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Iraqi Leaders to Step up Efforts
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 6:31 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is urging Iraq’s political leaders to work together to form a new government, which is still pending five months after parliamentary elections were held, warning that further delays could impact negatively on the country’s ... More >>
Tackling Climate Change in Pacific
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 6:26 pm | United Nations
Closer international cooperation is necessary to help Pacific island nations combat the impact of climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, pledging the United Nations’ commitment to mitigating the problem. More >>
Cyprus Leaders Continue UN-Backed Talks
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 6:24 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 4 2010 11:10AM The leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities continued their United Nations-facilitated discussions on the property issue, part of efforts to reunify the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. More >>
Japanese People to Become Leaders for Disarmament
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 6:22 pm | United Nations
Stressing that Japan has a unique role to play in the area of nuclear disarmament, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the nation’s young people to lead the way on efforts to rid the world of these deadly weapons. More >>
Tensions on Israeli-Lebanese Border
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 6:19 pm | United Nations
The United Nations has brought representatives of Israel and Lebanon together, a day after a deadly skirmish along the so-called Blue Line separating the two countries, to prevent similar violence erupting in the future. More >>
Global Wheat Production Forecast to Be Low
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 6:17 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has cut its global wheat production forecast for 2010 due to the impact of poor weather on crops in recent weeks, but allayed fears of a new food crisis, noting that current stocks should ... More >>
Relief Efforts in Flood-Hit Pakistan
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:33 pm | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies warned today of the possibility of waterborne disease outbreaks emerging in north-western Pakistan, where an estimated 1,400 people have already died in the region’s worst flooding in living memory and more heavy ... More >>
Exchange of Fire Along Israeli-Lebanese Border
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:31 pm | United Nations
The United Nations has urged Israel and Lebanon to exercise maximum restraint after an exchange of fire today along the so-called Blue Line separating the two countries. More >>
UN Anti-Hunger Petition Has 250,000 Signatures
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:30 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-drafted petition that aims to encourage governments to make the elimination of hunger their top priority has so far been signed by more than 250,000 people and is on track to achieve its goal of a million signatures by the end of ... More >>
Promoting UNESCO’s Message through Music
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:28 pm | United Nations
The United Nations cultural agency has selected the World Orchestra for Peace, an ensemble of musicians from more than 40 countries, to help promote its message and programmes and raise public awareness of its work on key issues. More >>
Recruitment by Nepalese Army And Maoists
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:27 pm | United Nations
The United Nations mission in Nepal today expressed deep concern at reports that both the national army and the Maoist army plan to begin recruiting new people, which would constitute a violation of the 2006 peace pact that ended the country’s decade-long ... More >>
Need to Move towards Nuclear Weapons-Free World
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:26 pm | United Nations
On the first day of his visit to Japan ahead of the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the world to work to ensure that nuclear weapons were eliminated. More >>
Efforts to Ease Tensions at Darfur Camp Continue
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:24 pm | United Nations
A senior official with the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur is again visiting a camp for displaced persons in a bid to ease recent tensions there following deadly violence between supporters and opponents of the ongoing peace process. More >>
UNESCO Expands Seven Existing World Heritage Sites
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:23 pm | United Nations
Extensions to several World Heritage sites in Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria and other countries have been approved by the United Nations agency tasked with preserving humanity’s cultural heritage. More >>
Inquiry into Deadly Gaza Flotilla Incident
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:21 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today welcomed the establishment of a United Nations panel of inquiry into the incident earlier this year when Israel raided a six-ship humanitarian convoy that was heading for the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of nine civilians. More >>
UN Chief Announces Panel of Inquiry on Gaza
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 9:53 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the launch of a panel of inquiry on the 31 May incident in which Israel raided a six-ship convoy in international waters that was carrying humanitarian goods and activists and heading for Gaza. More >>
Better Conditions Needed In Kyrgyzstan
Sunday, 1 August 2010, 3:27 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today called on Kyrgyz authorities to improve conditions to allow 75,000 people who remain uprooted after last month’s deadly ethnic clashes, as the world body and its partners appealed for more funds. More >>
More Haitian Children To Be Vaccinated
Sunday, 1 August 2010, 3:24 pm | United Nations
The United Nations and its partners are aiming to reach an additional 500,000 Haitian children during a second round of emergency immunizations in the Caribbean nation that was struck by a devastating earthquake just over six months ago. More >>
UN Officials Mourn Seminar Participants Killed
Sunday, 1 August 2010, 12:35 pm | United Nations
Two senior United Nations officials today expressed deep sadness over the deaths of five people, including two contractors for the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and three Iraqi officials, who were killed in a bus accident in Jordan yesterday. More >>
UN Agency Adds New Sites To World Heritage List
Sunday, 1 August 2010, 12:30 pm | United Nations
Two new sites -- the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka and the Papahânaumokuâkea islands and atolls in the United States -- have been inscribed on the World Heritage List, UNESCO said today. More >>
