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Missing Pilot In Darfur Found Safe
Friday, 30 July 2010, 5:22 pm | United Nations
A Russian helicopter pilot missing since the start of the week was found safe late today in southern Darfur, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Sudanese region confirmed. More >>
Blue Helmets Come Under Fire In Western Darfur
Friday, 30 July 2010, 5:19 pm | United Nations
Peacekeepers on patrol in the west of the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur were ambushed today by unidentified gunmen, with seven blue helmets sustaining injuries, the United Nations reported today. More >>
Galapagos Islands Removed From World Heritage List
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:55 pm | United Nations
Ecuador’s headway in combating threats posed by invasive species, unbridled tourism and over-fishing has allowed the Galapagos Islands to be removed from the list of World Heritage sites considered to be in danger More >>
Dismissal Of Judges Sends Intimidating Message
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:50 pm | United Nations
The recent dismissal of three judges and a magistrate in Honduras because they spoke out during the political crisis that engulfed the country last year, sends a disturbing message to other jurists in the country, three UN human rights experts warned. More >>
UN Supporting Efforts To Help Victims Of Floods
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:47 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is sending relief supplies to help victims in Pakistan of heavy floods, which are the worst that some parts of the Asian nation have seen in more than eight decades. More >>
UN Envoy Deplores Takeover Of Palestinian Homes
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:44 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process has deplored today’s forcible takeover by armed Israeli settlers of a building in Jerusalem’s Old City that housed nine Palestinian families. More >>
Indonesia To Boost Safety Of Schools And Hospitals
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:42 pm | United Nations
Indonesia today pledged to enhance the safety of more than 3,000 schools and 100 hospitals as part of its commitment to a global United Nations programme to bolster these structures, where poor construction often lead to high death tolls in disasters. More >>
General Assembly Voices Sadness Over Boat Accident
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:39 pm | United Nations
General Assembly President Ali Treki today expressed deep sadness after learning that a boat overturned on a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly killing around 140 people. More >>
Ban And Senior Serbian Official Discuss Kosovo
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:37 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Foreign Minister of Serbia, Vuk Jeremic, met today at United Nations Headquarters in New York, where they discussed questions related to Kosovo as well as a planned high-level meeting on disarmament. More >>
Iraqi Women’s Participation in Peace Efforts
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 1:17 pm | United Nations
Increasing the participation of Iraqi women in conflict resolution and in building a lasting peace were among the issues discussed today at a United Nations-organized forum in Baghdad to highlight the 10th anniversary of a landmark Security Council ... More >>
Tribunal Delivers Measure of Justice for Cambodia
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 1:16 pm | United Nations
They made their way from across Cambodia, young and old, rural and urban, cynical and optimistic. Some were weary survivors, while others were not even born when the Khmer Rouge carried out its genocidal policies in the late 1970s. But they all had ... More >>
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Official Found Guilty
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 1:14 pm | United Nations
Three decades after nearly 2 million people perished under Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia, a United Nations-backed tribunal issued its first verdict today, finding the former head of a notorious detention camp guilty of crimes against humanity. More >>
New Media Can Promote Middle East Understanding
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 11:21 am | United Nations
New media has helped to foster understanding in the Middle East, the top United Nations communications official said today, spotlighting the role of Facebook, Twitter and other tools in furthering dialogue. More >>
ECOSOC Session Furthering Development
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 11:19 am | United Nations
The UN Economic and Social Council today wrapped up its annual gathering with senior officials hailing the contributions of the month-long session towards advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. More >>
UN Denounces Mistreatment Of Migrants
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 11:16 am | United Nations
Migrants continue to endure multiple forms of discrimination, exploitation and other violations of human rights, a senior United Nations official has said, calling for their protection and social inclusion in communities where they live. More >>
Disabled Youth Unleash Their Inner Artist
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 11:15 am | United Nations
Hundreds of Thai children and young people, including many with disabilities, have gathered today in the country’s northeast to take part in a five-day UN-backed art camp that will feature classes in music, dance, literature, painting and drawing. More >>
NZ Must Improve Indigenous People’s Rights – UN
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 11:12 am | United Nations
As “troubling” inequalities persist between Maori and non-Maori, New Zealand must press ahead with efforts to improve the human rights of its indigenous people, a United Nations independent expert said today. More >>
ICC Puts Release Of DR Congo Warlord On Hold
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 11:09 am | United Nations
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court today suspended the decision by the trials chamber to release war crimes suspect Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More >>
Afghan-Led Transition To Stability, Development
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 11:08 am | United Nations
The Security Council today welcomed the commitments made this week by the Afghan Government towards greater security, improved governance and tackling corruption, and called on the international community to support the country’s efforts. More >>
UN Panel To Probe Interception Of Gaza Flotilla
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 11:06 am | United Nations
The UN Human Rights Council today announced the names of the three experts who will serve on a fact-finding mission to investigative violations of international law resulting from Israel’s interception of a flotilla of aid ships bound for the Gaza ... More >>
