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More Explosions Reported In Southern Lebanon
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:23 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has launched an investigation into explosions that occurred during the weekend in the southern part of the country, the second incident of its kind in less than a week. More >>
ICC Opens Confirmation Hearing On War Crimes
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:22 pm | United Nations
The ICC today began a hearing into whether to confirm war crimes charges against a rebel leader accused of having directed the deadly September 2007 attack against peacekeepers in the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur. More >>
Mia Farrow Visits Bomb-Blasted Children In Gaza
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:21 pm | United Nations
United Nations (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow ended a six-day mission to the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel over the weekend, in which she focused on the suffering of children traumatized by conflict. More >>
Guinea: International Probe Into Deadly Crackdown
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:18 pm | United Nations
Plans moved ahead today for an international commission of inquiry into last month’s violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea, in which at least 150 people were killed and many others raped, as a senior United Nations political official ... More >>
Chadian-Sudanese Tensions
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:18 pm | United Nations
Continuing tensions between Chad and Sudan have stalled regional peace efforts, prolonging the humanitarian crisis in both nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report made public today. More >>
UN To Attend African Refugee Summit In Ugand
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:17 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations humanitarian official is leaving for Uganda today on a five-day visit during which he will attend an African Union (AU) summit on refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and tour areas of the country where nearly 2 million people ... More >>
UN Chief Deplores Deadly Terrorist Attack In Iran
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:16 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 19 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned yesterday’s deadly terrorist attacks in Iran which killed dozens of people and injured many more. More >>
Group’s Efforts To Rid Afghanistan Of Mines
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:15 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised a humanitarian organization committed to eradicating landmines worldwide for its efforts to turn minefields into agricultural land in Afghanistan. More >>
Latest Military Offensive In North-West Pakistan
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:14 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies and their partners are providing assistance in north-west Pakistan, where the Government estimates that over 100,000 people have already been displaced by the latest military offensive against militants and the number could ... More >>
Copenhagen Climate Summit Kicks Off Soon
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:14 pm | United Nations
Negotiators and experts from Africa, the continent most vulnerable to global warming, have converged in Ethiopia for their last United Nations-backed meeting before December’s summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, where nations are set to conclude negotiations on ... More >>
Saving Jobs In Economic Crisis
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:13 pm | United Nations
High-level delegates from 22 countries are taking part in a United Nations-backed three-day Arab Employment Forum in Beirut to consider ways of sustaining jobs and extending social protection in the face of the global economic crisis. More >>
Rapes And Attacks Continue In Eastern DR Congo
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:11 pm | United Nations
Night-time attacks on civilians and rape by armed men remain widespread in a strife-torn region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where nearly 5,400 cases of rape were reported in the first six months of the year, United Nations officials ... More >>
African Union Operation In Darfur Voices Concern
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:10 pm | United Nations
The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today voiced grave concern over a significant surge in the number of Government and rebel troops in the war-ravaged western region of Sudan. More >>
International Talks On Iran’s Nuclear Fuel
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:08 pm | United Nations
Representatives from France, Iran, Russia and the United States are gathering at the Vienna headquarters of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to discuss how to provide fuel for a nuclear research facility in Iran. More >>
Afghanistan: Findings On Vote Fraud
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 12:07 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-backed panel probing allegations of irregularities in the recent Afghan elections today submitted its findings to the national electoral body, which will now determine whether or not President Hamid Karzai received more than 50 per ... More >>
UN Agency Feed Timorese Schoolchildren
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 11:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed additional support that will enable thousands of children in Timor-Leste to receive meals while attending school. More >>
Lake Chad Could Trigger Humanitarian Disaster
Saturday, 17 October 2009, 11:32 am | United Nations
Lake Chad, once one of the world’s largest water bodies, could disappear in 20 years due to climate change and population pressures, resulting in a humanitarian disaster in central Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ... More >>
ICC Looking Into Recent Events In Guinea
Saturday, 17 October 2009, 11:30 am | United Nations
The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed today that its prosecutor is looking into last month’s events in Guinea, where at least 150 people were killed when security forces opened fire on an opposition rally. More >>
Non-Permanent Security Council Seats
Saturday, 17 October 2009, 11:27 am | United Nations
The General Assembly is expected to elect Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Liberia and Nigeria as non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms starting on 1 January next year. More >>
Victims Of Human Trafficking
Saturday, 17 October 2009, 11:19 am | United Nations
Sports can play a significant role in helping victims of human trafficking overcome their trauma, a senior United Nations official said today. More >>
