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Darfur: Sierra Leonean Police Officer Helps Women
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:58 pm | United Nations
Having seen first-hand how United Nations female peacekeepers helped her own country rebuild, Sierra Leone’s highest-ranking female police officer is now hoping to duplicate those successes in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur. More >>
UN Cheers for Goals Against Child Labour
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:57 pm | United Nations
As football fever spreads with the kick-off of the World Cup in South Africa this Friday, the United Nations labour agency today urged the world not to forget the plight of an estimated 215 million children who have to work for survival and miss ... More >>
Citing Iran’s Failure to Clarify Nuclear Ambitions
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:56 pm | United Nations
The Security Council voted today to impose a fourth round of United Nations sanctions against Iran, while demanding that the country suspend its enrichment activities and peacefully resolve outstanding concerns over the nature of its nuclear programme. More >>
DR Congo: Murder of Rights Defender
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:55 pm | United Nations
A group of United Nations experts today welcomed the suspension of the chief of the national police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the arrest of several officers in the investigation into last week’s murder of a prominent human rights ... More >>
Recycled Weapons Tell Story of Violence
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:50 pm | United Nations
Created from 7,000 weapons that were seized around the world and decommissioned, and welded into a five-ton sculpture, a new installation outside the United Nations complex in Vienna is hoping to turn hearts and minds on the subject of violence. More >>
Ban Lauds Burundians for Development of Peace
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:46 pm | United Nations
Touching down in Burundi today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the people of the tiny African nation for their achievements in consolidating peace as it rebuilds from decades of ethnic strife. More >>
Indigenous Justice in Ecuador
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 2:42 pm | United Nations
A United Nations independent human rights expert today called for dialogue in Ecuador in the wake of the controversy surrounding the punishment doled out to an accused man by a local indigenous group. More >>
Discussions on the Gaza Flotilla Incident
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:59 pm | United Nations
General Assembly President Ali Treki today held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan focusing on the recent Israeli interception of a flotilla of boats carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip that led to nine civilians being ... More >>
Awareness of the Value of Oceans to Humanity
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:57 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged governments and citizens across the global to acknowledge the enormous value of the world’s oceans to humanity and ensure that pollution of the bodies of water by human activity is brought under control. More >>
Bangladesh - Scientific, Technological Measurement
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:56 pm | United Nations
The head of a United Nations agency created to promote industrial development said today that Bangladesh has the potential to become a hub for scientific and technological measurement in South Asia, assisting in the country’s poverty reduction strategy ... More >>
Delays in Rescue Operation Off Malta’s Coast
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:51 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern over delays of a search-and-rescue operation for a boat carrying more than 20 people – mostly Eritreans – near Malta. More >>
Ban Urges Guatemala to Support UN
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:48 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Guatemalan authorities to fully support the work of the United Nations-backed commission tasked with dismantling illegal armed groups and fighting impunity in the Central American country after the body’s ... More >>
Kenya’s Post-Election Violence
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:41 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today urged the Kenyan Government to reconsider setting up a special tribunal to pursue accountability for the crimes committed during the violence that followed the disputed December 2007 elections. More >>
Radio Station Helps Bangladeshi Farmers
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:39 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-backed radio station run by and for people living in remote parts of Bangladesh has a new programme that aims to assist farmers and fishers whose livelihoods are regularly upset by cyclones. More >>
Possible Forced Returns of Iraqis From Europe
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:37 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its concern at reports that the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom are arranging deportations of Iraqi citizens back to Baghdad, Kirkuk and other violence-prone areas later this week. More >>
UN Asked to Cease Operations in Libya
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:35 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency reported today that Libyan authorities have asked it to cease its work in the country and close its offices there, but have given no reasons for the decision. More >>
UN Gets Set For World Cup Kick-Off
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:33 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is gearing up for this week’s start of the soccer World Cup, aiming to harness public excitement about the world’s biggest sporting event to advance efforts to slash poverty, fight hunger and tackle other key social and economic ... More >>
Conflict of Interest in Handling of H1N1
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 3:28 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today spoke out against accusations that the agency bowed to pressure from pharmaceutical companies in its handling of the H1N1 pandemic. More >>
World Cup Offers Chance to Tackle Racism
Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 4:51 pm | United Nations
The soccer World Cup, set to kick off in South Africa later this week, is a perfect opportunity to highlight the need to tackle racism and intolerance on and off the field, says the United Nations human rights chief. More >>
UNICEF Seeks to End Use of Child Soldiers
Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 4:49 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is helping to find ways to ensure that children do not serve as soldiers in Central Africa, a region plagued by conflicts in which minors have been fighting on behalf of both militias and national armies. More >>
