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Top UN Sports Envoy Visits Gaza
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 2:06 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 7:10PM The United Nations envoy tasked with promoting sport for development visited Gaza today to explore ways to improve the daily lives of children and youth. More >>
Position Of UNESCO Director-General
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 2:02 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 6:10PM The names of the nine candidates seeking to become the next head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – whose wide mandate ranges from safeguarding the world’s archaeological ... More >>
UN-DRC Joint Operation Against Armed Groups
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 2:00 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 6:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Congolese military (FARDC) have agreed to strengthen their joint operation against illegally-armed groups in the vast African nation’s ... More >>
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Pact
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:59 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 6:10PM A group of 18 of key United Nations and partner aid agencies attending climate change talks in Bonn today called for the humanitarian impacts of global warming to be addressed in a new greenhouse gas emissions agreement to ... More >>
Asian, European Integrated Rail Systems
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:58 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 3:10PM An agreement aimed at linking railroad systems of 28 countries in Asia and Europe goes into effect this week, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) announced today. More >>
Sri Lanka Food Aid Reached 280,000 People Uprooted
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:57 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 5:11PM Basic food supplies were distributed to around 280,000 people last month following the end of the conflict between Government forces and rebels in north-east Sri Lanka, the United Nations humanitarian wing announced today. More >>
Secretary-General ‘Encouraged’ By Progress In Iraq
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:53 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 4:10PM The successful and mostly peaceful polls earlier this year and an agreement on a new Speaker of Parliament are among the “encouraging signs of progress” Iraq has witnessed in recent months, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... More >>
Political Leadership In Sierra Leone
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:53 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 3:10PM A senior United Nations official today said that Sierra Leone’s political leadership deserves praise for signing an agreement that brought an end to the “spiral of violence” in the West African nation. More >>
Partnerships Key To Eradicating Poverty
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:52 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 3:10PM Groundbreaking ideas and collaborative efforts are crucial in advancing the global anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told over 300 leaders from business, ... More >>
Lebanon's Peaceful Parliamentary Polls
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:51 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 1:10PM Congratulating Lebanon on its peaceful parliamentary elections over the weekend, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all Lebanese people to cooperate “in the spirit of coexistence and democracy.” More >>
Israel Must Open Gaza, Freeze Settlements
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:50 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 1:10PM Underscoring the need for a two-State solution and a durable peace in the region, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Israel to allow fuel and building materials into Gaza, freeze settlements in the West Bank ... More >>
UN Envoy To Liberia Honours Mongolian Peacekeepers
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 12:10PM The top United Nations envoy to Liberia today paid tribute to the Mongolian blue helmets, tasked with protecting the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), for their efforts to promote peacebuilding in West Africa. More >>
UN Agency In Nrth Afghanistan Attacked By Grenade
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:47 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 12:10PM The office of the United Nations agriculture agency was attacked in northern Afghanistan over the weekend, with a rocket-propelled grenade having been fired at the compound. More >>
Ban Warns Of Untold Damage Inflicted On Seas
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:46 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 8 2009 9:10AM Human activities are exacting a "terrible toll" on the world's oceans and seas, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today in a message marking the first United Nations World Oceans Day. More >>
Darfur Campaign Wraps Up With Call To End Violence
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 7 2009 6:10PM The week-long “Smile Darfur” outreach scheme, backed by the hybrid African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Sudanese region, has wrapped up with a call for peace and an end to the violence. More >>
Governance System For World Food Security
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:32 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 6 2009 12:10PM A strengthened global governance system is crucial to ensure world food security, the head of the United Nations agriculture arm said today, calling for changes to be made to the parts of the international trade system that ... More >>
UNESCO Spokesperson For The Oceans
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 6:10PM The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named the renowned French seafarer, Maud Fontenoy, as its Spokesperson for the Oceans, ahead of the first UN World Oceans Day on 8 June. More >>
Climate And Economic Challenges
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:30 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for multilateralism and “smart solutions” to confront economic and climate challenges that could result in insecurity and upheaval. More >>
Sri Lanka Must Heed Calls For Accountability
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:29 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 7:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his appeal to the Government of Sri Lanka to heed international calls for accountability and transparency, and for an inquiry into alleged abuses committed during the recently ... More >>
Newsmaker: Rights Abusers Must Be Stopped
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:28 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 6:10PM Holding leaders accountable for human rights abuses can take time, but they must face justice, according to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who has made a career of going after top officials, starting in his native Argentina and more ... More >>
