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Georgia: UN Envoy Reports Progress
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 5:01 pm | United Nations
The United Nations envoy to Georgia and his European co-chairs led talks today as part of the continuing international discussions aimed at preventing an outbreak of renewed violence following last year’s deadly conflict in Georgia. More >>
DR Congo: UN Speaks Out Against Prison Break
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:24 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deplored the second prison break in the country in less than one month. More >>
Pakistani Returnees Receive First Food Rations
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:21 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) has started providing regular food rations to families returning home to tribal areas in Pakistan’s northwest that they had fled after the upsurge in violence in the region over the past year. More >>
Africa: Stronger Agriculture Sector Key
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:14 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General today highlighted the benefits of investing in agriculture, which she stressed is the key to a brighter future for Africa and its people. More >>
UN And World Bank Voice Concerns
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:13 pm | United Nations
Family planning and other reproductive health services for women have fallen off the development radar of many poor countries, donors and aid agencies, according to the United Nations and the World Bank, which are warning of the impact this will ... More >>
Chadian Tribal Groups Agree To Co-Exist Peacefully
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:13 pm | United Nations
Two tribal communities in eastern Chad have agreed to end a long-running feud and live peacefully together under an initiative co-sponsored by the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the country. More >>
Murder Of Another Filipino Journalist
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:12 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today deplored the recent murder of a radio commentator in the Philippines, the fourth such killing of a journalist in the Asian country this year. More >>
Western Sahara: UN Envoy Wraps Up Regional Visit
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:48 pm | United Nations
The Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy who is trying to help broker a political solution regarding the status of Western Sahara has wrapped up a visit to the region which took him to Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Spain. More >>
Tribunal For Rwandan Genocide Transfers Prisoners
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:46 pm | United Nations
The United Nations tribunal set up to try those responsible for the worst crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 has announced that it has transferred nine prisoners to Benin to serve the remainder of their jail sentences. More >>
Climate Change, DPR Korea Focus Of Talks
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:34 pm | United Nations
Japan’s leadership in combating climate change, as well as the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), dominated today’s talks between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso. More >>
Latest Iraqi Bombing Attempt To Incite Violence
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:33 pm | United Nations
The United Nations mission in Iraq has condemned yesterday’s deadly bombing in al-Shourga market in Kirkuk, which killed and injured dozens of people, calling it yet another attempt to stoke up sectarian and ethnic conflict. More >>
Independent Probe Into Bhutto Murder Begins Work
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:32 pm | United Nations
The independent commission charged with examining the facts and circumstances behind the December 2007 assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto formally began its work today, the United Nations said. More >>
UN Urges Donors To Help Africa Weather Food Crisis
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:17 pm | United Nations
As more than 300 million Africans – or about one third of the continent’s population – face chronic hunger, donors must honour their pledges to help boost agriculture, which is the key to ensuring food security, top United Nations officials say. More >>
Greater Efforts Needed To Rid Iraq Of Landmines
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:15 pm | United Nations
A new United Nations report warns that Iraq may not be able to meet its obligations under an international treaty to rid the country of the deadly scourge of anti-personnel landmines, and calls for greater efforts to ensure a safe environment for the population. More >>
UN Food Agency To Downsize Operations In DPR Korea
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:06 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) announced today that it is being forced to scale back its emergency operation to reach six million hungry and vulnerable people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) due to a severe lack ... More >>
Restriction Of Lawyers’ Freedom In Cambodia
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:05 pm | United Nations
A United Nations independent human rights expert today voiced concern at attempts to curtail lawyers’ freedom to effectively represent their clients in Cambodia, with criminal charges being leveled recently against attorneys in the South-East ... More >>
Tanzania’s To Give Burundian Refugees More Time
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 5:07 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Tanzania’s decision to allow more time for some 36,000 Burundian refugees who have been living in the country since the 1990s to make their way back to their homeland. More >>
50,000th Myanmar Refugee Leaves Thailand For US
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 5:03 pm | United Nations
An ethnic Karenni schoolteacher is the 50,000th refugee from Myanmar sheltering in Thailand who has left to begin a new life in the United States, marking a milestone for the world’s largest resettlement operation, the United Nations High Commissioner ... More >>
UN-African Union Mission Visit Returnees In Darfur
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:19 pm | United Nations
Officials from the joint United Nations-African Union mission have visited areas of North Darfur to verify reports of the spontaneous return of refugees and displaced persons to their villages, and to assess their living conditions. More >>
Need To Tackle Radioactive Waste In Central Asia
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:16 pm | United Nations
A high-level forum organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) wrapped up in Geneva today with the adoption of a joint declaration stressing the need to tackle the challenge of radioactive waste in Central Asia. More >>
