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UN Peacekeepers and Crime Fighters Team Up
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 11:05 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping and crime fighting divisions today launched a joint action plan to further strengthen their cooperation in the battle against drugs and crime, particularly in West Africa, which has become a hub in the illegal narcotics ... More >>
Graft Plagues Global Anti-Narcotics Efforts – UN Panel
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:34 am | United Nations
Corruption is a major impediment in combating illicit drug trafficking, the independent United Nations body tasked with monitoring the production and consumption of narcotics worldwide said today in its annual report, while also warning that the production ... More >>
UN: Drought-Hit Somalia On Brink Of Humanitarian Disaster
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 9:25 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert today called on the international community to step up efforts to address the impact of the devastating drought in Somalia, warning that the country is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster if action is not taken ... More >>
Pakistan: UN Rights Chief Condemns Assassination Of Minister
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 9:24 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today "http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=10784&LangID=E" >condemned the assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minority Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti, the second high-ranking Government official killed since the beginning of ... More >>
International Court To Investigate Qadhafi Regime
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 9:22 am | United Nations
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will investigate Libyan President Muammar Al-Qadhafi’s regime for crimes against humanity in repressing peaceful protesters, as a top United Nations official today called for global action to avert a humanitarian ... More >>
UN Opens Office To Help Central African Nations
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 9:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations today opened a new political office designed to support the efforts of Central African nations to consolidate peace and prevent conflict, as well as to tackle cross-border challenges such as arms trafficking and organized crime. More >>
UN: Small Enterprises Ideal For Producing Quality Seeds
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 1:19 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today that small seed enterprises are the best way of ensuring the availability and quality of non-hybrid seeds for food and animal feed crops in developing countries. More >>
UN: Quickly Implement Cancun Accords
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 1:18 pm | United Nations
The United Nations climate change chief today called on governments to quickly transform the agreements reached in the Mexican city of Cancún last year into tangible action on the ground, and provide clarity on the future of the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse ... More >>
UN Publishes First In Series Of Books On ‘Green Economy'
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 12:08 pm | United Nations
The United Nations agency tasked with promoting industrial development has published the first in a series of books focusing on “green” economic growth, which entails a low-carbon, resource-efficient approach to sustainable development, while combating ... More >>
General Assembly Suspends Libya From UN Human Rights Council
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 10:19 am | United Nations
The General Assembly today suspended Libyan membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council because of President Muammar Al-Qadhafi’s violent repression of peaceful protesters demanding his ouster. More >>
UN Chief: Planned Protests in Yemen
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 9:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today warned Yemeni authorities against violent repression of planned mass peaceful protests, and called on the government to protect the rights of demonstrators and journalists under international law. More >>
Zimbabwe: UN Rights Chief Concerned
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 9:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations top human rights official today expressed deep concern over the illegal detention and reported ill-treatment of 45 members of civil society in Zimbabwe who have allegedly been charged with treason for discussing recent events in Egypt ... More >>
UN: Armed Conflict Blocking Efforts In Education
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 9:33 am | United Nations
Armed conflict is robbing 28 million children of an education by exposing them to widespread rape and other sexual violence, targeted attacks on schools and other human rights abuses, according to a United Nations report issued today. More >>
Tunisian Border At Crisis Point
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 9:29 am | United Nations
The situation at the Libyan-Tunisian border has reached crisis point as tens of thousands of people flee the reported violence by President Muammar Al-Qadhafi’s loyalists, with 14,000 people crossing yesterday alone, the United Nations refugee agency said ... More >>
DR Congo: UN Alarmed By Upsurge Of Attacks Against Civilians
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 9:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced alarm at a fresh upsurge of violence against civilians in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by an armed rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), saying dozens have been killed and ... More >>
Cote D'Ivoire: UN Expresses Concern Over Trapped Civilians
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 9:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed "http://www.unhcr.org/4d6d01399.html" >concern over the plight of civilians trapped in the Abobo district of Abidjan, the commercial capital of Côte d’Ivoire, where fighting has been raging for several ... More >>
Ban Discusses Libya With Obama
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 3:50 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks on Libya with United States President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., today, later stating that Muammar Al-Qadhafi’s regime had declared war on its own people and must be brought to account for possible crimes ... More >>
UNESCO Chief Condemns Murder Of Pakistani Journalist
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 1:39 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with protecting the freedom of expression today condemned the killing of a Pakistani journalist, Abdost Rind, in the south-western province of Balochistan, and voiced concern over the safety of media professionals ... More >>
UN Marks Anniversary Of Destruction Of Buddha Statues
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 1:34 pm | United Nations
On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan, in Afghanistan, by the then-ruling fundamentalist Islamic Taliban, the United Nations cultural chief today called on the world to protect the heritage of ... More >>
Senior UN Official To Visit DR Congo
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 1:32 pm | United Nations
With a polio outbreak rapidly spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) begins a four-day visit tomorrow to meet with key government officials ahead of a mass campaign to vaccinate ... More >>
