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Education Must Be Keystone Of Crisis Recovery
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 1:07 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 18 2009 1:10PM The President of the United Nations General Assembly today urged that children’s education be made central to the assistance given to communities devastated by violence and disaster, as he opened a dialogue on the topic ... More >>
Abducted UN Staffer’s Health Worsening
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 1:05 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 18 2009 12:10PM The United Nations said today it is very concerned about the condition of staff member John Solecki, who was abducted in Pakistan more than six weeks ago, after the group which claims to be holding him reported that ... More >>
UN Scheme Provides $18 Million To Slash Emissions
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 1:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 18 2009 11:10AM Five pilot countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are set to receive $18 million in funding from a United Nations programme aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from forests while boosting local livelihoods. More >>
20-Year Sentence To Former Bosnian Serb Official
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 1:03 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 2:10PM The appeals chamber of the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up after the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today upheld earlier convictions of a former top Bosnian Serb official and sentenced him to 20 years in prison for ... More >>
Fatal Ambush Of Darfur Peacekeepers
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 1:02 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 2:10PM The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) condemned an ambush earlier today that led to the death of one blue helmet, the second such attack on peacekeepers in the strife-torn region of Sudan in a week. More >>
Blue Helmets Taking Over In Chad
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:21 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 7:10PM The Security Council today welcomed this weekend’s successful transfer of authority from European forces to United Nations peacekeepers in the war-torn nations of Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR). More >>
DRC Conflicts Threaten People’s Living Conditions
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:19 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 6:10PM Although the global spotlight has been on the conflict in the volatile far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), violations have been occurring in other parts of the vast African nation, a senior United Nations ... More >>
Meeting On Financial Crisis With World Leaders
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:17 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 6:10PM The President of the General Assembly has just returned to New York from a three-week trip during which he spoke with some 20 world leaders about the upcoming high-level United Nations meeting on the global financial crisis ... More >>
UNICEF Urges ‘Extraordinary Efforts’ For Children
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:16 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 5:10PM Deploring the mounting toll of children killed and injured in the zone of combat between Sri Lankan Government forces and Tamil rebels, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today called for “extraordinary ... More >>
State Of Western Sahara Refugees
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:15 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 5:10PM Concern over malnutrition among long-term refugees from Western Sahara have sparked two assessment missions to their camps in western Algeria by humanitarian partners, the first of which embarks tomorrow, the United Nations ... More >>
Madagascar Following President’s Resignation
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:12 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all parties in Madagascar to ensure stability and a smooth democratic transition following the resignation of President Marc Ravalomanana. More >>
Uprooted Return Home In Northern Uganda
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:10 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 3:10PM Northern Ugandans uprooted during two decades of fighting between the Government and a notorious rebel group are continuing to return home, the United Nations humanitarian arm announced today. More >>
Step Towards Restoring The Rule Of Law In Pakistan
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:09 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 1:10PM The United Nations human rights chief has welcomed the Pakistani Government’s decision to reinstate the former Supreme Court Chief Justice and other judges, who had been removed from their posts in 2007, as an important ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Begins Visit To Nepal And India
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:07 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 1:10PM The top United Nations human rights official will be visiting Nepal and India this week as she sets out on her first official visit to Asia since taking up her post last September. More >>
Colombia’s Indigenous Must Be Protected
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 12:10PM The United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern over the ongoing displacement of indigenous communities in Colombia and called for investigations into credible reports of abuses. More >>
Rip Through Sudanese Refugee Camps
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:03 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 11:10AM The United Nations refugee agency said today it was hastening to replace supplies and put preventive measures in place after five accidental fires swept through two camps for Sudanese refugees in remote eastern Chad in the ... More >>
Restoring Rule Of Law In Pakistan
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief has welcomed the Pakistani Government’s decision to reinstate the former Supreme Court Chief Justice and other judges, who had been removed from their posts in 2007, as an important step in restoring the rule of law ... More >>
Iraqi Family Departs For Resettlement In Germany
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:02 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 10:10AM Germany's plans to resettle 2,500 Iraqi refugees has begun with a young couple who flew out of Jordan with a son who needs urgent medical treatment for a heart defect, the United Nations refugee agency announced today. More >>
Internet Drug Dealers Targeted By UN
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 2:00 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 17 2009 10:10AM Online dealers of illicit drugs are the target of new guidelines launched today by the independent body which monitors the implementation of United Nations drug control conventions. More >>
Water Deserves A Higher Priority
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 1:59 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 16 2009 6:10PM Water must be given higher priority on the development agenda, a top United Nations official told a global gathering that opened today in Istanbul, stressing that the problems the world faces with regard to this precious ... More >>
