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‘Unprecedented’ Pakistani Displacement
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:12 pm | United Nations
Calling the scale of the displacement of civilians fleeing clashes between the Government and militants in north-west Pakistan “unprecedented,” the top United Nations humanitarian official today called on donors to fund an appeal for over $500 million ... More >>
World Crises May Make ‘Opportunities For Change’
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:11 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 7:10PM A time of crises is also a time of challenge and “opportunities for change,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the graduating class of the United Nations International School (UNIS) today. More >>
Burundi: Reintegrating Former Child Soldiers
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:09 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 6:10PM The Secretary-General’s Special Representative on children and armed conflict has called for urgent support of hundreds of former child soldiers recently released from a demobilization centre in Burundi and reunited with ... More >>
Current Global Crises Deepening Hunger Worldwide
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:08 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 6:10PM The current economic, food, energy and climate crises are deepening global hunger, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today, urging greater efforts to help people improve their health and their lives. More >>
Estimates Of World Unemployment
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:07 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 6:10PM The International Labour Organization (ILO) today revised upwards its estimates of worldwide unemployment, and called for a “global jobs pact” to address the current crisis. More >>
Israeli Blockade Of Gaza Hampers UN Relief Work
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:06 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 4:10PM The ongoing Israeli blockade is hampering efforts by the United Nations and its partners to help Gaza recover after the recent conflict, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the occupied Palestinian territory ... More >>
Ban Rejects Georgian Claim He Was ‘Blackmailed’
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:01 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against Georgia’s claim that he was coerced by Russia into amending his recent report on the Caucasus nation. More >>
‘Campaign Of Violence’ Against Somali Government
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:00 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the continuing armed attacks against Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government, expressing concern at the growing numbers of civilians killed, wounded and displaced ... More >>
Agriculture Key To Africa’s Development
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:58 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 3:10PM African nations will be hit hard by the global economic crisis during the course of 2009, the United Nations and the African Union (AU) say in a new report, which stresses the need to focus on agriculture, the mainstay of ... More >>
Chadian Leader To Remain In Senegal
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:54 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 2:10PM The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) today issued an order leaving former Chadian president Hissène Habré in the custody of Senegal, where he is under house arrest for alleged war crimes. More >>
New Japanese TV Drama Follows UN Agency Worker
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:53 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 1:10PM A new Japanese television drama hopes to reel in millions of viewers every week to follow the life and loves of a United Nations worker while also raising awareness of the world body’s work in assisting refugees around the ... More >>
Half A Million Vulnerable Colombians
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:51 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 12:10PM Over half a million Colombians in some of the nation’s remotest conflict zones have been able to obtain identification papers over the past five years thanks to mobile registration units supported by the United Nations refugee ... More >>
HIV/AIDS ServicesFor Timorese Inmates
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:51 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 11:10AM The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today launched an AIDS awareness and help campaign for inmates in Becora prison in Dili, Timor-Leste. The project, to be run by a local non-governmental organization, Sharis Haburas Comunidade, ... More >>
Myanmar: UN-Italian Plan To Boost Livelihoods
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:49 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 10:10AM The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Italian Government have agreed on a $5.2 million programme to improve long-term food security for 32,000 poor fishing and farming families in Myanmar whose ... More >>
UN-Backed Fund Lauds Australian Offer
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:48 pm | United Nations
New York, May 28 2009 10:10AM The United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today welcomed Australia’s decision to join an innovative debt conversion scheme which enables poor countries to free up more resources to ... More >>
Sierra Leonean Police Officers Join UN Mission
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 12:39 pm | United Nations
New York, May 27 2009 6:10PM Dozens of police officers from Sierra Leone today joined the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission, known as UNAMID, in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan. More >>
UN Efforts In Central African Republic
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 12:38 pm | United Nations
New York, May 27 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia as the top United Nations official in the Central African Republic (CAR). More >>
1 Million People In Central Somalia to be Fed
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 12:37 pm | United Nations
New York, May 27 2009 6:10PM The United Nations World Food Programmes (WFP) has agreed to feed more than 1 million people in central Somalia, after a non-governmental organization (NGO) was forced to withdraw from the area due to security threats. More >>
Economic Development vs Indigenous Rights
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 12:35 pm | United Nations
New York, May 27 2009 6:10PM Economic development activities, whether government infrastructure projects or mineral extraction by corporations, must not infringe on the rights of indigenous peoples, the head of the United Nations Permanent Forum ... More >>
Israeli Checkpoints Restrict Palestinian Movement
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 12:33 pm | United Nations
New York, May 27 2009 5:10PM Israeli obstacles continue to constrain the freedom of movement for Palestinians living in the West Bank, according to a new report by the United Nations humanitarian arm. More >>
