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US Discriminates On Right To Safe Water And Sanitation - UN
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 12:58 pm | United Nations
The United States must do more to eliminate discrimination in access to safe drinking water and sanitation, an independent United Nations expert reported today, citing wide disparities that adversely affect people of colour and Native Americans. More >>
Insecurity Preventing Access To Those In Need Of Help
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 12:53 pm | United Nations
Côte D’ivoire: Un Warns Insecurity Preventing Access To Those In Need Of Help More >>
Ban Vows To Help Pacific Island States
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 12:50 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pledged United Nations support to help Pacific Island States mitigate the impact of climate change, noting that many of them are “on the front lines” of the battle. More >>
Transition To‘Green Economy Must Aim At Poverty Eradication
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 12:40 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today cautioned that the failure to tackle poverty can only lead to rising social tensions, ecological pressures and economic crisis, stressing the importance of a transition to a “green economy” that fosters sustainable ... More >>
Veterinary Experts Assisting Korea With Livestock Disease
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 12:28 pm | United Nations
Veterinary experts from the United Nations and the World Organisation for Animal Health are assisting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in responding to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease among pigs and cattle. More >>
Civilians Being Prevented From Fleeing Libya
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 11:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced deep concern that the security situation in Libya may be preventing people from fleeing to Tunisia, noting that the border on the Libyan side is now manned by heavily armed pro-Qadhafi forces. More >>
Joint UN-African Delegation Backs Delaying Benin’s Election
Friday, 4 March 2011, 1:33 pm | United Nations
A joint delegation of the United Nations, the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) officials today backed calls for delaying Benin’s presidential poll, scheduled for Sunday, to allow time to ensure that the ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Envoy Calls For Military Review
Friday, 4 March 2011, 12:27 pm | United Nations
The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict today called for a thorough review of procedures after NATO air strikes killed nine children in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province on Tuesday. More >>
Sudan: UN Reinforces Peacekeepers After Clashes
Friday, 4 March 2011, 12:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) is sending an additional company of troops to the disputed Abyei region, reinforcing the four companies already there, following renewed clashes between forces linked to northern and southern Sudan. More >>
Fighting In Somalia Displaces Residents Of Kenyan Border
Friday, 4 March 2011, 11:24 am | United Nations
Fighting between forces of Somalia’s transitional Government and insurgents has spread to areas near the Kenyan border, forcing some 5,500 residents of the Kenyan border town of Mandera to flee their homes, exacerbating the plight of people affected ... More >>
UN Chief Urges Young People To Use The Internet
Friday, 4 March 2011, 11:23 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged students to use information technology and the Internet creatively to chart a better future for humanity, saying that the web is a powerful resource and a tool for development. More >>
UN: Int'l Criminal Court Investigates Libya Violence
Friday, 4 March 2011, 9:43 am | United Nations
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said today he is investigating alleged crimes against humanity committed in Libya, including by President Muammar Al-Qadhafi and members of his inner circle, following a request from the United Nations ... More >>
UN: Global Food Prices Increase For Eighth Straight Month
Friday, 4 March 2011, 9:39 am | United Nations
Global food prices rose for the eighth straight month in February, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, while also warning that unexpected spikes in oil prices could exacerbate an already precarious situation in food markets. More >>
DR Congo: UN Report Details Suffering Of Rape Victims
Friday, 4 March 2011, 9:20 am | United Nations
unveiled today highlights the deprivations endured by thousands of victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including poverty, denial of justice and lack of access to medical and psychological treatment, and recommends ... More >>
UN Transfers Security For Sierra Leone War Crimes Court
Friday, 4 March 2011, 9:15 am | United Nations
The Security Council today authorized the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers protecting the court trying indicted war criminals in Sierra Leone, handing over responsibility to local forces at the request of the Government of the West African ... More >>
UN-Backed Talks On Future Of Western Sahara To Resume
Friday, 4 March 2011, 9:13 am | United Nations
Delegations of the parties to the Western Sahara dispute, Morocco and the Frente Polisario, and the two neighbouring States, Algeria and Mauritania, will gather in Malta on Monday for two days of United Nations-backed informal meetings as agreed ... More >>
UN Envoy Meets Thai and Cambodian Leaders
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 1:54 pm | United Nations
A special envoy of the United Nations agency tasked with preserving the world’s cultural heritage has concluded meetings with the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia to discuss the safeguarding of Preah Vihear, a Hindu temple inscribed on the World ... More >>
UN Apologizes To Belarus
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 1:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations publicly apologized to Belarus today for an inaccurate report from its mission in Côte d’Ivoire that Belarus had supplied attack helicopters to former President Laurent Gbagbo in violation of an arms embargo on the strife-torn ... More >>
UN Ambassador Angelina Jolie: Reintegrate Afghan Refugees
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 1:21 pm | United Nations
United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and award-winning Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie today called for greater focus to be put on the reintegration of former Afghan refugees as she wrapped up her second visit to the country. More >>
Sudan: UN Deplores New Clashes In Region
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 1:15 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today deplored renewed clashes in Sudan’s contested Abyei region, whose status North and South Sudan have pledged to solve by the end of March. More >>
