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Online Tool Detects Global Fire Hotspots
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today unveiled a new online portal to help countries monitor fires and protect property with data from satellites operated by the United States space agency NASA. More >>
UN-Backed Probe into Hariri Killings
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:23 pm | United Nations
The prosecutor of the United Nations-backed court set up to try suspects in the murders of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others has asked the country’s authorities to hand over all information allegedly held by Hizbollah leader Hassan ... More >>
Cities Must Ramp up Their Response to HIV
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:22 pm | United Nations
With 70 per cent of the world’s population set to be city-dwellers by 2050, the head of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has issued a call for cities to “take the lead in making HIV history” by enhancing their response to the epidemic. More >>
Peru: Outbreak of Plague
Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:19 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is working with authorities in Peru to investigate and respond to an outbreak of plague in the northwest of the Andean country. More >>
Huge Scale Of Pakistani Floods Impeding Relief
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 5:21 pm | United Nations
The UN refugee agency’s staff in Pakistan are calling the devastating floods among the most difficult situations they have faced, stressing that the catastrophe is testing the limits of the country’s emergency response capacity. More >>
World Must Lift Effort To Protect Somali Civilians
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 5:00 pm | United Nations
An independent UN human rights expert today called on the international community to step up efforts to protect civilians in Somalia, where the world body is hoping to boost its presence in a bid to advance the peace process in the war-torn country. More >>
Actress Appointed UN Ambassador For Child Rights
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 4:45 pm | United Nations
One of Indian cinema’s leading lights, Priyanka Chopra, was today appointed by the United Nations Children’s Fund as its newest National Ambassador, with the responsibility of promoting issues relating to child rights and adolescence. More >>
Cyprus: UN-Backed Talks Adjourned Until Later
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 4:34 pm | United Nations
UN-backed talks aimed at reunifying Cyprus continued in Nicosia today before the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities adjourned the discussions until 31 August when they will continue to try to resolve the property issue. More >>
Zimbabwe’s Food Production Higher But Still Hungry
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 4:33 pm | United Nations
An estimated 1.68 million Zimbabweans still require agricultural assistance and food aid despite an improvement in the country’s food production thanks to Government efforts and a $70 million international assistance programme for farmers. More >>
Ban Saddened By Deaths And Destruction In China
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 4:07 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he was saddened by the loss of life and destruction caused by the severe flooding and landslides that have hit China, extending his condolences to the families of the victims. More >>
Envoy Warns Implications Of Trial Of Child Soldier
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 3:58 pm | United Nations
The start of the trial of Omar Khadr before the United States Military Commission in Guantánamo Bay today could set a precedent jeopardizing the status of child soldiers around the world, a United Nations envoy cautioned. More >>
Ban Meets With Gaza Flotilla Inquiry Panel
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 3:32 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with the four-member panel of inquiry into the May Gaza flotilla incident as they sat down to map out how they will conduct their work. More >>
UN Health Agency Declares H1N1 Pandemic Is Over
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 3:13 pm | United Nations
The United Nations health agency today declared an end to the H1N1 pandemic but urged continued vigilance, cautioning that pandemics, like the viruses that cause them, are unpredictable. More >>
Afghan Civilian Death Toll Jumps 31%
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 3:07 pm | United Nations
A rise in insurgent attacks has led to a 31 per cent increase in the number of civilians killed in Afghanistan in the first six months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009, the United Nations said in a new report More >>
Number Affected by Pakistan Floods Climbs to 6M
Monday, 9 August 2010, 4:38 pm | United Nations
The number of people affected by the worst floods in living memory in Pakistan has been revised upward to 6 million, the United Nations announced today, voicing concern over hundreds of thousands of people who are stranded and unable to receive aid. ... More >>
UN Scaling Up Relief Operations As Floods Spread
Sunday, 8 August 2010, 4:27 pm | United Nations
With devastating floods, which have already ravaged large swathes of northwestern and central Pakistan, moving towards the country's south, United Nations officials are calling for relief operations to be ramped up. More >>
Tensions In Darfur Top UN-AU Talks With Officials
Sunday, 8 August 2010, 12:13 pm | United Nations
Escalating tensions in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in southern Darfur were the focus of talks between the head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission and senior Sudanese officials. More >>
Israeli, Turkish Members Of Flotilla Panel
Sunday, 8 August 2010, 11:43 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the Israeli and Turkish members of the Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May incident involving a flotilla headed for Gaza departing Turkey. More >>
Actress to Testify Before War Crimes Tribunal
Saturday, 7 August 2010, 2:45 pm | United Nations
The actress and humanitarian activist Mia Farrow is set to give evidence on Monday about blood diamonds that are the current focus of testimony at the ongoing trial of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor at a United Nations-backed war crimes ... More >>
Study Warns of Failure to Plan Rapid Urbanization
Saturday, 7 August 2010, 2:44 pm | United Nations
Governmental policies aimed at retarding urban growth and depriving the poor of benefits and services increase poverty and environmental degradation, creating serious long-term problems that could be avoided by enlightened planning, according to a new United ... More >>
