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Women’s Political Participation In North Africa
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 12:39 pm | United Nations
Women’s political participation in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia is to be enhanced under a new United Nations-backed project launched today for an innovative website to provide them access to information, the exchange of experiences, ideas and good ... More >>
Climate: UN Hopeful For Next Year’s Meeting
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 10:16 am | United Nations
While most countries are not happy with the outcome of this month’s summit on climate change in Copenhagen, “really good progress” was made towards a binding agreement “to save the world,” with the United Nations leading the way to possible adoption ... More >>
Forcible Return Of Uighurs From Cambodia
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 10:14 am | United Nations
United Nations human rights experts have expressed their concern over the forcible return from Cambodia to China of 20 ethnic Uighur asylum-seekers who had fled violence in their home country. More >>
UN To Launch Labour Rights Contest
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 10:13 am | United Nations
Garment workers in Cambodia will have to know their rights to compete in a radio contest being launched by the UN labour organization, with the winners to be announced on International Labour Day in May next year. More >>
Poor Weather Drives Tea Prices To Record High
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 10:08 am | United Nations
Tea prices reached a record high in 2009, but should ease next year as weather improves in the main tea-producing regions in Asia and Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. More >>
Millennium Development Goals Summit Next September
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 2:05 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on world leaders to attend a summit next September to boost efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which seek to slash a host of social ills, ranging from extreme poverty and hunger to maternal ... More >>
UN-Backed Reunification Talks For Cyprus
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 12:26 pm | United Nations
The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders are intensifying their United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island, scheduling two three-day series of discussions next month after a senior UN official said they had made good progress ... More >>
Greater International Cooperation And Solidarity
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 12:25 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for greater collective action as he marked International Solidarity Day during a year when the global financial and economic crisis may have pushed as many as 100 million people into poverty, and as the world faces challenges ... More >>
UN-Backed Reunification Talks For Cyprus
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 12:23 pm | United Nations
The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders are intensifying their United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island, scheduling two three-day series of discussions next month after a senior UN official said they had made good progress ... More >>
Darfur Peace Process Has Reached Juncture
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 11:39 am | United Nations
The peace process in the war-wracked Darfur region of Sudan has reached a “critical point,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on both the Government and rebel groups to accelerate efforts to reach a compromise. More >>
Philippines: Eruption Of Volcano is Imminent
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 11:20 am | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian officials are working with authorities in the Philippines to prepare for what scientists believe to be the imminent eruption of Mount Mayon, an active volcano within close reach of tens of thousands of people. More >>
Development Fund For Iraq Extended
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 10:39 am | United Nations
The Security Council today renewed for another year a development fund set up immediately after the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 to meet the country’s humanitarian needs, economic reconstruction and infrastructure repairs. More >>
Winner Of National Youth Music Contest In Liberia
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 10:24 am | United Nations
United Nations officials in Liberia have congratulated 19-year-old Vivian Akoto on becoming the first female to win A Star is Born, a youth competition which since 2006 has used music as an instrument for social change, national unity, and an agent ... More >>
Tribute To Outgoing Head Of Campaign On Poverty
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 10:19 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Development Campaign (UNDP) today hailed the efforts of the outgoing head of the world body’s campaign to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as he announces he is leaving his position ... More >>
Security Council Urges Security Sector Reform
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:28 am | United Nations
The Security Council today called on the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) to ensure a speedy and inclusive political dialogue and swift security sector reform as the conflict-plagued country prepares for elections in 2010, urging the ... More >>
NIWA Says Greenhouse Gas Methane On The Rise Again
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:17 am | United Nations
NIWA has today released measurements from its globally significant Baring Head station showing that southern hemisphere atmospheric methane increased by 0.7% over the two-year period 2007–08. While this increase may not sound like much, it is about 35 times ... More >>
Sexual Abuse And Exploitation In Côte D’ivoire
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:15 am | United Nations
The United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) has announced that it is taking all possible measures to investigate allegations that have emerged of sexual abuse and exploitation among its military personnel, some dating back to 2006 and ... More >>
DRC: Rebels Murder, Rape, Mutilate & Displace
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:14 am | United Nations
In a 10-month rampage of killings, rape and mutilation in neighbouring countries that may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, the rebel Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has killed some 1,300 civilians, abducted 1,400 more, including ... More >>
Insecurity And Corruption Hinder in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations warned today that insecurity and corruption continue to disrupt humanitarian efforts to the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan, hindering delivery of food and other forms of aid this winter. More >>
Action Needed To Clinch New Climate Pact
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:06 am | United Nations
Acknowledging that the climate change deal reached over the weekend in Copenhagen was not ideal for all nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today exhorted world leaders to act in concert to ensure that a legally binding treaty is reached next ... More >>
