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UN-Backed Project Pave Roads Around Afghan City
Thursday, 19 August 2010, 2:44 pm | United Nations
The first phase of a United Nations-funded project to pave and improve the standard of roads around the southern Afghan city of Kandahar has opened for public use, the UN mission to the country reports. More >>
Niger: UN Emergency Fund Allocates More Resources
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 4:40 pm | United Nations
To alleviate alarming food shortages that have caused high malnutrition rates among children in Niger, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated an additional $15 million to provide relief to an estimated 1.7 million people. More >>
Disease Risk Among Flood-Affected Pakistanis
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 3:55 pm | United Nations
Waterborne diseases continue to pose great risk to millions of people affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan, the UN warned today, a day after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the “heart-wrenching” suffering he witnessed among flood ... More >>
Ban Speaks Out Against Recent Attacks In Darfur
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 3:52 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed concern over a string of recent incidents that have contributed to a worsening of the situation in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, where 2 UN-African Union peacekeepers were seized on Saturday. More >>
Assistance for Flood-Stricken Communities
Monday, 16 August 2010, 7:01 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for the rapid delivery of assistance for millions of people in flood-stricken Pakistan, as he saw for himself the devastation wrought by the recent disaster. More >>
Ban Urges Young People To Use Their Voices
Sunday, 15 August 2010, 5:09 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged participants at a United Nations student forum to use their voices for the common good, and to build a culture of tolerance and understanding in a world that is more connected than ever before. More >>
Striving To Return Kyrgyz Children To School Soon
Sunday, 15 August 2010, 4:37 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund and Kyrgyz authorities have launched an initiative to ensure safe access to education at the start of the new school year in September for thousands of youngsters affected by the recent violence in Osh. More >>
Call For Restraint After Violence In Afghanistan
Sunday, 15 August 2010, 11:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan today expressed concern about violent clashes that erupted in the capital on Friday and called on all parties to cease hostilities and exercise restraint. More >>
Probe Underway Into Abduction Of Peacekeepers
Sunday, 15 August 2010, 11:34 am | United Nations
An investigation is underway into the abduction of two police advisors serving with the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan who were seized early Saturday. More >>
Madagascar’s Farms Threatened By Locust Plague
Friday, 13 August 2010, 5:26 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today that Madagascar is at risk of a crop-eating locust plague, potentially jeopardizing the livelihoods of 460,000 rural families. More >>
Hong Kong Teen Takes Top Prize In UN Competition
Friday, 13 August 2010, 5:23 pm | United Nations
A painting warning of the dangers of pollution by a teenager from Hong Kong, China, beat out hundreds of thousands of entries from around the world to win this year’s United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) painting competition. More >>
UN Envoy Spotlights Impact Of Somalia Conflict
Friday, 13 August 2010, 5:10 pm | United Nations
Last month’s twin bombings in the Ugandan capital, allegedly carried out by a Somali-based militant group, underscore how the effects of the conflict in Somalia are spreading beyond its borders, the top UN envoy to the African nation said today. More >>
Fears Of Diseases At Darfur Camp As Aid Cut Off
Friday, 13 August 2010, 5:06 pm | United Nations
The UN is voicing concern that outbreaks of infectious diseases such as malaria could soon erupt in a massive camp for internally displaced persons in Darfur that has been the scene of recent deadly violence and is closed off to humanitarian workers. More >>
Top UN Envoy Urges Extra Vigilance At Afghan Polls
Friday, 13 August 2010, 4:38 pm | United Nations
With Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections just over a month away, the top United Nations envoy there warned today that security will be the main challenge and called for extra vigilance to ensure that the polls are safe. More >>
Youth Projects From 30 Countries Awarded UN Grants
Friday, 13 August 2010, 4:36 pm | United Nations
A Sierra Leonean group providing vocational training for disabled youth and a Palestinian forum setting up youth councils to influence the local government are among the 51 projects awarded grants from the UN for their efforts to empower young people. More >>
Call To Tap Into Youngsters’ Talent And Idealism
Friday, 13 August 2010, 4:33 pm | United Nations
The International Year of Youth kicked off today with calls from UN officials to harness the talents and energy of the world’s young people to promote better understanding and dialogue between different generations, cultures and religions. More >>
$460M Needed to Assist Pakistani Flood Victims
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:30 pm | United Nations
United Nations aid agencies and their partners today requested almost $460 million to help Pakistan assist millions of people affected by floods that have cut a swathe through the country, killing hundreds of people and destroying homes, farmland and ... More >>
UN-Iraqi Development Targets
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:29 pm | United Nations
A new report by the United Nations and Iraq cites progress by the country in areas such as reducing hunger and child mortality, as well as the need to greater efforts to boost primary school enrolment and improve access to safe water and sanitation. More >>
Seychelles Becomes Latest Country to Join ICC
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:28 pm | United Nations
The Indian Ocean archipelago of Seychelles has become the latest country to ratify the pact establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is tasked with trying people accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. More >>
Feeding Children in Drought-Stricken Niger
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:26 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun a major round of feeding for 670,000 children under the age of two and their families in drought-stricken Niger, where as many as eight million people need assistance. More >>
