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UN Environmental Agency Aids Effort In Haiti
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 1:22 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is assessing the structure of buildings and working to avoid potential environmental emergencies in Haiti where the immediate focus is on medical assistance, clear water and sanitation, emergency shelter, and ... More >>
UN ‘Strains Every Nerve’ To Aid Quake Victims
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 12:22 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is “straining every nerve” to ramp up its aid to the countless victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, from medical care, food and water supplies to security and logistics, but there is still a very long way to go. More >>
In Haiti, UN Radio Station Resumes Broadcasts
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 10:33 am | United Nations
New York, Jan 20 2010 3:10PM One week after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, the United Nations radio station in Port-au-Prince, MINUSTAH FM, in back on air with material and technical assistance from Radio France and Télédiffusion ... More >>
Israeli Blockade Jeopardizing Health Of 1 Million
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 10:31 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies and their non-governmental partners today warned of the impact of the Israeli blockade on Gaza’s population and on health services, and repeated their call for an immediate opening of the border crossings. More >>
Sri Lanka: Rising Violence Ahead Of Polls
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 10:28 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his concern over growing violence in Sri Lanka, including the reported killings of political activists, as the country’s people prepare to head to the polls to elect a new president. More >>
Nigeria: Inter-Religious Violence, Deadly Toll
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 10:26 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for maximum restraint after inter-religious violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos has reportedly left over 200 people dead. More >>
UN Enlarges Communications Centre In Haiti
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 9:44 am | United Nations
With access to information vital for making crucial decisions on how best to get help to some 3 million victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rushing to enlarge the emergency communications network ... More >>
Curbing Human Trafficking Focus At UN Meeting
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 9:42 am | United Nations
Officials from the six countries of South-East Asia’s Mekong region and observers from the United Nations and other stakeholders opened a two-day meeting in Myanmar today to step up the war on human trafficking, including sexual slavery and labour ... More >>
UN Reaches Out To Jump-Start Post-Quake Recovery
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 9:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has employed almost 400 Haitians to give the local economy a boost and swiftly deliver urgently-needed humanitarian aid following the catastrophic earthquake which struck the Caribbean country last ... More >>
UN: Poor Countries Call For Voice In Financing
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 9:36 am | United Nations
Fifteen of the world’s least developed countries (LDCs), meeting at a high-level United Nations forum, today called for a greater voice in international financial structures and priority for resources to mitigate climate change. More >>
A Week After Quake, UN Photographer Helps Rescue
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 9:33 am | United Nations
Little did Logan Abassi, a United Nations photographer, imagine that he would help to save a life when he hit the streets of the Haitian capital to capture images of looters one week after the catastrophic earthquake struck the impoverished Caribbean ... More >>
UN Welcomes Greece’s Plans For Asylum Reform
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 9:27 am | United Nations
The top United Nations refugee official today welcomed broad measures announced by the Greek Government to create a modern and effective migration and asylum system that fully respects human rights. More >>
UN On Dire Situation Of New Delhi’s Homeless
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 9:24 am | United Nations
A United Nations independent human rights expert today voiced concern over the deaths of homeless people in India’s capital from a cold wave, underscoring the need for adequate shelter to protect them from harsh weather. More >>
After Haitian Quake, UN Headquarters Holds Vigil
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 12:25 pm | United Nations
With a wreath laying, a moment of silence, solemn music and a candlelight vigil at its Headquarters in New York, the United Nations today mourned the scores, perhaps hundreds of thousands of victims who perished in last week’s devastating earthquake ... More >>
UN Delivering More Assistance To Haiti Survivors
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 12:23 pm | United Nations
Despite the difficult conditions in post-earthquake Haiti, United Nations agencies are reaching more and more survivors with vital assistance, even as search and rescue operations continue for those who still might be saved. More >>
Envoy Elected To Lead UN Economic, Social Council
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 12:21 pm | United Nations
The Malaysian diplomat Hamidon Ali was elected today to serve as the next President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), making him responsible for leading the world body’s principal organ for coordinating work in those two ... More >>
DR Congo: UN Official Visits Military Operation
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 10:29 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been visiting the war-torn east of the vast country for talks on reinforcing the protection of civilians within the context of a new anti-rebel operation launched ... More >>
UN Says 63,000 Somalis Already Uprooted
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 10:24 am | United Nations
An estimated 63,000 people have been displaced from their homes in Somalia in just the first few weeks of this year due to ongoing fighting, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. More >>
Intrusions Of Privacy In Fight Against Terrorism
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 10:03 am | United Nations
A United Nations independent human rights expert today countered the notion that counter-terrorism needs must always outweigh the right to privacy,calling for a new framework to ensure that infringements on privacy are necessary, proportionate and ... More >>
UN Encouraged By Lebanon’s Political Progress
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 10:02 am | United Nations
The United Nations is “very encouraged” by political progress made in Lebanon since a new government was formed late last year, a senior official with the world body told the Lebanese Foreign Minister today. More >>
