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Repatriation Of Refugees From Rwanda Begins
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:34 pm | United Nations
New York, May 19 2009 12:10PM The United Nations refugee agency today reported that it had assisted in the return to Burundi of more than 500 refugees who had spent the last ten years in Rwanda. More >>
Secretary-General To Head To Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:32 pm | United Nations
New York, May 19 2009 1:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he will visit Sri Lanka later this week, in part to get a first-hand look at the situation on the ground after the Government declared that its military operation against the ... More >>
Murder Of Mexican Journalist
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:31 pm | United Nations
New York, May 18 2009 6:10PM The Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the murder of Mexican journalist Carlos Ortega Melo Samper in Santa Maria del Oro, Durango State. More >>
Challenge Of Boosting Environmental Awareness
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:30 pm | United Nations
New York, May 19 2009 6:10PM New York City teenagers have taken on the challenge of inspiring environmental action in a United Nations-backed contest, whose winners will be announced later this week. More >>
Recent Fighting In Darfur
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:29 pm | United Nations
New York, May 19 2009 6:10PM The joint African Union-United Nations envoy to Darfur met with a senior Sudanese official today to discuss recent fighting in the strife-torn region and rising tensions between Sudan and Chad, a spokesperson for the world body ... More >>
Global Response To Help Poor Out Of Crisis
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:28 pm | United Nations
New York, May 18 2009 6:10PM Senior United Nations officials today demanded a greater global response to the plight of poor countries and people suffering from a financial and economic crisis that was not of their making. More >>
Widespread Abuse Against Indigenous Peoples
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:27 pm | United Nations
New York, May 18 2009 3:10PM Indigenous peoples around the world continue to suffer from prejudice and marginalization, Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose-Migiro told the opening session today of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. More >>
Ban Calls For New Ways To Finance Development
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:26 pm | United Nations
New York, May 19 2009 4:10PM The global recession is eroding traditional forms of financing growth in the poorer nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today, as he addressed a meeting in Geneva tasked with finding creative alternatives to ... More >>
Plight Of Civilians In Post-Conflict Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:25 pm | United Nations
New York, May 18 2009 6:10PM The United Nations is closely watching the situation in Sri Lanka, where the Government has declared an end to its military operation against Tamil separatists, while focusing on assisting the hundreds of thousands ... More >>
Innovative Financing Solutions For Development
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:23 pm | United Nations
New York, May 18 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will preside over a meeting tomorrow in Geneva to identify pioneering financing solutions for development, as people in developing countries have been made more vulnerable by the current economic ... More >>
New UN Plan To Boost HIV Services
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:52 pm | United Nations
New York, May 15 2009 2:10PM Two United Nations agencies are launching a plan to provide increased HIV-related information and health services to men who have sex with men and transgender populations, while stressing the need to make universal ... More >>
World Nears Safer Standards On Chemical Use
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:51 pm | United Nations
New York, May 15 2009 2:10PM The world has moved significantly closer towards safe production, use and disposal of chemicals, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today at the close of a major international conference. More >>
Heavy Fighting In Somali Capital
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:50 pm | United Nations
New York, May 15 2009 12:10PM The United Nations refugee agency today voiced deep concern over the mounting death toll in Somalia amid some of the fiercest armed clashes the country has experienced this year, sparking a new wave of displacements. More >>
Sri Lanka: Concern Over Civilians’ Safety
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:48 pm | United Nations
New York, May 15 2009 11:10AM The United Nations advocate for displaced persons today expressed his concern over civilians caught up in clashes between Government forces and rebels in northern Sri Lanka, as well as for the ongoing confinement of uprooted ... More >>
Ban Discusses Protection Of Civilians
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:45 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has once again expressed his concerns about the protection of civilians caught up in the conflict in Sri Lanka to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and has dispatched one of his top advisers to the ... More >>
Membership In UN Rights Council
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:43 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 6:10PM In becoming a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a country not only takes on greater responsibility for tackling abuses worldwide, but also lays bear its own record for the scrutiny of others, the world body’s ... More >>
Countries To Take Action On Climate Change
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:39 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 6:10PM Warning that the clock is ticking towards a major United Nations conference in Copenhagen this December where nations are expected to reach agreement on a new greenhouse gas emissions pact, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and ... More >>
More Aid To Help Uprooted Pakistanis
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:30 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 5:10PM The top United Nations refugee official today issued a call for a massive surge in international assistance to help the over 800,000 Pakistanis recently displaced by clashes between Government forces and militants in the country’s ... More >>
Some Progress In Haiti Amid Difficulties
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:29 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 4:10PM The challenge facing Haiti of achieving stability and economic recovery remains great, especially after a year of damaging setbacks, but the impoverished nation has seen significant progress in the last two years, the ... More >>
Influenza A(H1N1) Cases Rises To Nearly 6,500
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:27 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 4:10PM The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today that nearly 6,500 laboratory-confirmed cases of the influenza A(H1N1) infection have been reported by 33 countries, adding that the death toll has increased to 65. More >>
