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Lebanese Generals Held In Hariri Murder Case
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 1:13 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 29 2009 2:10PM A judge in the tribunal set up to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri today decided to grant the release of four generals detained in connection with the 2005 bombing. More >>
UN Envoy In Sudan Hails Demobilizations
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 1:12 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 29 2009 3:10PM Nearly 2,500 ex-combatants from the decades-long civil war in southern Sudan have been demobilized in a recently-begun programme, the top United Nations envoy to the country said, as he called for full funding of the crucial ... More >>
UN Cultural Agency
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 1:11 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 29 2009 12:10PM The Fall of Icarus by Pablo Picasso and Isamu Noguchi’s Peace Fountain can be viewed in Paris on 16 May, when the United Nations cultural agency opens its doors to the public for the first time ever. More >>
Getting Civilians Out Of Sri Lankan Combat Zone
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 1:10 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 29 2009 7:10PM The estimated 50,000 people still trapped in the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka are at great risk and the top priority must be to get them out as quickly as possible, the top United Nations relief official stressed ... More >>
Strike Blow Against States Violating Child Rights
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 1:08 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 29 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Security Council to take firm action against countries which recruit children as soldiers and appealed to all States to ensure that the protection of children in armed conflict ... More >>
UN’S New Development Chief
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:55 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 6:10PM The new administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) vowed today to sharpen her agency’s focus on cutting poverty despite the multiple crises currently facing the world. More >>
Financial Turmoil Being Ground Down
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:54 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 6:10PM The Asia-Pacific region has been steeled against the global recession by lessons learned from the 1997 economic crisis, but its resilience will continue to be chipped away unless several key issues are addressed, a top United ... More >>
Low Birth Rates In Russia Cause For Worry
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:52 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 7:10PM Demographic challenges – including short life expectancy and a shrinking population – must be faced to maintain Russia’s economic and social security, warns a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). More >>
Haiti: Publication Of Senate Election Results
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 6:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) today welcomed the publication of election results for the Caribbean country’s Senate although poor turn out meant that none of the candidates picked up sufficient ... More >>
UN-Backed Truth Commission In Solomon Islands
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:47 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 6:10PM Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is set to launch the United Nations-backed Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the Solomon Islands, which will help to bring peace to communities still divided by violence ... More >>
UN Emergency Fund Tops $100 Million
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:46 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 5:10PM Funding for health aid from the United Nations emergency relief fund, which was set up to speed assistance to those suffering from natural and man-made disasters, has passed the $100 million mark, the World Health Organization ... More >>
West African Farmers v Climate Change
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:45 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 5:10PM A United Nations-backed workshop aimed at identifying ways for West African farmers to limit the damaging effect climate change has on their livelihoods kicked off in Burkina Faso today. More >>
Situation Of Gaza’s Children Still ‘Precarious’
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 4:10PM The recent hostilities in Gaza may be over but the continuing Israeli blockade and inter-Palestinian tensions are hampering recovery efforts and having a particularly negative effect on the situation of children, the United Nations ... More >>
UN Swine Flu Pandemic Alert
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:41 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 2:10PM The international influenza pandemic alert remains at phase four, on a six-level warning scale, the United Nations health agency said today, as the count of swine flu infections continues to rise. More >>
UN Swine Flu Pandemic Alert
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:41 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 2:10PM The international influenza pandemic alert remains at phase four, on a six-level warning scale, the United Nations health agency said today, as the count of swine flu infections continues to rise. More >>
International Assistance In Côte D’ivoire
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 2:10PM International efforts in Côte d'Ivoire, long focused on elections, must now prioritize uniting the country, which has been divided since 2002 between the Government and the rebel Forces Nouvelles, a United Nations envoy ... More >>
Lowered Standards On World Safety Day
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 1:10PM Marking this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the head of the United Nation’s labour arm warned against a relaxation of standards due to the global economic crisis. More >>
Bolstered Security In Timor-Leste
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 12:10PM The leaders of Timor-Leste thanked the United Nations for its support in restoring security, but cautioned that the situation in the small nation remains fragile since it was rocked by violent clashes three years ago. More >>
Sri Lanka Coping With Twin Humanitarian Crises
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 11:10AM The United Nations humanitarian chief warned today that Sri Lanka faces what amounts to two distinct crises, as he toured camps for people who fled fighting in the country’s north between Government troops and the ... More >>
Suffering Due To Global Financial Crisis
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 28 2009 10:10AM A new United Nations study finds that the global financial crisis is impacting the ability of people with HIV to obtain life-saving drugs, a serious concern given that some two thirds of those in need of such medications still ... More >>
