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Ban Stresses Vital Link Between Security And Development
Sunday, 6 February 2011, 1:08 pm | United Nations
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 >>
Countries Ready To Reinforce UN Peacekeepers In Côte D’ivoir
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:57 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 4 2011 6:10PM Several countries are ready to provide reinforcements for the 9,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire, where the former president’s refusal to step down despite his electoral defeat has led ... More >>
Assistance As Further Floods Hit Sri Lanka
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:56 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies are providing additional support to the Government of Sri Lanka in its efforts to respond to fresh floods, amidst existing efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by earlier flooding that followed unusually ... More >>
UN Disappointed By Three-Year Extension
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:55 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 4 2011 4:10PM The top United Nations official for Somalia voiced disappointment today at the transitional parliament’s extension of its mandate by three years beyond the August deadline by which it was to enact a new constitution and hold general ... More >>
Ban Hopes Election Of New Myanmar President
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:53 pm | United Nations
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 the status-quo in ... More >>
Financial Safeguards For Resources To Fight Killer Diseases
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:52 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 4 2011 2:10PM In an effort to prevent the misuse of funds earmarked for fighting global pandemic diseases in developing countries, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced new measures to further strengthen safeguards ... More >>
Preparedness Helped Prevent Cyclone Yasi Casualties– UN
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:50 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 4 2011 2:10PM A high level of disaster risk awareness, preparedness and planning helped prevent casualties when Tropical Cyclone Yasi struck north-eastern Australia earlier this week, the United Nations’ top disaster risk official said ... More >>
End Violence And Free Those Detained
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:49 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 4 2011 1:10PM 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 ... More >>
Ban Holds Talks With German Foreign Minister
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:47 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed Germany’s strong commitment to the United Nations, noting that it the third largest financial contributor and provides peacekeepers in Lebanon, Sudan and elsewhere. More >>
UN Marks World Cancer Day
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:44 pm | United Nations
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 is being observed ... More >>
North-West Pakistan May Displace Up To 90,000 People
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 12:43 pm | United Nations
UN Refugee Agency: Fighting In North-West Pakistan May Displace Up To 90,000 People More >>
UN Concerned Over Government-Imposed Limits on Freedom
Friday, 4 February 2011, 3:34 pm | United Nations
A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today voiced alarm at limits imposed by governments on the right to freedom of expression and information, saying recent mass protests in several countries were the result of frustrations ... More >>
UN Fundraiser Football Match Nets Half a Million Dollars
Friday, 4 February 2011, 3:32 pm | United Nations
A special United Nations football match played by some of the world’s top footballers in December raised more than half a million dollars for ongoing post-disaster reconstruction work in Haiti and Pakistan, and for disadvantaged communities in Greece. More >>
Thousands of Displaced People in Western Côte D’ivoire
Friday, 4 February 2011, 3:30 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire today reported that 18,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been identified in the western areas of the country, adding that the number could rise when the registration of the people, ... More >>
UN Humanitarian Chief Calls Attention to Drought Crisis
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:45 am | United Nations
Wrapping up a visit to Somalia and Kenya, the United Nations humanitarian chief today called attention to the crises in the two countries where recurring droughts have deprived millions of already vulnerable people of their livelihoods, leaving them ... More >>
Global Food Prices Rise to New Highs, Not Expected to Fall
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:40 am | United Nations
Food prices around the world surged to a new historic peak in January, for the seventh consecutive month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, adding that the prices are not likely to decline in the months ahead. More >>
Somalia: UN Launches New Anti-Piracy Plan
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations today launched an action plan to combat piracy off the Somali coast, calling for greater support from national navies to fight a “global menace” that threatens not only international trade but the world body’s delivery of vital ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Final Results of First Round of Haiti Elections
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:36 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the announcement by Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council of the final results of the first round of presidential and legislative polls, and encouraged all concerned to take advantage of the opportunity to proceed ... More >>
UN Launches Year-Long Celebration of Vital Role of Forests
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:02 am | United Nations
Recognizing the role that forests play in everything from mitigating climate change to providing wood, medicines and livelihoods for people worldwide, the United Nations today kicked off a year-long celebration to raise awareness of the value of this ... More >>
UN: Dire Economic, Lethal, Impact of Counterfeiting Stressed
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:00 am | United Nations
Illicit trade in counterfeit goods and piracy of intellectual property not only cost global economies more than $1 trillion each year and put more than two million jobs at risk but threaten the lives, health and safety of consumers worldwide, a United ... More >>
