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UN Chief: Philanthropists Should Invest More In Education
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 1:30 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today lauded the role philanthropists play in facilitating access to education and encouraged them to commit more resources to improve quality and ensure that even the most marginalized children have opportunities to acquire ... More >>
UN Ramps Up Humanitarian Aid in Libya
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 11:22 am | United Nations
Faced with an exodus of refugees from Libya amid reported violence by President Muammar Al-Qadhafi’s loyalists, potential food and medical shortages and growing insecurity, the United Nations is ramping up aid efforts within the country, along the borders ... More >>
Security Council Stresses Need For Due Process
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 10:14 am | United Nations
While underlining the importance of the United Nations sanctions regime against individuals and entities linked to the Taliban or Al-Qaida as an essential tool in fighting terrorism, the Security Council today also stressed the need for fair and due process for those ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Resolution Of Situation In UN Compound In Gabon
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 9:12 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the peaceful resolution of the situation regarding a group of people in Gabon who had been in the compound of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the country's capital, Libreville, since 25 January. More >>
UN Peacekeepers Wounded In An Ambush North Of Abidjan
Monday, 28 February 2011, 9:40 am | United Nations
Three United Nations peacekeepers in Côte d'Ivoire have been wounded in an ambush in a suburb of the country's commercial capital, Abidjan, the UN mission said today, condemning acts of violence against its troops on Friday and Saturday, during which ... More >>
UN And Lebanese Forces Conduct Disaster Preparedness Exercis
Monday, 28 February 2011, 9:34 am | United Nations
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese armed forces have carried out exercises in large-scale disaster response in the south of the country in an effort to strengthen their coordinated readiness to respond to emergencies. More >>
UN Chief Greets The People Of Kuwait On Anniversary
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 9:31 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the Government and the people of Kuwait as they marked 50 years as an independent State and celebrated the 20th anniversary of the country's liberation from occupation by forces of the former Iraqi ... More >>
Ban Phones Leaders Of Saudi Arabia And Italy Re Libya
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 9:29 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today had telephone discussions with King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on developments in Libya, as he continues to reach out to world leaders to urge them ... More >>
Security Council Imposes Sanctions On Libyan Authorities
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 9:28 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today voted unanimously to impose sanctions against the Libyan authorities, slapping the country with an arms embargo and freezing the assets of its leaders, while referring the ongoing violent repression of civilian demonstrators ... More >>
Progress In Efforts To End Equatorial Guinea-Gabon Dispute
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 1:22 pm | United Nations
The leaders of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon today reiterated their commitment to submit their longstanding border dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), with the aim of resolving the matter as soon as possible, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... More >>
UN Envoy Urges Darfur People To Participate In New Dialogue
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 1:20 pm | United Nations
The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Ibrahim Gambari, has urged inhabitants of the troubled Sudanese region to engage in dialogue to find a solution to their protracted conflict, saying a process ... More >>
Ban Calls On UNSC For Immediate Steps Stop Killings In Libya
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 1:18 pm | United Nations
Ban Calls On Security Council To Consider Immediate Steps To Stop Killings In Libya New York, Feb 25 2011 6:10PM More >>
Côte D’ivoire: UN Chief Voices Concern Over Violence
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 12:55 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern over the deteriorating situation in Côte d’Ivoire, deploring recent clashes between rival groups as well as threats against the United Nations, including a call to impede the movement of peacekeepers. More >>
UN Human Rights Council Orders Inquiry Into Libya Violence
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 12:53 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the recent violence in Libya and ordered an international inquiry into alleged abuses. More >>
Somalia: UN Voices Alarm At Plight Of Trapped Civilians
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 12:52 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today voiced alarm over the plight of Somali civilians caught up in the fighting pitting forces of the country’s transitional government, who are backed by African Union peacekeepers, against insurgents of the Al-Shabaab armed ... More >>
As Libyan Crackdown Escalates, UN Rights Chief Urges Action
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 12:49 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today urged action to help end the violence in Libya and to hold perpetrators of atrocities accountable, saying that the crackdown on protesters is escalating. More >>
UN Calls For Increased Investment In Adolescents
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 12:47 pm | United Nations
With 20 years of strong investment producing “stunning” gains for children up to the age of 10, including a 33 per cent drop in under-five mortality rates, the United Nations is calling for equal focus on the world’s 1.2 billion adolescents ... More >>
Do More To Fight Trans-National Drug Trade, Says UN Envoy
Saturday, 26 February 2011, 11:24 am | United Nations
Guinea-Bissau Needs To Do More To Fight Trans-National Drug Trade, Says UN Envoy More >>
UN: Haitian Presidential Candidates Should Fight Impunity
Friday, 25 February 2011, 12:51 pm | United Nations
The United Nations independent expert on human rights in Haiti, Michel Forst, today urged candidates in the country’s upcoming presidential run-off election to spearhead the fight against impunity and champion greater respect of human rights. More >>
UN: Most Of World’s Coral Reefs Under Threat
Friday, 25 February 2011, 11:27 am | United Nations
An estimated 75 per cent of the world’s coral reefs are threatened by local human activity, including over-fishing, coastal development and pollution, and global pressures such as climate change, warming seas and rising ocean acidification, according to ... More >>
