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Urgent Medical Supplies In Landslide-Hit Uganda
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:50 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is sending $50,000 in emergency funding to Uganda where deadly mudslides and flooding have left hundreds of thousands of people in need of shelter, food, safe water and proper sanitation, and at an increased ... More >>
General Assembly President Travels To Asia
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:49 pm | United Nations
The President of the General Assembly is on his way to the Republic of Korea and the Philippines for talks with senior officials from both countries that will focus on interfaith dialogue, economic development and other issues. More >>
Myanmar: Concern At New Electoral Laws
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:48 pm | United Nations
New electoral laws unveiled by authorities in Myanmar do not meet United Nations expectations of what is required for an inclusive political process in the Asian country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today. More >>
Independent Review Of UN-Backed Climate Body
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:47 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations-backed panel tasked with preparing regular scientific reports on the impact of climate change today announced that the body, which is facing growing attacks from global warming sceptics, will ... More >>
Water-Borne Diseases In Flooded Kenya
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:37 pm | United Nations
The recently flooded regions of Kenya could fall victim to water-borne diseases if public hygiene campaigns are not organized, the United Nations humanitarian wing warned today. More >>
Commitment To Protect Haiti’s Cultural Heritage
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:35 pm | United Nations
Kicking off a visit to Haiti today, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today reiterated the agency’s support to help the nation protect its cultural heritage – including works of art and libraries ... More >>
Global Travel To Rebound By As Much As 4%
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:33 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations tourism organization is calling on the industry to strengthen its resilience, stimulate sustainable growth and contribute to the green economy as it leaves behind one of its most difficult years. More >>
African Leaders Support Agribusiness Development
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:32 pm | United Nations
High-level representatives from 44 African countries wrapped up a United Nations-backed conference in Nigeria today with the approval of an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food security across the continent through agribusiness. More >>
UN Political Chief Arrives In Nepal
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:26 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations political official arrived in Nepal today for a three-day visit to assess the state of the peace process which ended 10 years of fighting between the Government and Maoists. More >>
Israeli Plans To Expand Settlements
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:24 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has repeatedly called for Israel’s settlement construction to come to a halt, has condemned its announcement that it is building 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem. More >>
UN Honours Gates Foundation And Asian Lawmakers
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:23 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is recognizing the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development with this year’s Population Award. More >>
Right to Housing: Olympics And World Cup Soccer
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:21 pm | United Nations
The Olympic Games and the football World Cup must champion the right to adequate housing, with such ‘mega-events’ often driving people out of their homes, according to a new United Nations report by an independent human rights expert. More >>
Sri Lanka: Health Services For Resettled Women
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 4:59 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is setting up mobile health clinics and distributing hygiene packs and maternity kits to women and children returning home to former conflict zones in northern Sri Lanka. More >>
Haiti: Humanitarian Aid Will Be Needed Until 2011
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:38 am | United Nations
Nearly two months after Haiti was struck by a catastrophic earthquake, the top United Nations official there says the country is moving towards recovery and reconstruction but will need continued urgent humanitarian relief for at least the next 12 months. More >>
Ban To Visit Israel And Occupied Palestine
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:36 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip after attending next week’s meeting in Moscow on the Middle East peace process, his spokesperson announced today. More >>
Iraqi Christians Fleeing Religious Violence
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:33 am | United Nations
The United Nations and local authorities in northern Iraq are providing food, hygiene kits, kerosene and other humanitarian aid to hundreds of Christian families who fled their homes in the city of Mosul following targeted intimidation and violence. More >>
UN Tribute To Colleagues Killed In Haitian Quake
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:31 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today led United Nations staff and the family and friends of personnel who perished in the Haitian earthquake in honouring the memory of the 101 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the Organization. More >>
Reforms For Indigenous People In Australia
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:30 am | United Nations
Despite recent advancements in tackling the human rights of indigenous people in Australia, an independent United Nations expert today called on the country’s authorities to develop new social and economic initiatives and to reform existing ones to allow ... More >>
$60 Million To Help 110,000 Congolese Refugees
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations and its partners today launched an appeal for just under $60 million to help more than 100,000 refugees from the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who have fled ethnic violence and are seeking refuge in neighbouring ... More >>
UN Organic Food Exporting Initiative
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:26 am | United Nations
Some 5,000 West African farmers are reaping the rewards from a United Nations scheme aimed at helping them export produce to the growing organic food market in the industrialized world. More >>
