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Seven New Members Of Advisory Group Of UN
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:31 am | United Nations
A Finnish humanitarian official and the founder of a Polish non-governmental organization (NGO) are among the seven new members of the group of advisers, announced by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today, for the United Nations emergency relief fund. More >>
Food Enters Gaza Through Crossings
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:30 am | United Nations
Food and animal feed have entered Gaza from Israel in recent days, but the Nahal Oz fuel pipeline remains closed, the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) has reported. More >>
Campaign To Vaccinate Against Measles And Rubella
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:29 am | United Nations
Two United Nations agencies are backing a two-week nationwide campaign by health authorities in Tajikistan to immunize an estimated 2.5 million children in the mountainous, landlocked Central Asian country against measles and rubella. More >>
Cypriots To Focus On Unification Issues
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:28 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations official charged with steering negotiations between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders in their talks on unification of the Mediterranean island today urged the people of Cyprus to concentrate on the issues at hand in the ... More >>
Inter-Ethnic Violence In Southern Sudan
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:27 am | United Nations
Significant challenges remain to the return of displaced people in southern Sudan following the 2005 peace accord between the Government and separatists, particularly this year’s inter-ethnic violence, a senior United Nations refugee official warned ... More >>
Lebanon On Ceasefire With Israel
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:26 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today conferred with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on the need for a longer-term ceasefire in the south of the country, where Israel and Hizbollah fought a 34-day war in 2006. More >>
Investing In Green Energy Initiatives
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:26 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged business leaders and governments to invest in green energy schemes that move economies away from carbon-intensive energy strategies, on the first day of a United Nations-backed renewable energy conference in Mexico. More >>
UN Convenes World Tourism Leaders
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:25 am | United Nations
Some 360 delegates from 112 countries are meeting under United Nations auspices in Astana, Kazakhstan, to determine how the tourism industry can surmount the decline brought on by the economic crisis while responding to the twin challenges of climate ... More >>
Decree Imposing Press Restrictions In Honduras
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:24 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today welcomed the decision by the de facto authorities in Honduras to lift an emergency decree imposing restrictions on freedom of expression in the wake of the surprised return ... More >>
Online Training Course To Fight Terrorism
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations crime-fighting agency and its partners have launched a six-week online training course to provide Member States with crucial technical assistance for strengthening judicial and police cooperation against terrorism. More >>
Nature’s Help In The War On Climate Change
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:22 am | United Nations
Humankind is undermining a crucial natural ally in the battle against climate change through its activities in the world’s oceans and marine ecosystems, such as seagrasses, salt marshes and coastal wetlands, according to the United Nations Environmental ... More >>
Over 3,000 Samoans Left Homeless
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 10:21 am | United Nations
A week after a powerful earthquake in the Pacific Ocean triggered a series of tsunamis that devastated a chain of islands in the region, the United Nations today reported that thousands remain homeless and warned against the heightened risk of outbreaks ... More >>
Immunizing Rwandan Children Against Measles
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 6:19 pm | United Nations
The third Mother and Child Health Week, backed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has kicked off in Rwanda with a twist, with the campaign immunizing children against measles for the first time in the African Great Lakes nation. More >>
Rwandan Genocide Court Nets Another Fugitive
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 6:18 pm | United Nations
A former senior Rwandan military officer indicted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for his role in the 1994 genocide in the tiny Central African country was handed over to the court today after being on the run for nearly nine years – the ... More >>
Mobile Communication Subscriptions Soar To 4.6M
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 6:17 pm | United Nations
The rapidly growing information and communications technology (ICT) industry is set to see mobile subscriptions reach 4.6 billion worldwide by the end of the year, according to figures released by the United Nations telecommunications arm today. More >>
Somali Government Must ‘Stay The Course’
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 6:16 pm | United Nations
While the Somali Government continues to face a number of challenges, it has made some encouraging progress in the political and security fields and deserves the continued support of its international partners, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says. More >>
UN Appeals For $74 Million To Help Flood Victims
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 6:15 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today launched an appeal for $74 million to help 1 million flood-stricken people in the Philippines – which has been hit by massive back-to-back storms – for the next six months. More >>
Steps To Save Millions Of Children
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 6:14 pm | United Nations
Scores of millions of children worldwide are subject to trafficking, sexual abuse or child labour, lack parental care or documents needed to access schools and health care, or face violence in their homes, schools or communities, according to a new ... More >>
Indian Ocean Nations TestTsunami Warning System
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 6:12 pm | United Nations
Eighteen countries around the Indian Ocean Rim will participate in a United Nations-backed tsunami exercise on 14 October to coincide with World Disaster Reduction Day, the first time that the warning system set up following the devastating disaster that ... More >>
Iraq: Top UN Envoy Discusses Upcoming Polls
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 6:10 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Iraq has discussed next January’s Iraqi elections with Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Al-Sistani and other senior religious officials in the holy city of Najaf. During the talks on 4 October, both Ad Melkert, the Secretary-General’s ... More >>
