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UNAIDS Chief Visits Brazil
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:46 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 3:10PM The head of the United Nations agency charged with coordinating the fight against HIV/AIDS is in Brazil this week promoting awareness of the link between the epidemic and tuberculosis and the necessity to address discrimination ... More >>
Release Of Detained And Missing UN Staff
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined United Nations colleagues today in calling for the release of the 19 staff members of the world body detained or missing around the globe. More >>
Urban Youth Groups Receive Boost From UN
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:43 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 1:10PM With nearly three quarters of the world’s one billion slum-dwellers under the age of 30, a new United Nations programme seeks to empower urban-based, youth-led community initiatives. More >>
Cooperation Among Asia-Pacific Nations Critical
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:42 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 12:10PM Collaboration between Governments in Asia and the Pacific is key to saving lives from natural disasters in the world’s most prone region, a senior United Nations official stressed today at the first session of a new committee ... More >>
India Has Duty To Use Global Influence
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:40 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 12:10PM A top United Nations official has hailed India’s vibrant democratic and legal institutions, while calling on the world’s largest democracy to repeal “dated and colonial-era” laws and to speak out about human ... More >>
Nuclear Experts Try To Cut Reactor Fuel Risks
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 11:10AM Operators of the world´s 250 research reactors – nuclear reactors that do not generate power but are used instead for scientific testing and the production of medical isotopes – are meeting this week to tackle fuel risks, ... More >>
‘South-South’ Agricultural Cooperation
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:38 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 25 2009 10:10AM In creating a $30 million trust fund to boost the food output of developing countries, China has cemented its role as a major global player in cooperation between developing countries, the United Nations agricultural agency ... More >>
Haiti: 100 Tonnes Of Election Equipment Arrive
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 6:10PM The arrival of a massive shipment of election equipment in Haiti has brought the process of legislative polls to a new phase, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) announced today. More >>
Steps To Boost Food Security
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 6:10PM An independent United Nations human rights expert has welcomed Benin’s efforts to boost food security, while stressing that they should not only increase production but also improve the lives of the country’s most vulnerable. More >>
Assessment Of Darfur Aid Reveals Critical Gaps
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 4:10PM United Nations humanitarian officials today commended the cooperation of Sudanese Government staff on an assessment of relief needs in war-torn Darfur, while they warned of high risks ahead following the ouster of crucial ... More >>
UN Staffer In Pakistan Must Be Released
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:33 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 4:10PM On the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, the UN refugee agency is again appealing for the immediate release of John Solecki, who was abducted in Pakistan nearly eight ... More >>
Refugees Continue Fleeing Into Chad
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 3:10PM More than 100 CAR refugees crossed the volatile border to south-eastern Chad over the weekend, joining over 6,800 others who began arriving earlier this year in two sites near the remote Daha village registered by the UN ... More >>
Violence Thwarts Refugee Return To Southern Sudan
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:30 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 2:10PM The deteriorating security situation in some parts of Southern Sudan is preventing the return of refugees from Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today. More >>
Countries In Turmoil: Rise In Asylum
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:29 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 1:10PM The number of people seeking asylum in industrialized countries rose in 2008 for the second year in a row, partly due to an increase in applications by people from Afghanistan, Somalia and other countries experiencing ... More >>
DR Congo: UN Envoy Hails New Pact With Rebels
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:20 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 12:10PM The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has hailed an accord signed yesterday between the Government and a rebel group that was a key combatant in fierce fighting, which uprooted hundreds ... More >>
UN Official Meets With US Leaders On Afghanistan
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:19 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 11:10AM The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan is in Washington D.C. this week ahead of a key international meeting later this month which will assess the current political, security and development issues in the South Asian nation. More >>
TB: Rate Of Epidemic’s Decline Too Slow
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:18 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 10:10AM A new United Nations report notes that the percentage of the global population falling ill to tuberculosis is dropping annually, but Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the pace of the disease’s decline is too slow and that ... More >>
Bomb Attack On Kurdish Mourners
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:17 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 24 2009 10:10AM The top United Nations envoy in Iraq today condemned “in the strongest terms” a suicide bomb attack that killed and injured dozens of people at a house filled with Kurdish funeral mourners yesterday. More >>
Latest Currents In The ‘Air We Breathe’
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 2:16 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 23 2009 1:10PM With an estimated two million people dying prematurely due to air pollution each year, the United Nations weather-monitoring agency is focusing on the movement of pollutants around the globe as it marks World Meteorological Day ... More >>
Ban Condemns Lebanon Terrorist Attack
Tuesday, 24 March 2009, 12:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 23 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today’s terrorist attack that killed Kamal Medhat, the deputy head of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon, and several of his bodyguards. More >>
