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Guatemala: Progress Made Boosting Justice System
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 2:03 pm | United Nations
Despite strides made in dismantling organized criminal networks in Guatemala, substantial work is still necessary to consolidate the rule of law in the Central American nation, the head of a United Nations-backed commission investigating the presence and activities ... More >>
Gaza: UN Agencies Mete Out Cash For Shelter
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 2:02 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2009 5:10PM Gazans whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the Israeli offensive that ended last month have, to date, received more than $7 million in cash from United Nations agencies in a distribution that began last week. More >>
Sec-Gen; First Official Visit To South Africa
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 2:00 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2009 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has touched down in South Africa on his first official visit to the country, beginning a trip that will also take him to Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Egypt. More >>
Nicaraguan NGO Receive Top Honours
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 1:59 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2009 1:10PM An Egyptian doctor and a Nicaraguan non-governmental organization (NGO) have been awarded this year’s United Nations Population Award, which recognizes outstanding work in population and health. More >>
Commitment On Prisoner Release By Government
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 1:58 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed a commitment to release prisoners agreed upon by the Government of Sudan and a major rebel movement of the country’s violence-torn Darfur region. More >>
Needs Of Displaced Persons In Colombia
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 1:56 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2009 12:10PM The United Nations’ top humanitarian official, on the first day of his mission to Colombia to assess relief operations for victims of natural disaster and civil strife, saluted actions taken but said much more must ... More >>
Rwandan Rebel Attacks Lead To More Displacement
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 1:54 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2009 10:10AM The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today it continues to be extremely worried about rising violence against civilians in the eastern Congolese province of North Kivu, where attacks by Rwandan Hutu rebels ... More >>
1000 Micro-Projects For Peace
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 1:49 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2009 6:10PM Starting at a chicken coop and a pig farm outside the city of Bouaké, the top United Nations envoy to Côte d’Ivoire today started a five-city pilgrimage through the divided West African country to visit projects that ... More >>
Rwanda: UN Tribunal Opens Two New Info Centres
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 3:35 pm | United Nations
The United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the mass killings that engulfed Rwanda in 1994 inaugurated two new information centres in the south of the small African Great Lakes nation. More >>
UN Rights Chief Urges Fight Against Racism
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 3:33 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations official for human rights today stressed the need for Member States put aside their differences and work together to defeat racism ahead of the so-called Durban Review Conference later this year, which will examine the progress ... More >>
Peacekeeping, under severe strain, to be reviewed
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 1:52 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeeping operations, faced with unprecedented demands and extreme constraints, will undergo a thorough review in the coming year, the chief of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) said today. More >>
Ban Stresses Role Of Philanthropy
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 1:25 pm | United Nations
The role of philanthropists and philanthropic organizations is crucial in tackling some avoidable health threats which kill millions of vulnerable people every year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
UNICEF Receives $48 Million
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:50 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 23 2009 1:10PM United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) initiatives supporting some of the poorest people in India are set to receive a $48 million boost from Swedish retail giant IKEA, the agency announced today, coinciding with the day ... More >>
Killing Of AU Peacekeepers
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:49 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 23 2009 2:10PM The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today said he was shocked to hear about an attack against African Union peacekeepers in the capital that claimed the lives of 11 Burundian troops. More >>
Qatar Gives $40 Million in Humanitarian Relief
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:47 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 23 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his appreciation for a $40 million donation from Qatar to aid United Nations emergency relief and recovery efforts around the world. More >>
UN Official Appeals For His Release
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:46 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 23 2009 5:10PM The mother of John Solecki, a United Nations staff member abducted in western Pakistan over two weeks ago, today appealed to the people of Balochistan province, in the south of the nation, to help secure his freedom. More >>
Newly-Elected Officials Must Work Constructively
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 23 2009 3:10PM Calling recent polls in Iraq “an important turning point” for the strife-torn country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges the newly-elected provincial officials to work together to improve the lives of Iraqis, in a report ... More >>
The World’s Poorest ‘Bottom Billion'
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:42 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 23 2009 10:10AM Sustainable industrial development offers a ray of hope for lifting the world’s “bottom billion” – those that live on less than $1 a day – out of poverty, according to a new report released today by the United ... More >>
Global Economic Downturn Imperils Human Rights
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:40 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 23 2009 1:10PM The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution today highlighting the threat posed by the global financial and economic crises on the realization of human rights and development goals. More >>
Food, Climate And Financial Crises
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:39 pm | United Nations
A range of challenges from food and financial crises to climate change are threatening global efforts to achieve development that is sustainable, or that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their ... More >>
