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Ability To Solve Major Global Problems
Friday, 25 September 2009, 11:59 am | United Nations
The current global challenges – ranging from conflicts to climate change – have demonstrated the need for collective international action, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the General Assembly today, stressing that there is no alternative ... More >>
Food Shortage Threatens Nearly 400,000 People
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:43 pm | United Nations
Some 390,000 people in Tajikistan, about 9 per cent of the rural population, face severe food shortages due to both chronic vulnerability and the impact of this spring’s floods, the United Nations reported today. More >>
Only One Way To Overcome Honduran Crisis – UN
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:42 pm | United Nations
The United Nations system in Honduras has called for the urgent establishment of a constructive and transparent dialogue to overcome the current political crisis facing the country, which earlier this week witnessed the return to the capital of ... More >>
China Stresses Need For Mutual Cooperation
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:42 pm | United Nations
Chinese President Hu Jintao called for greater multilateralism and cooperation in international relations in his speech today before world leaders gathered for the annual high-level debate at the General Assembly. More >>
African States Need To Move Faster On Development
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:40 pm | United Nations
The countries of sub-Saharan Africa have spent too long “wandering in the desert of under-development” and need to take faster steps towards building infrastructure and modernizing their economies, the President of Uganda told the opening of the ... More >>
Tell World Leaders How To Save The Planet
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:40 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today harnessed the powers of cyberspace to enable the ordinary global citizen to join the scores of presidents, kings and other leaders now gathered at the General Assembly in proposing solutions for the planet’s problems. More >>
UN Voices Hope For Stability In Guinea-Bissau
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:39 pm | United Nations
A window of opportunity exists to consolidate peace in Guinea-Bissau, a senior official reported to the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). More >>
Disarmament Can Boost Trust Among Nations
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:38 pm | United Nations
Disarmament can serve to boost trust and understanding among the world’s nations, the leader of Turkmenistan told the General Assembly today, emphasizing that there can be no return to a Cold War-style global structure under which armament build-up ... More >>
Urgent Resources Needed To Feed Ethiopians
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:37 pm | United Nations
A lack of resources for emergency relief efforts in Ethiopia threatens to cut off food aid delivery to the most vulnerable people in the coming days, the United Nations humanitarian arm warned today. More >>
Children Associated With Ugandan Rebels
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:36 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to work with the United Nations for the immediate release of all children associated with the Ugandan rebel group that is notorious for its abduction and use of child soldiers. More >>
Humanitarian Crisis Worsens In North Yemen
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:35 pm | United Nations
The humanitarian crisis in northern Yemen, where 150,000 people have been driven from their homes by fighting between Government and rebel forces, continues to worsen, with the lack of drinking water posing a particularly serious concern, the United ... More >>
UN-Backed Tribunal For Rwandan Genocide
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:34 pm | United Nations
The trial of a former senior Rwandan Government official accused of committing genocide got underway today at the United Nations war crimes tribunal established in the wake of the mass killings that engulfed the small Central African nation in 1994. More >>
Multilateralism The Only Way Forward
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:34 pm | United Nations
Multilateralism is the only practical method for tackling major international problems and the United Nations offers the most legitimate forum for ensuring countries take meaningful global action, the President of the General Assembly said today as he ... More >>
Latest Deadly Attack In Southern Sudan
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:33 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the weekend attack in southern Sudan in which more than 100 people were reportedly killed, the latest in a string of ethnically-based incidents in the region. More >>
Renewed Fighting In Darfur
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:32 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep concern at an upsurge in fighting between Sudanese Government forces and rebels in the war-scarred region of Darfur and urged both sides to cease hostilities and turn to the negotiating table. More >>
Darfur: Abducted Staff From UN-African Union
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:31 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he remains gravely concerned that two civilian staff members with the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur have still not been released, nearly four weeks after they were abducted from their ... More >>
Secretary-General Set To Urge Unity
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:30 pm | United Nations
The world’s most pressing challenges, from climate change to disarmament to the fight against poverty, can only be solved when countries unite through the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will tell global leaders on Wednesday morning ... More >>
Dynamism On Climate Change
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:33 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended the world leaders who addressed the opening of today’s United Nations climate change gathering – including the leaders of the United States, China, Japan and the Maldives – for displaying “energy and ... More >>
Children Have A Say In Climate Change Moves
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:31 am | United Nations
As negotiations wind down for a new climate change agreement to be reached in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the end of the year, the United Nations is continuing its push to ensure that the voices and needs of children – among the most vulnerable to global warming ... More >>
US Leaders Hold Wide-Ranging Talks At UN
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:30 am | United Nations
The new President of the General Assembly, Ali Treki, held wide-ranging talks with United States President Barack Obama today, broaching peace and security, climate change, the Middle East conflict, the Darfur conflict in Sudan, disarmament and African ... More >>
