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Sanctions On DPR Korea Send ‘Clear’ Message
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:12 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 7:10PM The United Nations Security Council today imposed tougher sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including a tighter arms embargo, sending what Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called a “clear and strong” ... More >>
Access To Displaced Sri Lankans Has Improved
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:10 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 6:10PM The United Nations humanitarian wing reported today that access to camps in Vavuniya housing some of the hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced by the recently-ended conflict in Sri Lanka has improved, though some delays ... More >>
End Violence Against Women
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:09 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 6:10PM Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro will speak on the work of the United Nations to end violence against women and girls when she addresses European justice ministers at a conference in Norway next week, the world ... More >>
Secretary-General Discusses Food Security
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:08 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Missouri today to deliver a speech at St. Louis University on food security and other global issues, part of his campaign to reach out to the American public, his spokesperson said. More >>
Ivorian Polls Top Talks With UN
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:07 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 5:10PM The role of the United Nations mission in Côte d’Ivoire in the country’s peace process, especially ahead of the upcoming presidential election, was high on the agenda as the world body’s top peacekeeping official met with Prime ... More >>
UN Development Chief Heads To DR Congo
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:06 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 5:10PM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with connecting developing countries to the knowledge, experience and resources to build a stronger nation travelled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today on the latest ... More >>
Israeli Blockade Of Gaza Crossings
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 3:10PM The ongoing Israeli restrictions on the flow of goods in and out of Gaza is hampering reconstruction and recovery efforts after the recent conflict in the Strip, the United Nations humanitarian arm said today. More >>
Peace/ Security Linked To Poverty/ Human Rights
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:01 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 3:10PM The President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly today said tackling poverty and human rights issues is essential for global peace and security and would be high on the agenda of the forthcoming session of the 192-member ... More >>
UN Force In Golan Heights Be Extended
Monday, 15 June 2009, 11:07 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the Security Council extend the mandate of the United Nations mission observing the ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights until the end of December. More >>
Pakistan: Operations After Recent Bomb Attack
Monday, 15 June 2009, 11:06 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 2:10PM The United Nations refugee agency said today it is reviewing the way it operates in Pakistan and assessing what adjustments need to be made to ensure staff safety, following Tuesday’s bomb attack in Peshawar in which two UN ... More >>
Greater Access To Education For Girls
Monday, 15 June 2009, 11:04 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 1:10PM The United Nations today called for greater efforts to combat the underlying poverty that leads to child labour, especially better access to quality education for girls in poor and rural areas. More >>
Ambitious Global Climate Change Agreement
Monday, 15 June 2009, 11:03 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 12:10PM An ambitious and effective global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is in sight, the top United Nations climate change official said today, as the latest round of negotiations wrapped up in Bonn, Germany. More >>
Ambitious Global Climate Change Agreement
Monday, 15 June 2009, 9:46 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 12:10PM An ambitious and effective global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is in sight, the top United Nations climate change official said today, as the latest round of negotiations wrapped up in Bonn, Germany. More >>
2,000 Recently-Arrived Myanmar Refugees
Monday, 15 June 2009, 9:45 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 11:10AM The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today it is working with the Thai Government to help meet the needs of some 2,000 Karen villagers who fled Myanmar in early June. More >>
Killing Of Reporter In The Philippines
Monday, 15 June 2009, 9:43 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 11:10AM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today lamented the death of a Filipino journalist shot in the crossfire of a standoff between police and a suspected criminal gang. More >>
UN Food Agency Warns G8 Ministers
Monday, 15 June 2009, 9:42 am | United Nations
New York, Jun 12 2009 10:10AM The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that the poor and hungry around the world are facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, while global food aid has hit a 20 year low. More >>
Economic Crisis No Excuse To Abandon Development
Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:08 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 11 2009 6:10PM Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called today on leaders of the “Group of Eight” (G-8) industrialized nations to fulfil their pledges made at Gleneagles in 2005 to increase development aid by $50 billion by 2010, saying ... More >>
UN-African Union Envoy Meets Darfur Rebel Leader
Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:06 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 11 2009 6:10PM The head of the joint United Nations–African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has reiterated that there is no military solution to the problems facing the strife-torn Sudanese region, as he met with the leader of a major ... More >>
Women Changing Traditional Roles In Latin America
Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:05 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 11 2009 6:10PM An increase of Latin American and Caribbean women in the workforce is challenging the traditional interplay between work and family life, a joint United Nations report said today, adding that responding to this phenomenon ... More >>
Measures To Regulate ‘Land Grabbing’
Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 11 2009 5:10PM An independent United Nations human rights expert proposed a set of measures today to guide large-scale international land purchases, known as “land grabbing,” ahead of upcoming negotiations by the “Group of Eight” ... More >>
