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Expanded UN Feeding Scheme Targets Schoolchildren
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 1:16 pm | United Nations
New York, May 26 2009 10:10AM The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced it is expanding its food aid operation in Iraq to reach the country’s most vulnerable groups and to begin providing free school lunches to children. More >>
Over 67,000 Somalis Displaced
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 1:15 pm | United Nations
New York, May 26 2009 10:10AM The number of Somalis fleeing the latest escalation of fighting in and around Mogadishu has surpassed 67,000, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today, adding that worsening security ... More >>
Nepal: Steps To Investigate Church Bombing
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 1:13 pm | United Nations
New York, May 26 2009 9:10AM The United Nations has deplored the church bombing in Kathmandu Valley over the weekend which killed two people and wounded eight others, and welcomed steps by Nepalese authorities to investigate the attack. More >>
22 New Sites To Global Biosphere Reserve Network
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 12:32 pm | United Nations
A tiger reserve in India and a former military training area in Germany are among the 22 new sites from 17 countries added by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today to its World Network of Biosphere Reserves. More >>
Deaths Due To Cyclone In Bangladesh, India
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 12:30 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations humanitarian official today expressed his sadness in hearing of the loss of life and property damage caused by a cyclone in Bangladesh and India. More >>
Union Mission Condemns North Darfur Fighting
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 4:51 pm | United Nations
New York, May 25 2009 1:10PM The hybrid African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has condemned heavy fighting in and around the town of Umm Baru which left over 50 people injured and forced hundreds to flee their homes. More >>
Emergency Talks On DPR Korea Today
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 4:50 pm | United Nations
New York, May 25 2009 10:10AM The United Nations Security Council is set to hold an emergency session later today to discuss the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which reportedly conducted a nuclear test on Monday. More >>
Committed To Help African Nations Pursue Peace
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 4:49 pm | United Nations
New York, May 25 2009 10:10AM Spotlighting some of the major challenges facing African nations today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reaffirmed the commitment of the United Nations to supporting the people of the continent in building durable peace, ... More >>
Possible Postponement Of Financial Summit
Monday, 25 May 2009, 1:18 pm | United Nations
New York, May 22 2009 11:10PM The President of the General Assembly announced today that the body will meet early next week to consider postponing a high-level gathering which seeks to assess the economic crisis which has devastated the world economy ... More >>
Health Conditions Worsening In Gaza
Monday, 25 May 2009, 1:05 pm | United Nations
New York, May 22 2009 6:10PM The deteriorating health situation in Gaza has been intensified by Israel’s blockade of crossings into the area, the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees warned today. More >>
Myanmar: Security Council Voices Concern
Monday, 25 May 2009, 1:04 pm | United Nations
New York, May 22 2009 7:10PM The Security Council today expressed its concern over the political impact in Myanmar of the detention of opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. More >>
Iran ‘Holding Back A Flood Of Heroin’
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:24 pm | United Nations
New York, May 20 2009 4:10PM The top United Nations anti-drug official, on a visit to Tehran, today praised Iran for its efforts to stop the flow of drugs from Afghanistan to the West. More >>
Iraq: Top UN Envoy Decries Deadly Bombings
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:22 pm | United Nations
New York, May 21 2009 10:10AM The top United Nations envoy to Iraq today strongly condemned a string of deadly bombings in the country, calling them “reprehensible crimes that have indiscriminately targeted ordinary Iraqis.” More >>
Child Deaths Drop By Nearly 30 Per Cent
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:21 pm | United Nations
New York, May 21 2009 11:10AM Deaths of children under five years of age have plummeted by almost one third since 1990, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, while cautioning that greater action is necessary to achieve similar ... More >>
Drugs And Crime In South-East Europe
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:20 pm | United Nations
New York, May 21 2009 11:10AM Tackling the challenges posed by illicit drugs and organized crime in south-east Europe is one of the major priorities of a new agreement boosting cooperation between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ... More >>
Team Completes Study Of Gaza Conflict Damages
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:19 pm | United Nations
New York, May 21 2009 12:10PM Experts from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have completed field work on a study of the environmental impact of the recent heavy fighting on Gaza, the agency announced today. More >>
Looting Hampers UNICEF’s Efforts In Somalia
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:17 pm | United Nations
New York, May 21 2009 1:10PM The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has strongly condemned the looting and destruction of relief supplies in the Somali town of Johar, warning that this will have an enormous impact on efforts to aid the country’s ... More >>
Polio Vaccinations Reaching More Of Nigeria
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:15 pm | United Nations
New York, May 21 2009 1:10PM The United Nations health agency says mass vaccination campaigns are reaching more children than ever in polio-prone states in northern Nigeria, one of four countries, along with Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, where ... More >>
End To Mother-To-Child AIDS Transmission By 2015
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:14 pm | United Nations
New York, May 21 2009 1:10PM The head of the United Nations agency charged with coordinating the fight against HIV/AIDS has called for a virtual elimination of mother-to-child AIDS transmission worldwide by 2015. More >>
Tribute To Late Rights Activist
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:13 pm | United Nations
New York, May 21 2009 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today paid tribute to the late Alison des Forges, a human rights campaigner who worked unrelentlessly to document the horrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and bring those behind the slaughter ... More >>
