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Helping Respond to Niger Food Crisis

Friday, 16 July 2010, 1:36 pm | United Nations

The United Nations rural development arm is helping to improve agricultural programmes in West Africa’s Sahel region, especially in Niger, which is currently in the throes of a growing food crisis. More >>

Budget Gap for 2010 Humanitarian Efforts

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:56 pm | United Nations

United Nations agencies and their partners are facing a nearly $5 billion shortfall this year in responding to humanitarian crises spanning the globe, it was announced today. More >>

Four Years After End of Israel-Hizbollah War

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:55 pm | United Nations

The Security Council resolution that ended the war that broke out between Israel and the Lebanese group Hizbollah four years ago this week has helped to ensure stability, but the parties must do more to meet their commitments, a senior United Nations official ... More >>

Climate Change Financing Advisory Group

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:53 pm | United Nations

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting trade and development today accepted a request by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to join his advisory group on climate change financing to strengthen the world body’s role on that body. More >>

New Index to Measure Poverty

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:52 pm | United Nations

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford University today launched a new index to measure poverty levels which they said give a “multidimensional” picture of people living in hardship, and could help target development resources ... More >>

Action to Tackle Rising Youth Unemployment

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:51 pm | United Nations

The United Nations labour agency is calling for urgent action to tackle the crisis of youth unemployment, which has increased significantly in the wake of the global economic slowdown and has repercussions for the economy as well as social cohesion. More >>

Mangrove Loss

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:50 pm | United Nations

Despite restoration efforts by some countries, mangroves are being lost at a rate three to four times higher than land-based forests, with one fifth of all of the world’s mangroves thought to have been lost in the past three decades, according ... More >>

Search for Peace in Darfur Has Gathered Pace

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:48 pm | United Nations

The search for durable peace in the war-scarred Darfur region of western Sudan has gained momentum and is at a critical stage, the head of the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said today, urging all parties to the conflict ... More >>

UN’s First-Ever Peacekeeping Chief

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:47 pm | United Nations

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is mourning the death of Marrack Goulding of the United Kingdom, the first person to serve as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operatoins. More >>

Mia Farrow: War-Affected Children in Uganda

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:46 pm | United Nations

New York, Jul 14 2010 9:10AM Actress and activist Mia Farrow is travelling to Uganda today in her role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to meet with children impacted by years of conflict. More >>

Africa is the Real Victor of The World Cup

Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:34 pm | United Nations

The United Nations today hailed the 2010 World Cup as a great success for the Government and people of the host nation South Africa, as well as the entire African continent, adding that the event also served as a vital tool to promote development and peace. More >>

Inequalities - Latin American And Caribbean Women

Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:32 pm | United Nations

Women in Latin America and the Caribbean are still discriminated against in the labour market and receive lower wages than men for the same work, according to a new United Nations report which also points to women in the region spending more time on unpaid ... More >>

Defamation Case Against Cambodian Opposition

Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:31 pm | United Nations

United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has voiced serious concern about the defamation proceedings against an opposition politician in Cambodia, saying they highlight an “alarming” erosion of fundamental freedoms in the South-East Asian ... More >>

Demolitions, Settlement Approval in East Jerusalem

Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:30 pm | United Nations

The United Nations today expressed concern over the demolition by Israeli authorities of buildings, including homes, and the approval of the construction of a new settlement in East Jerusalem, urging all parties to respect international law and avoid provocative ... More >>

Equal Access to Housing for All in Croatia

Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:29 pm | United Nations

A United Nations independent human rights expert today urged authorities in Croatia to ensure that justice prevailed in the allocation of housing, ensuring that low-income and other marginalized groups were not denied their right to accommodation as the ... More >>

Ban Warns of Costs of Inaction on Climate Change

Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:27 pm | United Nations

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today warned of the risks posed by inaction on climate change, as the high-level group he set up earlier this year to mobilize financing to help developing countries combat global warming reported that they have made progress ... More >>