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Syria's Violent Repression Of Protests Risks Fuelling Anger
Sunday, 27 March 2011, 2:54 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief on Saturday urged Syria to listen to the voices of its people who are rising up and demanding change in the country, warning that continued killing of protesters will only lead to more anger and violence. More >>
UN Human Rights Council To Appoint A Rapporteur
Friday, 25 March 2011, 11:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council voted today to appoint a special rapporteur to look into the situation in Iran, expressing concern over its lack of cooperation with a previous General Assembly call for the country’s authorities to improve ... More >>
UN: Saving Traditional Medicines From ‘Bio-Piracy’ Patents
Friday, 25 March 2011, 11:54 am | United Nations
Dozens of countries are taking part in a United Nations-sponsored effort to protect potentially life-saving centuries-old traditional medicines from bio-piracy by learning from India how to halt their misappropriation through international patents granted ... More >>
Tuberculosis: Millions Face Death, Ban Warns
Friday, 25 March 2011, 11:28 am | United Nations
Without additional funding in the battle against tuberculosis for research, improved prevention, early diagnosis and treatment, some 8 million people will die from what is largely a curable disease between now and 2015, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... More >>
UN Officials Underline The Right To The Truth
Friday, 25 March 2011, 11:26 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underscored the right of the victims of gross human rights abuses and their families to know the truth about the circumstances surrounding the violations, the reasons they were perpetrated and the identity of ... More >>
UN: Drought-Hit Kenya
Friday, 25 March 2011, 11:15 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations rural development agency is set to arrive in Kenya on Saturday to offer assistance to the Horn of Africa nation, where nearly 2.4 million poor people in rural areas are struggling to get enough to eat as a result of the ... More >>
DPR Korea Needs $1 Million To Curb Foot-And-Mouth Disease
Friday, 25 March 2011, 11:04 am | United Nations
Around $1 million of equipment and vaccines are urgently needed to help stem outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), where farm animals are crucial to food security, the United Nations warned today. More >>
UN Official Remembers Former Secretary-General
Friday, 25 March 2011, 10:44 am | United Nations
The values and ideas embodied by the former United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld – from championing human rights to promoting democracy to fighting poverty – remain more relevant than ever, half a century after his death, a senior ... More >>
UN Officials Urge Sustained Support For Sierra Leone
Friday, 25 March 2011, 10:42 am | United Nations
Senior United Nations officials today urged continued international support for Sierra Leone as it consolidates peace and advance development, and especially as it prepares for next year’s elections, warning that any faltering now could risk the significant ... More >>
UN: Million-Signature Petition To End Nuclear Weapons
Friday, 25 March 2011, 10:39 am | United Nations
A one-million signature petition from cities around the world demanding the abolition of nuclear weapons went on exhibition at United Nations Headquarters in New York today in a ceremony attended by Japanese survivors of the first and only use of the ... More >>
UN: Alarm On Wave Of Enforced Disappearances In Libya
Friday, 25 March 2011, 10:38 am | United Nations
A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced deep concern about hundreds of alleged enforced disappearances that have taken place in recent months in Libya, where what started as peaceful civilian protests demanding the ouster ... More >>
UN: Post-Electoral Violence In Côte D’Ivoire Rising
Friday, 25 March 2011, 10:35 am | United Nations
The death toll from the post-electoral violence that has gripped Côte d’Ivoire continues to rise, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the West African nation reported today, while warning that systematic attacks on civilians could constitute ... More >>
International Action To Protect Civilians In Libya Is Vital
Friday, 25 March 2011, 10:32 am | United Nations
A week after the Security Council authorized “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya from Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi’s forces, speedy and decisive action by the world community remains crucial amid serious concerns of human rights ... More >>
At UN, Educators Learn Ways To Impart Lessons Of Slavery
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 12:39 pm | United Nations
From high schools in the Gambia and Portugal to pre-schools in South Africa and a university in the United States, hundreds of teachers and educators from around the world gathered “virtually” today through the assistance of the United Nations ... More >>
Crucial Assistance In UN Battle Against Drugs
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 10:44 am | United Nations
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play a key role in assisting the United Nations in tackling the global drug scourge, especially in ensuring that people affected by drugs receive the help they need, a top official said today. More >>
Nepal: UN Rushes Aid To Thousands Of Refugees Made Homeless
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 10:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Nepal are rushing aid to almost 5,000 people left homeless when fire swept through two refugee camps in the east of the Himalayan country. More >>
Laotian Children To Get Healthy Meals Under UN Project
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 10:29 am | United Nations
For the first time in Laos, nearly 1,000 primary school children will receive a healthy, balanced school lunch prepared from food bought at the local market under a joint United Nations-Government pilot project that will also benefit local farmers. More >>
UN Allocates Funds For Emergency In Cote D’Ivoire
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 10:00 am | United Nations
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) today allocated $10.4 million to seven agencies working in Cote d’Ivoire to help meet the urgent humanitarian needs of people affected by the post-election violence that has displaced hundreds ... More >>
UN And Partners Urge Greater Efforts To Tuberculosis
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 9:56 am | United Nations
On the eve of World TB Day, the United Nations and its partners today called for greater efforts to meet the goal of diagnosing and treating one million people with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) between 2011 and 2015. More >>
UN: Global Wheat Production Rises
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 9:51 am | United Nations
Global wheat production rose by 3.4 per cent this year to 676 million tons, but the increase is still below the bumper harvests in 2008 and 2009, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in the March edition of its food situation ... More >>
