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Calls For Action After Ugandan Journalist Killed
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:33 pm | United Nations
The head of the UN agency entrusted with defending press freedom today urged Ugandan authorities to launch a full investigation into this week’s murder of a radio news presenter, the second journalist to be killed in the African nation in 3 days. More >>
UN Urges Nepal To Respect Discrimination Verdict
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:28 pm | United Nations
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal today urged the Government to expedite the implementation of a Supreme Court ruling upholding equal rights in granting citizenship and identity documents to sexual minorities. More >>
UN Experts Urge Judicial Impartiality In Armenia
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:22 pm | United Nations
The UN group of independent experts mandated to investigate arbitrary arrest and detention has urged Armenia to ensure that the independence of the country’s judiciary is rigorously protected to guarantee the administration of justice and fair trial. More >>
Tribunal In Cambodia Indicts 4 Senior Khmer Rouge
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:18 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia dealing with mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge three decades ago indicted four of the regime’s top officials today. More >>
Georgia: Calls For Durable Solution For Displaced
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:15 pm | United Nations
A senior UN human rights official today called for renewed efforts to find employment and livelihood opportunities for 350,000 internally displaced persons in Georgia, many of whom were driven from their homes by conflict nearly 20 years ago. More >>
UN Agency Sounds Alarm On Mounting Hunger In Chad
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:11 pm | United Nations
Although there are signs of improvement in Niger, which is in the midst of a severe food crisis, the United Nations World Food Programme warned that child malnutrition rates are alarmingly high in neighbouring Chad. More >>
Children In Gaza Turned Away From UN Schools
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:06 pm | United Nations
40,000 Palestinian children eligible to enrol in UN schools this year had to be turned away because building materials for school construction have not been approved to enter the area since 2007. More >>
Guinea: Ban Calls To Resolve Election Run-Off
Friday, 17 September 2010, 4:02 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on authorities in Guinea to swiftly resolve all technical and logistical obstacles to holding the run-off round of presidential polls so it can be staged as soon as possible. More >>
UN Panel of Inquiry into Gaza Flotilla
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:53 pm | United Nations
The Secretary-General’s panel of inquiry into the Gaza flotilla incident on 31 May has told Ban Ki-moon it has the means available to it to respond to the high international concern that has been expressed concerning the incident, his spokesperson ... More >>
UN Seeks Aid to Further Anti-Poverty Goals
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:17 pm | United Nations
As the United Nations seeks to ramp up progress at a world summit next week to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to slash a host of social ills by 2015, officials are stressing the roles that everybody beyond governments and international organizations ... More >>
UN Mission in Nepal to end in January
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:11 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today voted to wind up the United Nations mission supporting Nepal’s peace process in January next year after the country’s opposing political groups reached agreement earlier this week on completing the final tasks of the stalled ... More >>
UN Women’s First Chief Voices Optimism
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:09 pm | United Nations
The newly announced head of United Nations Women (UN Women) said today that she would bring all of her experience and good relations with heads of State and government to help fight discrimination and boost opportunities for women and girls worldwide. More >>
UN Envoy Heads to Guinea to Defuse Tensions
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:06 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations official in West Africa is heading to Guinea tomorrow for talks with the country’s presidential candidates, electoral authorities and other prominent politicians to try to resolve the tensions that have led to deadly clashes ... More >>
Burma: Exclusion of 10 Political Parties
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:05 pm | United Nations
Voicing concern over the decision by Myanmar’s Election Commission to dissolve 10 political parties, including the National League for Democracy (NLD), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the country’s authorities to ensure that November’s ... More >>
Most Paraguayan Children Suffer Abuse
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:04 pm | United Nations
Six out of 10 Paraguayan children and adolescents suffer physical violence and other maltreatment within their homes, including beatings, kicks, burns and semi-asphyxiation, according to a new United Nations study. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) study, ... More >>
Peaceful Referenda on Southern Sudan
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:02 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today called on all parties to take urgent action to ensure that next January’s referenda to determine whether southern Sudan remains part of Africa’s largest country or becomes an independent nation are peaceful and held ... More >>
Combating Impunity Key to Peace in Somalia
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:00 pm | United Nations
Condemning the recent attacks on civilians in Somalia, a senior United Nations human rights official today urged greater efforts to tackle decades of impunity, which she described as one of the root causes of conflict in the strife-torn nation. More >>
Millennium Development Goals
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 12:57 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated a swimmer from the Dominican Republic who has swum between the Earth’s continents in a marathon endeavour to raise awareness about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and inspire efforts to achieve them ... More >>
Laos: Extreme Child Malnutrition
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 12:56 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its aid partners are joining forces with health officials in Laos to tackle what they describe as alarming levels of malnutrition among children in nine provinces affected by floods and typhoons in ... More >>
Premature End to Economic Stimulus
Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 12:43 pm | United Nations
Premature withdrawal of macroeconomic stimulus measures in developed countries in the face of budget deficits may trigger a deflationary spiral in the global economy, with attendant slumps in growth and employment, a major United Nations trade agency ... More >>
