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Egypt-Gaza Border: UN Urges Calm Amid Clashes
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 11:03 am | United Nations
The United Nations urged calm by all sides amid recent violence along the border between Egypt and Gaza, including the killing of an Egyptian security officer today, as protests continue over a delayed aid convoy headed for the Gaza Strip. More >>
Ban Lays Out Twin Afghan Needs
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 11:01 am | United Nations
The Security Council discussed the situation in Afghanistan today, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressing the twin needs to strengthen the Government’s role while coordinating “broader and more effective” international civilian efforts under ... More >>
Ethiopia, UN Plan To Boost Maternal Health
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 10:58 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies and Ethiopian health officials have developed a comprehensive two-year work plan to boost maternal and newborn health and survival in the Horn of Africa nation, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced. More >>
UN Seeks To Promote Reintegration Of Chadians
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 10:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has brought together community, religious and military leaders to identify how conflict-scarred communities can peacefully co-exist in eastern Chad, as part of the first-ever forum of its kind. More >>
UN Joins With Puma To Support Biodiversity
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 10:52 am | United Nations
The United Nations bolstered its defence of thousands of endangered animal and plant species in Africa today by signing up an iconic sportswear manufacturer to a campaign promoting the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. More >>
Ban Discusses Middle East Peace Process
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 10:49 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has held talks with senior Israeli and American officials on the Middle East peace process, highlighting the need to overcome hurdles to resume Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. More >>
28 UN Staff Killed In Violent Attacks In 2009
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 11:20 am | United Nations
Dozens of United Nations personnel made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty last year with at least 28 civilian staff members and seven peacekeeping troops killed in deadly attacks, the world body’s staff union said today. More >>
Haiti: UN Helps In Preparations For Elections
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 10:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is helping the impoverished Caribbean country prepare for upcoming legislative elections, providing secondary support in logistics, security and raising public awareness while leaving the primary ... More >>
UN; Cancer Treatment In Developing Nations
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 10:52 am | United Nations
To bridge the gap in developing countries where there is a shortage of cancer specialists, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has helped spearhead a web-based course on radiation oncology. More >>
Cambodian-UN Prison Initiative Improves Conditions
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 10:29 am | United Nations
More than one thousand inmates at the Siem Reap prison now have more water for daily drinking, cooking and personal hygiene thanks to an innovative partnership between the United Nations human rights office and the Government of Cambodia aimed at prison ... More >>
Darfur: Police Undertake Pre-Election Training
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 10:08 am | United Nations
Sudanese police officials have wrapped up a series of United Nations-backed security training sessions in the country’s war-ravaged region of Darfur in preparation for this year’s national election. More >>
New UN Envoy To Timor-Leste Takes Up Post
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 10:05 am | United Nations
Ameerah Haq of Bangladesh, a humanitarian official with over three decades of experience with the United Nations, arrived today in Timor-Leste to take up her post as the world body’s top envoy to the fledgling Asian nation. More >>
Solomon Islands: UN Rushes Aid To Tsunami Victims
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 9:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations is rushing aid, including sanitation facilities, safe water and basic health care, to victims of a tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands yesterday, the second such massive wave to strike the region in three years. More >>
UN Aids Afghans As Winter Conditions Take Hold
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 9:57 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies have stepped up their humanitarian relief efforts to help tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans survive the bitter winter weather in the east of the country More >>
‘Virtually Impossible’ For UN To Feed Somalis
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 9:52 am | United Nations
Mounting “inhumane” attacks on humanitarian workers, as well as unacceptable demands made by armed groups, have made it “virtually impossible” for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to continue feeding up to one million hungry people ... More >>
Ban: World Must Reverse Situation In Afghanistan
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 10:45 am | United Nations
There is currently no indication of an early improvement in the security situation in Afghanistan, which deteriorated last year – dramatically so in Kabul, the capital – and a better coordinated international effort is crucial to reversing overall ... More >>
Ban lauds Korea, US For Lifting HIV Entry Limits
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 10:41 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations agency tasked with fighting the spread of HIV today congratulated the Republic of Korea and the United States for lifting “discriminatory” travel limits that previously prevented people living ... More >>
Ban Voices Support For Conference On Yemen
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 10:37 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his concern about the presence of Al-Qaida in Yemen, while expressing support for the conference that is being organized by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London later this month to discuss the issue. More >>
UN: 'Demilitarized' Approach In Afghanistan
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 10:20 am | United Nations
The international community must demilitarize its overall approach in Afghanistan to ensure sustainable gains in the political and humanitarian realms, the outgoing top United Nations envoy to the South Asian nations said today. More >>
DR Congo: UN Helping To Monitor Volcanic Eruption
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 9:44 am | United Nations
ollowing the eruption of a volcano in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country is using its aviation force to help to keep a close eye on lava flow. More >>
