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Africa Weather Information Network Launched
Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:05 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 6:10PM About 5,000 new automatic weather stations are set to be deployed across Africa, under a climate change initiative announced today by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Global Humanitarian Forum, ... More >>
Efforts To Disarm Sudanese Ex-Combatants
Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 5:10PM The United Nations reports that progress is being made in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of soldiers in north and south Sudan, a key component of the 2005 agreement that ended the country’s 21-year ... More >>
‘Fragile’ Peace In Central African Republic
Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:03 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 4:10PM The Central African Republic (CAR) faces a number of challenges in consolidating its “fragile” peace, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, calling for further support from its partners. More >>
Charles Taylor’s Defence At UN-Backed Trial
Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:02 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 4:10PM The United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone today announced that lawyers for the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, will begin their defence against charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity ... More >>
Boosting Support For Pakistan’s Displaced
Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:01 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 3:10PM International and local humanitarian aid groups have ramped up their efforts to support the 2.5 million people forced to flee their homes by the violent conflict in north-western Pakistan, United Nations spokesperson Michele ... More >>
Sri Lanka Fighting Over, But Much Work Remains
Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:00 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 2:11PM The Sri Lankan Government last month declared that its military operation against Tamil rebels has ended, but there remain a number of outstanding issues that if left unaddressed could lead more violence, stated Secretary-General ... More >>
Governments, Industry Must Invest In Clean Energy
Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:00 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 2:10PM Renewable and clean energy sources offer the world hope not just in combating climate change but also in reversing the global economic slump, top United Nations officials told the General Assembly today, calling for investment ... More >>
Latest Somalia Bombing Draws Strong Condemnation
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:58 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 2:10PM The United Nations has joined international partners in strongly condemning today’s suicide car bombing in Somalia that killed the national security minister, Omar Hashi Aden, and a number of innocent civilians, and urged ... More >>
Iraq Has Potential To Flourish
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:57 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 1:10PM The top United Nations envoy to Iraq said the country has the potential to not only overcome its challenges but flourish, while adding that much will depend on a number of key priorities, including an improvement in ... More >>
UN Agency Joins Formula 1 Team
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:56 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 12:10PM The United Nations food agency will join the Panasonic Toyota Racing Formula 1 drivers on the starting grid of the British Grand Prix on Sunday to raise awareness of the 66 million primary school-aged children worldwide ... More >>
Helping Refugees and Asylum-Seekers In Calais
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:55 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 11:10AM The United Nations refugee agency said it plans to establish a full-time presence in the northern French port of Calais beginning in July to assist hundreds of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers who are living in ... More >>
All Afghans Must Have Say In Peace Process
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:54 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 10:10AM The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today called for an inclusive and “Afghan-owned” peace process to silence weapons and allow for reconciliation and rebuilding in the South Asian nation. More >>
Efforts Needed To Protect Hospitals, and Schools
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:53 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 18 2009 10:10AM Disaster risk reduction measures must be strengthened to increase the resilience of hospitals and schools, according to a joint call issued today by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)and the World Health Organization ... More >>
Kosovo Operation Still Vital To Ensuring Stability
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:51 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 17 2009 6:10PM While the United Nations mission has reconfigured itself in response to the prevailing situation on the ground after Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia last year, it still has an important role to play in ... More >>
UN Advisory Group On Energy And Climate Change
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:50 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 17 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today launched a new group consisting of business leaders and experts who will advise him on energy and climate change challenges, particularly in identifying key issues in the run-up to the major ... More >>
Fresh Hostilities In Somalia
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:49 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 17 2009 3:10PM A new wave of aggression and hostilities against humanitarian operations in Somalia is putting at risk the lives of the strife-torn nation’s children and women, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today. More >>
$38 Million Needed To Help Civilians In DR Congo
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:47 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 17 2009 2:10PM United Nations agencies and their partners today launched an appeal for $38 million to help nearly 1 million people in need of assistance amid armed attacks and military operations in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ... More >>
Protection Of Civilians Affected By Armed Conflict
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:45 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 17 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for more robust measures to protect civilians caught in the middle of armed conflict, noting the “appalling levels of human suffering” endured due to the failure of combatants ... More >>
Microsoft Matching Donations Made On Facebook
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 17 2009 12:10PM The technology company Microsoft has pledged to match dollar for dollar, up to $50,000, every donation to the United Nations refugee agency made on social networking site Facebook. More >>
Israel’s Two-Year Blockade Of Gaza
Friday, 19 June 2009, 12:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 17 2009 12:10PM A group of nearly 40 United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today called for an end to Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has now been in force for two years and has left the population of 1.5 million ... More >>
