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Kenya: UN Inaugurates Anti-Piracy Information Centre
Friday, 1 April 2011, 9:31 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations maritime agency today in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa commissioned the first of three planned information-sharing centres designed to help fight the growing scourge of piracy in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden. More >>
UN: Demanding End To Violence In Côte D’Ivoire
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 11:21 am | United Nations
With the post-electoral deadlock in Côte d’Ivoire now entering its fifth month and the crisis showing no signs of abating, the Security Council today demanded an immediate end to the violence against civilians and decided to impose targeted sanctions ... More >>
UN: Creative Industries’ Potential To Boost Development
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 11:20 am | United Nations
Trade in creative goods and services has remained robust despite a decline in global commerce as the result of the world financial crisis, reflecting the potential of the “creative economy” to boost economic growth particularly in the developing ... More >>
UN Concludes Appeal Hearing For Convicted Khmer Rouge Figure
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia dealing with mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge three decades ago today concluded the appeal hearing for the former head of a notorious detention camp who was convicted of war ... More >>
UN: Cypriot Leaders Discuss Security Issues
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:14 am | United Nations
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders today discussed internal security aspects in continuing United Nations-sponsored talks that seek to reunify the Mediterranean island, which has been split for almost 50 years. More >>
UN Seed Investment In Flood-Stricken Pakistan
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:13 am | United Nations
Four million people in areas of Pakistan stricken by last year’s floods will now have sufficient food for the next six months thanks to a United Nations-sponsored $54 million investment in quality wheat seeds that is expected to produce a crop ... More >>
Ban Phones Key Players In Niger’s Transition To Democracy
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:12 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has telephoned the key players in the recent elections in Niger to congratulate them for the dignity, leadership and statesmanship they have shown in the transition to constitutional order. More >>
UN: Rights-Based Approach In Tackling Viet Nam’s Challenges
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:09 am | United Nations
While applauding the development gains made by Viet Nam, an independent United Nations human rights expert has stressed the need for the South-East Asian nation to ensure a human rights-based approach in addressing social and economic challenges. More >>
UN: More Than 8 Million East Africans In Need Of Food Aid
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:08 am | United Nations
The number of people in need of emergency food aid in East Africa has increased by 2 million to nearly 8.4 million as drought continues to ravage the region, the United Nations humanitarian arm reported today. More >>
UN: Fighting Between Militias And S. Sudan Government
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:07 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official has voiced “significant concern” at conflicts involving at least four separate militia groups in areas of Southern Sudan, which earlier this year voted to secede and become a separate nation. More >>
UN Anti-Crime Office Helps Build Somaliland’s Piracy Defense
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:04 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has voiced the office’s commitment to strengthening the capacity of authorities in the Somaliland to prosecute captured pirates who have menaced maritime trade off the coast of Somalia over the ... More >>
Grenada: UN Funds Poverty Reduction Project
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations rural development agency is to co-finance a $7.5-million project in Grenada designed to alleviate poverty in the Caribbean country, benefiting an estimated 12,000 members of poor communities on the main island and the isle of Carriacou. More >>
DR Congo: UN Provides Logistical Support For Rape Trial
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 9:56 am | United Nations
United Nations human rights officials are providing technical and logistical support to military justice authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the rape trial of General Jerôme Kakwavu, the highest ranking national army officer ... More >>
UN Chief To Open Meeting Of University Presidents
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 9:55 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will on Monday visit the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, United States, to open the 5 th meeting of the Global Colloquium of university presidents, his spokesperson announced today. More >>
High-Level UN Meeting On Japanese Nuclear Crisis In June
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 9:54 am | United Nations
The high-level conference that the United Nations global nuclear safety watchdog is hosting in June will address the political impact of the Japanese power plant crisis, and not just its technical aspects, the agency’s chief said today. More >>
Ban Calls For Genuine Transition To Democracy In Myanmar
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 9:53 am | United Nations
Myanmar’s authorities have a duty to show that their announced transfer of power from the long-ruling State Peace and Development Council to a new Government is more than a change in name and a genuine move away from military rule, Secretary-General ... More >>
UN Envoy Hails Congolese Move To Pursue Rape Cases
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 12:39 pm | United Nations
The official spearheading United Nations efforts to combat the scourge of sexual violence during war today welcomed the decision of authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to prosecute several high-ranking military officers accused ... More >>
Economic Diversification Vital for Least Developed Countries
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 10:15 am | United Nations
Diversifying production rather than relying on commodity exports is crucial to boosting the economies of the least developed countries (LDCs), a quarter of the world’s total, according to a United Nations report slated to be issued today. More >>
Ban Canvasses Latin American Support
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 10:13 am | United Nations
A United Nations regional meeting to support Israeli-Palestinian peace opened in Uruguay today, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling for a halt to Israel’s settlement building in occupied territory, an end to all expressions of violence ... More >>
UNICEF Appoints Actor Liam Neeson As Goodwill Ambassador
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 10:11 am | United Nations
The Irish actor Liam Neeson, a long-time campaigner and advocate on behalf of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), today became a worldwide Goodwill Ambassador for the UN agency. More >>
