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Talks Could Help Shore Up Peace In Nepal
Saturday, 1 August 2009, 5:32 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 31 2009 1:10PM The top United Nations envoy to Nepal said today that she is encouraged by the South Asian leaders’ willingness to discuss issues to push the peace process forward after weeks of simmering political tensions. More >>
Bomb Attacks Outside Baghdad Mosques
Saturday, 1 August 2009, 5:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 31 2009 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored today’s apparently coordinated series of bomb attacks against five Shi’a mosques across Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, which have killed or injured dozens of people. More >>
Myanmar: Authorities Must Release Aung San Suu Kyi
Saturday, 1 August 2009, 5:30 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 31 2009 3:10PM Myanmar must ensure the immediate release of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is in detention and currently facing trial, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told an official of ... More >>
United States To Join Landmark Disability Pact
Saturday, 1 August 2009, 5:28 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 31 2009 4:10PM The United Nations has welcomed the signing by the United States of the landmark treaty to protect and promote the rights of the world’s estimated 650 million people with disabilities. More >>
Nigerian Children To Be Immunized
Saturday, 1 August 2009, 5:27 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 31 2009 2:10PM Some 30 million youngsters will receive immunizations during Nigeria’s first-ever National Child Health Week, launched today by the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the country’s health minister ... More >>
Pakistan: 600,000 Displaced Returning Home
Saturday, 1 August 2009, 5:23 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 31 2009 4:10PM More than 600,000 people forced from their homes by armed clashes between Government forces and militants in north-western Pakistan have now returned, leaving some 1.6 million displaced people in need of aid, the United ... More >>
Global Disarmament Cannot Be Postponed
Saturday, 1 August 2009, 5:21 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 31 2009 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged greater progress towards achieving a world free of nuclear weapons, warning that humanity still faces serious threats from this global scourge nearly 20 years after the end of the Cold ... More >>
Peacekeeping Mission In Darfur Extended
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:47 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 30 2009 6:10PM The Security Council agreed today to extend the work of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sudan’s Darfur region by another year and called for the UN to set out a plan so it can measure ... More >>
Magna Carta Among Items Joining UNESCO Register
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:46 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 30 2009 4:10PM The diaries of Holocaust victim Anne Frank, the Magna Carta and the royal archives of Madagascar and Thailand are among 35 items of documentary heritage that are being added to a United Nations register designed to preserve them ... More >>
UN Force In Côte D’ivoire
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:45 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 30 2009 1:10PM The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) by another six months, expressing its support for the long-awaited presidential elections now slated for ... More >>
UN To Help Angola Achieve ‘Water For All’
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:22 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 30 2009 10:10AM The United Nations has joined forces with the Angolan Government to achieve universal access to water to boost health and curb poverty in the Southern African nation. More >>
UN’s Ability To Feed Millions Worldwide
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:20 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 30 2009 12:10PM Millions of hungry people around the world will not receive food aid from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) due to a “dangerous and unprecedented” $3 billion budget shortfall this year, the head of the agency ... More >>
Cyprus Leaders Hold Another Round Of Talks
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:18 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 30 2009 1:10PM Immigration, citizenship and asylum were again among the key topics of discussion today when Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders held their latest round of United Nations-backed talks on the possible reunification ... More >>
Ban Calls On Iraq And Kuwait
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:17 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 30 2009 1:10PM Iraq has a number of outstanding issues to tackle before it can regain its rightful place in the community of nations, including those relating to its 1990 invasion of neighbouring Kuwait, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says, ... More >>
Political Interference Mars Justice In Venezuela
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:16 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 30 2009 4:10PM An independent United Nations human rights expert today described the situation of justice in Venezuela as “worrying,” citing political interference with the work of judges and prosecutors in the South American nation. More >>
Plight Of Displaced Central Africans
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:15 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 30 2009 3:10PM The situation in the Central African Republic remains highly volatile and those displaced by violence are still traumatized, despite a general improvement in some areas, a senior United Nations humanitarian official ... More >>
Sudanese Lagging In Preparation For Elections
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 12:50 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 29 2009 7:10PM Sudan’s institutions are yet to take a number of basic steps to prepare for long-awaited national elections scheduled for next year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns in a report released today that stresses the need for authorities ... More >>
Rwandan Child Detainees To Receive Legal Aid
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 12:49 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 29 2009 5:10PM More than 600 children in prisons throughout Rwanda will have access to legal assistance under a new programme launched by the Ministry of Justice and supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). More >>
Migrants Vulnerable Due To Global Recession
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 12:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 29 2009 4:10PM Surging global unemployment triggered by the economic crisis is significantly affecting migrant workers, many of whom have lost their livelihoods and are returning to their home countries, experts said at a United Nations trade ... More >>
Sudan: Drive To Boost Birth Registration
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 12:47 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 29 2009 12:10PM A United Nations-backed campaign to boost birth registration was launched today in Sudan, where less than one-third of children have a birth certificate, leaving the unregistered vulnerable to abuse and at risk of being denied an education ... More >>
