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Measures Needed To Overcome Glaring Inequalities
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:19 pm | United Nations
Latin America and the Caribbean remains the most socially unequal region in the world, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said today, highlighting the measures required to tackle the problem in a region which has made significant ... More >>
Military Stand-Off Continues In Sudan’s Abyei Area
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:18 pm | United Nations
As Military Stand-Off Continues In Sudan’s Abyei Area, UN Chief Presses For Peace More >>
Top UN Official In Cyprus Stresses Civil Society’s Role
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:17 pm | United Nations
Top UN Official In Cyprus Stresses Civil Society’s Role In Building Inter-Communal Trust More >>
Initiative To Spur Job Creation For Africa’s Poor
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:15 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has "http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2011/may/pro-poor-initiative-to-boost-job-creation-in-africaen%20target%20=" >launched an initiative to boost job creation through involving low-income people in Africa in business development programmes as customers, employees, producers or ... More >>
UN Chief Says Eastern Europe Can Serve As Example
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:14 pm | United Nations
New York, May 6 2011 1:10PM The countries of Central and Eastern Europe that experienced their transitions to democracy 20 years ago offer important lessons for the Arab nations that are currently undergoing revolutions, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... More >>
New Lebanese Government Should Be Formed
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:13 pm | United Nations
New York, May 6 2011 1:10PM The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon today reiterated the need for the formation without delay of a functioning government, noting the many issues that remain to be addressed by the authorities. More >>
UN Agency Deplores Fatal Shooting Of Somali Asylum-Seekers
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:12 pm | United Nations
New York, May 6 2011 1:10PM The United Nations refugee agency today condemned the recent shooting by Mozambican police of four Somali asylum-seekers and called on authorities to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice. More >>
Nigeria: UN Signs Cooperation Pact On Literacy
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 11:07 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency tasked with promoting universal access to education today "http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/nigeria_and_unesco_launch_6_million_national_literacy_programme/" >signed an agreement with Nigeria to revitalize adult and youth literacy in a country ... More >>
UN Human Rights Team Heads To Alleged Mass Grave Site
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 11:05 am | United Nations
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: UN Human Rights Team Heads To Alleged Mass Grave Site New York, May 6 2011 11:10AM More >>
UN Human Rights Experts Seek Facts On Bin Laden Killing
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 11:03 am | United Nations
Two independent United Nations human rights experts today called on the United States to disclose further details of the recent killing of Osama bin Laden, particularly if there were plans to capture him alive. More >>
UN Voices Deep Concern About Bahrain Crackdown
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:45 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today voiced deep concern about the continued detention of hundreds of activists in Bahrain, the prosecution of scores of medical professionals, and the sentencing to death of four protestors after a closed-door ... More >>
Asia-Pacific To Drive Global Economy In 2011 – UN Report
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:43 am | United Nations
A new regional report by the United Nations finds that developing countries in Asia and the Pacific will continue driving the global economy in 2011, while warning that high food and fuel prices as well as volatile capital inflows pose fresh challenges. More >>
UNESCO Receives 42 Nominations To Join World Heritage List
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:41 am | United Nations
More than 40 natural or cultural sites – including five from countries never represented before – have been nominated for inscription this year on the World Heritage List run by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). More >>
UN Hails ‘Unsung Heroes’ Of Maternal And Newborn Health
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:38 am | United Nations
United Nations officials today hailed the significant impact of midwives on the health of women and newborns, and called for greater investment to ensure their life-saving services are available to all who need them around the world. More >>
Security Council Must Remain Basis For Action On Libya - Ban
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:35 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that the resolutions adopted by the Security Council in response to the Libya crisis – which is now in its third month – must remain the basis of international action as well as any ceasefire agreement ... More >>
Ban Urges Palestinian Groups To Commit To 2-State Principles
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 12:05 pm | United Nations
Ahead of the signing today in Cairo of a unity agreement between rivals Hamas and Fatah, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly appealed to all Palestinian parties to commit to the principles of the diplomatic Quartet, which seeks to have two States ... More >>
As Populations Rise, UN Stresses Safe Family Planning
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 10:40 am | United Nations
The 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects, released yesterday by the UN, indicate that the global population will surge past 9 billion before 2050 and eventually pass 10 billion before the end of the century. More >>
Kyrgyzstan: UN Urges Follow-Up To Report On Ethnic Violence
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 10:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the newly released report of the commission that probed last year’s inter-ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan and urged the country’s Government to act quickly on the recommendations. More >>
Somalia Needs Urgent Help To Hold On To Gains, Says UN
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 10:32 am | United Nations
Despite the gains achieved by Somalia’s interim Government, the country urgently needs more help from its international partners to tackle a host of challenges and achieve greater stability and peace, says a new United Nations report released today. More >>
Ban Calls For Probe Into Killings And Repression in Syria
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 10:11 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an independent investigation of all killings that occurred during the demonstrations that have rocked Syria in recent weeks and reiterated his call for an end to the violence and mass arrest of people ... More >>
