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UN Humanitarian Chief Arrives In Hungry Niger
Friday, 15 October 2010, 5:19 pm | United Nations
The top UN humanitarian official arrived in Niger today on a visit to help focus world attention on the Sahel, a region that is home to the poorest countries on Earth, with over 10 million people suffering from a food crisis this year alone. More >>
UN Envoy Visits Flood-Ravaged Southern Pakistan
Friday, 15 October 2010, 5:12 pm | United Nations
Just 2 weeks after having been appointed as the new UN Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan, Rauf Engin Soysal is on the ground to assess the impact of the deadly floods, cautioning that the bulk of the rebuilding effort is still ahead. More >>
UN Peacekeepers To Stay In Haiti For Another Year
Friday, 15 October 2010, 5:07 pm | United Nations
The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti until 15 October 2011, underlining the significance of next month’s presidential and legislative polls in creating a stable political environment. More >>
Security Council Extends Monitoring Of Sanctions
Friday, 15 October 2010, 4:56 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the panel of experts monitoring sanctions imposed over the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur for another year, with China abstaining on the vote over concerns about the panel’s work. More >>
Vital For MembersTo Meet UN Financial Obligations
Friday, 15 October 2010, 4:52 pm | United Nations
While noting that it has been a difficult year for many countries with the global recession, a top UN official today urged all Members to meet their financial obligations to the world body so it can continue to carry out its important work. More >>
Asteroid Threat Among Issues At Outer Space Debate
Friday, 15 October 2010, 4:41 pm | United Nations
A United Nations working group is currently looking into how the Organization should respond to possible threats to the planet from near-earth objects, such as asteroids, a senior official with the world body said today. More >>
Somalia And US, World’s Only Hold-Outs
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 10:57 am | United Nations
The head of a United Nations monitoring committee today called on Somalia and the United States, the only two countries not have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to do so immediately. More >>
Measures to Strengthen UN Peacebuilding Efforts
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 10:56 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today outlined measures to strengthen the United Nations role in helping countries emerging from conflict to maintain peace and entrench stability, stressing the need for rapid deployment of trained staff, predictable financing, ... More >>
Rich Countries Must Live up to Pledge
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 10:55 am | United Nations
United Nations officials have called on industrialized countries to live up to their multi-billion dollar pledges to help the developing world adapt to climate change at a week-long meeting of several hundred African experts, including Government ministers, ... More >>
International Security Force in Afghanistan
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 10:53 am | United Nations
The Security Council today extended the mission of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for another year, calling on Governments to increase its current strength of 120,000 troops to counter growing terrorism by the Taliban ... More >>
DR Congo: Support for Sexual Violence Victims
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 10:52 am | United Nations
Victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially in remote areas of the vast country, need greater support, a high-level panel convened by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to hear directly from the ... More >>
Eliminate Tuberculosis Initiative Launched
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 10:51 am | United Nations
A new initiative designed to combat tuberculosis, which claims the lives of nearly two million people across the world every year, could accelerate progress towards eliminating the disease if governments and donors commit enough funds to the plan, ... More >>
Curbing Disaster Risk is ‘Everybody’s Business’
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 10:49 am | United Nations
With the world’s cities never having been so at risk of disruption by disasters as they are now, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underscored the need for wide participation in bolstering the resilience of urban areas to hazards. More >>
Sudan: Self-Determination Referenda
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 12:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 12 2010 6:10PM A United Nations panel monitoring the January referenda which will decide whether Southern Sudan secedes from Africa’s largest country discussed security and other key challenges with the region’s leaders today. More >>
Côte D’ivoire: Role of Electoral Observers
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 12:38 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations mission in Côte d’Ivoire today urged the international community to deploy enough election observers to monitor the West African country’s presidential election on 31 October to enhance the credibility of the poll results. More >>
Haiti: Reported Weapons Distribution
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 12:36 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti today voiced concern at reports that arms are being distributed as the impoverished and earthquake-devastated country prepares to hold elections next month. More >>
Helping Child Soldiers Reintegrate into Society
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 12:35 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations official fighting to eliminate the recruitment of child soldiers today appealed to governments to provide the necessary resources to ensure the reintegration of these youngsters into civil society once they have been freed. More >>
Greater Push Needed to Ensure Women’s Rights
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 12:34 pm | United Nations
With one in three women around the world being beaten, coerced into sex or abused, more must be done to ensure the human rights of women, a member of the United Nations expert body monitoring compliance with the international pact on eliminating discrimination ... More >>
1.5m Hit by Floods in West And Central Africa
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 12:33 pm | United Nations
Nearly 1.5 million people have been affected by floods and 377 killed in Western and Central Africa, with Chad, Northern Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria facing a serious cholera epidemic, United Nations relief officials reported today. More >>
Yemeni Children Head Back to School
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 12:32 pm | United Nations
An estimated half a million children in Yemen, including some from refugee and internally displaced families and other conflict-affected youngsters, are headed back to classrooms as part of a major campaign organized by the education ministry, United Nations agencies ... More >>
