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UN Report Highlights Disadvantages Faced By Women
Saturday, 22 January 2011, 1:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Jan 21 2011 1:10PM Women continue to reap less benefits from employment in agriculture than men in rural areas, and the recent global financial and food crises have slowed down progress towards gender equality in farming-related labour, ... More >>
UN Sets Humanitarian Agenda For 2011
Saturday, 22 January 2011, 1:03 pm | United Nations
With climate change presaging natural mega-disasters, aid workers facing mounting attacks in conflict areas and the economic crisis crimping resources, the United Nations office coordinating the global humanitarian response announced its agenda ... More >>
Concern Over Migrants Missing In Mexico
Saturday, 22 January 2011, 1:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today "http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=10659&LangID=E" >voiced deep concern over the fate of a group of about 40 migrants who have been missing since they were abducted in Mexico last month, and death threats to a prominent ... More >>
Somalia: Funds Running Short for Gov/ Peacekeepers
Friday, 21 January 2011, 10:17 am | United Nations
Soldiers from Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the African Union peacekeeping mission that is trying to stabilize the conflict-wracked country need urgent funding to continue their operations, a senior United Nations envoy warned ... More >>
Security Council Reinforces UN Mission in Cote D’ivoire
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 10:14 am | United Nations
The UN Security Council today authorized the immediate reinforcement of its nearly 9,000-strong peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire with an additional 2,000 peacekeepers and three armed helicopters to help protect civilians in the post-electoral deadlock ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN, Partners to Launch $51 Million Flood Appeal
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 10:08 am | United Nations
With humanitarian organizations in Sri Lanka warning that their resources to respond to the flood crisis there are exhausted, the United Nations and its partners is seeking $51 million to help more than one million people get through the next six months. More >>
UN Praises Comoros Peaceful Elections & Welcomes Results
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 10:06 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the people of the Comoros for the peaceful atmosphere in which recent presidential and gubernatorial elections were held, and welcomed the acceptance of the final results by all candidates, according to his ... More >>
UN to Send Human Rights Team to Assess Tunisia Situation
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 10:03 am | United Nations
The UN’s human rights chief will send a team to Tunisia next week to assess the country’s human rights situation amidst recent political unrest, which her office says has so far led to more than 100 deaths. “I have been asking myself what my ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN and Govt Map Out Common Food Aid Strategy
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 9:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Afghanistan are mapping out a common strategy for providing food aid to millions of vulnerable Afghans over the next three years. WFP’s country representative in Afghanistan, Louis Imbleau, ... More >>
‘Peaceful’ End of Voting in South Sudan’s Referendum
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 12:54 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today welcomed the conclusion of voting in the referendum for the self-determination of Southern Sudan, describing the voting exercise as “largely peaceful and orderly” while urging both parties to Sudan’s peace agreement to ... More >>
UN Urges Calm After Violence in Sudan’s West Darfur
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 12:52 pm | United Nations
The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Ibrahim Gambari, today called for calm following recent clashes in the town of Nertiti, in Sudan’s West Darfur state. More >>
UN Official to Highlight Sri Lanka’s Humanitarian Needs
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 11:48 am | United Nations
One of the UN’s top humanitarian officials will visit Sri Lanka later this week to highlight the country’s humanitarian needs and to advocate on behalf of the most vulnerable. The UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, ... More >>
UN: Ban to Attend Meetings in Switzerland and Ethiopia
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 11:47 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Switzerland and Ethiopia next week for a range of meetings, according to an announcement made by his spokesperson today. In Geneva, the Secretary-General will open the Humanitarian Funding Conference, an ... More >>
Former Haitian Leader’s Return Raises Impunity Issues
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 11:45 am | United Nations
The return to Haiti of former Haitian leader Jean Claude Duvalier clearly raises issues of impunity and accountability, the United Nations human rights office said today, adding that it was looking into the matter. There are major issues surrounding ... More >>
UN Concerned Over Sweden’s Reported Plan to Deport Iraqis
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 11:44 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern over reports that Sweden planned to send about 25 Iraqis back to Baghdad tomorrow, saying that a number of those scheduled to be deported belong to religious and ethnic groups that have been targeted in recent ... More >>
Côte D’ivoire: Gbagbo Loyalists Open Fire Towards UN Patrol
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 11:43 am | United Nations
Forces loyal to former president of Côte d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down despite his defeat in November’s elections, opened fire last night towards United Nations peacekeepers in charge of security for a top African Union ... More >>
Ban Urges Return to Rule of Law in Tunisia
Tuesday, 18 January 2011, 10:23 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his concern about the continued violence and the resulting loss of lives in Tunisia, urging dialogue among all sides to resolve differences peacefully and to restore stability to the country. “I call on the ... More >>
Partnership Enables UN to Support Police Training in Somalia
Tuesday, 18 January 2011, 10:21 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy for Somalia today inaugurated a programme through which some 500 Somali police recruits will be trained in neighbouring Djibouti with funding provided by Japan as part of international efforts to strengthen the capacity of ... More >>
Adequate Resources Vital to Maintain Global Health Progress
Tuesday, 18 January 2011, 10:19 am | United Nations
Last year was full of “big events” for public health, including the launch of a new meningitis vaccine and an aggressive new strategy for polio eradication, the head of the United Nations health agency said today, while stressing the need to ... More >>
UN Committee Calls for Action to End Israeli Settlements
Tuesday, 18 January 2011, 10:17 am | United Nations
A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights today called on the international community to take steps to compel Israel to end its “illegal” settlement activity in occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, warning that such actions ... More >>
