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Ban Set to Wrap up Four-Nation Asian Visit
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 11:55 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is currently in China, will complete his four-nation trip tomorrow to Asia, which has also taken him to Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam. Before departing Beijing, Mr. Ban will take part in a roundtable discussion organized ... More >>
UN Drugs Office: Assessment Mission to Kyrgyzstan
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 11:54 am | United Nations
The UN office that deals with the illicit drug trade announced today that it will send a mission to Kyrgyzstan to assess what action can be taken to combat the trafficking of Afghan heroin in Central Asia. The Executive Director of the United Nations Office ... More >>
Animal Virus Could Spread to Southern Africa
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 11:50 am | United Nations
A deadly animal virus which broke out earlier this year in Tanzania could spread to Southern Africa, threatening the lives of more than 50 million sheep and goats in 15 countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned ... More >>
Myanmar: Humanitarian Assistance Needed
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 11:48 am | United Nations
UN relief agencies and humanitarian partners in Myanmar are appealing for increased support from donors to provide urgent assistance to more than 200,000 people affected by Cyclone Giri, which struck Myanmar’s Rakhine State on 22 October. More >>
UN Member States Endorse Plan to Halt Biodiversity
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 11:33 am | United Nations
Member States of the United Nations have adopted a new 10-year global strategy designed to halt the loss of the world biological diversity, with countries agreeing to draft national implementation plans to safeguard genetic resources within two years, a ... More >>
UN Continues To Provide Support To Sudan
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:51 pm | United Nations
The UN stands ready to assist the upcoming referendum that will decide whether southern Sudan declares independence from Africa’s largest country, an official with the world body said today, with voter registration set to kick off in 2 weeks. More >>
Haiti: UN Preparing For Impending Hurricane
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:48 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti is preparing to help up to half a million people in the impoverished Caribbean nation who could potentially be affected by Hurricane Tomas. More >>
Racism Plagues Every Society – UN Expert
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:43 pm | United Nations
Racism and xenophobia still ravage contemporary society and no state is immune to their effects, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Githu Muigai, said today. More >>
Secretary-General Ban Meets With Chinese Leader
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:40 pm | United Nations
On the final leg of his Asia tour, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Beijing today, meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao on a wide variety of topics of mutual interest. More >>
Experts Seek To Keep Atomic Energy Peaceful
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:38 pm | United Nations
Over 700 experts gathered in Vienna to determine how best the UN’s nuclear watchdog can prevent nuclear materials from being turned into weapons while preserving States’ abilities to benefit from the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. More >>
Ban Congratulates Kyrgyzstan On Positive Election
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:35 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General congratulated the people of Kyrgyzstan on the results of the 10 October parliamentary elections, which were released today and were assessed by observers as positive, transparent, and well organized. More >>
Rwandan Businessman Sentenced To 30 Years
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:26 pm | United Nations
A former businessman accused of supervising the massacre of some 2,000 Rwandan Tutsi civilians taking shelter in a church was today convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison by the UN tribunal set up to deal with the 1994 genocide. More >>
Models Of Climate Action Showcased Daily By UN
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:14 pm | United Nations
A project to light up the Indian countryside with the power of the sun is one of solutions to climate change to be showcased each day in the month leading up to the next major meeting on the topic, according to the UN Evironmental Programme. More >>
Ban Welcomes Historic Ivoirian Elections
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:10 pm | United Nations
Ban-Ki-moon commended the people of the Côte d’Ivoire for the peaceful conduct of yesterday’s historic elections, as he reaffirmed the UN’s continued commitment to assisting the West African country emerge from its devastating civil conflict. More >>
UN Envoy In Iraq Strongly Condemn Attack On Church
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 4:06 pm | United Nations
The UN’s top envoy in Iraq strongly condemned last night’s terrorist attack on a Catholic Church in Bagdad that took dozens of lives, as he reaffirmed the need to speed the formation of a government in order to boost security in the country. More >>
Benin: Flight Arrives With Aid For Flood Victims
Sunday, 31 October 2010, 12:39 pm | United Nations
The first flight in a United Nations emergency airlift carrying urgently-needed shelter for victims of Benin’s flood disaster arrived today in the southern city of Cotonou. More >>
Asia-Pacific Nations Agree On Disaster Readiness
Sunday, 31 October 2010, 12:34 pm | United Nations
Recognizing the vulnerability of their region to natural disasters, 50 countries across Asia-Pacific today agreed at a UN conference to make risk reduction a component of their climate change adaptation policies to cope with extreme weather events. More >>
Ban Voices Sadness At Loss Of Life In Indonesia
Sunday, 31 October 2010, 12:27 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he is saddened by the loss of life and destruction of property in Indonesia as a result of the eruption of the Mount Merapi volcano and the tsunami that affected residents of the country’s Mentawai Islands. More >>
Trust Placed In UN World Court Vital
Sunday, 31 October 2010, 12:21 pm | United Nations
The President of the ICJ today voiced appreciation for the trust countries place in the principal judicial organ of the United Nations for settling a wide variety of legal disputes, saying this highlights the importance given to the rule of law. More >>
Drogba Kicks Off Fair Elections Campaign In Africa
Sunday, 31 October 2010, 12:15 pm | United Nations
Football superstar Didier Drogba today kicked off a UN campaign to highlight the capacity of democratic and transparent elections to lift people in some of the world’s poorest countries out of poverty through accountable and transparent governance. More >>
