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Judges For The UN War Crimes Tribunals
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:25 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 7 2009 1:10PM The Security Council today extended the terms of the judges serving on the United Nations war crimes tribunals set up to deal with the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, so they can complete ... More >>
G8 Leaders Must Support The World’s Hungry
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:24 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 7 2009 12:10PM Two United Nations agencies have called on the leaders attending this week’s meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations not to forget the needs of the world’s hungry, whose number is expected to top ... More >>
Somalis Uprooted By Violence In Capital
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:22 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 7 2009 11:10AM More than 200,000 people have now been forced to flee the Somali capital Mogadishu since fighting broke out between the Government and opposition groups in early May, in the biggest exodus from the troubled city since ... More >>
UN To Strengthen Peacekeeping Efforts
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:20 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 7 2009 11:10AM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted a new effort to strengthen United Nations peacekeeping at a time when the demand for the Organization’s services is at an all-time high and the global economic crisis threatens ... More >>
Chief Alarmed By ‘Major Tragedy’ In Western China
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:19 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 7 2009 10:10AM The top United Nations human rights official today expressed her alarm at the high number of casualties sustained during this weekend’s rioting in Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xingiang Autonomous Region, calling on all people ... More >>
Issues Hindering Peace Between Israel And Lebanon
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:17 am | United Nations
REPORT New York, Jul 7 2009 4:10PM The cessation of hostilities between Israel and Lebanon continues to hold but remains fragile owing to a number of unresolved issues, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report, calling for greater efforts to ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Russian-United States Agreement
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:15 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 7 2009 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the accord between Russia and the United States that commits the two countries to significantly reduce their nuclear arsenals. More >>
Freeing Abducted Aid Workers In Darfur
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:11 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 7 2009 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the United Nations would “spare no effort” in trying to help secure the release of two female aid workers who have been abducted in the Darfur region of western Sudan. More >>
UN Join Forces To Reduce Natural Disasters
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 12:05 pm | United Nations
Two United Nations agencies are collaborating on a project to improve early warning systems to try to reduce the risk posed by natural disasters and extreme weather conditions across South-East Europe. More >>
Un Mission Helps Fix Up Prison In Western Dr Congo
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 11:50 am | United Nations
Prisoners in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are now living in better conditions, thanks to the help of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, known as "http://monuc.unmissions.org/" >MONUC, in the vast African nation. More >>
UN Mission Helps Fix Up Prison In Western DR Congo
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 10:33 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 6:10PM Prisoners in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are now living in better conditions, thanks to the help of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, known as MONUC, in the vast African nation. More >>
Gaza: Members Of UN Fact-Finding Mission
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:21 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 4:10PM The fact-finding mission tasked by the United Nations Human Rights Council with probing rights violations committed during the recent Gaza conflict began the Geneva round of public hearings today, following a similar exercise ... More >>
Peaceful Resolution Needed For Honduran Crisis
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:20 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his sadness at the deaths that have occurred in Honduras following the ouster of President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and called on the Organization of American States (OAS) to ... More >>
Advances In Tackling HIV At Risk
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:18 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 1:10PM The well-being of millions of people could be put at risk as HIV prevention and treatment programmes fall victim to funding cutbacks as a result of the global economic crisis, warns a new report released today by the ... More >>
Joint UN-Timorese Police Operation
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:16 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 2:10PM United Nations Police (UNPOL) serving in Timor-Leste and the South-East Asian country’s police force (PNTL) say they have cracked a human trafficking ring after arresting 10 people during a joint operation in a bar ... More >>
Thai Official Elected To Another Term At UN
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:13 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 2:10PM Supachai Panitchpakdi will serve a second four-year term as the head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) after the General Assembly confirmed the Thai official’s appointment by acclamation today. More >>
Action Against Dangerous Bacteria
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:12 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 1:10PM Dozens of new international standards, including measures to curb dangerous bacteria in food, have been adopted by the United Nations commission on international food standards at the end of a week-long meeting. More >>
Contempt Of Court Conviction Against Bosnian Serb
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:10 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 1:10PM The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts in the 1990s has upheld the conviction of a Bosnian Serb army officer who was given a four-month jail sentence earlier this year for ... More >>
Economic / Food Crises Threaten Development Gains
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:09 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 11:10AM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on rich and poor nations to boost efforts to fight poverty and hunger after a new United Nations report shows that recent advances are being threatened by the global economic and ... More >>
Helping To Boost Aid Effectiveness In Afghanistan
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:07 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 11:10AM The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is helping to increase the effectiveness of aid to the South Asian nation by boosting cooperation between the Government and donors. More >>
