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UN Continues To Help Ugandan Landslide Victims
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:10 am | United Nations
The United Nations is continuing to assist people in eastern Uganda affected by deadly landslides, which have killed at least 94 people since they occurred earlier this month. More >>
Madagascar: UN Assists Relief Efforts
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:08 am | United Nations
United Nations aid workers in eastern Madagascar are helping local officials mount relief efforts in the wake of Tropical Storm Hubert, which has killed dozens of people in the Indian Ocean country and left an estimated 11,000 others homeless. More >>
Afghan Responsibility For Peace And Stability
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:07 am | United Nations
The time has come to transform the relationship between Afghanistan and its partners to enable greater responsibility on the part of Afghans themselves and an increasingly supporting role for the international community as the country strives to achieve ... More >>
Portuguese-Speaking Countries Join Forces With UN
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency that tackles HIV/AIDS and eight Portuguese-speaking countries that are home to an estimated 223 million people have agreed to strengthen their cooperation against the deadly disease. More >>
Another Darfur Ceasefire Deal Is Signed
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:05 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in the war-wracked Darfur region of western Sudan today welcomed an agreement between the national Government and a rebel group, calling it “another important milestone” on the path towards a comprehensive peace pact ... More >>
Record Levels Of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:04 am | United Nations
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is now at record levels with Asia bearing the brunt of the epidemic, says the United Nations World Health Organization in a report released today that also calls for better diagnosis of the disease. More >>
Appeals By Two Convicted Rwandans
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:03 am | United Nations
A United Nations tribunal today affirmed the conviction and 15-year sentence of a famous Rwandan singer and composer for his role during the mass killings that engulfed the country in 1994, and reduced the sentence handed down against a top official ... More >>
Over 200 Million Escape Slums
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:02 am | United Nations
While more than 200 million slum dwellers worldwide have escaped their conditions in the past decade, the overall population of slums has swelled by nearly 60 million in the same period, a new United Nations report finds. More >>
Vacancy At International Court Of Justice
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:00 am | United Nations
The Security Council decided today that the election to fill the vacancy at the principal judicial organ of the United Nations arising from the resignation of Judge Shi Jiuyong will take place on 29 June. More >>
Asia-Pacific: Cooperation In Health Sector
Friday, 19 March 2010, 10:58 am | United Nations
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region must step up their cooperation to tackle the threat of highly infectious diseases – including H1N1 – crossing borders, a senior United Nations official said today. More >>
Rocket Attack From Gaza Into Israel
Friday, 19 March 2010, 10:55 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned today’s rocket attack from Gaza which killed a civilian in Israel, stressing that all acts of violence are “totally unacceptable.” More >>
Consideration of 5th NZ Rights Report Concludes
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 5:37 pm | United Nations
Questions Posed on Treatment of Maori, Asylum Seekers, Human Trafficking More >>
Fire And Death At Major Ugandan Cultural Site
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 5:35 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today expressed her sorrow over the fire that destroyed the Tombs of Buganda Kings, a World Heritage List site in Uganda. More >>
Independent Review Of Somali Food Programme
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 5:28 pm | United Nations
The Security Council should urge Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to initiate an independent investigation into the food distribution programme in Somalia, a United Nations group of experts recommends in a new report which claims that humanitarian officials divert ... More >>
Key Challenges For Côte D'ivoire
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 5:23 pm | United Nations
The long-awaited and much-delayed presidential elections as well as reunification are the key issues for Côte d'Ivoire, the top United Nations envoy there said today, lamenting what he described as a “serious weakening” of the momentum toward holding ... More >>
Pakistan: Improving Access to Food
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 5:21 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it has contracted eight mills in Pakistan’s conflict-affected Swat Valley to produce fortified wheat flour in a bid to boost the local economy and make food more easily accessible to ... More >>
Books For 145,000 Central African Children
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 4:27 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working to ensure that some 145,000 children affected by conflict in the Central African Republic have literature, mathematics and science books. More >>
UN Trade Arm Brings Experts Together
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 4:23 pm | United Nations
Experts are meeting at a gathering of the United Nations agency promoting commerce to fight poverty to find ways to help developing countries improve so-called infrastructure service sectors (ISS), which serve key functions including banking, energy and transportation. More >>
Secretary-General Calls For Rejection Of Extremism
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 4:21 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for a rejection of extremism, underscoring that the international grouping of over 100 countries known as the Non-Aligned Movement, or NAM, has an invaluable role to play in promoting greater understanding. More >>
NZ: Our Commitment to Human Rights, Record Clear
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 3:28 pm | United Nations
While affirming his country’s “unique but robust constitutional structure”, which afforded opportunities for engagement with human rights protections across all Government institutions and among all citizens, the Minister of Justice of New ... More >>
