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Kenya: Potential For Floods Due To El Niño
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:36 am | United Nations
The United Nations is helping Kenya prepare to mitigate the impact of potentially lethal torrential rains anticipated for the last three months of the year due to the El Niño weather pattern. More >>
Cyprus Leaders Discuss Executive Of United Country
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:35 am | United Nations
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders today discussed issues related to the election of the president and vice president of a united republic as they continued United Nations-backed talks on unifying the Mediterranean island. More >>
40th Anniversary OfAfrican Refugee Convention
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:34 am | United Nations
Today marks the 40th anniversary of an African refugee convention, which the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) hails as “groundbreaking” for having paved the way for millions on the continent to receive protection and assistance. More >>
Pakistan: Getting Children Back To School
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:32 am | United Nations
A shortfall of around $20 million in educational funding is hampering efforts to get Pakistani children back to school in the aftermath of the mass exodus in the north-west of the country during the recent conflict in the area, the United Nations ... More >>
Dangerous Radioactive Sources Removed From Lebanon
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:31 am | United Nations
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has safely removed powerful radioactive sources out of Lebanon, including Cobalt-60, a single source of which is enough to kill a person within minutes if directly exposed. More >>
Number Of Deaths Of Children Under Five Dropping
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:31 am | United Nations
The number of children dying before their fifth birthday has decreased steadily over the past few years and fell to under 9 million in 2008, thanks in part to greater use of health interventions such as vaccinations and insecticide-treated bednets ... More >>
Carbon Credit Scheme: Action On Climate Change
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:29 am | United Nations
A United Nations-backed gathering on how to scale up a carbon credit system wrapped up today, with participants agreeing that the mechanism can help contribute to a successful outcome at this December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen, ... More >>
Haiti Advancing Towards Stability
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:28 am | United Nations
Haiti has “a remarkable opportunity” to overcome decades of misrule and neglect, but major hurdles remain and the international community must step up its support to ensure the Caribbean country can consolidate its gains, the United Nations Special ... More >>
UN Urges Donors To Boost Aid To Poor Countries
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:27 am | United Nations
Facing possible shortfalls in funding due to the global economic crisis, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today called on donors to “continue, and ideally boost, their current commitments” to help the agency pull the world’s developing ... More >>
Low-Carbon Industrial Future For Asia
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:26 am | United Nations
Some 1,000 participants kicked off a United Nations-backed conference in Manila today focusing on the transition of Asian economies to a more resource-efficient and low-carbon pattern of industrial development. More >>
Laura Bush In An Effort To Boost Global Literacy
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:25 am | United Nations
Former United States First Lady Laura Bush has added her voice to a chorus of United Nations officials underscoring the importance of bolstering global efforts to increase the number of people who can read and write around the world. More >>
UN Backs Kenyan Appeal For $81 Million
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:24 am | United Nations
Kenya launched an appeal for $81 million to fund efforts halting the degradation of its Mau Forests Complex, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today. More >>
Circumcision Cost-Effective Means To Prevent HIV
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:22 am | United Nations
Male circumcision is a cost-effective means to prevent the spread of HIV, according to a new United Nations-backed report, which found that one HIV infection could be averted for every five to 15 procedures performed on heterosexual men. More >>
Killing Of Journalist In El Salvador
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:20 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today condemned the killing of a Franco-Spanish journalist and documentary film-maker in El Salvador. More >>
Iraq: UN Mission Backs Voter Registration Efforts
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:18 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations mission in Iraq has welcomed what he described as growing confidence in the electoral process there, and given his backing to the voter registration process, in preparation for parliamentary polls early next year. More >>
Economic Turmoil And Violence Against Women
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:17 am | United Nations
The scourge of violence against women has worsened as a result of the global financial downturn over the past year, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today as she urged some of the world’s richest countries to lead the way in turning the ... More >>
Possible War Crimes In Eastern DR Congo
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:06 am | United Nations
With two new United Nations reports detailing human rights abuses – including possible war crimes – carried out by both Government forces and rebels in the volatile far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the world body’s top rights ... More >>
Perils Faced By Journalists In Afghanistan
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:04 am | United Nations
The death of an Afghan interpreter who was killed during a rescue operation to free him and New York Times journalist Stephen Farrell from Taliban captivity highlights the dangers faced by media professionals working in the country, the top United Nations ... More >>
Aid To Victims Within Mexican Flood Zone
Monday, 14 September 2009, 11:03 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made an unplanned visit on Tuesday to the northern suburbs of Mexico City where he personally consoled victims of the severe flash floods that hit the area and offered the assistance of the United Nations. More >>
10 Stories The World Should Hear More About
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 3:06 pm | United Nations
From the struggles of Colombia’s indigenous people to the countless civilians displaced by violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) to United Nations efforts to crack down on the trafficking of arms, drugs and humans through ports, the UN Department ... More >>
