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Christina Aguilera Aids UN Efforts Against Hunger
Sunday, 9 May 2010, 11:19 am | United Nations
Grammy Award-winning singer Christina Aguilera has joined the growing chorus of celebrities committed to using their voice to spotlight global hunger as ambassadors for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). More >>
UN Urges Greater Efforts To End Child Labour
Sunday, 9 May 2010, 11:15 am | United Nations
The United Nations labour agency warned in a new study that efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour are waning and called for a "re-energized" global campaign to end the scourge. More >>
Council Consults On Cutting UN Force In Chad
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:47 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today held closed consultations on cuts to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad after the Government’s call for the withdrawal of the military component, despite warnings that this could impair delivery of humanitarian ... More >>
UN Chief On Drought In Niger, Conflict In DR Congo
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:46 pm | United Nations
The world still has time to avert catastrophe in Niger, where more than half the population have been hit by drought, while crucial humanitarian aid in the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo could be harmed by a premature withdrawal of peacekeepers. More >>
Climate Change Tops Talks With Bolivian President
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:43 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discussed climate change today with Evo Morales Ayma, the President of Bolivia, which recently hosted a major civil society conference on the issue. More >>
Assembly President Confers With Pakistani Leaders
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:42 pm | United Nations
The President of the General Assembly Ali Treki today concluded a three-nation visit to Asia after holding talks with the Pakistani leadership, including the President and the Prime Minister, that focused on issues related to global peace. More >>
Nepal: UN Concerned About Increased Violence
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:41 pm | United Nations
The UN representative in Nepal today voiced concern about the rising violence and intimidation in the South Asian nation, which is in the midst of an extended strike, or bandh, organized by Maoists amid a political stand-off with the Government. More >>
Somalia: UN Urges Armed Groups To Vacate Clinic
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:38 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations relief official in Somalia today called on armed groups occupying a medical clinic outside the capital, Mogadishu, to vacate the compound and allow unfettered access to the facility for those who need assistance. More >>
UN Condemns Killing Of Peacekeepers In Darfur
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:37 pm | United Nations
The United Nations has voiced outrage after two peacekeepers serving with the joint African Union-UN force in Sudan’s war-scarred Darfur region were killed and three others seriously wounded in an ambush earlier today. More >>
No Woman Should Pay With Her Life For Giving Life
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:36 pm | United Nations
Hundreds of thousands of women, nearly all of them in developing countries, die in childbirth every year, but this does not have to be the case, says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, calling for global support for UN efforts to make motherhood safe for ... More >>
UN-Backed Events To Celebrate Bird Migration
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:33 pm | United Nations
Thousands of people across the globe will this weekend participate in UN-backed events organized to celebrate the beauty of bird migration and draw attention to the threat of extinction that some species of migratory birds face as a result of human activity. More >>
East Asia: UN Rights Chief To Women Judges
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:31 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief is scheduled to address the world’s largest gathering of women judges during an upcoming visit to East Asia that includes stops in the Republic of Korea and Japan. More >>
UN Agency Moves Central African Refugees Into Chad
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 12:30 pm | United Nations
After fleeing Government-army clashes and walking some 60 kilometres to the border with Chad, 1,100 refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are being moved into a United Nations camp. More >>
UN-Backed Project Boosts Education and Health Care
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:49 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-backed pilot programme that supplies electric generators to rural women farmers in Burkina Faso, freeing them from lengthy chores so that they can devote more time to education, childcare and health care, is to be adopted on a national ... More >>
65th Anniversary of End of Second World War
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:47 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today marked the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War by paying homage to the “extraordinary bravery” of those who waged the “epic struggle for freedom and liberation” and vowing to banish the prospect of a repeat ... More >>
Lawmakers Must Promote Disarmament
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:46 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today exhorted parliamentarians from across the globe to promote the cause of a nuclear-weapon-free world, a “personal dream” of the United Nations chief. More >>
Spotlight on Hunger And Malnutrition in Africa
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:42 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today appealed for greater attention to be focused on the food security situation in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly one third of the population is hungry. More >>
World Must Tackle Over-Consumption of Energy
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:41 pm | United Nations
The world is consuming too much energy and materials to sustain itself and the global community must summon the political will to tackle a whole raft of challenges, from mineral extraction to waste recycling to the more than 200 toxic chemicals entering ... More >>
New UN Working Group on Sport
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:40 pm | United Nations
A new addition to the United Nations Sport for Development and Peace office has held its inaugural meeting with dozens of government representatives agreeing to cooperate on using sport to support children and youth development. More >>
Website’s Effort to Promote Rural Jobs in India
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:38 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-supported global initiative today welcomed the efforts of an international recruitment website to promote access to job opportunities for young people in rural India as a way of alleviating poverty and accelerating development. More >>
