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‘Humanitarian Perfect Storm’ Brewing In Sudan
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 5:03 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 12 2009 4:10PM Spiralling inter-tribal conflict, a massive food shortage and a budget crisis have converged to create a humanitarian emergency in southern Sudan, putting at least 40 per cent of the local population at risk, a senior United ... More >>
UN-Backed Climate Change Talks Gaining Traction
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 5:02 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 12 2009 5:10PM Governments are making headway in negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious and effective global greenhouse gas reduction treaty, the top United Nations climate change official said today, as the third day of the latest ... More >>
Ban Calls For Urgent Action To Minimize Disaster
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:56 pm | United Nations
Asia being the world’s most vulnerable place for natural disasters, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for boosting efforts across the continent to prepare for catastrophes before they occur. More >>
Haiti: UN Envoy Bill Clinton Appoints US Doctor
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:54 pm | United Nations
Former United States President Bill Clinton today appointed the physician and Harvard University professor Paul Farmer as the United Nations Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti to assist in advancing the economic and social development of the impoverished Caribbean ... More >>
UN Seeks $1.5Million To Tackle Rising Malnutrition
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:53 pm | United Nations
Malnutrition is on the rise among children in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today, appealing for $1.5 million to provide life-saving support. More >>
Sudan:First Phase Of Ex-Combatants’ Demobilization
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:52 pm | United Nations
Thousands of former fighters have taken part in the first phase of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme, marking a key milestone for the 2005 agreement that ended Sudan’s north-south civil war, the United Nations peacekeeping ... More >>
UN Mission In Lebanon Conducts Exercise With Army
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:50 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon today wrapped up a two-day large-scale disaster response exercise, responding to a fictitious earthquake in the south of the country. More >>
Nepal: UN Helps Fights Against Gender Violence
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:48 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is stepping up its efforts to help protect the rights of Nepalese women, who are increasingly victims of rape, witch-hunt, dowry, and other forms of gender-based violence as well as deeply entrenched domestic abuse and discrimination. More >>
United States Vows Support For UN Efforts
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:47 pm | United Nations
The United States stands alongside the United Nations ready to face down the use of rape as a weapon of war in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a local UN-backed radio station during her visit to ... More >>
Deploring Myanmar Verdict, Ban Urges Release
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:45 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today deplored the decision by a Myanmar court to sentence pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional 18 months of house arrest, and urged that she be released immediately. More >>
UN Examines How To Use Technology
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:44 pm | United Nations
Better utilizing information and communication technology (ICT) to prepare for and deal with catastrophic natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region is the focus of a United Nations meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, today. More >>
UN Report: 50 Million Women In Asia At Risk Of HIV
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:41 pm | United Nations
An estimated 50 million women in Asia, who are either married or in long-term relationships with men who engage in high-risk sexual behaviours, are at risk of becoming infected with HIV from their partners, according to a new report published by the Joint United ... More >>
NBA Star & UN Ambassador Stress Indigneous Rights
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 12:40 pm | United Nations
National Basketball Association (NBA) star Manu Ginóbili stressed the right of all children to complete their elementary and secondary studies during a recent visit to a school in the impoverished Argentine province of Chaco in his role as Goodwill ... More >>
Haiti: B. Clinton To Lead UN-Backed Trade Mission
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 3:30 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 10 2009 5:10PM Former United States president Bill Clinton plans to lead a trade mission to Haiti in October on his second visit since being appointed United Nations Special Envoy for the impoverished Caribbean nation. More >>
Urgent Action Needed To Assist 1 Million Africans
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 3:27 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 10 2009 4:10PM Urgent action by the international community is needed to assist humanitarian efforts in the Central African Republic (CAR), where conflict has left one-quarter of the population in need of assistance, a senior United Nations ... More >>
Unicef Chief Joins Call For Indigenous People
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 3:26 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 10 2009 3:10PM The world’s 370 million indigenous people remain among the most vulnerable members of our societies, warned the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), joining a chorus of UN officials voicing their concerns ... More >>
Over 750,000 Uprooted Pakistanis Return Home
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 2:09 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 10 2009 2:10PM Out of the more than 2 million people uprooted by clashes between Governments and militants in north-western Pakistan, some 765,000 have now returned to their homes, but continued fighting is causing a fresh round of displacement, ... More >>
One of Most Polluted Sites in US to Become 'Green'
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 2:07 pm | United Nations
A 140-year-old shipyard that became one of the United States’ most polluted sites, a wasteland contaminated by heavy metals and radiation, is to be reborn as a green technology complex housing a climate change think tank, under a United Nations-backed ... More >>
UN Human Rights Expert Sounds Alarm
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 2:03 pm | United Nations
A New York, Aug 10 2009 1:10PM Proposed media laws in Venezuela could be used as a tool for political intimidation and would seriously curtail press freedom and potentially criminalize legitimate dissent, an independent United Nations human rights expert ... More >>
Palestinian Economy Boost From Online Programme
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 2:01 pm | United Nations
New York, Aug 10 2009 12:10PM International businesses based in the West Bank are set to benefit from a state of the art web-based system for tracking goods coming in and out of the area, launched today by Palestinian customs in partnership with ... More >>
