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UN Chief To Visit Ecuador And Peru Next Week
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 9:25 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will at the weekend travel to Ecuador and Peru for official visits during which he will confer with the leaders of the two countries, the United Nations announced today. More >>
UN: Number Of Global Patent Filings Recovers In 2010
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 9:23 am | United Nations
Strong growth from China, the Republic of Korea and Japan has helped to boost the number of patent applications filed worldwide last year, following the drop witnessed in 2009, the United Nations agency tasked with promoting the protection of intellectual ... More >>
UN: Egypt's Role In Middle East Peace Must Be Preserved
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 2:11 pm | United Nations
BAN New York, Feb 8 2011 7:10PM Egypt under President Hosni Mubarak has played a key role in seeking peace between Israel and the Palestinians and this role must be preserved in any transition stemming from the current mass protests, Secretary-General ... More >>
UN Regional Commissions Key To Sustainable Development
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 10:31 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 8 2011 4:10PM Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today stressed that sustainable development is key to United Nations efforts to reduce poverty and raise people’s living standards, and underlined the importance of the Organization’s ... More >>
Sudan: UN Peacekeepers Patrol Site Of Deadly Military Clash
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 10:27 am | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers have positioned armoured personnel carriers and are patrolling an area in Sudan where units made up of Northern and Southern Sudanese troops clashed last week, killing 54 soldiers and wounding 85 others. More >>
UN: Irregularities in Central African Republic Election
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 10:22 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 8 2011 4:10PM The United Nations is encouraging electoral authorities in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) to address alleged irregularities in last month’s presidential poll, which reportedly gave President Francois Bozize a second term ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Emergency persists as more floods ravage -UN
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 10:18 am | United Nations
8 February 2011 – Fresh floods have hit Sri Lanka just weeks after large swathes of the South Asian island nation were inundated by a deluge caused by torrential rainfall, the United Nations reported today, saying that over a million people already ... More >>
UN: Greater action needed to include women in peacekeeping
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 10:13 am | United Nations
8 February 2011 – Ten years after the Security Council called for greater involvement of women in peacebuilding, United Nations peacekeeping missions have a mixed record and need to deploy greater efforts to reach the goal, according to a study launched ... More >>
Deaths In Mozambique Highlight Perils Of Fleeing
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 9:36 am | United Nations
UN New York, Feb 8 2011 3:10PM The United Nations refugee agency today "http://www.unhcr.org/4d515dcd9.html" >highlighted the dangers facing those fleeing the Horn of Africa, noting the recent deaths of eight Ethiopian asylum-seekers who suffocated aboard a closed container ... More >>
Sudan: UN Praises Recent Vote, But Cautions on Tasks Ahead
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 10:30 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 7 2011 12:10PM The United Nations panel that monitored the independence referendum in Southern Sudan today hailed the official results showing that an overwhelming majority opted for secession, but cautioned that the two sides now need to build ... More >>
UN: Floods In Southern Africa Could Lead To Food Shortages
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 10:25 am | United Nations
Heavy rainfall and flooding in of southern Africa have damaged large areas of farmland and crops, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) "http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/50394/icode/" >said today, warning that communities in poorer parts of the region could experience ... More >>
UN Makes Progress In Its Gender Equality Objectives
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 10:05 am | United Nations
The United Nations rural development fund said today it has made significant progress in improving gender equality and strengthening the role of women in agriculture production, but noted that more remains to be done to help women reap the benefits of rural development. More >>
DR Congo Progresses Towards Stability, But Shortfalls Arise
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 9:58 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 7 2011 2:10PM United Nations peacekeepers are making “important headway” on the difficult road towards bringing stability to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but shortfalls in funds and military equipment are constraining their ... More >>
World Cancer Day: UN calls for more physical activity
Monday, 7 February 2011, 11:17 am | United Nations
4 February 2011 – Two and half hours of moderate physical activity a week can reduce the risk of breast and colon cancers, according to new recommendations released by the United Nations World Health Organization ( WHO ) to mark World Cancer Day , which ... More >>
Burma: Ban hopes election leads to ‘inclusive’ civilian gov.
Monday, 7 February 2011, 11:12 am | United Nations
4 February 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today took note of the announcement, by Myanmar’s newly-convened parliament, of the election of a new president and vice-presidents and voiced hope that the move marks the beginning of a change in ... More >>
End violence and detainment, UN rights chief tells Egypt
Monday, 7 February 2011, 10:53 am | United Nations
4 February 2011 – The United Nations human rights chief today called for an end to the “shocking” violence in Egypt and the immediate release of detained journalists and rights advocates, attributing much of the chaos to the security and intelligence ... More >>
Need to expedite Israeli-Palestinian talks
Monday, 7 February 2011, 10:48 am | United Nations
5 February 2011 – Recent developments in Egypt and elsewhere in the region underscore the need for Israel and the Palestinians to immediately resume peace talks, the United Nations and its partners said on Saturday, adding that any further delay will be ... More >>
Munich- Ban stresses link between security and development
Monday, 7 February 2011, 9:55 am | United Nations
5 February 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday stressed the vital link between security and development, telling a global forum in Germany that recent events in the Middle East highlight the fact that one cannot exist without the other. More >>
UN officials call for abolishing female genital mutilation
Monday, 7 February 2011, 9:51 am | United Nations
6 February 2011 – Stressing that all girls deserve to grow up free from harmful practices that endanger their well-being, United Nations officials on Sunday called for abolishing the practice of female genital mutilation to help millions lead healthier ... More >>
Need To Expedite Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Sunday, 6 February 2011, 1:10 pm | United Nations
Recent developments in Egypt and elsewhere in the region underscore the need for Israel and the Palestinians to immediately resume peace talks, the United Nations and its partners said on Saturday, adding that any further delay will be detrimental ... More >>
