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Deportation Of Uighur Asylum-Seekers From Cambodia
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:05 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has voiced deep distress at the forcible return of 20 ethnic Uighurs from China who had filed claims for asylum in Cambodia but whose cases had not yet been heard, saying it was part of a disturbing increase worldwide ... More >>
Nepal: Violent Clashes Between Police and Maoists
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office has called for restraint in the wake of clashes between police and protestors on the first day of nationwide strike called by Maoists. More >>
Chad: UN Staff Escape Injury After Attack
Monday, 21 December 2009, 1:28 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers have helped secure an area of south-eastern Chad where a UN civilian logistics convoy came under attack from unidentified armed men earlier this morning. More >>
Ban Sends Report On Deadly Guinean Crackdown
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:56 am | United Nations
The Government of Guinea must "break definitively with the violence" that marked its crackdown on unarmed protesters in late September, when at least 150 civilians were killed, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Climate Change Deal Marks An 'Essential Beginning'
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:55 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the deal on climate change reached by world leaders at a United Nations summit in Copenhagen, calling it an "essential beginning" that contains progress on all key fronts, but adding that work must now ... More >>
EU Countries Endorse Pact On Tropical Timber
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:54 am | United Nations
Eleven European countries have ratified a United Nations-backed agreement designed to promote the sustainable management of forests producing tropical timber and a diverse and legal international trade in such products. More >>
UN Proclaims International Year Of Youth In 2010
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:53 am | United Nations
In an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s youth in overcoming the challenges facing humankind, from enhancing peace to boosting economic development, the United Nations today proclaimed an International Year of Youth starting ... More >>
Young Filmmakers Honoured At UN-Backed Festival
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:52 am | United Nations
Young filmmakers from around the world will be recognized for their efforts to highlight migration, identity and diversity issues at a United Nations-backed ceremony in New York today. More >>
Building Sustainable, Inclusive Markets
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:51 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the private sector to take the helm in the “urgent task” of building markets that are more sustainable and inclusive. More >>
UN Disaster Teams Reach 1,000th Deployment
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:48 am | United Nations
The 16-year-old United Nations disaster response system reached its 1,000th deployment this year, with the dispatch of experts to the storm-battered Philippines. More >>
Timor-Leste Takes Over Security Responsibilities
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations handed over further policing responsibilities to Timor-Leste today as part of the gradual transfer of the security functions it assumed in 2006 after dozens of people were killed and 155,000 others – 15 per cent of the population ... More >>
Thousands More Flee Fighting In Pakistan
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:34 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency is rushing hundreds of tents to supplement Government relief efforts in north-west Pakistan, where some 40,000 people have fled an intensification of military operations over the last few weeks. More >>
Inland Transport Hubs For Landlocked States
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:33 am | United Nations
Transport ministers from across Asia agreed today to work on a treaty to develop so-called dry ports – inland transport and logistics hubs – as part of a United Nations-backed network of more than 250,000 kilometres of railways and roads to spur ... More >>
UN Maritime Force Takes Part In Rescue
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:32 am | United Nations
The United Nations maritime task force serving off the Lebanese coast is taking part in a search-and-rescue operation today to try to save the lives of the crew of a cargo ship that sank last night in rough seas. More >>
Ban Entreats Leaders To Seal Climate Deal
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:31 am | United Nations
The eyes of the world are on world leaders gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, calling on nations to ‘seal the deal’ on an ambitious new climate change agreement for the sake of humanity. More >>
Activist’s Return To Western Sahara
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:30 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his great relief that an independence activist from Western Sahara has returned home, ending an impasse that led to her hunger strike lasting more than one month. More >>
Too Many Migrants Continue To Be Victims
Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights marked International Migrants Day today by drawing attention to the plight of an estimated 200 million migrants worldwide, many of whom are exposed to violations of their basic rights and continue ... More >>
Liberia Must Freeze Assets Of War Criminals
Friday, 18 December 2009, 12:30 pm | United Nations
While welcoming progress made by the Liberian Government in rebuilding the war-shattered country, the Security Council today demanded it “make all necessary efforts to fulfil its obligations” to freeze the assets of alleged war criminals and others, ... More >>
Supporting Somalia’s Transitional Government
Friday, 18 December 2009, 12:26 pm | United Nations
An international meeting on Somalia, chaired by the United Nations, today called on the world community to offer practical and, where possible, direct support to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) as it battles extremists in a country that ... More >>
Security Council Extends UN Mission In Burundi
Friday, 18 December 2009, 12:25 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today extended for another year the United Nations political mission in Burundi, calling for full support for next year’s elections in the war-scarred African country while voicing concern at continuing human rights violations, sexual ... More >>
