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UN Hails Proposed Talks In Nordic States
Saturday, 17 April 2010, 12:17 pm | United Nations
European Nordic Governments agreed in principle today to restart talks on a convention with the Sami people in a move hailed by a United Nations human rights expert as potentially enhancing indigenous rights and self-determination. More >>
Tanzania To Naturalize ‘1972 Burundian Refugees’
Saturday, 17 April 2010, 12:16 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations refugee official praised today Tanzania’s decision to grant citizenship to tens of thousands of Burundian refugees who fled their homeland some 38 years ago. More >>
Bird Flu Still Poses Global Threat
Saturday, 17 April 2010, 12:14 pm | United Nations
Although concerted international action has successfully eliminated the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus from poultry in nearly all 63 countries infected by the world outbreak in 2006, it persists in five nations. More >>
Somali Clashes Taking Shocking Toll On Civilians
Saturday, 17 April 2010, 12:13 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its shock after more than 30 people, including children, were reported to have been killed by this week’s clashes in Mogadishu. More >>
Gaza: UN Urges Hamas To Halt Executions
Saturday, 17 April 2010, 12:10 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today voiced her alarm and disappointment that Hamas has resumed executions in the Gaza Strip, and called on the de facto authorities to abolish the use of the death penalty. More >>
UN Report on Bhutto Murder
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:50 pm | United Nations
Security arrangements by Pakistan’s federal and local authorities to protect assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto were “fatally insufficient and ineffective” and subsequent investigations into her death were prejudiced and involved a whitewash, ... More >>
Sudan: Ban Welcomes Pledges for Dialogue
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:48 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed efforts by the ruling parties in Sudan to enter dialogue with opposition candidates and parties as polling ended in the country’s first national elections in 24 years. More >>
UN ‘Blue Heart’ Human Trafficking Campaign
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:47 pm | United Nations
Mexico became the first country today to launch a national version of the United Nations-led “Blue Heart” campaign against human trafficking, which is regarded as one of the most lucrative forms of illegal activity for criminal groups. More >>
Migrant Workers Send Money Home
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:45 pm | United Nations
Migrant workers from a majority of Central America and the Caribbean countries were able to send home more money to their families in the first months of 2010 than at the same time last year but remittances to Mexico continued to suffer from the global ... More >>
Lebanon: Calm Ahead of Municipal Polls
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:44 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Lebanon today met with another Government minister and welcomed the prevailing peaceful atmosphere in the country, saying it was crucial that calm be maintained during municipal elections next month. More >>
Peacekeepers Remain Unaccounted for in Darfur
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:43 pm | United Nations
Four South African peacekeeping serving with the joint African Union-United Nations force in the volatile western Sudanese region of Darfur who went missing on Sunday remain unaccounted for, the mission said, adding that they could have been seized ... More >>
Arrangement Enabling Kyrgyz Ex-President to Depart
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:41 pm | United Nations
The Secretary-General today welcomed the arrangement between Kyrgyzstan’s Provisional Government and former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev that has enabled him to leave the country. More >>
UN Envoy to Afghanistan
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:40 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today voiced his concern over a “disturbing trend” of civilian casualties caused by recent international military operations in the country, urging greater efforts to protect non-combatants. More >>
Investing in Women Can Lead to Progress
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General has called for greater investment to ensure the health and wellbeing of women, stressing that healthy women can lead to better families and societies, and help achieve the globally agreed development targets ... More >>
Haiti: UN Praises Reopening of Schools
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:34 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Haiti today hailed the reopening of a large number of schools in areas devastated by January’s earthquake as “a significant stage” in Government actions for a return to normality. More >>
Chile: Quake Rebuilding Plans
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 11:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations committee on the rights of people with disabilities today urged the Chilean Government and the international community to include needs of the handicapped in the reconstruction plans of areas affected by the earthquake that jolted the country ... More >>
Campaign to Combat Maternal Mortality Worldwide
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 11:53 am | United Nations
With hundreds of thousands of women and girls dying in pregnancy or childbirth every year and 10 to 15 million more suffering long-lasting disabilities, the United Nations today announced steps for a multi-pronged campaign to fight the scourge. More >>
UN Envoy for Malaria Optimistic
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 11:51 am | United Nations
Malaria will cease to be a killer by 2015 if the world can keep up its current momentum in efforts to combat the disease, the official spearheading United Nations efforts against malaria says. More >>
Cell Phones More Common than Toilets in India
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 11:50 am | United Nations
More people in India, the world’s second most crowded country, have access to a mobile telephone than to a toilet, according to a set of recommendations released today by United Nations University (UNU) on how to cut the number of people with ... More >>
Momentum to Tackle Human, Animal Influenza Threats
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 11:48 am | United Nations
While there has been substantial global progress towards pandemic preparedness in recent years, it is vital to maintain that momentum to respond effectively to existing and possible future threats, according to a new study by the United Nations and the ... More >>
