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Filipino Children Hit By Storm
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 8:42 pm | United Nations
As the rising death toll from the tropical storm that struck the Philippines over the weekend climbs to 240 people, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today announced it has rushed emergency relief supplies to the value of $143,000 to the ... More >>
Recent Coup Oppresses Honduran People
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 8:40 pm | United Nations
With a “dictatorship” having taken over Honduras, the recent coup d’état is oppressing the people of the Latin American nation, ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya has told the General Assembly, calling for the assistance of the United Nations ... More >>
Gaza: Accountability For War Crimes Urged
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 8:38 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations fact finding mission into the Gaza conflict today urged an end to impunity for human rights violations committed there earlier this year, given evidence that both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants are guilty ... More >>
Darfur: Attack Resulting In Death Of Peacekeeper
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 8:37 pm | United Nations
The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today strongly condemned the attack on one of its convoys that resulted in the death of a peacekeeper, and appealed to Sudanese authorities to ensure that those responsible are held to account. ... More >>
Israel Must Seize Opportunity For Peace
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 4:56 pm | United Nations
The moment has come for Israel to take action to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East, Arab nations told the General Assembly’s high-level debate today, calling for an immediate end to settlement activity. More >>
Fugitive Rwandan Ex-Mayor Goes On Trial
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 4:55 pm | United Nations
A former Rwandan mayor, who had been on the run for eight years, went on trial today at a United Nations war crimes tribunal on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in the 1994 massacres in the small Central African nation More >>
Sudan: Renewed Tribal Clashes In South
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 4:54 pm | United Nations
The upsurge in tribal fighting in southern Sudan this year threatens the stability not just of the country but the entire region, a senior Sudanese official told the General Assembly today, calling for greater commitment from the international community ... More >>
US Must Translate Words Into Action
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 4:53 pm | United Nations
Cuba’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly today that it is still waiting for the global optimism generated by the new United States administration to be translated into action, calling for an end to the decades-long embargo against the Caribbean ... More >>
More Efforts Needed To Promote Rights Of Youth
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 4:52 pm | United Nations
Calling for 2010 to be proclaimed the International Year of the Youth, Tunisia’s Foreign Minister today urged the United Nations and its Member States to boost their efforts to ensure that young people do not feel marginalized and become attracted ... More >>
Take A Harder Line Against Coups D’état
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 4:52 pm | United Nations
Governments that come to power through coups d’état should be banned from participating in all United Nations institutions, Namibia’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly today, urging Member States to take a tougher line against undemocratic ... More >>
Efforts To Stamp Out Drug Trafficking
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 4:51 pm | United Nations
Labeling illicit drug trafficking, with its ties to terrorism and other criminal activities, as a “transnational threat,” a senior Peruvian official called for a renewed fight against the drug trade at the General Assembly’s annual high-level ... More >>
Sanctions Against Myanmar ‘Unjust'
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 4:50 pm | United Nations
Sanctions imposed on Myanmar have no moral basis and create an obstacle to development and economic growth, the South East Asian country’s Prime Minister told the General Assembly today as he called for an end to the measures. More >>
UN Efforts To Help Vulnerable Pakistanis
Monday, 28 September 2009, 1:50 pm | United Nations
Saudi Arabia has made a $100 million pledge to help the humanitarian efforts of the United Nations and its partners in Pakistan, where more than 1 million people have yet to return to their homes after being uprooted by violence between Government ... More >>
Swiss Leader Stresses Importance Of UN
Monday, 28 September 2009, 1:47 pm | United Nations
Switzerland today called for the United Nations to play a greater role in discussing the biggest global issues such as the recent financial crisis, warning that the bloc of major economies known as the Group of Twenty (G-20) lacked legitimacy as a forum ... More >>
Japan Will Play Bridging Role In Global Affairs
Monday, 28 September 2009, 1:46 pm | United Nations
Freshly-elected Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan told the General Assembly’s high-level debate today that the East Asian nation will embark upon a new path and act as a “bridge” in addressing global challenges, including climate change and ... More >>
UN Reaches Out At Police Conference
Monday, 28 September 2009, 1:45 pm | United Nations
Female police officers serving in United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world have taken part in a training conference this week as part of the world body’s ongoing efforts to try to recruit more females to the ranks of its police. More >>
Financial Crisis Eroding Development Gains
Monday, 28 September 2009, 1:44 pm | United Nations
The current worldwide recession is jeopardizing strides made toward reaching development targets, African leaders told the General Assembly today, calling for imbalances in the global trade system to be rectified to ensure that developing nations can ... More >>
Containing The Iranian Nuclear Threat
Monday, 28 September 2009, 1:43 pm | United Nations
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel today exhorted the United Nations to ensure that Iran, whose leader he described as a “Holocaust denier,” never acquires nuclear weapons. More >>
Revolution Is Sweeping Latin America
Monday, 28 September 2009, 1:42 pm | United Nations
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are undergoing a revolution that is “comprehensive and necessary” after years of accumulated suffering by millions of people across the region, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez told the General Assembly ... More >>
UN Malaria Eradication Targets
Monday, 28 September 2009, 1:42 pm | United Nations
African leaders are at the forefront of a landmark initiative to protect all those at risk from malaria with life-saving interventions by the end of 2010, the United Nations Envoy for efforts to defeat the deadly disease says. More >>
