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Asia-PacificTo Boost Efforts To Curb Disaster Risk
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 12:06 pm | United Nations
Nations in Asia and the Pacific – the world’s most disaster-prone region – will bolster their cooperation to share information on disaster risk reduction, a new United Nations-backed commission has agreed. More >>
Positive Reaction To New Anti-Racism Text
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 12:03 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official today said she is “greatly encouraged” by the positive reactions to the shorter version of the draft outcome document for next month’s anti-racism conference, calling for efforts towards reaching a consensus ... More >>
Floods Displace Thousands In Southern Africa
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 11:57 am | United Nations
Floods across southern Africa, caused by extreme rainfall, have caused massive damage to land and property and displaced thousands of people, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today. More >>
Thousands More Flee Armed Groups In EasternCongo
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 11:52 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency voiced serious concern today over the plight of thousands of civilians who have fled their homes to escape daily attacks by the many armed groups operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). More >>
Timor Leste: UN-Trained Police To Take Up Beats
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 11:49 am | United Nations
The first areas of Timor-Leste to be policed by national squadrons since the violent clashes that shook the fledgling nation in 2006 have been chosen, the Government and the United Nations mission in the country ( UNMIT ) announced today. More >>
New Finnish-UN Partnership Aims To Help Forests
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 11:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of Finland have launched a new four-year, $14 million programme aimed at helping developing countries protect their forest resources and tackle climate change. More >>
Drugs And Crime Thwarting Afghan Development
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 11:27 am | United Nations
Terrorism, illicit drug trafficking and organized crime are seriously impeding progress in Afghanistan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today, calling for greater international cooperation to help the country tackle these challenges. More >>
UN Scheme To Tackle Costly Obstacles To Trade
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 11:25 am | United Nations
The Asia-Pacific arm of the United Nations has launched an initiative aimed at cutting through the red tape that is adding as much as 15 per cent to the cost of goods traded in the region. More >>
Thousands Of Somalis Still Fleeing To Kenya
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 11:22 am | United Nations
Despite recent elections and the establishment of new government in their homeland, thousands of Somalis are continuing to flee to north-eastern Kenya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today. More >>
Killing Of Afghan Journalist
Friday, 27 March 2009, 12:18 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 12:10PM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the killing of a reporter from Afghanistan earlier this month in the south of the war-torn nation, calling his death a blow to the freedom ... More >>
Representative For Bosnia And Herzegovina
Friday, 27 March 2009, 12:16 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 2:10PM The United Nations Security Council today welcomed and agreed to the appointment of Valentin Inzko, a senior Austrian diplomat, as the new High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement for Bosnia and ... More >>
US Negotiations Expert To Fill Afghanistan Post
Friday, 27 March 2009, 12:15 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Peter W. Galbraith, a diplomatic negotiations expert from the United States, as one of two deputy United Nations envoys in Afghanistan, his spokesperson announced today. More >>
End Current Gaza ‘Impasse’ Imperative
Friday, 27 March 2009, 12:13 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 6:10PM A top United Nations official today called for progress to be made in implementing a January Security Council resolution – which calls for a durable ceasefire in Gaza, free access for relief workers and the re-opening ... More >>
Ban Nominates H Clark As New UNDP Administrator
Friday, 27 March 2009, 9:23 am | United Nations
Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon, following consultations with the Executive Board of UNDP, has written to the President of the General Assembly requesting the General Assembly to confirm Helen Clark of New Zealand as the new Administrator of the UNDP ... More >>
Economic Crisis May Trigger Political Instability
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:53 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 7:10PM As the economic crisis engulfing the world continues to intensify, it could potentially herald political instability and social unrest, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for a four-pronged strategy to ... More >>
Focus Stimulus Efforts On Job Creation
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:51 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 7:10PM The head of the United Nations labour agency has urged governments to aim their economic rescue packages at forestalling a “prolonged and severe” jobs crisis that would lead to a massive increase in unemployment. More >>
Sri Lanka: Civilians Trapped In Conflict
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:50 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 6:10PM The humanitarian and security situation for civilians caught up in fighting between Government forces and separatist Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka remains precarious, a United Nations spokesperson said today. More >>
Drum Beats Mark UN Commemoration Of Slave Trade
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:49 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 6:10PM The powerful sounds of musicians, drummers and steel bands echoed through the United Nations complex in New York today in a celebration of the world’s common humanity and in commemoration of the victims of the African ... More >>
Arson Attack Kills Two At Darfur Camp
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 5:10PM A group of armed men set fire to a makeshift camp in war-ravaged Darfur, killing two people and destroying hundreds of shelters, the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in the western region of Sudan ... More >>
UN-Backed Tribunal For Lebanon Killings
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:47 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 3:10PM The United Nations-backed tribunal to try the perpetrators of a massive car bomb blast that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri has appointed its main officials and adopted rules of procedures and evidence, the ... More >>
