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US HIV Status Entry Restriction Change Praised
Sunday, 1 November 2009, 5:40 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated United States President Barack Obama for announcing that travel restrictions for people living with HIV from entering the country will be removed. More >>
8 Guilty Of War Crimes Transferred To Rwanda
Sunday, 1 November 2009, 5:37 pm | United Nations
Eight men found guilty by a United Nations-backed court of war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's brutal decade-long civil war have been transferred to Rwanda to serve their sentences. More >>
UN Shocked As Displaced Yemenis Come Under Attack
Saturday, 31 October 2009, 11:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency said it is shocked and saddened at reports that an unknown number of displaced Yemeni civilians have been killed and wounded during an exchange of fire in the strife-torn northern part of the country yesterday. More >>
Migiro Bound For Lebanon And Ethiopia
Saturday, 31 October 2009, 11:27 am | United Nations
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro travels to Lebanon and Ethiopia next week to spearhead meetings designed at ensuring that the various United Nations departments, agencies and other components work more effectively together in the Middle East and ... More >>
Commission To Look Into Bloody Guinean Crackdown
Saturday, 31 October 2009, 11:26 am | United Nations
Three prominent jurists will form the international commission of inquiry to probe last month’s violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea that led to the deaths of at least 150 people and the rape of many others, Secretary-General Ban ... More >>
Usain Bolt Kicks Off ‘Long Run’ To Save The Planet
Saturday, 31 October 2009, 11:25 am | United Nations
Jamaican sprinter and Olympic champion Usain Bolt today launched the Long Run Initiative aimed at supporting global ecotourism projects, which the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) says are vital for conserving natural and cultural heritage. More >>
UN Mourns Staff Members Killed In Kabul Attack
Saturday, 31 October 2009, 11:21 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led United Nations staff today in remembering the colleagues who were killed in an attack on a guest house in Kabul earlier this week, as well as hailing all the men and women working for the world body in Afghanistan. More >>
Lebanon: UN & Hizbollah Discuss Recent Rocket Fire
Saturday, 31 October 2009, 11:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations Special Coordinator today met with a senior Hizbollah official to discuss the recent incident in which a rocket was fired from a southern Lebanese village into northern Israel, prompting Israel to return fire. More >>
Cote D'Ivoire: Security Council Extends Sanctions
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:55 am | United Nations
The Security Council today extended the sanctions imposed on Côte d’Ivoire, warning that the situation in the divided West African nation continues to pose a threat to international peace and security for the region. More >>
UN Finds Rockets Aimed At Israel In South Lebanon
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:53 am | United Nations
A day after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged maximum restraint by all sides, United Nations peacekeepers today found four more rockets, three of them set to be fired, in an area of southern Lebanon from which a missile zoomed into Israel on Monday. More >>
UN Expert Concerned Over Zimbawe Torture Reports
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations independent expert on torture today voiced concern over reports of ill treatment in Zimbabwe, 24 hours after his invitation to visit the country was suddenly revoked. More >>
General Assembly Calls For US Cuba Embargo To End
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:50 am | United Nations
The General Assembly has voted for the 18th consecutive year to condemn the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba for the past half century and called for it to be lifted. More >>
Ban Calls For Scaled-Up Funding To Ensure Peace
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:48 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged international donors to step up funding of recovery and development efforts in countries emerging from violent conflict to give these nations hope of a durable peace. More >>
Assassination Attempt On Somali President - UN
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:46 am | United Nations
Two recent attempts to kill Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed are assassination attacks on all Somalis, the top United Nations official for the strife-torn country said today. More >>
UN Body Overseeing World's Great Heritage Sites
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:44 am | United Nations
The United Nations body that seeks to preserve internationally renowned cultural and natural sites around the world, from the pyramids of Egypt to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, has elected 12 new members as the number of sites already inscribed ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Must Re-Think Trade-Led Development
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:41 am | United Nations
Asia-Pacific exports are on the upswing, but the region must use trade to create jobs and alleviate poverty, according to a new United Nations report. More >>
UN Reparations Panel For Kuwait Invasion Pays Out
Friday, 30 October 2009, 9:40 am | United Nations
The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses due to Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, today made $610 million available to 10 successful claimants. More >>
Tanzanian Farmers to Receive UN Aid
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 4:30 pm | United Nations
A new United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( http://www.fao.org/) scheme will help Tanzanian farmers expand their access to markets and ultimately bolster their food security. The nearly $3 million project, funded by Germany, aims to help ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon: Jerusalem Must Be Capital
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 4:15 pm | United Nations
Jerusalem must be the capital of two States – Israel and Palestine – living side-by-side in peace and security, with arrangements for the holy sites acceptable to all, if peace in the Middle East is to be achieved, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned ... More >>
UN Seeking More Funds to Aid Somalian Gov't
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 3:50 pm | United Nations
The United Nations will be seeking more funds for Somalia for both security and social services, the top United Nations political officer said today, citing a sense that progress is being made in a country devastated by factional fighting and without ... More >>
