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Lebanon: Full UN Assistance for Government
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 10:43 am | United Nations
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams met with Prime Minister Saad Hariri today, reassuring him once again of the world Organization’s readiness to lend assistance to the new unity Government in all fields through all its various ... More >>
Sudan: Parties To Abide By Peace Pact
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 10:40 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Sudan has voiced his concern over the detention and alleged beating of some prominent Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) leaders, opposition supporters and civil society activists during demonstrations earlier today, ... More >>
Government And Maoists must Refrain From Violence
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 10:38 am | United Nations
In the wake of clashes following a recent eviction drive in eastern Nepal, the United Nations human rights office in the Asian nation today called on the Government and Maoists to take a step back from further violence. More >>
Agreement On Iraqi Election Law
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 10:36 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations mission in Iraq today congratulated the Council of Representatives on finalizing the country’s election law, making it feasible to hold parliamentary polls next February. More >>
Climate Change Conference Kicks Off In Copenhagen
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 10:35 am | United Nations
The highly-anticipated United Nations climate change conference kicked off in Copenhagen, Denmark, today with countries issuing urgent calls for action to curb global warming. More >>
Humanitarian Official Starts Visit To Zimbabwe
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 10:33 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today begins a three-day mission to Zimbabwe to assess the humanitarian situation and meet with Government officials, aid workers and donors to map out how the UN can support humanitarian and early recovery activities ... More >>
Darfur: Security Situation Worsens
Monday, 7 December 2009, 4:29 pm | United Nations
The security situation in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur has deteriorated in the wake of attacks that claimed the lives of five peacekeepers, the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in the area (UNAMID) reported today. More >>
Protecting The Planet On International Day
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:45 am | United Nations
Marking International Volunteer Day, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today paid tribute to the key role that volunteers around the world play in protecting the planet, as world leaders prepare to gather at the climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, ... More >>
Timor-Leste: Police Resume Control
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:44 am | United Nations
The United Nations handed over formal control today of policing operations in the country's largest district of Viqueque to the police of Timor-Leste, part of an ongoing strategy to lessen the UN's direct control over the country's nascent security operations. More >>
'Cowardly' Attack Against Blue Helmets
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:43 am | United Nations
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today spoke out against the "cowardly" attack against its forces yesterday that claimed the lives of three blue helmets. More >>
Nicolas Cage Steps Into Real-Life 'Good Cop' Role
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:42 am | United Nations
Acclaimed actor and filmmaker Nicolas Cage, whose action roles have included both a contract killer and a federal anti-terrorist agent, stepped into the world of real crime tonight when he was named Goodwill Ambassador for Global Justice for the United ... More >>
Latest Deadly Attack In Somali Capital
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:41 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has led United Nations condemnation of today’s suicide attack at a graduation ceremony for medical students in Somalia’s war-scarred capital, Mogadishu, which has claimed at least 15 lives. More >>
Women Still Suffer Discrimination
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:40 am | United Nations
Thirty years after an international treaty banning discrimination against women came into force, women and girls are still suffering from the scourge, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today. More >>
Prosecutor Of UN-Backed Tribunal
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:39 am | United Nations
The Prosecutor of the United Nations-backed tribunal set up to try the perpetrators of recent political killings in Lebanon, including the February 2005 murder of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, met today with the country’s Justice Minister. More >>
South Africa’s New Strategy For Tackling HIV/AIDS
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:37 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has applauded the big leap taken by the South African Government towards achieving universal access to treatment for HIV for the country’s women and children living with the virus. More >>
Two UN Peacekeepers Killed In Attack
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:36 am | United Nations
Two Rwandan peacekeepers from the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were killed and others wounded today in an attack by unidentified gunmen while collecting water at the north of the strife-torn Sudanese region. More >>
End To Impasse Over Saharawi Activist
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee chief today appealed to Spain and Morocco to consider any measure to pave the way for the movement of a Saharawi activist who started a hunger strike last month and whose condition is rapidly deteriorating. More >>
Loss Of Japanese Painter And Goodwill Ambassador
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:34 am | United Nations
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced its sadness at the death of Ikuo Hirayama, a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima who became an eminent painter and advocate for the agency’s work. More >>
UN Stands Ready To Help Least Developed Countries
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:33 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency entrusted with accelerating sustainable industrial development in poorer states today pledged to help the world’s 49 least developed countries (LDCs), 33 of them in Africa, to withstand global financial crisis. More >>
New Tobacco Control Effort In Africa
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:31 am | United Nations
Although tobacco use is not as prevalent in Africa as it is in other regions, that will change unless immediate action is taken, the United Nations health agency warned today as it announced a new tobacco control effort for the continent. More >>
