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UN Relocates First Batch Of Somali Refugees
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 11:18 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 18 2009 10:10AM The first of nearly 13,000 Somali refugees have been moved out of an overcrowded Kenyan camp by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the agency reported today. More >>
Two UN Staff Among Dead In Kabul Bombing
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 11:16 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 18 2009 9:10AM Two United Nations staff members were among those killed in today’s suicide bombing in Kabul, which reportedly killed at least seven people, just two days ahead of the country’s presidential and provincial council elections. More >>
Scientists And Intellectuals Key To Green Economy
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 11:11 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 17 2009 5:11PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an academic forum in Seoul today that scientific and intellectual leadership is the key to creating the new green economy of the 21st century. More >>
Resilience Of Gaza's People Lifts Spirits
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 11:10 am | United Nations
The recent sight of thousands of kites in the clear summer Gaza sky, setting a new world record, is one of the many pockets of unexpected joy that propels the work of Johanne van Dijk, a United Nations aid worker in the area. More >>
Nepal In Transition From War To Peace
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 11:08 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 17 2009 2:10PM The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has stressed the importance of deepening democracy and strengthening the rule of law in Nepal, in a report on the country’s transition from war to peace, released in ... More >>
Murder Of Journalist In Russia
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 10:53 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 17 2009 1:10PM The head of the United Nations agency mandated with protecting press freedom today condemned the recent killing of a Dagestani journalist in Russia, calling on authorities to bring those behind the murder to justice. More >>
Crisis Triggered By Israeli Blockade Of Gaza
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 10:52 am | United Nations
The ongoing Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, now in its third year, has triggered a “protracted human dignity crisis” with negative humanitarian consequences, according to a new report released today by the United Nations relief wing. More >>
Liberia Still Faces Security Challenges
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 10:50 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 17 2009 1:10PM Liberia continues to make significant progress in consolidating peace after more than a decade of civil war, but the gains remain fragile, especially with regard to security, rule of law and job creation, according to the latest United ... More >>
Attack On Aid Compound In Southern Somalia
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 10:48 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 17 2009 11:10AM The United Nations has strongly condemned the attack against its aid compound in southern Somalia on Sunday, the fourth time in two months that the world body’s offices in the Horn of Africa nation have been deliberately ... More >>
Iraq: Review Of Human Rights Record
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 10:46 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 17 2009 10:10AM The United Nations has recently wrapped up a workshop aiming to help civil society organizations in Iraq monitor and report on human rights, as the country prepares to have its rights record scrutinized for the first time ... More >>
Côte D’ivoire: Nationwide Polio Campaign
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 10:45 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 17 2009 10:10AM The Government of Côte d’Ivoire is wrapping up a nationwide campaign to immunize children against polio today, carried out with the help of the United Nations mission which provided logistical support to the effort ... More >>
Young People Demand Action On Climate Change
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 10:44 am | United Nations
The largest ever youth gathering on climate change has kicked off today in the Republic of Korea (ROK) to demand that nations ‘seal the deal’ on a new pact to slash greenhouse gas emissions at a United Nations conference this December in Denmark. More >>
Deadly Attack In East Of DR Congo
Monday, 17 August 2009, 12:32 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 15 2009 2:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is providing medical assistance to the victims of a deadly attack by armed militiamen in a mine-rich area in the strife-torn east of the country. More >>
Deadly Car Bomb Attack In Afghan Capital
Monday, 17 August 2009, 12:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 15 2009 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned Saturday morning's suicide car bombing in central Kabul that has reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others, days ahead of much anticipated ... More >>
The First Hours Of UN Mobilization
Monday, 17 August 2009, 12:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 14 2009 5:10PM It was 2 a.m. at the United Nations Geneva headquarters when the news broke on 26 December, 2004 – a massive earthquake had rocked the floor bed of the Indian Ocean. Veteran official Arjun Katoch, duty officer that night, ... More >>
Terror Attack On UN’s Baghdad Headquarters
Monday, 17 August 2009, 12:30 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 14 2009 4:10PM “I could only really see the haze,” recalls Nada Al-Nashif. “I remember just a white shirt and blue shirt and blood, blood, blood,” she says, explaining that her glasses flew off and her eyes filled with blood. More >>
Commitment To Lebanese-Israeli Peace Desired
Monday, 17 August 2009, 12:29 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 14 2009 3:10PM The top United Nations envoy for Lebanon said he hopes that the country’s new Government, when formed, will renew its commitment to, and fully carry out, the Security Council resolution which helped to end the 2006 war ... More >>
Evidence Of Serious Rights Abuses In Gaza
Monday, 17 August 2009, 12:28 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 14 2009 3:10PM The top United Nations human rights official has called for a “credible, independent and transparent” investigation of all alleged rights violations during Israel’s military operations in Gaza eight months ago. More >>
Child Health Initiative In Somalia
Monday, 17 August 2009, 12:27 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 14 2009 1:10PM The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have launched a second round of Child Health Days in Somalia in a bid to improve child survival rates in the violence-wracked ... More >>
‘Limited Progress’ Made At Latest Climate Talks
Monday, 17 August 2009, 12:26 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 14 2009 1:10PM Only “limited progress” has been made at the most recent United Nations climate change talks – which are expected to culminate later this year in Copenhagen with a new pact on slashing greenhouse gas emissions – ... More >>
