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Deteriorating Treatment Of Uprooted Somalis
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 11:01 am | United Nations
In the wake of recent terrorist attacks by a Somali rebel group in Uganda, the UN refugee agency today expressed its alarm over xenophobic incidents, round-ups and deportations of displaced Somalis both within and outside their country’s borders. More >>
Assassination Of Journalist Sparks Condemnation
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 10:57 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today condemned the murder of an investigative reporter in Greece who was gunned down outside his home earlier this week. More >>
Yemen Still Volatile Five Months After Ceasefire
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 10:55 am | United Nations
The situation in northern Yemen remains volatile more than five months after the signing of a ceasefire between Government forces and rebels, the United Nations refugee agency said today, citing reports of renewed clashes. More >>
Haiti: Police Arrest Two For Camp Rapes
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 10:51 am | United Nations
United Nations Police serving in Haiti have arrested two men who had escaped from jail and are suspected of being responsible for several subsequent rapes in camps for internally displaced persons set up after the massive earthquake. More >>
DR Congo: UN Hopes Refugees Can Return Home
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 10:48 am | United Nations
The top UN food and refugee officials today expressed hope that security will soon improve to allow people uprooted by years of conflict in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to return home and begin farming their land. More >>
UN Urges Resolution Of Colombia-Venezuela Tensions
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 10:44 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Colombia and Venezuela to resolve their differences through dialogue after Venezuela reportedly broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia, which accused it of harbouring rebel groups. More >>
Television Roundtable with Pakistani Journalists
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 4:02 pm | United Nations
MR. PIRZADA: As-Salam Alaikum to all of you. Nine months after her first interaction with Pakistani media and civil society, United States Secretary of State Ms. Hillary Clinton is back here. But I am afraid she’s coming back to a slightly different, ... More >>
Daily Press Briefing - July 21
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:57 pm | United Nations
The Russians are saying essentially, he was kidnapped by the United States. This violates norms international law, the Vienna Convention, et cetera. And says that he – the American authorities have not informed the Russian diplomatic representations ... More >>
Pact with Key Rebel Group in Darfur
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:51 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today signed a child protection agreement, which includes ending the recruitment of child soldiers, with a major rebel group in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur. More >>
Punitive Laws Thwart Fight Against HIV
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:50 pm | United Nations
The continued criminalization of male-to-male sex in the Asia-Pacific, resulting in harassment and other human rights violations, is hurting the region’s response to HIV, a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report has found. More >>
Partial Re-Trial for Ex-Leader of Kosovo
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:49 pm | United Nations
A former prime minister of Kosovo faces a re-trial on war crimes charges after the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst offences committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today partially quashed his earlier acquittal. More >>
Guantánamo Detainees Can't Be Forcibly Returned
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:48 pm | United Nations
While welcoming United States efforts to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, two independent United Nations human rights experts have called on the Government to ensure that it does not forcibly transfer anyone to another State where the person ... More >>
Humanitarian Situation Continues to Grip Somalia
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:45 pm | United Nations
As Somalia remains in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, it is vital to ensure adequate funding to assist the 3.2 million people – or more than 40 per cent of the population – who rely on international aid, a senior United Nations aid official stressed ... More >>
Gaza’s Children Set to Break World Records
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:44 pm | United Nations
Thousands of children in the Gaza Strip will attempt to smash the world record for the number of basketballs bounced simultaneously in one of the more novel activities that are part of an annual sporting event organized by the United Nations agency ... More >>
Need for Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:43 pm | United Nations
With efforts to move to serious negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians on achieving a two-State solution having reached a “critical juncture,” the top United Nations political official today underlined the need for direct negotiations ... More >>
UN Teams up with Olympic Governing Body
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:42 pm | United Nations
The United Nations and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are teaming up to promote physical activity and better lifestyle choices that will help people ward off disease and live healthier and longer lives. More >>
Nepal: Discrimination Verdicts Will Be Enforced
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:41 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office in Nepal today said that it has been assured by local Government officials that two landmark verdicts on cases involving caste-based discrimination will be swiftly enforced. More >>
Bilingual Education in Viet Nam
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:39 pm | United Nations
Despite Viet Nam’s progress in boosting economic growth and reducing poverty, the country’s ethnic minorities continue to remain the poorest of the poor, says a United Nations human rights expert, adding that bilingual education could play a ... More >>
HIV Services Between Western And Eastern Europe
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:38 pm | United Nations
Spotlighting the gap in access to treatment and prevention services between Western and Eastern Europe, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today called for concerted action to address the situation in Europe, home to the fastest growing ... More >>
Asia-Pacific: Advance on Intellectual Property
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:37 pm | United Nations
The Asia-Pacific’s poorest countries stand to improve enormously from being part of a streamlined and clear intellectual property system, a senior United Nations official says in a call to government ministers from across the region to help their ... More >>
