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Floods Affect 600,000 People Across West Africa
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 3:04 pm | United Nations
The number of people hit by deadly floods across West Africa has now topped 600,000, and the heavy rains have also destroyed crops and infrastructure in a region already hard hit by poverty, the United Nations humanitarian arm reported today. More >>
Support For Haiti’s Recovery On Recent Visit
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 3:03 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is committed to helping Haiti improve the delivery of basic services, strengthen its response to disasters and attract private investment, Paul Farmer pledged today, as he wrapped up his first visit to the Caribbean nation as a senior ... More >>
Serb Leader Convicted Of War Crimes In UK Prison
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 3:02 pm | United Nations
One of the highest-ranking Bosnian Serb officials found guilty of offences committed during the Balkan wars in the 1990s has been transferred to the United Kingdom to serve the remainder of his 20-year sentence, the United Nations tribunal set up to ... More >>
Concern After Sri Lanka Expels UN Staff Member
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 3:01 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says she is “extremely concerned and disappointed” that the Sri Lankan Government has decided to expel the agency’s chief of communications in the island country, stressing that UNICEF ... More >>
After Decades In Algerian Camps
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 2:59 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations refugee agency today kicked off a five-day tour to North Africa to assess the conditions for people still sheltering in makeshift camps in Algeria after fleeing conflict in Western Sahara in the mid-1970s. More >>
Number Of Bhutanese Resettled From Nepal Tops 20k
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 2:58 pm | United Nations
Over 20,000 refugees from Bhutan have left Nepal to embark on fresh lives in third countries as part of one of the largest resettlement schemes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). More >>
Yemen: Civilians Displaced By Fighting
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 2:55 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies today called for immediate and unconditional access to the civilians affected by ongoing fighting between Government forces and rebels in northern Yemen. More >>
Sentencing Of Female UN Staffer For Wearing Pants
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 2:54 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights arm today spoke out against the sentencing of a former employee of the world body in Sudan for wearing pants, stressing that the case is representative of discrimination against women in the African nation. More >>
Ensuring Integrity Of Afghan Polls
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 2:53 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today called on national election authorities to ensure the integrity of last month’s presidential and provincial council elections, in light of concerns that have arisen over irregularities in voting. More >>
Boosting Literacy On International Day
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 2:52 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the international community to step up efforts to slash the “staggering” number of people worldwide unable to read and write, in a message marking International Literacy Day. More >>
'Stalemate' With Iran Over Nuclear Programme
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 11:54 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog warned today that the agency has reached a deadlock with Iran over most aspects of its nuclear programme as he urged the country to credibly answer the international community's concerns over potential military ... More >>
Human Rights Must Be Paramount In Policing
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 11:53 am | United Nations
Respect for human rights must be central to police work, a senior United Nations official in Liberia has told the new members of an elite unit within the West African country's police force as she warned them never to misuse their strength and power. More >>
Economic Turmoil Has Exacerbated Violence
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 11:52 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 >>
Fresh Round Of UN-Backed Darfur Peace Talks
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 11:51 am | United Nations
United Nations-backed mediation talks aimed at resolving the long-running conflict in Darfur between the Sudanese Government and the region's armed movements will resume late next month, it was announced today. More >>
CDM International Photo and Video Contest launched
Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:37 pm | United Nations
The UNFCCC secretariat is pleased to launch the CDM International Photo and Video Contest 2009, on the theme Changing Lives. The contest is intended to raise awareness about the Kyoto Protocol's clean development mechanism. More >>
Deadly Ethnic Clashes In Southern Sudan
Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:16 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed deep concern at the deadly series of attacks and counter-attacks by tribal militias in southern Sudan that have killed or displaced dozens of civilians. More >>
Focus Of Pakistan Aid Efforts
Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:15 pm | United Nations
The massive emergency aid effort in north-west Pakistan has shifted focus from areas hosting civilians displaced by the Government’s military operation against militants to places of return, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ... More >>
Guatemala: Ban Lauds ‘Ground-Breaking’ Efforts
Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:13 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reaffirmed his strong support for the independent body set up with United Nations help to investigate the activities of illegal armed groups in Guatemala, lauding its efforts to help strengthen the country’s justice sector ... More >>
Sharing Of Climate-Related Data To Fight Hunger
Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:12 pm | United Nations
In a bid to step up the fight against global hunger, two United Nations agencies have agreed to greater sharing of information on weather patterns and other climate-related data that can help predict the location of the next emergency food shortage. More >>
Death Toll In Indonesian Quake Rises To 64
Monday, 7 September 2009, 3:11 pm | United Nations
The death toll from the massive earthquake which struck Indonesia earlier this week has risen to 64, with dozens of others believed to be missing, the United Nations humanitarian wing reported today. More >>
