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UN Calls On Countries To Consider Gender in Trade Policies
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 10:53 am | United Nations
New York, May 11 2011 - Policies aimed at expanding trade in Bhutan and promoting the Asian country’s unique goal of maximizing “gross national happiness” should be linked to strategies for educating women and enhancing their positions in society ... More >>
UN Chief Calls On Syria To Allow Access After Killings
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 9:50 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the United Nations would continue to press Syria to allow an independent humanitarian team to be granted access to the cities and towns where security forces have clashed with protesters, many of whom ... More >>
Ban Sounds Alarm At Renewed Tensions In Egypt And Tunisia
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 9:38 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke out today against the recent violence in Egypt and Tunisia, urging the countries’ authorities and peoples not to waste the opportunity created by this year’s democratic revolutions in North Africa. More >>
UN Stresses Security Council’s Duty to Protect Civilians
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 3:26 pm | United Nations
The recent unrest in North Africa and the Middle East and the post-electoral crisis in Cote d’Ivoire highlight the need to protect civilians during armed conflicts, top United Nations officials said today as they stressed the key role of the Security ... More >>
UN And Private Firm Ask Companies To Support Humanitarianism
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 2:37 pm | United Nations
A partnership between the United Nations humanitarian office and a major financial services company unveiled today is urging the corporate world to raise $500,000 in honour of the fifth anniversary of a UN fund that ensures timely assistance to people ... More >>
UN Watch hails Syrian defeat at United Nations
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 9:16 am | United Nations
UN Watch hailed the breaking news that Syria is expected to drop its bid, but expressed concern that it might be replaced by Kuwait and urged against giving the Assad regime a consolation prize akin to Iran's receipt of a seat on the UN Commission on the ... More >>
Top UN Official Urges Pause In Fighting In Libya
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 1:02 pm | United Nations
New York, May 9 2001 - Civilians continue to be attacked during the conflict in Libya despite repeated requests from the international community that parties to the conflict refrain from targeting non-combatants, the United Nations humanitarian chief "http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/sc10244.doc.htm" ... More >>
Renewable Energy Can Meet Most Global Demand – UN report
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 12:22 pm | United Nations
Renewable energy sources such as solar power, wind, biomass and hydropower could meet nearly 80 per cent of the world’s energy supplies by 2050 if governments pursue policies that harness their potential, a United Nations-backed report released today ... More >>
Iran: Ban Pushes For Continued Talks Over Nuclear Programme
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 11:23 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underscored the need for Iran to continue negotiations with concerned countries over the status of its nuclear programme, telling the country’s President to also cooperate fully with the United Nations International Atomic Energy ... More >>
Syria: Ban Reiterates Calls For End To Violence And Arrests
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 11:13 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated his calls for an immediate end to the violence in Syria and for an independent inquiry into the numerous killings during recent protests amid fresh reports of deadly clashes in the Middle East country. More >>
UN Staff Discover Mass Graves In Ivorian City
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 11:07 am | United Nations
United Nations human rights workers have found the bodies of nearly 70 people, apparently the victims of a militia backing the former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, in a series of graves in a suburb of Côte d’Ivoire’s biggest city, Abidjan. More >>
Bosnia And Herzegovina Facing Worst Crisis In Years
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 11:04 am | United Nations
Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing its worst crisis since fighting stopped in 1995, with no prospect of a new state government being formed, a stalled economy and a direct threat from Republika Srpska to the country’s very existence, the Security ... More >>
Sudan: UN Welcomes Agreement For Withdrawal From Abyei Area
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 11:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has welcomed the commitment of the northern and southern sides to withdraw their forces from Abyei and to immediately deploy combined teams to the disputed area to provide security. More >>
UN Officials Saddened By Death Of Staff In Plane Crash
Monday, 9 May 2011, 9:24 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today voiced their deep sadness after the death of four UNODC members of staff and two military pilots who were killed in a plane crash in Bolivia while ... More >>
UN Chief Urges Men To Champion The Cause For Gender Equality
Sunday, 8 May 2011, 3:34 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today challenged men to champion the cause for the empowerment of women, saying they remained "second-class citizens", often subjected to violence in many societies, despite the important gains made in improving ... More >>
Four UN Staff And Two Pilots Killed In Plane Crash
Sunday, 8 May 2011, 11:52 am | United Nations
All four United Nations staff in Bolivia whose plane disappeared during a flight to monitor coca production northeast of the capital, La Paz, were killed when the aircraft crashed on Thursday, a UN official said today. More >>
Ban Calls For Greater Global Support
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:24 pm | United Nations
New York, May 6 2011 7:10PM Ahead of a major United Nations conference on the world’s poorest countries in Turkey next week, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the international community to step up efforts to help the nearly one billion people ... More >>
Fears Held For Four UN Staff After Plane Disappears
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:23 pm | United Nations
Grave fears are held for four United Nations staff in Bolivia whose plane disappeared during a flight to monitor coca production northeast of the capital, La Paz, yesterday. More >>
Calls For Greater Emphasis On Multilingualism
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:21 pm | United Nations
The United Nations body tasked with examining the Organization’s public information policies and promoting a just, effective global information and communications order called on the Department of Public Information (DPI) today to bolster multilingualism, ... More >>
Ban Calls On Israel To Take ‘Decisive Moves’
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:20 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced hope today that Israel will make “decisive moves towards a historic agreement” with the Palestinians, telling the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the current deadlock in negotiations between ... More >>
