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UN Urges Rapid Broadband Growth
Saturday, 12 February 2011, 11:33 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 11 2011 12:10PM With smartphones already consuming five times more data capacity than ordinary mobile phones and their number set to soar from 500 million today to nearly 2 billion by 2015, broadband growth is vital not just for developing ... More >>
Human Rights Must Not Be Cast Aside
Saturday, 12 February 2011, 11:18 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 11 2011 11:10AM International human rights and humanitarian law is constantly being cast aside amid Middle East politics, the United Nations human rights chief said today, speaking out on issues such as illegal settlement activity and ... More >>
UN Urges Action To Curb Harmful Use Of Alcohol
Saturday, 12 February 2011, 11:17 am | United Nations
UN Urges Action To Curb Harmful Use Of Alcohol, Reduce Drink-Related Deaths New York, Feb 11 2011 11:10AM More >>
Help Needed For Sudan’s Displaced
Saturday, 12 February 2011, 11:14 am | United Nations
Help Needed For Sudan’s Displaced Following Referendum, Says UN Agency New York, Feb 11 2011 9:10AM More >>
UN Envoy Cheers Young Palestinian Women Footballers
Friday, 11 February 2011, 4:05 pm | United Nations
The United Nations special envoy on sport today concluded a five-day mission to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by watching a football match between two women’s teams in the West Bank, an event he said filled him with optimism for the ... More >>
UN's Ban: Breaking Middle East Peace Deadlock Is Vital
Friday, 11 February 2011, 4:02 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 10 2011 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak it was vital to break the current stalemate in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians and make progress towards resolving all final status issues. More >>
Haiti: UN Joins National Police In Anti-Crime Crusade
Friday, 11 February 2011, 4:00 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti is conducting a two-pronged campaign to combat crime and violence, tracking down gangs while providing job training for youths in the impoverished country’s two largest cities. More >>
Psychotherapy, Training for Rape Victims in DR Congo
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:48 am | United Nations
As part of its campaign against rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations and its partners this week opened a centre in the eastern city of Bukavu to provide a safe haven and training programmes for survivors of sexual ... More >>
UNESCO Chief Condemns Murder Of Egyptian Journalist
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:22 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the recent murder of Egyptian journalist Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud, who was shot while covering the protests that began late last month in the capital, Cairo. More >>
UN Pays Tribute To Victims Of Holocaust
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations held a special ceremony today to pay homage to the six million Jews and countless others slaughtered in the Nazi death camps of the Second World War, stressing that the drive to prevent a repetition of such horror was one of the ... More >>
UN: Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza Dire As Unemployment Rises
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees is urging immediate intervention to tackle the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where the unemployment rate rose to 45 per cent at the beginning of this year. More >>
UN Urges End to Ivorian Stalemate
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:12 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations refugee agency warned today of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Côte d’Ivoire and called for an immediate end to the political stalemate, which has led tens of thousands to flee their homes amid violence and uncertainty. More >>
Ban ‘Appalled’ By Reported Use Of Minor In Pakistan Suicide
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:08 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is “appalled” by reports that a minor was used to carry out today’s suicide attack on an army recruitment centre in Mardan in north-west Pakistan that led to numerous deaths and injuries, his spokesperson said. More >>
W.Sahara: UN Reports Progress In Efforts To Reunite Families
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations today reported significant progress on measures to increase the number of family visits for Western Sahara refugees who have been separated for more than 35 years. More >>
UN: Artists Use Music To Promote Maternal Health In Tanzania
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 1:23 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has teamed up with a group of artists from the United States and Tanzania to raise awareness, through music, on the need to have better maternal health services in the East African nation, where deaths ... More >>
UN: North And South Sudan Make ‘Significant’ Progress
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 10:24 am | United Nations
North and South Sudan have made “significant” progress on a wide range of follow-up arrangements between the two States following the southern region’s vote for independence, the top United Nations envoy in the country said today. More >>
UN:Talks On Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia Name Issue
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 9:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy tasked with mediating talks between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the dispute over the latter’s name today wrapped up two days of discussions in New York with representatives from both sides. Since ... More >>
G. Assembly Stresses Need To Invest In Disaster Mitigatation
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 9:37 am | United Nations
With earthquakes, heat waves, floods and snowstorms affecting 208 million people, killing nearly 300,000, and costing $110 billion in losses last year alone, the General Assembly today debated mitigation steps such as building safer schools, hospitals ... More >>
UN Agency Planning Long-Term Food Support For Sri Lankans
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 9:30 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that the agency is delivering food aid to half a million people affected by the massive floods in Sri Lanka, while planning for longer-term support to help those affected recover ... More >>
As Temperatures Plummet, Unicef Rushes Supplies To Pakistan
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 9:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is rushing essential supplies by helicopter to thousands of people who after surviving last year’s devastating floods are now at risk from plummeting winter temperatures. More >>
