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Israel’s Evictions Violate International Law

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:47 pm | United Nations

The forced evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem by Israel are in contravention of international law, the head of the United Nations agency tasked with assisting millions of Palestinian refugees said ... More >>

Growing Numbers Of Refugees Fleeing To Urban Areas

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:41 pm | United Nations

A United Nations gathering aimed at tackling some of the urgent problems suffered by the mounting number of refugees seeking shelter in cities and towns has wrapped up today with calls for greater efforts to help the forcibly displaced. More >>

Copenhagen Talks Heading Towards Agreement

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:40 pm | United Nations

Talks under way at the historic United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, have entered the drafting phase towards reaching a final agreement. More >>

Zimbabwe’s Humanitarian Situation

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:40 pm | United Nations

The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe, plagued in recent years by food shortages, an erosion of basic services and an economic downturn due in part to long-running political strife, has significantly improved but continued aid is still needed to ... More >>

Darfur Blue Helmets Committed

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:39 pm | United Nations

Morale among peacekeepers in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur remains high, despite the recent attacks that have claimed the lives of five blue helmets, a top United Nations official said today. More >>

Progress Of Cyprus Reunification Talks

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:38 pm | United Nations

The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders are finding “growing convergence” on many of the issues that have divided the two sides on the Mediterranean island, a United Nations official said today as he expressed cautious optimism that UN-backed ... More >>

Coordinated Assistance For Afghanistan

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:37 pm | United Nations

The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today called for the country’s key partners to ensure they work together in a more coordinated and streamlined way to move forward with supporting national development efforts. More >>

Early Warning Systems For Droughts

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:36 pm | United Nations

With the frequency and severity of droughts likely to increase due to climate change, more than 60 scientists from all the world’s regions are meeting at a United Nations-backed conference in the United States this week to draw up guidelines for early warning ... More >>

Challenges In Controlling Malaria In Nigeria

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:36 pm | United Nations

The United Nations official leading efforts to tackle malaria is visiting Nigeria and Kenya this week, the two nations which together account for one third of the estimated 1 million deaths worldwide from the deadly disease. More >>

UN-Backed Appeal For Nearly $700 Million

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:35 pm | United Nations

The United Nations and partner aid organizations today issued a call for $664 million to respond to humanitarian needs in the occupied Palestinian territory, with the top humanitarian official in the region underscoring how Palestinians are becoming ... More >>

UN Partners With Giant Retail Business

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:34 pm | United Nations

The United Nations agency tasked with hastening sustainable industrial growth in poorer countries today partnered with one of the world’s largest retail companies to establish initiatives that advance food standards and the livelihoods of small-scale ... More >>

UN-Backed Anti-Drug Centre

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:33 pm | United Nations

A United Nations-backed intelligence sharing centre for Central Asian countries on the front line of the battle against drug trafficking from Afghanistan opened in Kazakhstan today, just a day after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security ... More >>

Nepal: Investigation Into Disappearances

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:33 pm | United Nations

Foreign envoys to Nepal today called for an end to impunity for those responsible for a series of disappearances during the decade-long civil war in Nepal, one year after the United Nations issued a report calling for justice and redress. More >>

Food Prices On The Rise Again

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:32 pm | United Nations

Global food prices are on the rise again, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, with the agency’s Food Price Index registering four straight months of increases. More >>

Second-Hand Smoke

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:31 pm | United Nations

The vast majority of the world’s population is still exposed to the harmful effects of second-hand smoke, responsible for 600,000 premature deaths annually, despite the ban on smoking in public places being extended to seven more countries last year, ... More >>

Corruption Major Impediment To Development

Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:30 pm | United Nations

Corruption kills development and is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving the globally agreed targets to reduce poverty, hunger and other social ills by 2015, also known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations officials warned ... More >>