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Failure On Climate Change Not An Option
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:29 am | United Nations
Climate change presents a choice between sustainable economic growth and turmoil, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told business leaders today, stressing that failure to ‘seal the deal’ on an ambitious new agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions ... More >>
UN Treaty On Maritime Goods Transportation
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:28 am | United Nations
A new United Nations treaty governing the movement of commercial cargo by sea is slated to be signed on Wednesday in Rotterdam, UN spokesperson Michele Montas announced today. More >>
Somalia’s Partners Must Do More To Foster Peace
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:28 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official has called on the international community to do more to plant seeds of durable peace in Somalia, while paying tribute to the African Union peacekeepers who last week gave their lives while supporting the people of ... More >>
Rwandan Genocide Indictee Goes To Criminal Court
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:27 am | United Nations
A high-level Rwandan rebel indicted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for his role in the 1994 genocide in the tiny Central African country has been handed over to the court after being arrested in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of ... More >>
Advances Threaten Intellectual Property Rights
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:26 am | United Nations
With advances in digital technology playing into the hands of intellectual pirates, the head of the United Nations agency entrusted with protecting copyrights, patents and trademarks today called for a “global consultation” on how to finance culture ... More >>
Deadly Attack On Village In Southern Sudan
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:25 am | United Nations
United Nations officials in Sudan have strongly condemned a deadly attack at the weekend on a village in the south of the country that has claimed dozens of lives and is the latest in a series of ethnically-based attacks against civilians that ... More >>
Talks Between Sec-Gen And Pakistani Leader
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:24 am | United Nations
Humanitarian conditions in north-western Pakistan, the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan and the inquiry into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto topped the agenda during talks between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Pakistani ... More >>
Ban Vows Support For Palestinian Efforts
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:23 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his strong support for Palestinian efforts to complete the building of state institutions in two years, and pledged the full assistance of the United Nations towards this goal. More >>
Social, Political Factors Driving AIDS Pandemic
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:22 am | United Nations
Violence against women, the transition from war to peace and the criminalization of drug use and homosexuality are among the political, economic and social factors driving the HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to a United Nations-backed report released ... More >>
Queen Rania of Jordan Joins UNICEF
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:21 am | United Nations
Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan has visited a girls’ school in New York to shine the spotlight on the crucial role that quality education plays in improving children’s lives, in her official role with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). More >>
Concerns As France Dismantles Migrant Camp
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has appealed to French authorities to consider the protection needs of individuals who had been staying in a makeshift camp in the northern city of Calais which the Government began to dismantle today. More >>
Final Round Of Voting For Next UNESCO Chief
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:19 am | United Nations
A fifth and final round of voting will take place later today to determine which of the remaining two candidates will be selected as the next Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Agency (UNESCO). More >>
Darfur Refugees In Chad Set To Move Away
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:18 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today welcomed the decision to move a makeshift camp in eastern Chad, which shelters 28,000 people driven from their homes in neighbouring Darfur, further away from the volatile border area with Sudan. More >>
Campaign Reaches Goal Of Seven Billion New Trees
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:17 am | United Nations
The campaign to plant seven billion new trees in a bid to push governments into reaching agreement on a climate change pact in Copenhagen this December has achieved its goal, the United Nations announced today. More >>
New UN Advocate On Inclusive Finance
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:14 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named Princess Máxima of the Netherlands has his new Special Advocate on Inclusive Finance, which he said can spur poverty reduction and advance development. More >>
Ban: World Leaders Take Action On Climate Change
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:13 am | United Nations
With the clock ticking towards this December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pressed world leaders gathered at the United Nations to speed up their action on global warming and preserve the planet ... More >>
Fighting Resumes In Yemen
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:10 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today renewed its appeal to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians displaced and stranded by fighting in northern Yemen, where clashes renewed over the weekend despite an announced two-week suspension of military ... More >>
100 World Leaders Gather At The UN
Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 11:07 am | United Nations
Nearly 100 heads of State and Government are converging on United Nations Headquarters today for a climate change summit convened by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the largest gathering ever on the issue. More >>
Terrible Year For Children In Armed Conflict
Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 11:58 am | United Nations
It has been a terrible year for children living in situations of armed conflict around the world, the top United Nations official dealing with the issue said today, stressing the need for the international community to address impunity and hold perpetrators ... More >>
$200 Million Set To Benefit Poor Farmers
Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 11:57 am | United Nations
Efforts to help smallholder farmers in over a dozen impoverished areas adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions today received a boost of more than $200 million from the United Nations agency working to help the rural poor increase their ... More >>
