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Support For Guinea-Bissau’s Elections
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 2:10PM The United Nations envoy to Guinea-Bissau today urged continued support for national reconciliation and the fight against impunity in the West African country, which is gearing up for elections following last month’s ... More >>
UN Assessment Team Arrives Ahead Of Bhutto Probe
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:47 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 3:10PM A United Nations technical assessment mission has arrived in Pakistan to carry out preparatory work for the fact-finding commission being set up to look into the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a ... More >>
Darfur: UN-African Union Mission Chief
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:46 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 6:10PM The humanitarian situation was among the issues discussed in a meeting today between the head of the United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and a top official in the war-torn region of western Sudan. More >>
Peacekeepers Murdered In Eastern Chad
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 6:10PM The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) today expressed its dismay over the killing yesterday of a peacekeeper and two soldiers of the European Union force (EUFOR) by a fellow soldier in a camp ... More >>
New Measures For Cambodian Genocide Court
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:43 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 4:10PM A senior United Nations legal official today underscored the need to address allegations of corruption surrounding the genocide tribunal in Cambodia, which has begun the first trial of a suspect accused of crimes committed ... More >>
Sentences For Sierra Leonean Ex-Rebels
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:42 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 4:10PM The Prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) today welcomed the sentences handed down to three men who led a rebel movement during the most brutal phase of the West African nation’s ... More >>
Pact To Combat Global Warming Wraps Up In Bonn
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:41 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 5:10PM The latest round of United Nations talks aimed at reaching an ambitious new treaty on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions wrapped up today in Bonn, Germany, having achieved what the world body’s top climate change official ... More >>
Membership To UN Ethical Business Initiative Swell
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:40 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 3:10PM A record number of companies joined the United Nations alliance for responsible business last year, and while participants are making progress towards adopting ethical practices, the head of the UN Global Compact today stressed ... More >>
UN Investigation Into Gaza "Incidents"
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:38 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was briefed today by members of the United Nations Board of Inquiry, which is probing incidents involving death and damage at the world body’s premises in Gaza during Israel’s military operation ... More >>
Bioenergy Boosts Rural Development In Poor Nations
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 10:10AM Bioenergy production reaps benefits for rural communities in poor countries, according to a new United Nations-backed report that examined projects in one dozen countries spanning the globe. More >>
‘Clock Ticking’ For Sri Lanka’s Civilians
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 8 2009 10:10AM Time is running out for the thousands of civilians trapped in northern Sri Lanka amid the ongoing conflict between Government forces and Tamil rebels, the United Nations humanitarian chief warned today, appealing once again ... More >>
States Must Strengthen Life-Saving Facilities
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:33 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 7 2009 10:10AM The United Nations today marked World Health Day today with an urgent call for greater investment in hospitals and other health care facilities that play a critical role in saving lives of survivors in the immediate aftermath ... More >>
DR Congo: More Than 30,000 Flee
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:30 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 7 2009 12:10PM Even as some armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are being contained through peace pacts and military action, new fighting between other militias has driven more than 30,000 people from ... More >>
Kenya; Harassment Of Human Rights Workers
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 2:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 7 2009 1:10PM Kenyan law enforcement agencies have systematically harassed and intimidated human rights defenders, a United Nations independent expert said, expressing outrage at threats made against those who have cooperated with the world ... More >>
$36 Million To Aid Madagascar Amid Multiple Crises
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 2:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 7 2009 3:10PM Six United Nations agencies and three non-governmental partners in Madagascar today appealed for $35.7 million to help prevent a deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the country, which has been hit this year by drought, ... More >>
UN Summit On Financial Crisis
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 2:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 7 2009 5:10PM The United Nations will convene a global summit in June to assess the impact of the world economic crisis on development, it was announced today, after the General Assembly agreed on the arrangements for the conference. More >>
Facebook Users Can Lend Refugees A Hand
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 2:33 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 7 2009 4:10PM Thanks to a partnership with the United Nations refugee agency, the over two million users of the popular social networking website Facebook can now lend a hand to uprooted people around the world in need of shelter. More >>
Moldova: Violent Post-Election Protests
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 2:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 7 2009 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his concern over violent protests that broke out today in Moldova, following the European nation’s Parliamentary polls on 5 April. More >>
Violence In Central African Republic
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 2:30 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 7 2009 2:10PM The United Nations Security Council today demanded an end to violence by armed groups terrorizing the northern Central African Republic (CAR) and called for all parties in the country to abide by the results of a recent ... More >>
Armed Men Carjack Peacekeeper’s Vehicle
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 2:29 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 7 2009 2:10PM Two unidentified gunmen carjacked a vehicle last night from United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation in Darfur (UNAMID), the mission in the violence-torn region of Sudan reported today. More >>
