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How Technology Can Help In Disaster Response
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:47 pm | United Nations
The United Nations and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative are launching a new research project aiming to enhance information-sharing between large aid organizations and grassroots technology groups during humanitarian emergencies, it was announced today. More >>
New UN Report Urges Better Protection Of Biodiversity
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:46 pm | United Nations
Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean must act to protect the extraordinary wealth of plant and wildlife in the region and harness their potential as “biodiversity superpowers,” according to a new United Nations report. More >>
Ban Advises Extension Of UN Peacebuilding Office
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:45 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended to the Security-Council that the mandate of the United Nations peacebuilding office in the Central African Republic (CAR) be extended for another year to enable it to continue to facilitate the process of ... More >>
Haiti: Ban Appeals For Immediate Massive Aid
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:44 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the international community to provide immediate massive aid to Haiti to fight a deadly cholera epidemic raging through the impoverished country, warning that hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk. More >>
UN Completes Shelter Project For Kyrgyz
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:42 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today "http://www.unhcr.org/4cf8fcf26.html" >announced the completion of its emergency shelter programme in southern Kyrgyzstan, which provides temporary housing for over 13,400 people whose homes were damaged ... More >>
World’s Richest Countries Let Poorest Children Fall Behind
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:29 pm | United Nations
Italy, the United States, Greece, Belgium and the United Kingdom top a list of two dozen developed countries that let their most vulnerable children fall even further behind, with enormous consequences not only for the youngsters themselves but for ... More >>
Ban Calls For Resumption Of Israeli-Syrian Talks
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:27 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the United Nations force monitoring the ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights be extended for another six months and called on the parties to restart peace talks. More >>
UN Political Chief Urges Parties To Advance Peace Process
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:26 pm | United Nations
The United Nations political chief arrived today in Nepal to assess progress in the country’s peace process and discuss what needs to be done to ensure a smooth transition following the departure of the world body’s mission next month. More >>
Ban Welcomes Conclusion Of Presidential Election In Guinea
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:24 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the certification of the results of the presidential poll in Guinea and urged the people of the West African country to accept the outcome and to move towards peace and national reconciliation. More >>
Empowering People With Disabilities
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 12:16 pm | United Nations
New York, Dec 3 2010 10:10AM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations human rights chief have called on governments to do more to support people with disabilities, stressing that they play a vital role in efforts to reach the globally agreed anti-poverty ... More >>
Dr Congo Army Colonel Added to UN Sanctions List
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:49 am | United Nations
The Security Council has imposed sanctions including a travel ban and asset freeze on an army colonel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on charges of killing and maiming children, recruiting child soldiers, sexual violations and denial of ... More >>
UN Humanitarian Chief Begins 2nd Visit to Flood-Hit Pakistan
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian chief arrived today in Pakistan for her second visit to the South Asian nation since it was struck by one of the worst floods in history four months ago. The country is still recovering from the heavy monsoon rains and ... More >>
UN: Iran Again Fails to Prove Nuclear Programme is Peaceful
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:46 am | United Nations
On the eve of renewed talks between Iran and a six-nation group on its nuclear programme, a top United Nations official reported today that Tehran has still not provided the necessary proof that its activities are purely peaceful and not for military purposes. More >>
UN Prepares to Feed Vulnerable Families in Georgia
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:42 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that it will provide food aid this winter to 6,700 people in Georgia who have been displaced several times since fleeing their homes in 2008 amid fighting in South Ossetia. Since then the ... More >>
UN Urges Countries to Ratify Legal Treaties to Fight Slavery
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:40 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery by urging States to bring into force all the legal instruments necessary to eradicate the scourge. Although States worldwide support laws banning slavery, ... More >>
Deadly Clash During Darfur Protests Warrants Investigation
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:37 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a probe into an incident on Wednesday in which at least one person died and several were wounded when protesters clashed with Sudanese security forces at a university in West Darfur. The incident took place ... More >>
United Nations Invites World to an Online Film Festival
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 11:47 am | United Nations
In the lead-up to International Volunteer Day (5 December), the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme invites the world to an online film festival this coming Saturday. The online festival - which starts at 14:00 GMT+12 on 4 December - will cross the ... More >>
UN Book Celebrating Rich Biodiversity of Southern Caucasus
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 11:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has published a book celebrating the rich biodiversity of the Southern Caucasus and calling for its preservation. “Gardens of Biodiversity” is part of FAO’s contribution to the International ... More >>
UN Calls on Haitians to Ignore Unofficial Election Results
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 11:36 am | United Nations
The United Nations has called on Haitians to ignore unofficial results of Sunday’s presidential and legislative elections and to wait for the official results to be announced next Tuesday by the country’s electoral council. More >>
Cooperation on issues from security to development urged
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 11:34 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today laid out a four-point agenda for cooperation on issues ranging from security to development between the United Nations and the largest regional security organization in the world, embracing 56 States stretching ... More >>
