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UN Scales Up Assistance To Haiti's Tremor Victims
Monday, 18 January 2010, 9:33 am | United Nations
The United Nations is continuing to rush urgently-needed relief to Haiti, which was struck on Tuesday by a devastating earthquake that is estimated to have impacted one third of the people of the Caribbean nation. More >>
UN:Cautious Optimism For Nepal’s Peace Process
Monday, 18 January 2010, 9:29 am | United Nations
Although Nepal’s four-year-old peace process that ended a 10-year war between the Government and Maoists remains fragile and concerns that it could derail are real, the recent urgency shown by the parties in focusing on peace-related issues gives ... More >>
UN: 100,000 People Fleeing DR Congo Clashes
Monday, 18 January 2010, 9:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today began registering over 100,000 refugees who fled ethnic conflict in the Equateur province in north-west Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since November last year. More >>
UN Condemns Sudanese Death Sentences
Monday, 18 January 2010, 9:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office today strongly condemned the execution on Thursday of six Sudanese accused of murdering a number of policemen during clashes in 2001, despite requests by the world body to determine whether fair trials standards ... More >>
Secretary-General To Travel To Haiti
Monday, 18 January 2010, 9:19 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he will soon travel to Haiti, which was devastated by a massive earthquake earlier this week, to show solidarity with the people of the impoverished Caribbean nation. More >>
Haiti Quake Shows Need To Close Technology Gap
Monday, 18 January 2010, 9:16 am | United Nations
The United Nations has a vital role to play in helping Member States, particularly those in the developing world, to harness new technologies to mitigate natural disasters, climate change, food shortages and a host of other challenges. More >>
UN Urges Uganda Against ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill'
Monday, 18 January 2010, 9:06 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official today urged the Ugandan Government to do away with a “draconian” draft bill that would prohibit homosexual relations and contains provisions for punishing people alleged to be lesbian, gay, bisexual ... More >>
Blue Helmets Plant Trees In Southern Lebanon
Sunday, 17 January 2010, 12:16 pm | United Nations
United Nations blue helmets are helping to green southern Lebanon through a re-forestation project designed to raise environmental awareness and provide long-lasting benefits to local residents in the village of Sh’huur. More >>
Haiti Quake 'A Great Tragedy,'
Sunday, 17 January 2010, 12:14 pm | United Nations
The acting top United Nations envoy to Haiti called Tuesday's catastrophic earthquake "a great tragedy," as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prepares to visit the impoverished Caribbean nation tomorrow. More >>
Focus On Regional Cooperation - Ban
Sunday, 17 January 2010, 12:12 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Serbia and Kosovo, which unilaterally declared its independence two years ago, to find ways to put aside status considerations in the interest of pursuing regional cooperation. More >>
UN Praises Mongolia For Halting Executions
Saturday, 16 January 2010, 1:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Jan 15 2010 11:10AM Mongolia’s leader announced a moratorium on the death penalty today, in a move warmly welcomed by the top United Nations human rights official. More >>
Relief Effort Picks Up Pace After Deadly Quake
Saturday, 16 January 2010, 1:41 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is scaling up its assistance to victims of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake, as the acting top envoy to the impoverished Caribbean nation has taken up his duties on the ground and has started the task of coordinating the relief effort. More >>
Too Early To Declare H1N1 Pandemic Over – UN
Friday, 15 January 2010, 1:48 pm | United Nations
With continued elevated levels of H1N1 flu in a number of countries, it remains too early to say that the pandemic is over, a top United Nations health official said today in the first major assessment of the new year. More >>
Eyewitness Accounts Of Moment Haiti Quake Struck
Friday, 15 January 2010, 1:24 pm | United Nations
On Tuesday David Wimhurst, United Nations Communications Director in Haiti, was working on the third floor of the Christopher Hotel, headquarters for the world body’s mission in the capital, Port-au-Prince, when the massive 7.0 magnitude quake struck. More >>
Somali Government Needs More Effective Support
Friday, 15 January 2010, 1:21 pm | United Nations
The Government of Somalia has made significant progress, despite repeated armed assaults to overthrow it by externally funded extremists, and deserves greater commitment as well as material and financial assistance from the United Nations and international ... More >>
Grim Picture Of Conditions Of Indigenous Peoples
Friday, 15 January 2010, 9:24 am | United Nations
The world’s 370 million indigenous peoples suffer from disproportionately, often exponentially, higher rates of poverty, health problems, crime and human rights abuses, the first ever United Nations study on the issue reported today. More >>
Central Asia: Security Council Lauds UN’s Efforts
Friday, 15 January 2010, 9:20 am | United Nations
The Security Council today voiced appreciation for the efforts of the United Nations body tasked with facilitating dialogue among Central Asian countries and assisting them in responding to common challenges. More >>
Haiti: Un Agencies Ramping Up Response
Friday, 15 January 2010, 9:18 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies are working around the clock to provide urgently needed assistance to the victims of the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on Tuesday, which is estimated to have affected one third of the Caribbean nation’s nine million ... More >>
Ban ‘Heartened’ By Global Response To Help Haiti
Friday, 15 January 2010, 9:16 am | United Nations
The international community’s outpouring of support to assist victims of this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti is encouraging, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Bill Clinton Hopeful For Haitian Recovery
Friday, 15 January 2010, 9:10 am | United Nations
In spite of the catastrophic earthquake which struck Haiti earlier this week, the United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, former United States president Bill Clinton, expressed confidence today that the impoverished Caribbean nation can still secure ... More >>
