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Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:16 pm | United Nations
The recent resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks has brought new hope for achieving a lasting peace in the Middle East, the United Nations envoy to the region said today, calling on the leaders of the two sides to stay the course until an agreement ... More >>
Pakistan: UN Issues Largest-Ever Disaster Appeal
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:15 pm | United Nations
The United Nations and its partners today launched their largest-ever natural disaster appeal, seeking more than $2 billion for millions of Pakistani flood victims devastated by nearly two months of massive inundations. More >>
Gender Disparities in Education
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:14 pm | United Nations
Girls and boys in only 85 countries will have equal access to primary and secondary education by 2015 if present trends continue, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for greater efforts to reduce gender disparities in education. More >>
Millions Unite to ‘Clean up the World’
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:13 pm | United Nations
Some 35 million of people across the globe will take to their local parks, waterways and forests this weekend in the annual United Nations-backed Clean Up the World campaign. More >>
Migration Season Across Gulf of Aden
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:12 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency reported today that one person has been killed and others have drowned crossing the Gulf of Aden to start new lives in Yemen, indicating that mixed migration across the body of water has kicked off a new season. More >>
Large Swathes of Asia in Grip of Dengue
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:11 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that dengue fever, for which there is no treatment or vaccine, is sweeping across Asia, with the number of hospitalizations and severe cases growing. More >>
DR Congo: UN to Build Safe Detention Facilities
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:08 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are building detention facilities in the country’s troubled east to ensure that female detainees are safely and securely housed while they await trial. More >>
Child Mortality Rates Drop by a Third Since 1990
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:07 pm | United Nations
Fewer children are dying before they reach their fifth birthdays, with the total number of under-five deaths falling by one third in the past two decades, according to fresh estimates by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). More >>
Chad: UN Agency Offers Assistance
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:06 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency sounded the alarm today about the situation facing thousands of residents of southern and south-eastern Chad, where the heaviest rains in 40 years have destroyed homes and infrastructure, wiped out cropland and cut off ... More >>
Ban Meets Panel of Experts on Human Rights
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:05 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has held his first meeting with the panel of experts set up to advise him on accountability issues relating to alleged violations of international humanitarian and human rights law during the final stages last year of the conflict ... More >>
Ban Turns Spotlight On World’s Young People
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 12:03 pm | United Nations
In a time-honoured ritual at United Nations Headquarters in New York today Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon rang a bell cast from pennies donated by children from 60 nations to inaugurate the annual International Day of Peace, which this year is dedicated to ... More >>
Pakistan’s Flood Survivors Need Stronger Support
Friday, 17 September 2010, 5:09 pm | United Nations
As the UN prepares to launch a revised appeal for funds to tackle Pakistan’s devastating flood crisis, the world body’s top refugee official today urged the international community to provide stronger support for the victims of the disaster. More >>
Experts Warn Of Possible 2nd-Wave Global Recession
Friday, 17 September 2010, 5:07 pm | United Nations
The recovery from the current economic downturn is fragile, speakers at a UN event said today, warning a 2nd downturn may occur if countries do not coordinate their responses, economic stimulus plans phased out too quickly and unemployment not reduced. More >>
UN Deplores Killing Of Afghan Electoral Workers
Friday, 17 September 2010, 5:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations has condemned the murder of two polling staff in northern Afghanistan just days before the country is set to hold parliamentary elections. More >>
Former Official From Jordan To Lead Commission
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:58 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he is appointing a former senior United Nations official from Jordan as the new head of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). More >>
Ban Calls For More Cooperation On Development
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:55 pm | United Nations
The economic downturn has resulted in developed countries failing to meet their aid pledges, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on world leaders to renew their commitment to a global partnership to promote development. More >>
Mentally Disabled Must Be Included In Development
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:49 pm | United Nations
The UN health agency today called on governments, civil society and aid agencies to confront the “enormous challenge” of helping the millions of people in developing countries with mental and psychosocial disabilities, among the world’s most vulnerable More >>
UN Launches Mechanism For Monitoring Droughts
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:45 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific today launched a cooperative mechanism that will provide drought monitoring and early warning capabilities for the region’s countries. More >>
Achieving Goals First Step To Ensuring Rights
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:41 pm | United Nations
A group of independent UN human rights experts today underscored the importance of achieving the globally agreed anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals while calling for the full and effective realization of all human rights. More >>
UN Urges Somalia’s Authorities To Complete Tasks
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:37 pm | United Nations
With less than 2 years to go before the end of the transition period in Somalia, a top UN official today stressed the need to consolidate the fragile peace in the Horn of Africa nation. More >>
