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Improving Cassava Processing In Nigeria
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:41 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Japan and a Nigerian cassava processing group today signed an agreement to support a project to improve cassava processing in a bid to enhance the quality and value of food in the African ... More >>
Awards For Outstanding Teacher Training
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:36 pm | United Nations
Teacher trainers from Pakistan, the Dominican Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are being honoured as the first-ever recipients of a joint award given by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ... More >>
Pledging Session At UN
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:35 pm | United Nations
Donors to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria gathered in the Netherlands today for a two-day meeting to assess funding needs for the 2011-2013 period, ahead of a pledging conference at United Nations Headquarters in New York ... More >>
Jobs In the Asia-Pacific Region
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:33 pm | United Nations
Unemployment rates are artificially low in Asia and the Pacific because many people hold jobs in the informal sector, according to a United Nations report released today that provides a comparison of economic, social and environmental trends in the region. More >>
The Past Decade Was The Warmest On Record
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:32 pm | United Nations
“The decade of the 2000s was warmer than the decade of the 1990s, which in turn was warmer than the 1980s,” said Omar Baddour, Chief of the Data Management Application Divisions at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). More >>
Gorillas Could Disappear Within 15 Years
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:31 pm | United Nations
Gorillas could disappear from large parts of the Greater Congo Basin in central Africa by the mid-2020s unless urgent action is taken to safeguard their habitats and counter poaching, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL ... More >>
British Pop Star Lends His Voice To Halt TB
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:28 pm | United Nations
The award-winning singer Craig David, named today as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador against tuberculosis, promises to lead the chorus in the fight against the curable disease which claims 1.8 million lives worldwide every year. More >>
Cyprus: Building Roads
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:26 pm | United Nations
Work is set to begin on a new crossing point that will link the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities on the Mediterranean island after the United Nations signed a contract today with a local joint venture. More >>
Normalizing Life In the DRC
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:22 pm | United Nations
It may be a brown dirt road but the Bukavu-Shabunda route is the equivalent of a big highway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the United Nations says its work to reconstruct the road will improve the economic, social and security ... More >>
Haitian Writer Named UNESCO Artist For Peace
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:21 pm | United Nations
The United Nations cultural agency today named the Haitian writer Frankétienne as one of their Artists for Peace in recognition of his contribution to French-language literature, his commitment to preserving Haitian culture and his contribution to ... More >>
Stopping the Spread Of HIV And AIDS
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:19 pm | United Nations
Thousands of people in Cameroon and Ghana will have the chance to watch this year’s football World Cup matches live – and have the opportunity to receive HIV and AIDS counselling – thanks to a new partnership announced today by electronics giant ... More >>
Palestinian Institution-Building Efforts
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:18 pm | United Nations
Despite challenging political and economic circumstances, Palestinian efforts towards reform, institution-building and development have continued with the aim of eventually establishing a Palestinian State, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Bangladesh Joins the ICC
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:17 pm | United Nations
Bangladesh has become the first South Asian country to ratify the pact that established the International Criminal Court (ICC) and gave it a mandate for trying people accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. More >>
El Salvador: Killing Of Women And Girls
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:16 pm | United Nations
Violence against women and girls in El Salvador remains prevalent and pervasive, with the number of murders on the rise and kidnappings, sexual assaults and sexual harassment all too frequent, an independent United Nations human rights expert has ... More >>
Rising Number Of Murdered Journalists
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:14 pm | United Nations
Increasing numbers of journalists are being killed worldwide, mostly in countries that are at peace, the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) says in a new report, calling for an end to impunity in the murders of media ... More >>
Haitians Plan How To Rebuild Their Society
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:13 pm | United Nations
Intellectuals, artists, international experts, social scientists and members of the Haitian diaspora are meeting today at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to develop ideas for how ... More >>
Momentum In Fight Against Tuberculosis
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:12 pm | United Nations
Significant advances have been made in the fight against tuberculosis, with nearly 6 million people saved in the past 15 years, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for the momentum to be maintained in the fight against the deadly disease. More >>
China: IFJ Condemns Government Censorship
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 6:01 pm | United Nations
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is outraged by the latest round of censorship orders handed down by China’s Central Propaganda Department (CPD) on March 22, banning independent reporting on two major new stories. More >>
International Judicial Conference
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:59 pm | United Nations
Today the State Department is opening a three-day International Judicial Conference on Cross-Border Relocation in Loy Henderson Auditorium. The conference is a joint effort of the International Centre for Missing Children, the Hague Conference on ... More >>
Clinton Interview With Munizae Jahangir
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:58 pm | United Nations
QUESTION: Pakistan has a lot of expectations from the Strategic Dialogue, and one of the expectations is that they are hoping to get a civilian nuclear deal similar to the one with India. Now, obviously, one of the (inaudible) is going to be proliferation, ... More >>
