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Probe Into Kenya’s Post-Election Violence
Friday, 2 April 2010, 11:49 am | United Nations
The International Criminal Court (ICC) today granted the prosecutor’s request to investigate crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Kenya in post-election ethnic violence two years ago, when some 1,000 people were killed and 300,000 others ... More >>
Rift Valley Fever Affecting Humans In South Africa
Friday, 2 April 2010, 11:48 am | United Nations
Dozens of farmers, veterinarians and farm workers have been infected with Rift Valley fever in South Africa, and at least two people have died, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. More >>
Afghanistan: Deadly Attack Against German Aid
Friday, 2 April 2010, 11:47 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has condemned an attack by gunmen against a German aid agency in the east of the country that killed a local engineer and severely injured an international aid worker. More >>
Condemnation Of Deadly Subway Bombings In Moscow
Friday, 2 April 2010, 11:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee chief has added his voice to the chorus of international condemnation at this week’s suicide bombings in the Moscow subway system, describing the twin attacks as “an appalling and heartless crime.” More >>
Afghanistan Leads Global Hashish Production
Friday, 2 April 2010, 11:44 am | United Nations
Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium, is now also the global leader when it comes to the production of hashish, according to a new United Nations survey released today. More >>
Sudan: UN Mission Takes To The Airwaves
Friday, 2 April 2010, 11:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Sudan is taking to the airwaves with a new radio drama series aimed at raising public awareness on various issues, including measures related to the ongoing process of implementing the peace accord that ended two decades of ... More >>
Ban And French Leader Discuss Haiti, Iran, Climate
Friday, 2 April 2010, 11:36 am | United Nations
This week’s international donors’ conference for Haiti topped the agenda during talks between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at United Nations Headquarters in New York. More >>
UNESCO Aims To Boost Literacy
Friday, 2 April 2010, 11:35 am | United Nations
A new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) scheme seeks to enhance literacy and empower marginalized people in rural areas of Nepal, where less than half of the population can read. More >>
Report On Bhutto Killing
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 11:10 am | United Nations
The presentation of the report of the independent United Nations probe looking into the facts and circumstances of the December 2007 assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, which had been scheduled for today, has been delayed ... More >>
Haitians Must Boost Food Security
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 11:09 am | United Nations
Under a new plan unveiled by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today, Haiti’s human capital will play a crucial role in the country’s recovery following January’s catastrophic earthquake through food-for-work projects to stimulate the ... More >>
Exacerbating Poverty In Afghanistan
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 11:07 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office is urging that Afghanistan’s poor be at the centre of decision-making processes that affect their lives, after a new report found that rights abuses are exacerbating poverty in the country. More >>
Draft Biodiversity Accord Finalized
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 11:05 am | United Nations
After a week of intensive discussions and six weeks of preparation, a draft international agreement on access to the Earth’s genetic resources and the fair and equitable share in benefits from their use has been finalized at a United Nations meeting in ... More >>
Nine Orphan Gorillas go to DR Congo Nature Reserve
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 11:04 am | United Nations
Nine orphan gorillas will start new lives in a nature reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), thanks to assistance from peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in the country, known as MONUC. More >>
El Niño To Lose Grip By Mid-Year
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 11:03 am | United Nations
The El Niño weather pattern – blamed for this year’s heavy snows in the United States and a long-running drought in Australia – has peaked, but is expected to influence climate patterns worldwide until mid-year before dying out, the United ... More >>
Cypriot Leaders Encouraged By Progress
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 11:02 am | United Nations
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders today expressed their appreciation of United Nations efforts to reunite the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, saying important progress had been made in recent talks between the two sides. More >>
Awareness About Holocaust
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 1:06 pm | United Nations
The United Nations launched today a Twitter campaign for students in memory of Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager who died in the Holocaust 65 years ago but whose wartime diary has endured to become one of the world’s most widely read books and teaching ... More >>
Massacre In Remote Northeast Of DR Congo Continues
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 1:05 pm | United Nations
United Nations inquiries are continuing into a recent massacre of civilians in the remote northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a UN spokesperson confirmed today. More >>
Afghanistan: 110k Explosive Devices Destroyed 2010
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 1:04 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-supported mine action centre in Afghanistan destroyed nearly 112,000 different types of explosives in the first two months of this year and could do much more with additional funding, one of its top officials said today ahead of next week’s ... More >>
Iraqi Responsibility For Election Vote Count
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 1:02 pm | United Nations
The process of ratifying the vote count in this month’s Iraqi parliamentary elections is entirely a national responsibility, the senior United Nations official in the country said today, stressing that the UN’s role is only to advise election authorities ... More >>
Mongolia: Severe Winter Continues To Bite
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 1:01 pm | United Nations
The United Nations has allocated $3.7 million in emergency funding to support UN agencies in Mongolia as they try to assist more than half a million people suffering from the combined effects of a long, severe winter and a preceding harsh summer drought. More >>
