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Four New Sites Inscribed On World Heritage List
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 6:10PM Four new sites – located in Burkina Faso, Iran, Kyrgyzstan and Republic of Korea (ROK) – have been added to the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), it was ... More >>
Ban Ki Moon: States Must Put An End To Torture
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:46 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 11:10AM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led United Nations officials in calling on governments to go on the offensive in the fight against torture, stressing there can be no justification under any circumstances for such “cruel, degrading ... More >>
UN’s Western Sahara Envoy En Route To Morocco
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 5:10PM The Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy trying to help broker a political solution regarding the status Western Sahara is on his way to Morocco, following a visit to Algeria, a spokesperson for the United Nations said ... More >>
Cypriot Leaders Agree To Open New Crossing Point
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:43 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 4:10PM Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders have agreed to open a new crossing point linking the two communities on the Mediterranean island, the United Nations envoy to the country announced today. More >>
Violence Claims Hundreds Of Lives In Somalia
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:42 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 11:10AM The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its grave concern over the escalating violence and worsening displacement crisis in the Somali capital, where local hospitals report that over 250 civilians have been killed ... More >>
‘Meaningful’ Progress From Israel, Palestinians
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:41 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined the other members of the diplomatic Middle East Quartet today in calling on Israel and the Palestinians to fulfil their agreed obligations in the search for peace, adding that it is important ... More >>
UN Helps Reform DR Congo Prisons
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 4:10PM The United Nations is helping to restructure the prison system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on the heels of the rapes of nearly two dozen female inmates during an attempted prison break earlier this week ... More >>
Recent Violence In Central African Republic
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:38 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 5:10PM The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) has visited a town that has been the scene of recent deadly clashes in a bid to explore how to shore up security in the ... More >>
‘First Step’ On New Path Towards Solidarity
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 7:10PM The high-level United Nations meeting on the global economic crisis has culminated in the approval of an outcome document that represents the first step in a long process of putting the world on a new path towards solidarity, ... More >>
Pakistan: Large-Scale Return Of Displaced
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:36 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 3:10PM Despite local media reports of widespread returns of some of the 2 million people uprooted by the conflict between Government forces and militants in north-west Pakistan, the United Nations refugee agency today said that ... More >>
Greater Efforts To Curb Illicit Drug Trafficking
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 10:10AM Marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for stepped up aid and tightening the rule of law to halt the cultivation, production and trafficking ... More >>
UNSC Renews UN Presence In Guinea-Bissau
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 6:10PM The Security Council today extended the mandate of the current United Nations mission in Guinea-Bissau for another six months, and requested Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to establish an integrated peacebuilding office in ... More >>
Boosting Civilian Protection In War
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 2:32 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 26 2009 3:10PM The top United Nations relief official today called for enhancing compliance with international humanitarian and human rights law, as well as countering impunity for perpetrators of abuses, to strengthen the protection ... More >>
UN Condemns Attempted Coup In Honduras
Friday, 26 June 2009, 1:57 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 25 2009 8:10PM General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto today deplored an attempted coup against the Government in Honduras, and called on all parties to resolve their differences through peaceful dialogue. More >>
Iraqis Must Refrain From ‘Sectarian Hatred’
Friday, 26 June 2009, 12:29 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 25 2009 10:10AM Deploring yesterday’s bombing in Sadr City, as well as the recent string of attacks across Iraq, a senior United Nations official today called on all Iraqis not to respond to the deadly incidents with sectarian violence. More >>
Princess Haya Of Jordan Calls On Donors
Friday, 26 June 2009, 12:28 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 25 2009 11:10AM Characterizing the ongoing crisis in north-west Pakistan as the largest humanitarian emergency in the world today, United Nations Messenger of Peace Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan has called for a massive international ... More >>
Greater Food Production: Zimbabweans Still Hungry
Friday, 26 June 2009, 12:26 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 25 2009 12:10PM Although agricultural production has increased this year, with the maize crop to have more than doubled, high food insecurity persists in Zimbabwe, according to a new report released jointly by the United Nations food ... More >>
Victims To Speak Directly To UN Gaza Rights Probe
Friday, 26 June 2009, 12:24 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 25 2009 12:10PM Members of the independent fact-finding mission set up by the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold public hearings in Gaza next week as part of its investigations into violations committed during the recent conflict ... More >>
2.5 Million Iraqis Received UN Assistance in 2008
Friday, 26 June 2009, 12:22 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 25 2009 2:10PM The United Nations and its partners provided some $207 million worth of humanitarian assistance to over 2.5 million Iraqis in 2008, according to a report by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), highlighting ... More >>
Human Rights In Tackling Financial Crisis
Friday, 26 June 2009, 12:21 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 25 2009 2:10PM Several independent United Nations experts today called on officials attending a high-level General Assembly summit to prioritize human rights in formulating a response to the global financial slowdown. More >>
