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Libya: UN Talks With Senior Government Officials in Tripoli
Monday, 16 May 2011, 12:22 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Libya made a one-day visit today to the capital, Tripoli, and met top Government officials as part of the world body's ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis and end the fighting in the North African country. More >>
UN Chief Urges Governments To Pursue FamilyFriendly Policies
Monday, 16 May 2011, 12:00 pm | United Nations
Governments should adopt policies to ensure that all types of families, particularly the most vulnerable, have access to the necessary services so they can provide a better future for their children, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Ban Urges Restraint After Day Of Clashes Across Middle East
Monday, 16 May 2011, 11:40 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has led a chorus of United Nations calls for all sides in the Middle East to exercise maximum restraint after a day of clashes around the region in which at least a dozen people are reported to have died. More >>
UN Calls For Change As Haiti Swears In President
Monday, 16 May 2011, 11:35 am | United Nations
New York, May 15 2011 - Welcoming Haiti's first ever transfer of power from one democratically elected president to another, the United Nations has urged the country's new leader, his Government and the people to harness the political goodwill to "rebuild ... More >>
Rwandan Plan To Reduce Mother-Child Transmission Of HIV
Sunday, 15 May 2011, 9:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed Rwanda's announcement that it is starting a nationwide campaign to eliminate the transmission of HIV from a mother to her child. More >>
Official Hits Out At Forced Displacement Of Palestinians
Sunday, 15 May 2011, 9:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian chief today called for an end to the forced displacement of Palestinians from Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank, saying Israeli planning rules were having an unacceptable impact on Palestinian communities. More >>
Migratory Bird Day Puts Spotlight On Land Sustainability
Sunday, 15 May 2011, 9:45 am | United Nations
United Nations-backed events celebrating the annual migration of an estimated 50 billion birds are taking place this weekend as enthusiasts mark one of nature's great wonders and highlight the negative effects that human activities can have on migratory ... More >>
Double Burden With Chronic And Infectious Diseases – UN
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 2:13 pm | United Nations
An increasing number of countries face a double burden of disease as the prevalence of risk factors for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart diseases and cancers increase and many nations still struggle to reduce maternal and child deaths caused ... More >>
UN Report Finds Critical Equipment Shortages
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 2:10 pm | United Nations
While the overwhelming majority of Ivorian children in the country’s central, northern and western regions have returned to classes after the country’s post-election crisis, the majority of recently re-opened schools lack critical equipment and facilities, ... More >>
Refugee Numbers In East Africa Rises
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 2:06 pm | United Nations
The number of refugees in 10 countries in Eastern Africa has risen to nearly 1.4 million, an eight per cent increase since September, the United Nations humanitarian office said today in an update that shows that the majority of the new asylum-seekers ... More >>
Mobile Miracle Transforms Poorest Nations, Internet Use Lags
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 2:05 pm | United Nations
People living in the world’s poorest countries are experiencing a surge in mobile telephone use, the United Nations telecommunications agency reported today, but cautioned that Internet usage in those nations still lags far behind. In figures released this ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Envoy Meets Government And Opposition Figures
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 2:03 pm | United Nations
A top United Nations official today wrapped up a visit to Myanmar, where he met with senior members of the country’s newly installed Government and the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of the opposition National ... More >>
Somali Political Bickering Undermines Peace Process
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 1:56 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2011 3:10PM Political divisions between Somalia’s transitional Government and interim Parliament have undermined the momentum of the country’s peace process, a United Nations envoy said today, calling for a concerted regional ... More >>
10-Year Plan To Help Lift Developing Countries
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 1:55 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2011 2:10PM Participants at a United Nations summit today outlined a 10-year plan to support the world’s most vulnerable countries overcome poverty, calling on the private sector to play a greater role in the fight, urging wealthy ... More >>
UN Chief Urges Change In Resource Consumption
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 1:39 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for fundamental changes in humanity’s resource consumption patterns and values, saying the planet’s natural environment is under unprecedented pressure with far-reaching social and economic ... More >>
UN Disaster Risk Meeting Pledge To Improve Preparedness
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 1:38 pm | United Nations
Government representatives at a major United Nations conference on disaster risk reduction today pledged to put disaster preparedness at the forefront of their plans to protect communities, noting that economic losses associated with natural catastrophes ... More >>
Security Situation Improves In Eastern Chad,
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 1:37 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2011 8:10PM The withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad at the end of last year so far does not appear to have adversely affected security in eastern Chad, the UN’s top humanitarian ... More >>
Ban Deplores Deadly Suicide Bombing
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 1:18 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2011 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has "http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=5269" >condemned today’s suicide bombings at a military training centre in north-western Pakistan, which have killed more than 80 people and injured at least 120 others. More >>
Ratification Milestone For Disability Pact
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 1:17 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today added her voice to the chorus welcoming the 100th ratification of the UN’s disability convention, but warned that too few countries currently have laws protecting persons with disabilities from discrimination. More >>
UN Resumes Food Deliveries In Two Southern Sudanese
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 1:15 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2011 12:10PM The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is resuming operations in two Southern Sudanese states where they were suspended last month after staff came under direct attack from combatants to the widespread fighting in the ... More >>
