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Libya And UN Enter Pact To Boost Food Security
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Libya have agreed on a $71 million programme to boost cooperation over the next five years to strengthen food security and sustainable development in the country. More >>
Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today condemned the latest xenophobic attacks that have driven some 3,000 foreigners, including refugees and asylum-seekers from Zimbabwe, from a community in South Africa. More >>
Helping Africa Fully Join World Economy
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:25 am | United Nations
Armed conflict, inadequate infrastructure, weak governance, limited financing and technological abilities, and policies that stifle entrepreneurship, limit competition and raise the cost of doing business are hindering the industrialization that Africa ... More >>
Global ‘Crisis’ Of Road Traffic Deaths
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 12:27 pm | 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 >>
Indonesia’s Quake-Ravaged Health Services
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 12:25 pm | 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 >>
Ensuring Child Rights Still A Challenge
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 12:17 pm | 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 >>
Expert Knows What Copenhagen Failure Could Mean
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 12:10 pm | 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 >>
Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 1:08 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today condemned the latest xenophobic attacks that have driven some 3,000 foreigners, including refugees and asylum-seekers from Zimbabwe, from a community in South Africa. More >>
20th Year Of UN Rights Treaty
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 1:04 pm | 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 >>
All-Female UN Police Unit Serves As Inspiration
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 12:58 pm | United Nations
New York, Nov 20 2009 1:10PM 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 ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Appointment Of New European Leaders
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 12:52 pm | 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 >>
Kenyan Youth Shoot For Peace
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 12:45 pm | 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 >>
Ban Calls For Greater Industrialization In Africa
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 12:41 pm | United Nations
Armed conflict, inadequate infrastructure, weak governance, limited financing and technological abilities, and policies that stifle entrepreneurship, limit competition and raise the cost of doing business are hindering the industrialization that Africa ... More >>
Number Of Poor In Latin America To Rise
Friday, 20 November 2009, 12:32 pm | United Nations
Nine million more people in Latin America will fall into poverty this year due to the global economic crisis, bringing the total number of poor in the region to 189 million, or 34 per cent of the population, according to a United Nations report released ... More >>
More Support Needed For Sri Lanka’s Displaced
Friday, 20 November 2009, 12:09 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations humanitarian official has welcomed the recent releases of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from camps in northern Sri Lanka, and underscored the need to ensure full freedom of movement for those remaining. More >>
UN Official Certain Of Success At Copenhagen
Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:59 am | United Nations
With just 17 days left before the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, a top UN official today predicted success for a framework accord including specific reduction targets from the United States, the only hold-out among industrialized ... More >>
Ban To Focus On Climate Change
Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:16 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is hoping to boost momentum for December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen when he meets with political leaders at the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago next Friday, his ... More >>
Lebanon: UN Force Commander Confers With PM
Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:14 am | United Nations
The military chief of United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon today met separately with Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss the security situation in the south of the country. More >>
UN Congratulates Afghan President On Inauguration
Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:11 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reaffirmed the commitment of the United Nations to support Afghanistan’s progress towards peace, stability and development, as he congratulated Hamid Karzai on his inauguration as President for a second term. More >>
Pulling Developing Countries Out Of Recession
Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:10 am | United Nations
National parliaments are key allies of the United Nations in its efforts to haul the world’s most vulnerable people out of the global economic crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told an international gathering of lawmakers in New York. More >>
