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Partnership Between UN And Member States Key
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 11:55 am | United Nations
The success of United Nations peacekeeping depends on a strong partnership between the world body and Member States, top officials stressed today, as they reported on efforts underway to deliver efficient and cost-effective operations around the ... More >>
UN: Soaring Food Prices Threaten World's Poorest
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 11:52 am | United Nations
Record high food prices are putting added pressure on the United Nations agency that helps feed nearly 100 million of the world’s poorest people, with officials warning of a potential “perfect storm” combination of soaring costs, weather emergencies ... More >>
(UN) DR Congo: Rebel Leader Abandons Armed Group
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 11:49 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today reported that a senior member of one of the most troublesome armed groups in the eastern region of the country has turned himself in under the demobilisation ... More >>
UN Plans To Send Mission To Egypt After Transition
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 11:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said today it plans to send a team of officials to Egypt to establish contact with the authorities there and assess the human rights situation following the recent leadership ... More >>
UN Forum: Asia-Pacific’s Battle Against AIDS
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 11:44 am | United Nations
Some 150 participants are gathering in Bangkok on Thursday to examine barriers to progress in the AIDS response in Asia and the Pacific, where most countries still maintain laws and practices that curtail the rights of people living with the disease ... More >>
Israel responds to Security Council resolution
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 11:31 am | United Nations
Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians still are, as they have always been, the only way to solve the conflict between the two sides. More >>
UN: Ban urges restraint by Arab leaders as protests continue
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 11:28 am | United Nations
21 February 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has once again called for the non-use of force and respect for basic freedoms, as he voiced concern about reports of escalating violence and bloodshed amid the protests in North Africa and the Middle ... More >>
Darfur: UN- African peacekeepers protect civilians
Friday, 18 February 2011, 10:58 am | United Nations
The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has significantly stepped up its patrols in the strife-torn region of Sudan where there was a recent resurgence of violence and is setting up a quick reaction force to help protect civilians. More >>
UN: Allegations of human organ trafficking in Kosovo
Friday, 18 February 2011, 10:54 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Kosovo today called for an urgent investigation into allegations that members of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) trafficked in human organs in 1999, when it was pitted against ethnic Serbs and the ... More >>
UN: Alarm over impact of fertilizer and plastic pollution
Friday, 18 February 2011, 10:53 am | United Nations
Large amounts of phosphorus, a crucial fertilizer, are discharged into oceans as result of inefficiencies in farming and a failure to recycle wastewater, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says in its 2011 Year Book released today, which ... More >>
Ban signs compacts with UN senior staff
Friday, 18 February 2011, 10:49 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is continually urging Governments to be accountable to their people, today signed a new annual series of compacts with his own senior managers aimed at holding them accountable for their performances and at increasing ... More >>
UN: Integrating food and energy crops to reduce poverty
Friday, 18 February 2011, 10:39 am | United Nations
Farming systems that combine crops that can be used for food and fuel can help reduce poverty and boost food and energy security, says a new report published today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). More >>
Cote D'Ivoire: Ban calls for end to post-election crisis
Friday, 18 February 2011, 10:35 am | United Nations
With a high-level African Union (AU) panel due to visit Côte d'Ivoire soon to try to resolve the political crisis arising from former president Laurent Gbagbo’s refusal to step down despite his electoral defeat, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... More >>
UN: Drought Ravages Somalia and Kenya
Friday, 18 February 2011, 10:32 am | United Nations
Severe drought in Somalia has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in the country with more people becoming internally displaced and others moving into refugee camps across the border in Kenya, as food and water scarcity worsen, the top United Nations ... More >>
UN rights chief urges Russia to step up efforts
Friday, 18 February 2011, 9:45 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today urged Russian authorities to act without delay on reforms to key institutions relating to the rule of law and the fight against corruption and discrimination. More >>
Bahrain: Ban calls for immediate end to violence
Friday, 18 February 2011, 9:41 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an immediate end to violence against peaceful protesters in Bahrain and said he would be contacting leaders in the Middle East and North Africa to urge them to institute bold reforms, not repression. More >>
UN to Bahrain: Stop Using Excessive Force Against Protesters
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 10:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief has voiced alarm at the excessive use of force by authorities in Bahrain, including the killing of two peaceful protesters, and urged respect for the right to demonstrate. More >>
Nepal: UN Urges Arrest Of Suspects In Murder Of Young Girl
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 10:26 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official in Nepal today called on the Government to arrest the four army officers suspected to have carried out the torture and killing of a 15-year-old girl, stressing the need to end impunity for a crime that was committed ... More >>
Ban Urges Global ‘Revolution’ Based On Sustainable Devel.
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 11:37 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a “revolution” in how the world defines prosperity and relates to nature, based on the twin pillars of a sustainable development that breaks with the profligacy of the past and an equality that embraces ... More >>
UN Calls For Overhaul Of Haitian Education System
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 11:32 am | United Nations
The Special Envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for Haiti is calling for an urgent overhaul of the country’s education system, which she says is the cornerstone of the impoverished nation’s future prosperity. More >>
