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Côte D’ivoire: Polio Immunization Campaign
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:30 am | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers airlifted doctors and vaccines to remote and inaccessible regions of Côte d’Ivoire today as the Government opened its latest campaign to immunize over 6 million children against polio. More >>
Sudan Still Not Cooperating With ICC
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:30 am | United Nations
Indiscriminate bombings, rape and other crimes are continuing in Darfur, the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said today, while noting that the Government of Sudan still refuses to cooperate with his office and its indicted President and ... More >>
Further Support For Burundi’s Peace Process
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:29 am | United Nations
The peace process in Burundi has witnessed significant progress in recent months but the country needs help to ensure successful elections next year and to tackle challenges such as human rights abuses, corruption and weak institutions, Secretary-General ... More >>
Nations Should Focus On Landmine Victims
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:28 am | United Nations
States must step up efforts to help landmine victims – including women, children and indigenous populations – in especially vulnerable situations, a senior United Nations human rights official has said. More >>
Sri Lanka: People In Camps Move Freely
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Sri Lanka’s decision this week to allow greater freedom of movement for some 135,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) remaining in 20 closed camps in the country’s north following the recently-ended ... More >>
State Efforts To Seize Indicted Ringleaders
Monday, 7 December 2009, 9:25 am | United Nations
Top officials of the United Nations war crimes tribunals today called for Serbia’s “critical” cooperation in capturing the two remaining top fugitives accused of atrocities in the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s and denounced Kenya for failing to ... More >>
UN Agency Welcomes Sri Lanka’s Decision
Saturday, 5 December 2009, 11:40 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Sri Lanka’s decision this week to allow greater freedom of movement for some 135,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) remaining in 20 closed camps in the country’s north following the recently-ended ... More >>
States Must Improve Efforts For Landmine victims
Saturday, 5 December 2009, 11:38 am | United Nations
States must step up efforts to help landmine victims – including women, children and indigenous populations – in especially vulnerable situations, a senior United Nations human rights official has said. More >>
Côte D’ivoire: UN Pitches In On Polio Campaign
Saturday, 5 December 2009, 11:34 am | United Nations
New York, Dec 4 2009 2:10PM United Nations peacekeepers airlifted doctors and vaccines to remote and inaccessible regions of Côte d’Ivoire today as the Government opened its latest campaign to immunize over 6 million children against polio. More >>
Global Challenges Call For Stronger Cooperation
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:30 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General today called for stronger and more innovative cooperation between developing countries, particularly neighbouring States, to tackle global challenges such as poverty, hunger and climate change. More >>
Halt To Demolitions, Evictions In East Jerusalem
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:26 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to the Middle East today reiterated Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call for an immediate end to demolitions, evictions and the instalment of Israeli settlers in Palestinian neighbourhoods, as he visited the Sheikh Jarrah ... More >>
Staffer Killed In Kabul Guest House Attack
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:24 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has confirmed the identity of one of its staff members who was killed along with four other UN workers on 28 October when militants attacked a guest house in Kabul, Afghanistan. More >>
Stevie Wonder Designated UN Messenger Of Peace
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:22 pm | United Nations
United States singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is joining the prestigious roster of United Nations Messengers of Peace to advocate for the Organization’s work, with the artist – blind since birth – championing people with disabilities. More >>
Climate Change:Women Are Major Agents For Progress
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:21 pm | United Nations
Women, among the first victims of climate change and enduring social ills, must also be seen as principal agents for change both in curbing global warming and in attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improve the lot of humankind, ... More >>
UN Disengagement Force On Israeli-Syrian Front
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:20 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for a six-month extension for the 35-year-old United Nations mission observing the ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights, terming its presence “essential” due to overlying regional tensions ... More >>
$6M Needed To Help Tajikistan’s Flood Victims
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:18 pm | United Nations
As temperatures plummet below zero degrees Celsius in southern Tajikistan, the United Nations humanitarian wing today called for $6 million to help victims whose homes were destroyed during spring flooding and mudflows earlier this year. More >>
Thousands In Eastern Chad Threatened By Banditry
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:08 pm | United Nations
Increased banditry, kidnappings of relief workers and attacks on humanitarian compounds in eastern Chad are threatening crucial aid for nearly 100,000 people, many of them refugees or internally displaced persons (IDP), the United Nations reported today. More >>
New Chief Of UN Nuclear Watchdog Takes Up Post
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:06 pm | United Nations
The new chief of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began his four-year term today, voicing his commitment to tackling the many challenges facing the nuclear watchdog, including non-proliferation and nuclear security. More >>
UN Distributes Aid For 200,000 Vulnerable Afghans
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:05 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today began distributing relief items in Kabul as part of a nationwide programme to help some 200,000 vulnerable Afghans survive the upcoming winter. More >>
Defamation No Longer Criminal Offence In Maldives
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:03 pm | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the adoption of a bill by the Parliament of the Maldives to decriminalize defamation, and urged other States to take similar action. More >>
