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Murder Of Mexican Photographer
Saturday, 28 February 2009, 11:53 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 27 2009 10:10AM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today condemned the murder of a Mexican news photographer in an attack that also seriously injured another journalist, calling for the those behind the ... More >>
Senior UN Political Aide To Madagascar
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:21 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has dispatched a senior United Nations political aide to Madagascar, following a request from the Government for a more active role by the world body in dealing with the political tensions in ... More >>
Darfur: After Last Month’s Flare-Ups
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:18 pm | United Nations
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force Darfur (UNAMID) today reported that relative calm had returned to the war-ravaged western region of the Sudan although concern remained over continuing violence in some areas. More >>
Fiscal Crisis An Opportunity To Fight Corruption
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:17 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 6:10PM During the world economic downtown, corporate engagement with ethics, trust and the fight against corruption is growing, the head of the United Nation’s alliance for responsible business said today. More >>
Officials Convicted Of War Crimes In Kosovo
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:16 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 5:10PM The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up after the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today convicted five former high-ranking Yugoslav and Serbian officials for crimes against humanity, while former Serbian president ... More >>
Efforts To Alleviate Humanitarian Suffering
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:14 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 3:10PM Although progress has been made in addressing the humanitarian suffering in Colombia, particularly high levels of displacement due to conflict and natural disasters, the top United Nations relief official said that more needs to ... More >>
Ban Holds Talks With Tanzanian President
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:13 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began an official visit to Tanzania today, meeting with President Jakaya Kikwete with whom he discussed a range of issues, from the country’s upcoming elections and regional crises to the ... More >>
Successful Iraqi Elections Cause For Optimism
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:12 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 3:10PM Recent peaceful and “remarkable” polls are a crucial step in Iraq’s recovery process, the top United Nations envoy to the strife-torn nation told the Security Council today, paying tribute to the Iraqi people for their ... More >>
Three Rebel Leaders Convicted For War Crimes
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:11 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 3:10PM Three men who led a rebel movement during the most brutal phase of Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war have been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity by a United Nations-backed court in the capital, Freetown. More >>
Lebanon Tribunal Set To Begin Work Next Week
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:10 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 1:10PM The international tribunal being set up to try those responsible for political killings in Lebanon is ready to begin its work next week, says a new United Nations report released today. More >>
Timor-Leste Peacekeeping Mission
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:09 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 1:10PM The Security Council today extended for one more year the mandate of the peacekeeping mission it sent to help stabilize the fledgling nation of Timor-Leste in the wake of violent clashes in 2006. More >>
A Century Of War On Drugs
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:07 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 1:10PM The world is winning its long battle against the illicit trade in narcotics but further efforts are needed, especially to reduce demand, the United Nations drug tsar said today, 100 years to the day after the first-ever conference ... More >>
Resettlement Efforts By Australia, New Zealand
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:06 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 11:10AM The top United Nations refugee official has paid tribute to both Australia and New Zealand for the reception and services they provide to those forced to escape their own countries. More >>
Climate Change Threatens Right To Housing
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 12:10PM Rising sea levels and coastal erosion, both wrought by climate change, threaten the viability of Maldives, but overcrowding and other impacts are already felt by the island nation’s 300,000 people, a United Nations ... More >>
Strengthening Aid Efforts In Zimbabwe
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:03 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 11:10AM A United Nations inter-agency mission to Zimbabwe today stressed that the country’s humanitarian crisis remains grave, and urged both the Government and the international community to support the strengthening of aid efforts. ... More >>
‘Ideal Village’ Latest Project By UN
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:01 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 26 2009 10:10AM A new 150-acre agricultural village, complete with poultry, a fish pond and school and community-based farms, is the latest initiative by Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) ... More >>
African Youth To Climb Kilimanjaro
Friday, 27 February 2009, 2:00 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 25 2009 2:10PM A group of young people from impoverished urban areas in Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana, will set off on a gruelling trek to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro under the United Nations banner to draw attention to the effects of climate ... More >>
Reform Of Financial Institutions
Friday, 27 February 2009, 1:59 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 25 2009 6:10PM The President of the General Assembly today appealed to China to support United Nations initiatives to transform international financial, economic, monetary and trade policies in response to the current global economic ... More >>
Attack On African Union Base In Somalia
Friday, 27 February 2009, 1:58 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 25 2009 5:10PM The United Nations today condemned in the strongest terms the suicide attack on the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Mogadishu, which caused the deaths of 11 Burundian peacekeepers and injured 17 others ... More >>
Status Of Policewomen In Côte D’ivoire
Friday, 27 February 2009, 1:57 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 25 2009 6:10PM Improving the status and effectiveness of women, whose numbers have risen steadily in the past decade, in the police force of the Côte d’Ivoire is the subject of a new training course organized by the United Nations ... More >>
