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UN Political Chief Embarks On Six-Nation Visit
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:27 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 6:10PM The top United Nations political official begins a week-long visit to West and Central Africa on Monday to discuss the consolidation of peace and stability in the region, as well as ways the world body can support efforts to ... More >>
Pattern Of Political Killings In Guinea-Bissau
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:21 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his concern at the “emerging pattern of killings” of high profile personalities in Guinea-Bissau, where a presidential candidate and a member of parliament were gunned down today, ... More >>
Climate Change Tops Ban’s Talks With Officials
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:20 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 5:10PM Climate change figured prominently in Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s recent talks with senior officials from the United States and Japan, his spokesperson announced today. More >>
Annual UN Walk To Raise Funds For Children
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:18 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 4:10PM The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and three corporate sponsors have invited people from 70 countries to join a global walk on 7 June to raise money to feed hungry school children worldwide. More >>
UN-African Union Peacekeeping Forces In Darfur
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:17 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 3:10PM The Force Commander of the United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region today visited the scene of recent deadly clashes between Government forces and a rebel militia group. More >>
Zimbabwe: More Must Be Done To Fight Cholera
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:15 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 3:10PM Although the number of new cholera cases in Zimbabwe is reportedly on a downward trend, greater efforts are needed to combat the outbreak and address the source of the problem, the United Nations Office for the Coordination ... More >>
Sudanese Fugitives Priority For ICC
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:13 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 2:10PM The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said today that his priorities over the next few months include continued monitoring of crimes in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region and the arrest of fugitives, including ... More >>
Vaccine Against Diarrhoeal Disease
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:12 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 1:10PM The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today recommended that the vaccination against rotavirus – responsible for over 500,000 diarrhoeal deaths annually – be included in all national immunization programmes. More >>
Massive Pakistani Displacement
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:11 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 11:10AM The lifting of a curfew for several hours this morning in the conflict zone of the Swat region of Pakistan is expected to release an estimated 20,000 people into already overcrowded and under-funded camps in the neighbouring ... More >>
Mauritania: Return To Constitutional Order
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 1:09 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 5 2009 10:10AM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed yesterday’s signing of an agreement between parties in Mauritania, which was rocked by a coup d’état last summer, calling it a “solid basis” for the West African nation’s ... More >>
Nearly 100,000 Somalis Displaced In Capital
Monday, 8 June 2009, 6:29 pm | United Nations
Since fighting broke out last month between Government forces and armed opposition groups, almost 100,000 people have been driven from their homes in the capital, Mogadishu, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) reported today. More >>
$720 Million Sought For Zimbabwe Aid Efforts
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:56 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 2:10PM Aid agencies in Zimbabwe today issued an appeal for $718 million to meet the humanitarian needs of some 6 million people in the southern African nation, an increase of $168 million from the original appeal launched last November, ... More >>
ICC: Case Of Congolese Militia Leader
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:55 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 3:10PM The International Criminal Court (ICC) began public hearings today to consider challenges by defense lawyers to the admissibility of the case against alleged Congolese militia commander Germain Katanga. More >>
UN Population Award Goes To An Egyptian Doctor
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:53 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today presented the United Nations Population Award to an Egyptian doctor and a Nicaraguan non-governmental organization (NGO), in recognition of their contributions to public health and efforts ... More >>
Italy Takes Helm Of UN Coastal Fleet In Lebanon
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:51 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 5:10PM Italy has taken command of the United Nations maritime task force (MTF), which was deployed off the Lebanese coast in 2006 to curtail arms smuggling following that year’s Israel-Hizbollah war. More >>
Funds Needed To Aid Pakistan’s 2.5M Displaced
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:50 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 5:10PM The United Nations said today that the number of people displaced by the conflict in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province has risen above 2.5 million, and a shortage of funds could cut relief services there. More >>
Growing Number Of Displaced Somalis
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 5:10PM United Nations agencies are continuing to assist the growing number of Somalis – now estimated to be at least 70,000 – who have been uprooted by the recent surge in fighting in and around the capital, the world body’s ... More >>
Sri Lanka: “unacceptably high” civilian casualties
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:42 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his strong concerns over “unacceptably high” civilian casualties in the conflict between the Sri Lankan Government and Tamil rebels, while rejecting in the strongest terms ... More >>
UN-Backed Plant Diversity Forum
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 1:10PM Delegates from some 120 countries today opened a United Nations-supported meeting in Tunis to discuss plant genetics and food resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. More >>
Voter Registration In Kurdistan Off To Good Start
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 12:10PM The United Nations envoy to Iraq has congratulated the election officials and people of the Northern Region of Kurdistan “for completing a successful and peaceful first week of the voter registration” for next month’s ... More >>
