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Southern Sudan: Impact On Children
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 12:14 pm | United Nations
New York, May 5 2009 11:10AM The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today that it is deeply concerned at the impact on children of continuing violence in a number of states of Southern Sudan, and urged that all parties ensure the protection ... More >>
Maldives Joins UN Emissions Scheme
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 12:12 pm | United Nations
New York, May 5 2009 11:10AM The Maldives, one of the countries most affected by climate change, has joined a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative which promotes the global transition to low-carbon economies and societies. More >>
$50 Million Appeal For Growing Mass Of Displaced
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 12:11 pm | United Nations
New York, May 5 2009 10:10AM The United Nations and Government of Sri Lanka today announced the launch of a $50 million appeal to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the rising number of desperate civilians fleeing the fighting in the north between ... More >>
UN Lauds Sierra Leone
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 12:08 pm | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 4:10PM The United Nations welcomed Sierra Leone’s announcement on World Press Freedom Day that it will relinquish control of its state-run broadcaster, in a move to support the creation of a new, independently-governed public broadcasting ... More >>
Court Dismiss Motion To Acquit Charles Taylor
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 12:06 pm | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 4:10PM Judges at the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone have rejected a request to acquit the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. More >>
UN Now Better Equipped To Publicize Its Work
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 12:04 pm | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 7:10PM The United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) is now better able to spread the message about the important work carried out by the Organization, the chair of the body tasked with reviewing activities in this ... More >>
Forum Promoting Reintegration Of Ex-Combatants
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 12:19 pm | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 7:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the opening of a new forum for the United Nations to advance its work on the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) process in countries emerging from armed conflict. More >>
Blue Helmets In DR Congo Free 23 Child Soldiers
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:54 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 7:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUC, announced today that it has freed nearly two dozen children from the ranks of the country’s armed forces this week. More >>
Steps Towards Ending Conflict In Northern Niger
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:53 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has hailed recent positive developments in Niger, including yesterday’s meeting between President Mamadou Tandja and Tuareg rebel leaders, as part of efforts to end the conflict in the northern ... More >>
Team Of UN Advisers Head To Haiti
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:52 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 6:10PM A team of United Nations advisors set off on a visit to Haiti today following pledges worth nearly $325 million made at a donor conference in Washington last month for the impoverished Caribbean nation’s reconstruction ... More >>
Elimination Of Poisonous Chemicals
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:51 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 4:10PM Ministers and officials from 150 Governments are meeting at a United Nations-backed conference in Geneva from today to push efforts to rid the world of some of the most hazardous chemicals produced by humankind. More >>
Pact To Ease Tensions Between Chad And Sudan
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:50 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement signed between Chad and Sudan over the weekend, expressing the hope that it will ease the strain between the bordering African nations. More >>
Probe Into Gaza Conflict Meet In Geneva
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:48 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 4:10PM The independent team of investigators tasked by the United Nations with examining alleged human rights abuses and violations of international law during the recent conflict in Gaza began a week-long meeting in Geneva today ... More >>
Liberia: Agriculture Training To Inmates
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:47 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 4:11PM The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) today applauded the launch of an agricultural pilot project in the country’s largest prison as an encouraging step toward developing effective rehabilitation programmes for inmates. More >>
Ban Urges Madagascar Parties To Talk
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:46 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called again on the parties in Madagascar to resume talks in an effort to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the Indian Ocean island nation. More >>
Pakistan: Displaced Fleeing Conflict In North
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:45 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 2:10PM The United Nations announced today that its agencies are ramping up their humanitarian relief efforts in Pakistan as tens of thousands of people continue to flee armed clashes between the army and insurgents in the troubled ... More >>
Ongoing Military Operations In Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:43 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 2:10PM The United Nations remains concerned that military operations have continued over the past week in the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka, where an estimated 50,000 people are trapped by fighting between Government forces and ... More >>
World Cannot Afford To Backburn Disarmament
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:42 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 1:10PM Stressing that nuclear weapons remain an “apocalyptic threat,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged parties to a United Nations-backed global non-proliferation treaty to push for progress and set out a course towards ... More >>
Investment To Developing Nations To Worsen
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:40 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 12:10PM Last year’s slump in companies investing in businesses abroad is likely to fall further before recovering in two years, hitting developing countries particularly hard in the meantime, the chief of the United Nations Conference ... More >>
A(H1N1) Virus Continues To Evolve
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 11:39 am | United Nations
New York, May 4 2009 11:10AM The United Nations has no plans to raise the global alert level on the influenza A(H1N1) virus to Phase 6 at this time, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, while stressing the need for vigilance and preparedness as ... More >>
