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UN Begins Training 35,000 Afghan Police Officers
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:36 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 12:10PM The first batch of Afghan police wrapped up a training programme today that will eventually reach tens of thousands of officers in preparation for this year’s presidential and provincial council elections, announced the United ... More >>
Tobacco Use ‘Needless Threat’ To Public Health
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 12:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged governments everywhere to address tobacco consumption, which he described as a “needless threat” to public health. More >>
Discussions On Pact To Combat Global Warming
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 12:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Jun 1 2009 11:10AM Delegates from 182 nations are gathering in Bonn, Germany, today to initiate discussions on negotiating texts which could form the basis of an ambitious United Nations-backed climate change deal, to slash greenhouse gas emissions, ... More >>
Nepal: Government Must Follow Court Judgment
Monday, 1 June 2009, 12:34 pm | United Nations
New York, May 31 2009 11:10AM The United Nations human rights office in Nepal today encouraged the fledgling Government to take action on a watershed Supreme Court decision, made two years ago, calling for an investigation into those behind scores of disappearances ... More >>
Passing Of The Former President Of Sudan
Monday, 1 June 2009, 12:33 pm | United Nations
New York, May 31 2009 12:10PM The Secretary-General's Special Representative to Sudan today commiserated over the passing of the African nation's former President Jaafar Nimeiri. More >>
UN Peacekeeping Force In Cyprus
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:15 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 6:10PM The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus, known as UNFICYP, while urging the leaders of the Mediterranean island’s Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities to ... More >>
DRC Assists Military In Offensive Against Hutu
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:14 pm | United Nations
New York, May 30 2009 6:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on Saturday that it is supporting Congolese government forces (FARDC) in an ongoing effort to flush out an ethnic Hutu militia, ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Disarmament Conference
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:12 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 8:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today’s adoption by the Conference on Disarmament – the world’s sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations – of a Programme of Work for its 2009 session. More >>
Indigenous Forum Calls For Consultation On Patents
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:12 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 7:10PM A United Nations conference on indigenous affairs wrapped up its two-week gathering today, making a host of recommendations, including the worldwide establishment of a mechanism requiring patent offices to publicize the ... More >>
Efforts To Help Uprooted In Sri Lanka
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:10 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 5:10PM The United Nations, along with dozens of partner agencies, are working to improve basic conditions in camps housing people who fled the recently-ended conflict in northern Sri Lanka, it was announced today. More >>
Ban Condemns ‘Despicable’ Mosque Bombing In Iran
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:09 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned as “despicable” the bombing of a mosque in the Iranian city of Zahedan which reportedly killed at least 20 people and wounded many others. More >>
Significant Climate Change Accord
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:08 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 3:10PM The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced a landmark agreement reached by over 30 African ministers to mainstream climate change adaptation measures into national and regional development plans, ... More >>
Members Of UN Human Rights Probe Head To Gaza
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:07 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 3:10PM The independent team of investigators tasked by the United Nations Human Rights Council with examining alleged rights abuses and violations of international law during the recent conflict in Gaza will begin a week-long trip ... More >>
$12 Million To Aid Victims Of Violence In DRC
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:07 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 2:10PM The United Nations humanitarian wing has allocated over $12 million to help nearly 200,000 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) cope with the lingering consequences of a series of attacks by the Ugandan ... More >>
Killing Of Somali Journalists
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:05 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 2:10PM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today condemned the recent shooting deaths of two Somali journalists. More >>
Sierra Leone: Need For International Support
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:04 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 2:10PM A recent eruption of political violence in Sierra Leone reinforces the need for the international community’s continued support for the West African nation’s efforts to rebuild following a brutal 11-year civil war, ... More >>
Poland; Transit Country For Human Trafficking
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:04 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 1:10PM Poland’s accession to both the European Union (EU) and the Schengen zone has transformed it into both a transit and destination country for human trafficking, a United Nations independent expert said today, noting that ... More >>
Pakistan: Shelter To Those Displaced By Conflict
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:02 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 12:10PM Two United Nations agencies have joined forces to provide shelter and supplies to hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province. UN-HABITAT, the agency tasked with ensuring ... More >>
Need For More Women In UN Peacekeeping
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 2:00 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 11:10AM The United Nations is marking the annual International Day of Peacekeepers by honouring the brave troops, police and civilians who serve in some of the most difficult places around the world, and by stressing the unique ... More >>
Tourism Initiative For Easter Island
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 1:59 pm | United Nations
New York, May 29 2009 11:10AM The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Chile today embarked on a new programme to develop sustainable tourism on Easter Island, which receives some 60,000 visitors every year. More >>
