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Sri Lanka: Actions By Government Forces
Monday, 16 March 2009, 12:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 13 2009 10:10AM The top United Nations human rights official today deplored the mounting deaths and injuries of civilians due to the “bitter” conflict in northern Sri Lanka between Government forces and a rebel group, pointing out that ... More >>
UN And African Union Agree To Battle Crime
Monday, 16 March 2009, 12:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 6:10PM The United Nations anti-crime agency and the African Union (AU) today launched a joint initiative to support an African plan to fight burgeoning traffic in illicit drugs and related criminal activity on the continent ... More >>
Satellite Launch By DPR Korea
Monday, 16 March 2009, 12:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern about plans by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to launch a satellite, warning that it could jeopardize stability in the region. More >>
Refugee Agency Set To Bolster Aid Work In Myanmar
Monday, 16 March 2009, 12:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 6:10PM The United Nations refugee chief today announced plans to ramp up his agency’s operations in Myanmar, at the end of a six-day visit to the South-East Asian country. More >>
2009 The Year Of Climate Change
Monday, 16 March 2009, 12:30 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 6:10PM With nations set to conclude negotiations on an ambitious new greenhouse gas emissions agreement this December, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States President Barack Obama have stressed the need for 2009 to be the ... More >>
Aid Workers Abducted In Darfur
Monday, 16 March 2009, 12:28 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he is deeply concerned at the recent kidnapping of humanitarian workers in Darfur, and once again called on the Sudanese Government to reverse its decision last week to expel 13 major ... More >>
UN Focuses On Minimizing Immediate Risks In Darfur
Sunday, 15 March 2009, 11:14 am | United Nations
The United Nations system is focusing on the immediate risks posed to the 4.7 million people dependent on humanitarian aid in Sudan’s war-racked Darfur region after the ordered expulsion of 13 aid groups, a spokesperson for the Organization said ... More >>
Ban Urges Member States To Support UN’s Work
Sunday, 15 March 2009, 11:11 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all nations to strengthen United Nations operations and “protect hard-fought gains” in the developing world, stressing that during times of crises the world body cannot fail the poorest and the most vulnerable. More >>
Ban Calls On Pakistan Resolve Differerences
Sunday, 15 March 2009, 11:07 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, concerned about the current political crisis in Pakistan, has called on the country’s leaders to engage in dialogue to resolve their differences. More >>
Universal Access For HIV Prevention Top Priority
Sunday, 15 March 2009, 11:03 am | United Nations
Even in the face of the current global economic turmoil, investing in AIDS responses is crucial to prevent 1.3 million deaths in the next two years, the head of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said today, highlighting how the agency’s top ... More >>
Arctic Peoples Must Be Consulted On Warming
Saturday, 14 March 2009, 3:00 pm | United Nations
Indigenous Arctic peoples must be consulted on ways to preserve their ways of life and boost employment opportunities as the northern ice retreats due to climate change, a group of experts convened by the United Nations cultural agency has agreed. More >>
Escalating Conflict in Sri Lanka
Saturday, 14 March 2009, 2:58 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official today deplored the mounting deaths and injuries of civilians due to the “bitter” conflict in northern Sri Lanka between Government forces and a rebel group, pointing out that some moves by both sides could ... More >>
Elections Pose Crucial Test For Afghanistan
Saturday, 14 March 2009, 2:53 pm | United Nations
The Government and people of Afghanistan, as well as their international partners, face a critical test in 2009, as the fledgling democracy prepares to hold credible elections over the coming months, according to a United Nations report released today. More >>
Voters In Côte D’Ivoire Rises To 5.4 Million
Friday, 13 March 2009, 10:39 am | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 5:10PM Calling it “significant progress” toward the much-delayed elections in Côte d’Ivoire, the United Nations mission there today announced that the number of voters identified so far in the West African nation has surpassed 5.4 ... More >>
Global Population Adding To Water Crisis
Friday, 13 March 2009, 10:37 am | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 2:10PM The surging growth in global population, climate change, widespread mismanagement and increasing demand for energy have tightened the grip on the world’s evaporating water supplies, warned a new United Nations report released ... More >>
World Must Help Africa Reap Rewards
Friday, 13 March 2009, 10:33 am | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 1:10PM Now that African countries have made great strides in adapting to globalization through economic reform, the international community must help them transform their gains into real reductions in poverty, the United Nations ... More >>
US Contribution Will Boost Women’s Rights
Friday, 13 March 2009, 10:31 am | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 12:10PM United States President Barack Obama’s release of $50 million to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will help curb poverty and improve the health of women and children in over 150 nations, the agency said ... More >>
Aid Workers Abducted In Darfur
Friday, 13 March 2009, 10:29 am | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 12:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he is deeply concerned at the kidnapping of three humanitarian workers in Darfur, and once again called on the Sudanese Government to reverse its decision last week to expel 13 major ... More >>
Sudan: Withdrawal Of Groups From Disputed Area
Friday, 13 March 2009, 10:28 am | United Nations
New York, Mar 12 2009 9:10AM The top United Nations envoy to Sudan today welcomed the withdrawal of the last remaining forces of two groups from the disputed town of Abyei, which lies in an oil-rich area close to the boundary between the vast African ... More >>
Deployment Of Police To Help Stabilize DRC
Friday, 13 March 2009, 10:26 am | United Nations
New York, Mar 11 2009 3:10PM Hundreds of newly trained national police officers are being deployed to the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a stabilization plan backed by the United Nations, the world body’s ... More >>
