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UN Prize For Latin American Economic Research
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 11:45 am | United Nations
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is jointly launching a new prize for academics, intellectuals and professionals who conduct research into economic development. More >>
Viet Nam To Help Chad Bolster Food Security
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 11:42 am | United Nations
Vietnamese experts will assist Chad enhance its food security by helping to improve irrigation for rice growing and boosting cereal production under a new scheme backed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). More >>
Somalia: ‘Status Quo Is Not An Option,’
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 11:40 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today said that he is pleased with the momentum generated by recent events in regard to the peace process in the war-torn nation, including a security sector reform meeting and the signing of an agreement between ... More >>
Yemen: UN To Reopen Aid Office In Key City
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 11:38 am | United Nations
United Nations aid agencies in Yemen are have been granted permission to reopen offices in the main city in the conflict-affected north of the country, a move expected to improve humanitarian access to hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced ... More >>
Claims Of Asylum Inconsistently Examined In EU
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 11:36 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has found that among 12 European Union (EU) nations, there are inconsistencies in the way asylum applications are assessed. More >>
Pakistan: UN Officials Seize Drug-Making Chemicals
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 11:35 am | United Nations
Authorities trained by the United Nations anti-drug agency have seized the largest-ever amount of acetic anhydride – used to produce heroin from opium – in Pakistan, worth $5.5 million. More >>
30th Anniversary of the Women's History Project
Friday, 26 March 2010, 1:00 pm | United Nations
Oh, thank you. Thank you. Wow. This is about as good as it gets – (laughter) – to be here on the day to celebrate Women’s History Month with our Speaker and with so many friends. (Applause.) And I mean, it is a special blessing and I am so grateful ... More >>
Rape As Part Of Cultural Traditions
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:59 pm | United Nations
Sexual violence during conflicts is all too often downplayed and treated as part of local cultural traditions instead of being viewed as a war crime, a senior United Nations official has warned as she called for much greater international action to ... More >>
Camps For Haiti’s Earthquake Survivors
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:58 pm | United Nations
Engineers from the United Nations mission in Haiti have started preparing the ground for the establishment of new and better camps to house hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after January’s catastrophic earthquake, the head of UN peacekeeping ... More >>
Independent Inquiry Into Gaza Conflict Needed
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:57 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council today, echoing the General Assembly, called on the Israeli Government and the Palestinian side to carry out independent and credible investigations into the deadly conflict in the Gaza Strip that ended early last year. More >>
China: Quarter Of World’s Largest Cities
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:55 pm | United Nations
Nearly one quarter of the world’s 1,000 biggest cities in China, whose urban population is growing rapidly, according to a new statistical report issued by the United Nations. More >>
Upcoming Polls In Myanmar Must Be Transparent
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:54 pm | United Nations
National elections scheduled to be held in Myanmar later this year – the first in the country in two decades – must be “inclusive, participatory and transparent,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and a group of key nations said today. More >>
Validity Of Afghan Registration Cards
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:53 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations officials for refugees today welcomed Pakistan’s decision to extend the validity of official identification cards for 1.7 million registered Afghans whose cards had expired at the end of December 2009. More >>
Nepal: Calls For Army Cooperation
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:52 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Office in Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal) today expressed its continued concern over the deaths of three alleged female poachers – including a 12-year-old child – at a national park in the country’s far west, calling on ... More >>
Today’s Slavery Practices Must Be Eradicated
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:48 pm | United Nations
Slavery and slavery-like practices still continue in many parts of the world, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today, calling for renewed international commitment to ensure that all forms of slavery are finally eradicated. More >>
Cambodian Garment Workers Facing Uphill Battle
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:47 pm | United Nations
Even those Cambodian garment workers who were able to hold on to their jobs in the face of global economic challenges have not escaped the current downturn unscathed, a new survey led by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) has ... More >>
UN Marks Day For Detained And Missing Staff
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:46 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all States to strengthen the legal protection afforded to United Nations staff and associated personnel by adopting the main treaty aimed at preventing attacks committed against them and punishing those responsible. More >>
Deforestation In Decline But Rate Remains Alarming
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:45 pm | United Nations
The rate of deforestation has slowed over the last 10 years, but each year an area roughly the size of Costa Rica is still destroyed, according to a comprehensive forest review released today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). More >>
Un in Afghanistan Calls For Repeal Of Amnesty Law
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:43 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office in Afghanistan today called for the repeal of a controversial amnesty law in the Asian country, saying that it green-lights impunity for serious crimes and continued rights violations. More >>
Latest Developments In Darfur
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:42 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Darfur has concluded a two-day visit to Djibouti, where he briefed the country’s President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh on recent developments in the conflict-affected region of western Sudan. More >>
