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Swiss Ban On Minarets ‘Clearly Discriminatory’
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 6:01 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief spoke out today against the Swiss ban on the building of new minarets, calling it a discriminatory and deeply divisive step which risks putting the county on a “collision course” with its international rights ... More >>
Arms Embargo And Sanctions In DR Congo
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:29 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today extended and expanded the arms embargo and related sanctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which have been in place since 2003, for another year. More >>
Concert To Voice Solidarity With Palestinians
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:28 pm | United Nations
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is being observed today at United Nations Headquarters in New York with a special commemorative meeting, a new photographic exhibition and a concert by Maqamat, an orchestra of the Edward ... More >>
UN Budget Moving Out of the Red
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:27 pm | United Nations
The renovation of United Nations Headquarters in New York is now only $90 million over its $1.876 billion budget compared with $219 million two years ago, with a good chance of returning to the black, while being on schedule for completion by late ... More >>
Trees In Côte D’ivoire To Fight Climate Change
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:26 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers planted nearly 600 trees in a botanical garden in Côte d’Ivoire over the weekend, a small but symbolic step in a project to combat climate change that has already surpassed its target of 7 billion trees – one for every ... More >>
UN To Release ‘Hard Rain’ Film With Bob Dylan
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:25 pm | United Nations
Just a week before the United Nations climate change conference begins in Copenhagen, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today it will help release a rare live recording of Bob Dylan performing his 1962 song-poem A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall ... More >>
Stability In Darfur Concern Senior UN Official
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:23 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations peacekeeping official today voiced “extreme” concern over the fate of two abducted staff members of the joint UN-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID), warning that the security situation on the war-ravaged western ... More >>
Ban Mourns Victims Of Russian Train Bombing
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:22 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced the hope today that investigations will shed more light on the circumstances behind the bombing of a Russian train that killed 25 people on Friday night, and injured scores more. More >>
Guidelines For Treatment Of HIV/AIDS
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:21 pm | United Nations
On the eve of World AIDS Day, the United Nations today issued new recommendations for fighting the pandemic, calling for an earlier start to treatment for adults and adolescents, as well as urging HIV-positive mothers and their infants to take antiretroviral ... More >>
$7 Billion Appeal For Humanitarian Work Next Year
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:20 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today appealed for more than $7.1 billion over the coming year to assist 48 million people across 25 countries whose lives have been wrecked by conflict and natural disasters, with the largest amount – over $1 billion – sought ... More >>
Assessment Of Oil-Contaminated Region In Nigeria
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:19 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched an assessment of the impact of contamination from oil across the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, which has been plagued by local unrest and ecological damage in recent years. More >>
Somalia: Action Against Pirates For Another Year
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:18 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today renewed for another 12 months the authorization for States and regional organizations fighting piracy off the Somali coast to enter the strife-torn country’s territorial waters and “undertake all necessary measures that are appro More >>
Cattle Plague To Be Purged Within 18 Months
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:18 pm | United Nations
A deadly and highly infectious animal disease which affects cattle and other hoofed livestock is set to be only the second virus in history, behind small pox in 1980, to be eliminated from the face of the Earth, the United Nations Food and Agricultural ... More >>
‘Widespread’ Violence Against Afghan Women
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:17 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today called on all Afghans to take part in a 16-day campaign to end violence against women and girls, which it described as a “widespread and deeply rooted” problem in the country. More >>
Laos: Marginalizing the Religious Minorities
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:16 pm | United Nations
Religious minorities in Laos remain isolated with little access to higher education, few opportunities for job promotions in the public sector and effective exclusion from decision-making processes, an independent United Nations human rights expert ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Leading Global Economic Recovery
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:15 pm | United Nations
A year-end update released today by the United Nations regional arm in Asia and the Pacific shows that the region is leading the global economic recovery, with the growth rate in 2010 forecast at 6.3 per cent – the highest in the world. More >>
Swiss Minaret Ban Discriminates Against Muslims
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 1:14 pm | United Nations
An independent United Nations expert on religious freedom today voiced regret at the Swiss vote to ban the construction of new minarets, stating that such a prohibition clearly discriminates against Muslims. More >>
The Importance Of Creating A Palestinian State
Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:43 pm | United Nations
Voicing deep concern that talks between Israel and the Palestinians have stalled for nearly a year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of creating the right conditions so that the two sides have sufficient trust in each ... More >>
States Must Ensure Climate Change Deal Has Support
Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:41 pm | United Nations
Holding out for a 'perfect' deal at next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen could result in there being no agreement at all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today, calling on all States to get behind a deal that is as ambitious as possible ... More >>
Afghan Conference Will Help Promote Dialogue
Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:39 pm | United Nations
The international conference on Afghanistan that will be staged in London early next year provides "a very timely" opportunity to discuss the country's agenda in the wake of its recent presidential elections, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
