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Role Of Civil Society In Tackling Hiv/Aids Epidemic
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 5:58 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2011 3:10PM As representatives of civil society and the private sector met with governments today to discuss how to advance the response to HIV/AIDS ahead of a high-level meeting in June, United Nations officials lauded the vital role played ... More >>
African Ministers Pledge To Combat Non-Communicable Diseases
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 5:56 pm | United Nations
African health ministers have adopted a United Nations-backed declaration calling for urgent action against non-communicable diseases, including heart conditions, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory problems, blood disorders, mental health, ... More >>
Wave Of Enforced Disappearances In China Sparks Concern
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 5:55 pm | United Nations
A group of United Nations human rights experts today voiced serious concern about the recent wave of enforced disappearances reported to have taken place in China, calling on authorities in the Asian nation to release all those who have been forcibly ... More >>
Secretary-General And Israeli Leader Discuss Impasse
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 5:54 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2011 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Israeli President Shimon Peres discussed the continuing impasse in the Middle East peace process during a meeting today between the two leaders at United Nations Headquarters in New York. More >>
UN Refugee Agency Calls For Better Rescue Measures
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 5:53 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2011 1:10PM After the drowning of more than 200 migrants earlier this week in the Mediterranean Sea, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is calling on the European Union to urgently put in place more reliable measures ... More >>
Kenyan Officials Suspected Of Poll Violence
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 5:52 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2011 1:10PM Three senior Kenyan officials, including the deputy prime minister, today "http://www.icc-cpi.int/NR/exeres/9D747E05-8E7F-46BB-9FB1-93019CF77D55.htm" >appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC), which set 21 September as ... More >>
Gaza Gets Its Own Marathon In UN
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 3:13 pm | United Nations
The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees will stage the first-ever "http://unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=931" >marathon in Gaza next month as part of its annual efforts to provide residents of the Strip with recreational opportunities. More >>
Philippines: UN Envoy Announces Plan To Remove Children
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 3:12 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2011 11:10AM The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict and a political movement in the Philippines today agreed to develop an action plan to ensure that no children are among the ranks of the military group known as the ... More >>
Latest Fighting In Somalia Displaces 33,000 People
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 3:10 pm | United Nations
Fighting in southern and central Somalia between Government forces and Al-Shabaab militants has displaced about 33,000 people in the past six weeks, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. More >>
100 Bodies Over Past Day In Côte D’Ivoire
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 3:09 pm | United Nations
UN Human Rights Team Finds Over 100 Bodies Over Past Day In Côte D’ivoire More >>
Women Playing Critical Role in North African Democracy
Friday, 8 April 2011, 12:47 pm | United Nations
Women have played a critical role in the pro-democracy protest movements that have swept across North Africa and the Middle East this year, and their rights and leadership potential must continue to be encouraged, the head of the new United Nations entity ... More >>
UN Chief Voices Concern at Escalating Violence in Gaza
Friday, 8 April 2011, 12:46 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern today at the escalating violence in the Middle East, with Palestinian militants firing rockets into southern Israel and Israeli military forces carrying out subsequent strikes in the Gaza Strip. More >>
Niger: Ban Welcomes ‘Landmark’ Inauguration
Friday, 8 April 2011, 12:44 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed today’s inauguration of a democratically elected President in Niger, describing it as a “landmark achievement” in restoring constitutional order in the poor West African nation. Mahamadou Issoufou was sworn ... More >>
More UN Plane Crash Victims Named
Friday, 8 April 2011, 12:26 pm | United Nations
The United Nations has released the names of another 24 victims from Monday’s deadly plane crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in which only one of 33 people aboard a UN plane survived. More >>
UN: More Inclusive Societies Crucial For Advancing Stability
Friday, 8 April 2011, 10:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations development chief has highlighted the importance of ensuring both economic and political inclusion, stating that one need not look further than the Arab street to witness what happens when people have been left behind. More >>
UN: 50th Anniversary Of Historic First Human Space Flight
Friday, 8 April 2011, 10:21 am | United Nations
The United Nations today marked the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight in outer space by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin with a special session of the General Assembly and the opening of an exhibit to commemorate one of the greatest triumphs ... More >>
UN: No Change At Japan’s Stricken Nuclear Plant After Quake
Friday, 8 April 2011, 10:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations atomic agency reported that the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Japan today did not change the status of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, but the temblor caused interruption of the power supply to a different nuclear plant ... More >>
Continued US Support Vital To UN’s Success
Friday, 8 April 2011, 9:54 am | United Nations
As United States lawmakers remain embroiled in a heated budget debate, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for continued support from the largest contributor to the United Nations system so that the world body can carry on with its important ... More >>
UN: ‘Deeply Troubling’ Visit To Côte D’Ivoire
Friday, 8 April 2011, 9:53 am | United Nations
The United Nations relief chief sounded the alarm today about the humanitarian situation inside Côte d’Ivoire, saying emergency aid is needed now to help hundreds of thousands of civilians caught up in the deadly violence that has engulfed the West African ... More >>
International Criminal Court Judge Warns Kenyan Suspects
Friday, 8 April 2011, 9:51 am | United Nations
A judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today warned suspects accused of being involved in post-election violence in Kenya three years ago that arrest warrants could be issued against them if they instigated further unrest through inflammatory ... More >>
