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Prince Harry Visits UN's Global Emergency Hub
Monday, 28 June 2010, 12:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) opened its Emergency Operation Centre this weekend to British Prince Harry, who got a firsthand look at how the UN agency uses mapping technology to coordinate relief and rescue, such as during the Haiti ... More >>
G20 Balancing Budgets on the Backs of the Poorest
Monday, 28 June 2010, 12:37 pm | United Nations
Despite rising budget deficit and severe fiscal problems, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) industrialized and developing economies to take urgent steps to help the poor and vulnerable make ends meet through investment. More >>
Darfur: Blue Helmets Turn To Music As Peace Tool
Sunday, 27 June 2010, 1:53 pm | United Nations
The joint African Union-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur has helped local civil society groups collect thousands of books through a music festival designed to highlight Sudanese culture and its role in maintaining peace in the war-torn area. More >>
Torture Remains Prevalent In Too Many Countries
Sunday, 27 June 2010, 11:29 am | United Nations
Too many countries are still practising or tolerating "cruel, degrading and illegal" acts of torture, top United Nations officials said today as they pledged the UN's solidarity with the millions of torture victims worldwide. More >>
Ban Urges Fighting Drugs While Fighting Poverty
Sunday, 27 June 2010, 11:28 am | United Nations
Drug abuse and illicit trafficking hold back achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and should be fought as part of an overall policy to wipe out social ills, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Ban Pays Tribute At Anniversary Of Korean War
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:06 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon today paid glowing tribute to soldiers from 22 countries who fought in the Korean conflict 60 years ago, saying they had helped turn destruction in his native Republic of Korea into democracy and prosperity. More >>
Guinea: Ban Urges Peaceful Presidential Polls
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:05 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon today urged the people and institutions of Guinea to play their part in ensuring that Sunday’s presidential polls are conducted peacefully and result in the formation of a government fully reflecting the will of the public. More >>
Women’s Empowerment Set To Top Agenda At UN
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:03 pm | United Nations
Gender equality and the empowerment of women will be the main focus of attention when government ministers from across the world gather in New York for the annual high-level meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council next week. More >>
UNICEF Joins Kiwanis To Eliminate Tetanus
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:01 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the global volunteer network Kiwanis International have announced a new partnership to eradicate tetanus in women and children worldwide. More >>
UN Pledge To Pursue More Sustainable World Economy
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:00 pm | United Nations
The UN Global Compact leaders’ summit concluded today in New York with a vow by the more than 1,200 corporate executives, government ministers and civil society representatives in attendance to strengthen their efforts to forge a sustainable ... More >>
Kenya: UN Opens Courtroom To Try Pirate Suspects
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Kenya, the country currently holding the highest number of piracy suspects, today opened a new high-security courtroom to try suspects in the port town of Mombasa. More >>
Countries Endorse Cocoa Industry Pact
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:54 am | United Nations
The world’s leading cocoa-producing and consuming countries reached agreement today at a United Nations meeting on a new pact that aims to make the global trade in the $10 billion industry fairer and more sustainable. More >>
Libya Allows UN Refugee Agency To Resume Operation
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:52 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has been allowed to resume operations in Libya, nearly three weeks after authorities in the North African country ordered the agency to stop work and close its offices. More >>
UN Warns Of Violations Ahead Of Burundian Polls
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:51 am | United Nations
As the people of the small African nation of Burundi get set to cast their votes in Monday’s presidential election, an independent UN expert today warned of potential violence and human rights violations, citing a number of recent worrisome developments More >>
UN Treaty On Enforced Disappearances
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:49 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights working group today urged Member States to back a global pact aimed at protecting people from enforced disappearances that is just two ratifications shy of the number needed to bring it into force. More >>
Kyrgyzstan: Mass Returns Of Civilians Reported
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:47 am | United Nations
UN agencies today reported that the situation in Kyrgyzstan is relatively calm but still tense and that large numbers of those uprooted by the recent violence are returning to their homes. More >>
G20 Summit: Focus On Plight Of World’s Vulnerable
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:45 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon is attending this weekend’s summit of the leaders of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing economies, stressing the concerns of the world’s most vulnerable and the need for everyone to step up efforts to eradicate poverty More >>
Georgia: No Impunity For Crimes During Conflict
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:42 am | United Nations
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) stressed today that there must be no impunity for any serious crimes committed during the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia, Georgia, after they wrapped up an official visit to the Caucasus country. More >>
Funding Needed To Boost Child Nutrition In Niger
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:36 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies are urging the international community to mobilize resources to boost child nutrition in Niger in the wake of new Government data that shows that the situation has deteriorated in the last 12 months. More >>
UN: Burkinabè Farmers Receive Better Seeds
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 11:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations has begun providing quality seeds to 100,000 vulnerable farmers in Burkina Faso, one of several nations in the Sahel region suffering from a growing food crisis that is putting millions at risk of hunger. More >>
