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UN-African Union Efforts In Darfur – Ban
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 12:28 pm | United Nations
Increased threats to international staff in Darfur, including “extremely alarming” kidnappings, ongoing military action by Chad, Sudan and rebels, and Government limits on peacekeepers’ movements continue to hamper efforts to stabilize the Sudanese ... More >>
UN Staffer’s Remains Found In Lebanon
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 12:26 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his sympathies to the family of Alec Collett, a staff member of the United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees who disappeared 24 years ago and whose remains have now been found in Lebanon. More >>
Shift In UN-Korean Relations
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 12:26 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Republic of Korea signed plans today for a new policy centre and trust fund, marking a shift in their 40-year partnership to reflect the country’s status as an emerging donor to development. More >>
Sri Lanka: Releases Of Displaced From Camps
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 12:25 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations humanitarian official, who just returned from a three-day visit to Sri Lanka, today praised the swift discharge in recent weeks of many of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had been confined to makeshift camps ... More >>
Access To Civilians Displaced By Yemen Conflict
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 12:24 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies and their partners are continuing to assist civilians uprooted by fighting in northern Yemen, but warned today that access to internally displaced persons (IDPs) that are not staying in camps is still a concern. More >>
Demobilization Process Begins In North Darfur
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 12:23 pm | United Nations
Over 150 ex-combatants who once fought for armed militia in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region participated today in a United Nations-backed demobilization and reintegration programme which aims to ease the return of former soldiers to their communities. More >>
ICC Trial Of Two Former Congolese Leaders Opens
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 12:22 pm | United Nations
The trial against two former Congolese rebel leaders for crimes allegedly committed by their militias in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2003 is set to begin tomorrow in The Hague at the International Criminal Court. More >>
Number Of Researchers Rising Globally
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 12:19 pm | United Nations
Although the number of researchers working in developing countries over the last five years has increased by 50 per cent, women only occupy a very small percentage of these positions in some regions, according to a United Nations Educational, Scientific ... More >>
Fight Intolerance And Develop Social Inclusiveness
Monday, 23 November 2009, 10:38 am | United Nations
NEW YORK, November 18th 2009 - The award winners of PLURAL+, the international youth-produced video festival on migration, identity and diversity, will be announced at a gala event on 18 December 2010 in New York. More >>
Sudan: Agreement To End Use Of Child Soldiers
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:47 am | United Nations
A top United Nations human rights official today welcomed a deal agreed by a former rebel group in southern Sudan to end the use of child soldiers among its ranks, while warning of the threat posed to children by various armed militia operating in the ... More >>
Easing Of Restrictions On Sri Lankans In Camps
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:46 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the Government decision to allow greater freedom of movement to Sri Lankans sheltering in makeshift camps in the north of the country. More >>
What Copenhagen Failure Could Entail
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:45 am | United Nations
Among those keeping a close eye on the outcome of next month’s climate summit in Copenhagen is the head of the United Nations body dealing with disaster risk reduction, who has seen first-hand the devastation wrought by increasingly frequent and severe ... More >>
UN Body Suggests Ways To Enhance Senior Lives
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:44 am | United Nations
The number of elderly people in Europe is on the rise and responding to their changing needs is one of the biggest challenges that governments have to face this century, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) said today. More >>
Global ‘Crisis’ Of Road Traffic Deaths
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:43 am | United Nations
With traffic accidents causing the deaths of more than one million people every year, more than malaria or diabetes, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged greater efforts to better protect the millions upon millions who travel the world’s roads every ... More >>
Ensuring Child Rights Still A Challenge
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:42 am | United Nations
The Convention on the Rights of the Child has become the most widely accepted human rights treaty in history, but 20 years after its adoption, much more remains to be done to turn its promises into reality for millions worldwide, top United Nations ... More >>
Indonesia’s Quake-Ravaged Health Services – UN
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:40 am | United Nations
Hospitals, clinics and other health services for thousands of Indonesians need urgent aid after two earthquakes ravaged west Sumatra in September, with the goal of enabling them to better withstand future emergencies, the United Nations health agency said ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Appointment Of New European Leaders
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:39 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced the hope for increased cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations following the appointment of Herman van Rompuy as the first EU President and Catherine Ashton as EU High Representative for ... More >>
India’s All-Female UN Police Unit
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:37 am | United Nations
Liberian girls and women should draw inspiration from the all-female Indian police unit serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to join law enforcement agencies in the service of their own nation, the top UN official in the West African ... More >>
Palestinian Children Mark Year Of UN Rights Treaty
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:32 am | United Nations
Tens of thousands of Palestinian refugee children in United Nations schools in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria have been clicking away with flip cams to create the region’s first ever online video yearbook to mark the 20th anniversary ... More >>
Football: Kenyan Youth Shoot For Peace
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:30 am | United Nations
More than 2,000 Kenyan youths from across Nairobi, the capital, will kick off a multi-ethnic football tournament this weekend to score goals in a United Nations-backed bid to use the power of sport to promote reconciliation after last year’s deadly inter-communal ... More >>
