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Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:57 pm | United Nations
The United Nations launched today the first common system of calculating the amount of greenhouse gases produced in a given city and by specific sector or time, allowing cities to compare their performances and analyse differences. More >>
Support For National Human Rights Bodies
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:55 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will continue to support the work of national human rights institutions and their efforts to ensure that international human rights laws are incorporated into domestic legislation, the agency’s head ... More >>
Sudanese Elections Near
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:54 pm | United Nations
The United Nations expressed concern today about reports that some opposition party members and supporters in Sudan are being harassed, intimidated, arrested or detained ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections slated for next month. More >>
Arab League To Coordinate More Projects In Darfur
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:53 pm | United Nations
The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) in Darfur and the League of Arab States have agreed to continue coordinating their projects to provide services to inhabitants of the region to promote peace and stability and ... More >>
UN Official Arrives In Chad
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:51 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations official arrived today in the Chadian capital to lead talks with that country’s Government on the future of the UN peacekeeping force in the African country and the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR). More >>
Migiro’s Visit To Denmark And Spain
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:50 pm | United Nations
Women’s empowerment in the workplace and the wider economy is at the top of the agenda as the Deputy Secretary-General heads to Denmark for the first leg of a two-nation European visit. More >>
Steps Needed To Reach Development Targets
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:49 pm | United Nations
Investment reforms and international cooperation are among the ingredients necessary to procure the finances needed to push ahead with development in poorer countries, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Rural Women Key To Economic Growth
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:48 pm | United Nations
Women farmers are often the chief executives of their rural areas and supporting their economic development is crucial for economic growth and poverty reduction, a senior United Nations official said today ahead of an international conference ... More >>
Lebanon: UN Calls For Continued Dialogue
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:47 pm | United Nations
Municipal elections planned for Lebanon later this year must be free and fair, a senior United Nations official said today as he urged the country’s political leaders to continue to pursue dialogue to ensure that tensions are eased ahead of the polls. More >>
Afghans Top Global List Of Asylum Applicants
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:46 pm | United Nations
Afghans overtook Iraqis as the nationality with the largest number of asylum applicants in 2009, according to a report issued today by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). More >>
Iraqi Efforts To Rehabilitate State-Owned Business
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:36 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is working with Iraqi officials to make State-owned businesses more market-oriented and less reliant on the Government. More >>
UN Spotlights Crucial Role Of Weather Prediction
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:34 pm | United Nations
With the ever-improving ability to predict climate having saved millions of lives around the world, the United Nations weather-monitoring agency is marking its 60th anniversary today as it celebrates World Meteorological Day. More >>
Korea Grants Refugee Citizenship For First Time
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5:28 pm | United Nations
For the first time since it adopted the 1951 Refugee Convention almost two decades ago, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has granted a recognized refugee citizenship, in a move hailed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today. More >>
Stable Commodity Prices Crucial
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 11:20 am | United Nations
Limiting fluctuations in the prices of crude oil and other commodities that many developing countries depend on for economic growth is crucial to ensure steady sources of revenue to fund poverty-alleviation programmes, the head of the United Nations ... More >>
A Mexican Radio Station And An Egyptian Reporter
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 11:19 am | United Nations
The first indigenous community radio station in Mexico and an Egyptian journalist dedicated to informing people in country areas about health and education will share this year’s United Nations award for rural communication. More >>
Sierra Leone: Drug Trafficking And Corruption
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 11:18 am | United Nations
Sierra Leone has made considerable progress in its efforts to combat the problems of illicit drug trafficking and corruption, but little has been done to implement programmes to create employment for the youth in the West African country, a senior ... More >>
UN Mission In Afghanistan Extended By One Year
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 11:17 am | United Nations
The Security Council voted today to extend the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another 12 months and to expand its mandate to include support for the parliamentary elections scheduled for September. More >>
Unsafe Water Kills More People Than War
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 11:16 am | United Nations
More people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for better protection and sustainable management of one of the Earth’s most precious resources on the occasion of World ... More >>
Final Push Towards Biodiversity Accord
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 11:15 am | United Nations
After six years of intensive discussions, some 500 delegates have gathered at a United Nations meeting in Cali, Colombia, to hammer out an international agreement on access to the Earth’s genetic resources and the fair and equitable share in benefits from ... More >>
Lack Of Basic Services For Slum Dwellers
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 11:14 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today described appalling living conditions in slums as a violation of human rights, saying that helping the urban poor reclaim their rights strengthened societies and stemmed environmental degradation. More >>
