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60 Years Of Assisting Palestinian Refugees
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:26 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 5:10PM The United Nations agency tasked with providing education, health, relief and social services to 4.6 million Palestinian refugees is set to kick off a series of events on Friday to commemorate its 60th anniversary. More >>
Voice For Women Suffering In Silence
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:24 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 3:10PM There are women around the world suffering violence or the oppression of poverty who remain silent and invisible, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told the opening of an international documentary filmmakers’ forum ... More >>
SC Members Depart On Four-Nation Africa Visit
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:22 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 2:10PM Members of the United Nations Security Council will depart today on a week-long mission to Ethiopia, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Liberia, a spokesperson for the world body announced. More >>
Iraqi Officials Visit Northern Ireland
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:21 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 2:10PM A group of Iraqi officials have wrapped up a United Nations-backed visit to Northern Ireland in a bid to learn from its successful conflict resolution experiences and consider how they could apply to the Middle Eastern country’s ... More >>
Reform Vital To Avert Looming African Food Crisis
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:20 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 1:10PM With Africa’s population set to rise by an additional one billion people over the next four decades, the continent risks being plunged into a deepening food crisis without urgent changes to the management of its natural ... More >>
Calls For The Release Of Aung San Suu Kyi
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:19 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 1:10PM The independent United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar today called for the unconditional release of detained pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was reportedly taken to a special court ... More >>
Ghanaian Troops Join UN Mission In Chad
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:17 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 11:10AM Over 100 Ghanaian soldiers have joined the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged nations of Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR), it was announced today. More >>
Academic Chosen To Head UN Anti-Narcotics Panel
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:15 pm | United Nations
New York, May 14 2009 10:10AM A Turkish professor of biochemistry and forensic science has been elected as the next President of the independent body which monitors the implementation of United Nations drug control conventions. More >>
Ban Urges Steps To Revitalize Food Security
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:14 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 2:10PM Warning that the global food crisis is far from over, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Member States to agree on a set of decisions that will revitalize agriculture, support small farmers and promote food security ... More >>
Attack On Civilians In Volatile East DCR
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:13 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 7:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has strongly condemned a deadly attack against civilians and government troops, known as FARDC, which occurred in the eastern town of Busurungi ... More >>
Efforts To Complete Decolonization Process
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:12 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 8:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the administering Powers, Non-Self-Governing Territories and the United Nations body tackling decolonization to continue working together to accelerate the process of eradicating colonialism. More >>
Benefit Football Match For Children In Conflict
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:11 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 7:10PM Weeks after the final whistle had blown on a United Nations fundraising football match, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today scored the winning goal by passing a cheque for $11,000 to children who have suffered the ravages ... More >>
A(H1N1) Cases Now Reported In 33 Countries
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:10 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 6:10PM The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today that 33 countries have reported 5,728 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection as of today, with Cuba, Finland and Thailand the latest to join ... More >>
Brazilian President Awarded Peace Prize
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:08 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 6:10PM The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today awarded its annual peace prize to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil. More >>
UN Agency Readies For Health Crisis
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 5:07 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 5:10PM The United Nations health agency said today it is bracing itself for a humanitarian health crisis in north-west Pakistan as fighting between government forces and militants threatens to uproot a further 800,000 people taking ... More >>
Israel Hands Over Cluster Bomb Maps
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 12:51 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 5:10PM The Israeli Defence Forces have handed over to the United Nations data and maps on the cluster munitions it fired over southern Lebanon during the 2006 conflict between the two countries. More >>
‘Bold Action’ To End Human Trafficking
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 12:50 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 2:10PM If an unarmed nun can force rebel militia in Uganda to free over 100 abducted children, it must be within the capacity of United Nations Member States to take “bold and decisive action” against the global threat of ... More >>
Somali Peace Process Needs International Support
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 12:49 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 3:10PM Top United Nations officials today urged the international community to continue to nurture the fragile peace process in Somalia and help the country consolidate its hard-won gains, in spite of recent threats to the new Government. More >>
Sri Lanka Conflict Zone
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 12:48 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 4:10PM Heavy fighting between Government forces and Tamil rebels is reportedly continuing in the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka, with heavy casualties, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ... More >>
Torture Allegations In Kazakhstan
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 12:47 pm | United Nations
New York, May 13 2009 2:10PM While lauding the efforts made by authorities in Kazakhstan to improve conditions in prisons and other facilities, an independent United Nations expert today expressed his concerns about allegations of torture in the Central Asian ... More >>
