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UN Cranks Up Global Pandemic
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:29 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 27 2009 7:10PM With increasing numbers of people contracting the deadly swine flu virus, the United Nations health agency today elevated the international pandemic alert to phase 4, on a six-point scale, for the first time since the current ... More >>
Unity Key To Tackling Swine Flu Threat
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:27 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 27 2009 6:10PM Global solidarity is critical if the world if a pandemic of swine flu is indeed imminent, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, as he made an unscheduled press appearance to lay out the rapid United Nations response ... More >>
Peacekeepers Scale Up Protection Of Civilians
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:26 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 27 2009 3:10PM With a “low-intensity” war continuing in Sudan’s Darfur region, the joint United Nations-African Union force (UNAMID) has increasingly prevented large-scale civilian disasters, the mission’s chief said today. More >>
Crises Reveal Necessity Of Collective Action
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:24 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 27 2009 4:10PM The “triple threat” posed by the economic, food and climate crises have underscored the need for international cooperation to prevent the slide of an additional 60 million people in Asia and the Pacific into poverty ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Ramps Up Aid To Over 150,000
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:23 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 27 2009 6:10PM The United Nations refugee agency today began an emergency airlift operation targeting the some 150,000 people uprooted by intense armed conflict between Government forces and separatist Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka, as the world ... More >>
Rwandan Rebels In Eastern Dr Congo Ramp Up
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:22 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 27 2009 5:10PM The number of Rwandans laying down their arms and leaving militias that terrorize civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has multiplied four-fold on a monthly basis compared to last year, the United ... More >>
Zambia: Malaria Death Rate Plummets
Friday, 24 April 2009, 5:17 pm | United Nations
Zambia has joined several other African countries in slashing the number of deaths from malaria by more than half through aggressive control measures, the United Nations health agency announced today. More >>
UN Agencies Pledge Support To Ghana
Friday, 24 April 2009, 5:15 pm | United Nations
The heads of the two United Nations food agencies announced today that they would bolster efforts to reduce the impact of the global financial crisis on the millions of hungry and poor in Ghana. More >>
Food Emergencies Continue In 32 Countries
Friday, 24 April 2009, 5:13 pm | United Nations
High food prices persist in developing countries despite an improved global cereal supply and a sharp decline in international food prices, the United Nations agricultural agency warns in a report released today. More >>
Falling Basic Education Aid
Friday, 24 April 2009, 5:11 pm | United Nations
Steep drops in aid to basic education in developing countries threatens to roll back progress made towards achieving the global goal of universal primary schooling, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) cautioned ... More >>
Crisis ‘Triple Threat’ Demands Greater Cooperation
Friday, 24 April 2009, 5:09 pm | United Nations
As countries in Asia and the Pacific grapple with the “triple threat” of the economic crisis, food and fuel insecurity and climate change, there is a greater need for cooperation in the region, a senior United Nations official said today. More >>
Ban Welcomes Over $200 Million For Somalia
Friday, 24 April 2009, 4:48 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed over $200 million pledged to help the emergent Government in Somalia gain a security foothold in the faction-torn country by funding its nascent security forces and the peacekeeping efforts of the African ... More >>
Thirty-Five Drown After Smuggler’s Boat Capsizes
Friday, 24 April 2009, 4:44 pm | United Nations
Thirty-five people drowned after one of two smugglers’ boats carrying more than 220 passengers across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia capsized off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said today. More >>
Anti-Racism Conference Ends Amid NGO Expulsions
Friday, 24 April 2009, 4:41 pm | United Nations
The ongoing United Nations anti-racism conference in Geneva concluded its general debate today after hearing statements on new forms of racist discrimination and expelling three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for disruptive behaviour. More >>
UN Relief Team To Sri Lankan Combat Zone
Friday, 24 April 2009, 4:38 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that he will immediately send a United Nations humanitarian team to the shrinking conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka, calling for the mission to be allowed into the area as soon as possible. More >>
Sudanese Returning Home From Uganda Tops 20,000
Friday, 24 April 2009, 4:36 pm | United Nations
The number of Sudanese refugees returning home from Uganda this year with the assistance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) topped the 20,000 mark today. More >>
Reaching Climate Deal Will Boost Private Sector
Friday, 24 April 2009, 4:34 pm | United Nations
Global business leaders at a United Nations-backed gathering today stressed the importance of reaching an ambitious climate change deal later this year, noting that such a pact will spur the growth of a ‘green’ economy. More >>
UN Envoy Hears Of Revenge Attacks By Hutu
Friday, 24 April 2009, 4:32 pm | United Nations
A recent deadly attack by Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has left five children dead and hundreds of homes burned to the ground, village leaders told the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the DRC (MONUC) ... More >>
Ban Calls For Greater Efforts To Protect Children
Thursday, 23 April 2009, 5:19 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Security Council and judicial systems to step up action in the fight to end abuse of children in conflict zones around the world. More >>
Sudan: Unravelling Of Peace Pact
Thursday, 23 April 2009, 5:18 pm | United Nations
Should the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the long-running north-south civil war in Sudan collapse, a humanitarian catastrophe could ensue, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on the international community to remain focused ... More >>
