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Bill Clinton Begins First Visit To Haiti
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:05 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 9:10AM The recently appointed United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, the former United States president Bill Clinton, will today begin his first visit to the Caribbean country in his new capacity. More >>
ICC Begins Radio Series For Central Africans
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:03 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 6 2009 9:10AM The International Criminal Court (ICC) today launches a series of radio programmes in the Central African Republic (CAR) as part of an outreach campaign aimed at informing the country’s population about the court’s ... More >>
UN: Knowledge Crucial For African Development
Monday, 6 July 2009, 1:44 pm | United Nations
With knowledge being an essential element in Africa’s development process, a United Nations librarian has called on African governments to help narrow the digital divide. More >>
Women’s Centres Re-Open In Darfur
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:53 am | United Nations
Female internally displaced persons (IDPs) will again be able to learn job skills, take literacy classes and receive awareness programmes on reproductive health after the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur ( UNAMID ) helped reactivate ... More >>
S-G Meets With Top Officials In Myanmar
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:50 am | United Nations
Secretary-General has held talks with top officials in Myanmar on key issues, including the release of political prisoners such as Nobel laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. More >>
UN S-G: Cooperatives Can Pull World From Recession
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:49 am | United Nations
Cooperatives, based on the principles of self-help and reciprocity, have the potential to help address the global economic crisis, especially among the world's most vulnerable, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Ban: Human Rights Must be Foundation for Future
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:35 am | United Nations
Myanmar's future must be rooted in respect for human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, voicing his deep disappointment that the South-East Asian nation's Government refused his request to meet with Nobel laureate and opposition leader ... More >>
UN Helping Timorese Return Home Peacefully
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:18 am | United Nations
The United Nations is assisting families displaced by violence which shook Timor-Leste in 2006 return to their homes and preventing potential conflicts in their communities. More >>
G8 Call On Iran To Respect Human Rights
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:15 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom today voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight (G8) nations on Iran to respect fundamental ... More >>
Ending Tensions Between Ghana And The Gambia
Friday, 3 July 2009, 5:18 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement reached by the Gambia and Ghana to end tensions that emerged after the deaths and disappearances of Ghanaian nationals on Gambian territory in 2005. More >>
Knowledge Crucial For African Development
Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:46 pm | United Nations
With knowledge being an essential element in Africa’s development process, a United Nations librarian has called on African governments to help narrow the digital divide. More >>
UN-Caribbean Partnership Crucial
Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:45 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the collaboration between the United Nations and the countries of the Caribbean in tackling the various crises impacting the region and the world at large, including the global financial turmoil and climate change. More >>
Cypriot Leaders Discuss Territory Issue
Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:43 pm | United Nations
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders discussed the issue of the territory that each of the two constituent States would occupy in a future federation during their latest round of United Nations-backed talks today. More >>
Tribunal Finds Former Rwandan Investigator Guilty
Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:37 pm | United Nations
A former Rwandan investigator for the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the mass killings that engulfed the small African nation in 1994 was found guilty today by the same court of leaking protected information. More >>
UN Condemnation Over Coup In Honduras
Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:30 pm | United Nations
Four independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced serious concern over the situation in Honduras following last weekend’s coup d’état, calling for the immediate restoring of democracy in the Central American country and the ... More >>
Niger’s Continuing Crisis Imperils Democracy
Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:12 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern about Niger’s continuing political and constitutional crisis, warning that it threatens to destabilize the country and undermine recent progress towards democratic governance and the rule ... More >>
UN Expert Criticizes Seizure Of Aid Boat By Israel
Friday, 3 July 2009, 3:56 pm | United Nations
International tourism shrunk by 8 per cent in the first four months of the year as the global economic crisis continued to restrict the budgets of travellers, but the pace of the decline is expected to ease later this year, according to the latest ... More >>
UN Agency: Fall In Foreign Tourism Accelerates
Friday, 3 July 2009, 3:53 pm | United Nations
International tourism shrunk by 8 per cent in the first four months of the year as the global economic crisis continued to restrict the budgets of travellers, but the pace of the decline is expected to ease later this year, according to the latest ... More >>
UNAIDS Hails Indian Court Decision
Friday, 3 July 2009, 3:51 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) has hailed today’s decision by an Indian court to overturn a 150-year-old law and decriminalize homosexuality, voicing hope that more countries that ban same-sex activity will follow suit. More >>
Dozens Of UN Volunteers Head To Timor-Leste
Friday, 3 July 2009, 1:45 pm | United Nations
Dozens of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) are heading to Timor-Leste to help the fledgling nation’s upcoming local elections. More >>
