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Nepal: Promotion Of Army Officer
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:42 pm | United Nations
A top United Nations official in Nepal today expressed serious reservations over the controversial promotion of a military General with ties to breaches of human rights to be second-in-command in Nepal''s army. More >>
Imprisonment Of Chinese Dissident
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:32 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official voiced deep concern today over the verdict and severe sentencing of a prominent Chinese writer, warning that this represents a serious setback for human rights in China. More >>
Policy On Sexual Abuse By Peacekeepers
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:29 pm | United Nations
In keeping with its ‘zero tolerance’ policy on sexual exploitation and abuse by members of its multiple peacekeeping operations and special political missions, the United Nations is making publicly available its aggregated data on such misconduct ... More >>
Israel Must Allow More Items To Enter Gaza
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:27 pm | United Nations
After Israel’s announcement that it will allow glass into Gaza following United Nations requests to repair homes damaged during last year’s fighting, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced hope that this will pave the way for other much-needed materials ... More >>
Approval Of UN Budget For Next Two Years
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:23 pm | United Nations
The General Assembly today a budget of $5.16 billion for the 2010-2011 period, in a move immediately welcomed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. More >>
Darfur Region To Host National School Competition
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:20 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is providing logistics, security and equipment to the Sudanese Government for its annual National School Competition, bringing together over 7,000 secondary school students from all 25 states in the country’s war-torn Darfur region. More >>
Killing Of Kyrgyz Journalist
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:13 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending the freedom of the press today condemned this week's murder of a journalist known to have been highly critical of authorities in Kyrgyzstan and voiced deep concern about what she described as ... More >>
Thai Plans To Deport Thousands Of Hmong To Laos
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:09 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee chief today called on the Thai Government not to deport around 4,000 ethnic Hmong to neighbouring Laos. More >>
Seasonal Wishes To Iraqi Christians
Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:07 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Iraq today issued seasonal wishes to the country's Christians and to all Iraqis amid fears of a surge in violence targeting the country's Christian population. More >>
Ban Hails Work Of UNICEF Chief
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 2:09 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute today to Ann Veneman, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), after she announced that she will not be seeking a second five-year term in the top post at the UN agency. More >>
Stronger Steps Against Ugandan Rebels In DRC
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 2:05 pm | United Nations
On the eve of the anniversary of last year’s Christmas Day massacre of at least 477 civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by the rebel Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), the top United Nations humanitarian official called ... More >>
Security Council Imposes Sanctions On Eritrea
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 11:59 am | United Nations
The Security Council today imposed arms and travel sanctions on Eritrea for supporting insurgents trying to topple the nascent government in nearby Somalia. More >>
Security Council Imposes Sanctions On Eritrea
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 11:27 am | United Nations
The Security Council today imposed arms and travel sanctions on Eritrea for supporting insurgents trying to topple the nascent government in nearby Somalia. More >>
Security Council Imposes Sanctions On Eritrea
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 11:13 am | United Nations
The Security Council today imposed arms and travel sanctions on Eritrea for supporting insurgents trying to topple the nascent government in nearby Somalia. More >>
DR Congo: UN To Use All Means to Protect
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 11:08 am | United Nations
Faced with widespread reports of massacres and other serious human rights abuses by Government soldiers and rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Security Council today again called on United Nations peacekeepers to “use ... More >>
Relief Supplies In Quake-Affected Malawi
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 11:06 am | United Nations
United Nations aid agencies have begun distributing relief supplies in northern Malawi, where a series of earthquakes this month have killed four people, injured more than 300 others and destroyed or damaged nearly 4,000 homes. More >>
Credit Vital To Boosting Development In Myanmar
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 10:03 am | United Nations
With 70 per cent of Myanmar’s population dependent on agriculture, credit reform could help the Asian nation reach its full productivity potential and enhance development, Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz said after a United Nations-backed ... More >>
UN Condemns Murder Of Journalists In Brazil
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 10:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency entrusted with defending media freedom today deplored the murder of journalists in Brazil, Colombia and Turkey over the past 10 days, calling on the authorities to take urgent action against such crimes, which constitute a ... More >>
CAR: UN Boosts Peacekeeping Presence
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 10:01 am | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) are stepping up their presence near a refugee camp in the country’s northeast where deadly clashes last week have increased tensions in an already unstable area. More >>
Strategy To Fight Xenophobia And Racism
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 9:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency laid out its strategy today to combat xenophobia and racism, which it says triggers flight and can jeopardize its work to protect asylum-seekers, refugees and the stateless. More >>
