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Somali Clashes Continue To Uproot Thousands
Saturday, 29 May 2010, 11:40 am | United Nations
Renewed fighting between Government troops and armed opposition groups have displaced over 17,000 people from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, over the past month, with more than 14,300 fleeing in the last two weeks alone, the UN refugee agency reported ... More >>
Ban Urges Prompt Resolution as Boats Head For Gaza
Friday, 28 May 2010, 11:07 am | United Nations
As several boats loaded with relief supplies head for the Gaza Strip, the United Nations has urged all parties to press ahead towards resolving the problem. More >>
UN finds pace of global economic recovery
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 2:09 pm | United Nations
26 May 2010 – The global economy is slowly rebounding from the worst of the recession but the recovery remains too anaemic to create enough jobs to replace those lost so far, a new United Nations report says today. More >>
Gaza Still Awaiting Reconstruction
Monday, 24 May 2010, 9:14 am | United Nations
Sixteen months after an Israeli military offensive inflicted widespread damage in the Gaza Strip, about three quarters of the damaged buildings and infrastructure have still not been repaired, a new United Nations report says. More >>
New Approach Needed To Bring Peace To Somalia
Sunday, 23 May 2010, 12:47 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon today called on the world to adopt a new approach to bring peace to Somalia, telling an international conference on the Horn of Africa country that a failure to act now risks expanding the violence to its neighbours and beyond. More >>
Biodiversity Loss Brings Ecological Decline
Sunday, 23 May 2010, 12:45 pm | United Nations
Despite repeated global commitments to protect the planet's species and habitats, the variety of life continues to decline at an unprecedented rate, Ban Ki-moon warned today, urging action to curb the root causes of biodiversity decline. More >>
UN Identifies Users Of Child Soldiers
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:39 am | United Nations
The UN today for the first time named the military forces and rebel groups that are the most persistent violators of children in armed conflicts, identifying groups in Asia, Africa and Latin America which continue to recruit child soldiers. More >>
Measles Making A Resurgence
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:37 am | United Nations
Measles, a highly contagious viral disease mostly affecting children, has been making a rapid come back, threatening to roll back the progress made through vaccination campaigns during the past two decades, the United Nations health agency warned today. More >>
Ban Urges Swift Formation Of New Iraqi Government
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:33 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Iraq’s political leaders to move quickly to form a new Government as negotiations continue on its make-up, more than two months after the country held parliamentary polls whose results were disputed. More >>
UN Backs Relief Efforts, As Floods Hit Sri Lanka
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:32 am | United Nations
UN agencies are supporting the efforts of the Sri Lankan Government to provide relief to an estimated half a million people affected by floods in the South Asian island country following a week of torrential rainfall. More >>
Do Not Force Refugees Back To Strife-Torn Somalia
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:29 am | United Nations
The UN today again appealed to governments worldwide not to forcibly return refugees to Somalia, where tens of thousands of people have been killed and some 2 million displaced by years of fighting. More >>
Solution On Cyprus Well Within Reach, Ban Says
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:27 am | United Nations
Considerable progress has been made over the past six months in United Nations-sponsored talks on the unification of Cyprus and a solution is well within reach even as the leadership of the Turkish Cypriot community has changed, Ban Ki-moon says. More >>
Africa: Lack Of Funds Threatens Children's Health
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:25 am | United Nations
A lack of funds and difficult access for aid workers are threatening the health of millions of people in conflict-plagued areas of the Central African Republic, including hundreds of thousands of children. More >>
Haiti: UN Funds Job Creation And Food Production
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:20 am | United Nations
The UN fund tasked with alleviating rural poverty today announced a $2.5 million grant in support of job creation and food production projects in areas of Haiti where survivors of the earthquake sought shelter after losing homes and livelihoods. More >>
Africa: Migiro Urges Good Governance, Human Rights
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:18 am | United Nations
Africa must keep pressing ahead with promoting good governance, respect for human rights and empowering its own people as it seeks to enhance continental integration, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today. More >>
African Challenges Top Assembly President’s Talks
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:13 am | United Nations
The challenges and opportunities for Africa’s peace and development were the focus of discussions between General Assembly President Ali Treki and Cameroonian President Paul Biya this week. More >>
Malawi: UN Alarm On Sentencing Of Gay Couple
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:10 am | United Nations
The sentencing of a gay couple in Malawi to 14 years in prison is “blatantly discriminatory,” the top United Nations human rights official said today, voicing concern over the precedent that this could set in the region. More >>
Ban To Attend International Summit On Somalia
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 11:07 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived today in Turkey to take part in a major international conference in Istanbul on bolstering the fragile peace process in Somalia. More >>
United Nations Asian Pacific Commission
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 3:14 pm | United Nations
A critical meeting of the United Nations regional arm for Asia and the Pacific ended today with Ministers and diplomats from over 60 countries adopting the Incheon Declaration identifying the critical need for low carbon and clean technology growth strategies ... More >>
Aid For Landslide Victims in Eastern DR Congo
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 2:38 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers today rushed in all-terrain vehicles and other relief after an overflowing river caused a landslide on the slopes of a major volcano in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), burying at least 46 people and ... More >>
