as Goodwill Ambassador for Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. More >>
UN Chief Voices Alarm At Escalation Of Violence In Syria
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 1:34 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his alarm at the escalation of violence in Syria, which has reportedly claimed at least 70 lives over the past week alone, and called for independent and transparent investigations into all the killings. More >>
UN Urges Leaders To Harness Extraordinary Benefits Of Forest
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 1:33 pm | United Nations
Potentially irreversible environmental changes threaten the progress that has brought hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing the need for policy-makers to do more to preserve and strengthen ... More >>
