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Central African Republic Receives UN Funds
Friday, 5 February 2010, 9:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations today announced a further allocation of $20 million from its Peacebuilding Fund to the Central African Republic (CAR) to support security sector reform, economic revitalization and the rule of law in consolidating peace in the impoverished African ... More >>
New Momentum Needed To Boost Social Integration
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 10:51 am | United Nations
Progress on achieving greater social integration as envisioned in a landmark declaration in 1995 has been mixed, the head of the United Nations social development commission said today, calling for accelerated efforts to boost the participation of the world’s ... More >>
UN Telecom Agency Makes Plans For Haiti
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:37 am | United Nations
Three weeks after the earthquake in Haiti, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations’ oldest agency, is still trying to re-establish reliable telephone and internet connections in the country, but also has long-term plans to ... More >>
UN Entities To Combat Sexual Violence In Conflict
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:31 am | United Nations
The United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office has joined forces with a network of over a dozen other UN entities to prevent sexual violence in armed conflict and respond effectively to the needs of survivors. More >>
UN-African Force Refutes Sudanese Army Accusations
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:27 am | United Nations
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Darfur region today strongly rejected “unfounded allegations” levelled by the Sudanese military’s spokesperson that it is collaborating with the rebel group known as ... More >>
Genocide Charge Against Sudanese Leader
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:20 am | United Nations
The pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today was ordered to reconsider adding the charge of genocide to the arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir issued last year. More >>
Chilean President To Advocate For Haitian Women
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:18 am | United Nations
The United Nations Women’s Fund (UNIFEM) has announced that the outgoing Chilean President will work closely with the agency to speak out on behalf of Haitian women suffering from the massive earthquake that devastated the Caribbean country on 12 ... More >>
Food Assistance Needs In Ethiopia Rising For 2010
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:13 am | United Nations
The number of people in Ethiopia who will need food assistance this year has risen to 5.2 million, an increase of several hundred thousand from estimates released just two months ago by United Nations relief agencies and the Horn of Africa nation’s ... More >>
Haiti: UN Helps Pregnant Women After Quake
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) is providing medical kits to thousands of expectant mothers in Haiti in case they cannot get medical attention in time and give birth at home or on the streets where they are living after last month’s earthquake. More >>
Ban Asks Clinton To Take Leadership Role In Haiti
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:10 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today asked former United States President Bill Clinton, already deeply involved in Haiti before last month’s devastating earthquake as the United Nations Special Envoy to the country, to assume a leadership role in coordinating ... More >>
UN Examines Links Between Weather And Aviation
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 9:08 am | United Nations
With adverse weather causing air traffic delays and aircraft accidents, the United Nations today kicked off a week-long meeting in Hong Kong to examine the link between aviation and climate and look at improving the accuracy of forecasts, especially ... More >>
Iraq: UN Holds TalksTo Ensure Success Of Polls
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 12:28 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq is continuing talks with the country’s various Iraqi leaders to ensure that elections scheduled for the first week in March can be conducted in a credible manner with the help of the international community, leading ... More >>
Iraq-Syria: UN Closes Palestinian Refugee Camp
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 11:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has closed a makeshift camp located between the borders of Iraq and Syria and relocated the last of the Palestinians who had been stranded there for nearly four years. More >>
Joined Hands Must Replace Clenched Fists - Ban
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 11:24 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the role of international political, military, business and faith leaders in pushing for the phased elimination of all nuclear weapons with a global campaign to build public and political support. More >>
Shelter Urgently Needed For Haitian Quake Victims
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 11:21 am | United Nations
Beyond food, hundreds of thousands of Haitian earthquake victims displaced from their homes in Port-au-Prince, Léogâne and Jacmel urgently need shelter, with plastic sheeting taking priority over tents, the United Nations reported today in its latest ... More >>
Displaced Georgians Get Internet Access - UN
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 10:41 am | United Nations
Thousands of Georgians displaced by the 2008 conflict with Russia over South Ossetia are getting access to computers for their education and livelihood purposes, thanks to an initiative by the United Nations refugee agency. More >>
UN Neutral In Southern Sudan Referendum
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 10:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations has taken no position on next year’s referendum on independence for southern Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underscored today as he refuted recent media reports to the contrary. More >>
Afghanistan: Attacks Halt UN Food Deliveries
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 10:09 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP) has temporarily suspended deliveries in north-western Afghanistan after a convoy was attacked over the weekend, resulting in the loss of over 100 metric tons of food aid. More >>
UN: Parties In Sahara Dispute To Hold Talks
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 9:41 am | United Nations
The parties in the dispute over the status of Western Sahara, where fighting broke out between Morocco and the Frente Polisario after Spain’s colonial administration ended in 1976, have agreed to a United Nations proposal to hold their next set of ... More >>
Bulk Of Emitters Submit Climate Pledges To UN
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 9:38 am | United Nations
Some of the world’s biggest emitters of carbon dioxide have formally submitted to the United Nations their national targets to cut and limit greenhouse gases by 2020 – abiding by the 31 January deadline specified in the Copenhagen Accord produced ... More >>
