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New UN-Backed Information Centre In Cyprus
Sunday, 1 August 2010, 11:08 am | United Nations
The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities today set up a United Nations-backed centre where they can exchange information on matters related to thefts, murders, trafficking and other crimes on both sides of the Mediterranean island. More >>
Rocket From Gaza Hits Israeli City
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 1:13 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations official in the Middle East has condemned the firing of a rocket from the Gaza Strip into Israel earlier today and urged restraint by all parties in the wake of the attack. More >>
Aid For North-Western DR Congo
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 1:12 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies are providing urgent assistance to areas of north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after devastating floods, which have destroyed nearly 300 homes and left an estimated 1,500 people homeless. More >>
Saudi Arabia Must Stop Deporting Somalis
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 1:10 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today called on Saudi Arabia to halt deportations of Somali refugees and asylum-seekers to the conflict-stricken capital, Mogadishu, where dozens of civilians were killed in escalating clashes this week. More >>
Organized Crime Increasingly Linked in Africa
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 1:07 pm | United Nations
Terrorism in Africa is increasingly linked to organized crime, and the continent’s governments must take stronger steps to try to break those connections, a senior United Nations official said as he called for countries worldwide to broaden their ... More >>
Clean Water And Sanitation is a Human Right
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 1:05 pm | United Nations
A United Nations expert today welcomed the General Assembly’s declaration this week that safe and clean drinking water is a human right, calling it a “landmark resolution” that sends an important signal to the world. More >>
Boat Capsizing in DR Congo
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 1:04 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has added his voice to those of other United Nations officials expressing deep sadness at learning of the news that more than 140 people have reportedly died when a boat capsized in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... More >>
Needs of Women in Post-Quake Haiti
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 1:02 pm | United Nations
Actress Nicole Kidman, wrapping up a visit to Haiti today in her role as United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, stressed the need to tackle gender-based violence and support initiatives that advance women’s livelihoods as the country rebuilds after the ... More >>
UN Agency to Begin Training Electoral Observers
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 1:01 pm | United Nations
Officials from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will this weekend begin training and briefing more than 60 international observers who have arrived in the Solomon Islands to monitor parliamentary elections being staged next week. More >>
Pakistani Floods Affect Nearly a Million People
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:57 pm | United Nations
The number of people affected by severe floods following torrential monsoon rains in north-western Pakistan during the past three days has risen to nearly a million, with hundreds dead and most of the stricken areas cut off, limiting access and relief ... More >>
UN Support to Field Operations
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:54 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is on track to transform the way it deploys missions around the globe and to ensure that its field operations have the support they need to successfully carry out their work, a senior official with the world body said today. More >>
90,000 People Uprooted by Clashes in Eastern DRC
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:51 pm | United Nations
Local authorities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are reporting that almost 90,000 people have been uprooted from their homes following recent military operations in the region, the United Nations humanitarian arm said today. More >>
Iron Ore Production on the Decline
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:47 pm | United Nations
Iron ore production fell last year for the first time in seven years but continuing demand for the raw material from the Chinese steel industry ensured that the volume of trade increased again, a United Nations report released today says. More >>
Horn of Africa Once Again Polio-Free
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:45 pm | United Nations
The Horn of Africa is once again free of polio, with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda having reported no wild poliovirus cases for more than a year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners announced today. More >>
Everglades: Heritage Site in Danger
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:44 pm | United Nations
The Everglades National Park in the United States is back on the List of World Heritage in Danger because of the “serious and continuing degradation of its aquatic ecosystem,” the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced ... More >>
Darfur: Tensions Rise
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:42 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today voted to extend by another year the mandate of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, where violence once again rocked a large camp for people uprooted by the conflict in the war-ravaged ... More >>
Chinese Children Turn to Art
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:40 pm | United Nations
Millions of schoolchildren in China have demonstrated their concern for the environment by participating in a painting contest, using their artistic creativity to come up with images to illustrate their commitment to conservation, the United Nations environment ... More >>
Entry into Force of Global Cluster Munitions Pact
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:39 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his delight at tomorrow’s entry into force of the international convention banning the manufacture, use and stockpiling of cluster munitions, calling it a “major advance for the global disarmament and ... More >>
'Be Ready’ for Disasters
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 12:38 pm | United Nations
Drawing from the experience of January’s catastrophic earthquake which devastated Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, the city’s mayor today told a United Nations-backed conference in Shanghai that local governments must be better prepared for disasters. More >>
UN Envoy Meets With Lebanese Political Leaders
Friday, 30 July 2010, 5:24 pm | United Nations
The calm that has returned to southern Lebanon following recent violence was among the topics discussed in today’s meeting between a senior United Nations official and the head of one of the country’s political parties. More >>
