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20 Million in Asia-Pacific Could Fall into Poverty
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 9:24 am | United Nations
The global economic downturn could push an additional 21 million people in the Asia-Pacific region into extreme poverty, rolling back development gains, according to a United Nations-backed report issued today. More >>
Communications In Haiti to Be Strengthened
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 2:07 pm | United Nations
A United States software business is set to provide a reliable and secure communications system to emergency response teams assisting in the Haitian relief effort under an agreement with the United Nations, the UN International Telecommunications Union ... More >>
Pact Against Cluster Munitions to Take Effect
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 1:52 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-backed convention banning the use of cluster munitions will enter into force on 1 August after the 30th country ratified the pact today, a move that was immediately welcomed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as “a major advance on ... More >>
Security Council Hails Progress in Guinea
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 1:26 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today welcomed “recent positive developments” in Guinea, which has been gripped by unrest since Government forces opened fire on unarmed protesters last year, killing at least 150 people, and urged the transitional authorities in ... More >>
No Soft-Pedalling with DPR Korea, UN Says
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 1:24 pm | United Nations
The United Nations political chief said today that he held “friendly but frank” discussions during his recent visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), with the UN stressing to Pyongyang that it should return to multilateral ... More >>
Ban Urges Cypriot Leaders towards a Settlement
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 1:22 pm | United Nations
The people of both communities in Cyprus want a solution now that will stop the division on the Mediterranean island, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says, urging Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders to reach a settlement to end the decades of separation. More >>
No Spike in Infectious Diseases Post-Quake Haiti
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:52 am | United Nations
More than one month on from the devastating earthquake in Haiti, no increase in infectious diseases has been reported, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO). More >>
UN NGO Annual to Spotlight Global Health Issues
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:27 am | United Nations
Global health will be the focus of this year’s annual United Nations conference with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the head of the UN’s Department of Public Information (DPI) announced today. More >>
Liberia: Expose Unpunished Sex Violence, Says UN
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations is urging media practitioners in Liberia to play a major role in creating public awareness about gender-based violence, one of the most frequently committed serious crimes in the country, as part of a wider UN push in West Africa ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Seeks $23 M to Support Resettlement
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:21 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today launched an appeal for more than $23 million to assist the return of some 200,000 Sri Lankans uprooted by the recent conflict between Government forces and separatist Tamil rebels in the ... More >>
UN Helps Somali Refugees Transfer to Ethiopian Camp
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has started relocating hundreds of people fleeing an upsurge in fighting and tightened access to humanitarian aid in southern and central Somalia to a camp in neighbouring Ethiopia. More >>
Foes of Iraqi Stability Cannot Reverse Progress
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:16 am | United Nations
While there are still forces in Iraq trying to disrupt reconstruction with deadly violence, they cannot reverse the progress already taking place, with national elections slated for 7 March, but greater international engagement is needed, the top United ... More >>
Governments Agree to Protect Endangered Sharks
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:09 am | United Nations
A landmark agreement to protect shark species threatened with extinction was reached today by over 100 countries signed up to a United Nations-supported wildlife treaty, according to the UN Environment Programme ( "http://www.unep.org/" >UNEP). More >>
Côte d'Ivoire: Electoral Body Dissolved
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:04 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the people of Côte d'Ivoire to avoid any action that could cause renewed violence in the divided West African country after the Government and independent electoral authority were dissolved ahead of ... More >>
Nepal: UN Calls for Murderers to Be Punished
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:01 am | United Nations
The murderers of a Nepalese media operator and those issuing death threats against journalists covering his death must be brought to justice in the interests of the media pluralism essential for free and informed debate, the United Nations agency ... More >>
UN ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Over Yemen Ceasefire
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 11:00 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today said that it is encouraged by the first – and so far holding – ceasefire between Government forces and rebels in northern Yemen, where 250,000 civilians have been uprooted since clashes erupted in the country ... More >>
Darfur: UN-African Union Envoy Urges Calm
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 10:58 am | United Nations
The head of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur today issued a call for maximum restraint by all parties following the eruption of deadly violence which has displaced thousands in the troubled Sudanese region in ... More >>
UN Vaccinations Target Afghanistan, Pakistan
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 6:31 pm | United Nations
Millions of Afghan and Pakistani children will receive polio vaccinations this week as part of a coordinated effort by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN political mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) ... More >>
UN Spotlights Plight of Afro-Colombians
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 6:28 pm | United Nations
Afro-Colombians continue to be displaced from their ancestral lands and face ongoing violence and deep poverty, a United Nations human rights expert has said, urging authorities in Colombia to do much more to protect the rights of minorities in the ... More >>
UN Agency Launches Web Tool to Help Aid Workers
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 6:14 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today launched an interactive Web-based tool containing information on usable roads, crop calendars and damaged areas in Haiti to help aid workers in the Caribbean country better distribute food ... More >>
