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UN Calls on Israel to Curb Settlers
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:37 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today called on Israel to curb extremist settlers following a report that a blaze earlier this week in a mosque in a Palestinian village on the occupied West Bank was probably the result of arson. More >>
UN Blue Helmets Assist Locals in DR Congo
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:36 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are helping residents in the eastern province of Maniema to cross the Congo River after a traditional wooden boat carrying up to 120 people capsized, killing dozens of passengers. More >>
UN Calls on Europeans to Unleash Creativity
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:35 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is hoping to tap into the creativity of Europeans to boost awareness in the region of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight globally agreed anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline. More >>
Afghanistan: Attacks on Government Buildings
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:33 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today condemned deadly attacks on Government buildings in the country’s southwest, which he characterized as a “despicable display of violence.” More >>
UN Urges Increased Social Spending in Asia-Pacific
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:32 pm | United Nations
Governments in Asia and the Pacific should raise spending on social programmes to sustain the region’s robust economic recovery and ensure that the benefits of the revived growth trickle down to people most affected by the global financial crisis, ... More >>
Ban Expresses Sadness at Death of Nigerian Leader
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:30 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his deep sadness to learn of the death of Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, which he called a great loss for the African nation and its people. More >>
Midwives Needed Now More than Ever
Friday, 7 May 2010, 12:29 pm | United Nations
Three million newborns and hundreds of thousands of women die each year because they lack access to maternity health services and skilled midwifery care, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said on the occasion of International Day of the Midwife. More >>
Zimbabwe: Measles Epidemic
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 4:52 pm | United Nations
Some 5 million children in Zimbabwe will receive urgently needed protection from a growing spread of measles thanks to $5.6 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). More >>
UN Renovation ‘on Track And on Schedule’
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 4:50 pm | United Nations
Two years have passed since ground was broken for the renovation of the landmark United Nations Headquarters in New York to make it safer and greener, and the process is “on track and on schedule,” the official in charge of the overhaul said today. More >>
African Economic Forum Opens
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:46 pm | United Nations
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro is in Tanzania to take part in the latest World Economic Forum on Africa, which got under way today in Dar es Salaam with a dozen heads of State and government from across the continent participating. More >>
Bold Steps Needed to Achieve Nuclear-Free World
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:45 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today used the screening of a documentary tracing the history of the atomic bomb to appeal to all nations to take courageous action to achieve nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation targets. More >>
AU-UN Force in Darfur Lacking Equipment
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:44 pm | United Nations
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in the conflict-affected Sudanese region of Darfur is nearing full capacity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report in which he warns that the mission continues to lack crucial ... More >>
UN Assistance to Nepalese Peace Process
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:42 pm | United Nations
The Security Council is meeting today to discuss the mandate of the United Nations mission that is assisting with the peace process in Nepal, where the leading political forces have reached a stalemate over key issues such as power-sharing arrangements ... More >>
UN Human Rights Office to Open in Guinea
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:40 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is setting up a human rights office in Guinea to help the Government prevent abuses such as last year’s violent suppression by the then military junta of mass protests in which 156 people were killed, women raped, political opponents ... More >>
Ethiopia: UN Water And Electricity Project
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:38 pm | United Nations
In a bid to improve the lives of thousands of Somali refugees and the community hosting them in eastern Ethiopia, the United Nations refugee agency has completed an innovative project to make water and electricity available to residents of the semi-arid region ... More >>
Proposed Auction of Indonesian Artefacts
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:36 pm | United Nations
The United Nations agency entrusted with preserving the world’s cultural heritage today stressed the importance of keeping cultural items available for scientific study and public enjoyment, voicing concern at the proposed auction of hundreds of ... More >>
Myanmar: Govt Must Keep its Election Promises
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:33 pm | United Nations
A United Nations independent human rights expert today urged Myanmar’s Government to “keep its promise” to ensure that upcoming national elections in the Asian country are transparent and inclusive enough to be considered credible. More >>
Child Combatant in Guantanamo
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:29 pm | United Nations
A United Nations envoy today reiterated her call for the immediate release of the last child soldier still being held in Guantanamo Bay, voicing concern that his case has been brought to trial under a United States military commission and that he has ... More >>
Somalia: Use of Child Soldiers
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 3:12 pm | United Nations
Two senior United Nations officials today urged an immediate halt to the recruitment and use of child soldiers in Somalia, where they say the practice is growing and affects children as young as nine years old. More >>
UN-Backed Courts to Combat Piracy
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 1:33 pm | United Nations
The remoteness of the Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles has made it a prime target for pirates, and the country is fighting back by setting up a United Nations-supported centre to prosecute piracy. More >>
