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UN Efforts To Fight Schoolchildren’s Hunger
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 1:20 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 20 2009 10:10AM The former president of Ghana, John Kufuor, today was named a Global Ambassador against Hunger – with a focus on the need to provide good nutrition for the 66 million children who go to school hungry every day – ... More >>
Declining Funding Levels For HIV Vaccine
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 1:19 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 20 2009 12:10PM A new United Nations-backed report on investment in HIV prevention research in 2008 finds that funding levels for a possible vaccine for the virus have decreased for the first time since investment trends have been ... More >>
Tensions Along Chad-Sudan Border
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 1:18 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 20 2009 1:10PM Recent clashes have further destabilized the already insecure border between Chad and Sudan’s volatile Darfur region, areas also facing a grave humanitarian crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report. More >>
Somali Radicals Loot UN Buildings
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 1:16 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 20 2009 3:10PM Somali militants raided two United Nations compounds today, stealing equipment and vehicles and forcing the world body to close down one of its operations in the violence-wracked country. More >>
Mandela Embodies UN's Highest Values
Monday, 20 July 2009, 12:47 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 18 2009 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon celebrated the 91st birthday of Nelson Mandela today, calling the founding president of post-apartheid South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize laureate an "exemplary global citizen." More >>
'Peace Through Justice' To Nepal
Monday, 20 July 2009, 12:46 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 18 2009 10:10AM A new United Nations-backed project aims to help heal the scars left by Nepal's decade-long civil war, using transitional justice mechanisms to spur reconciliation. More >>
Sudan: UN Envoy Speaks Out
Monday, 20 July 2009, 12:45 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 18 2009 4:10PM The top United Nations envoy to Sudan today expressed concern over the presence of armed elements in the oil-rich town of Abyei, close to the boundary between the vast African nation's north and south, ahead of next ... More >>
Renewed Sudanese-Chadian Tensions
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:46 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 8:10PM The head of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur today called on Sudan and Chad to end any hostile activities along their border amid fresh accusations of air strikes in the troubled region. More >>
Climate Change Tops Ban’s Talks
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 6:10PM The urgent need to forge consensus on a new climate change pact aimed at curbing harmful greenhouse gases dominated Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s talks today with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. More >>
UN Breeding Barn Owls
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:43 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 6:10PM The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is breeding barn owls under an innovative new programme that hopes to deter rodents from attacking crops in northern Laos. More >>
Publication Of Timetable For Ivorian Polls Needed
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:41 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 6:10PM The top United Nations official in Côte d’Ivoire has called for the immediate publication of a timetable for the long-awaited presidential elections, which are now set for 29 November. More >>
Ruling On Disputed Sudanese Town
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:40 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 5:10PM The Security Council today called on the parties to the dispute over the oil-rich Sudanese town of Abyei to abide by the decision to be rendered next week on the matter, one of several outstanding issues related to ... More >>
UN Pact To Expose Europe’s Biggest Polluters
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 5:10PM A new United Nations pact is set to blow the cover of Europe’s biggest polluters, according to the world body’s Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). More >>
Cyprus Leaders Discuss Security
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 3:10PM Security was again the focus during the latest round of United Nations-backed talks today between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders as they try to reach a solution that will unify the Mediterranean island. More >>
$7 Million To Aid Eastern DR Congo
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:27 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 3:10PM United Nations agencies and their partners will be able to provide urgent humanitarian relief to some 250,000 people in the strife-torn eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) thanks to $7 million in emergency ... More >>
Japan: Must Combat Human Trafficking
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:25 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 1:10PM Although Japan recognizes the seriousness of the problem of human trafficking within its border, the East Asian nation must take more concrete action to fight the scourge, an independent United Nations human rights expert said ... More >>
Justice For War Crimes Victims
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:24 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 1:10PM The creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its achievements to date are vital to ensuring justice for millions around the world, but much more work remains to be done to advance this noble ideal, according ... More >>
Ban Deplores Deadly Hotel Bombings In Jakarta
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:22 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned this morning’s bombings of two hotels in central Jakarta that have reportedly killed at least nine people and injured dozens of others. More >>
Chadian Tribal Groups End Feud
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:20 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 1:10PM Another two tribal communities in eastern Chad have agreed to end their feud and reconcile under a joint initiative of the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the country and the national authorities to promote better ... More >>
Nepal: Discharging Thousands Of Child Soldiers
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 1:19 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 17 2009 12:10PM The United Nations welcomed the decision to today begin discharging and rehabilitating more than 4,000 Maoist army personnel – including thousands of child soldiers – in Nepal, calling this a “significant milestone” ... More >>
