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National Gender Equality Goals
Saturday, 21 February 2009, 4:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 20 2009 12:10PM Strengthening accountability for commitments made by governments will be vital to achieving gender equality and women’s rights, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). More >>
Ban Urges Global Pursuit Of Social Justice
Saturday, 21 February 2009, 4:01 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 20 2009 9:10AM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has underscored the importance of pursuing social justice worldwide, lamenting that far too many people today are denied this right, which is at the heart of the United Nations' mission to advance ... More >>
Foundation For Lasting Stability
Saturday, 21 February 2009, 3:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 19 2009 6:10PM One year after the attacks on the leaders of Timor-Leste, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told the Security Council that the small nation can now embark on paving the way towards long-term stability. More >>
Trafficking Routes Contribute To Drug Problem
Saturday, 21 February 2009, 3:46 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 19 2009 6:10PM The growing sophistication of organized drug gangs, combined with the emergence of difficult-to-control smuggling routes, and high opium harvests in Afghanistan are just some of the major threats highlighted in a new report ... More >>
Myanmar: Resumption Of Substantive Talks
Saturday, 21 February 2009, 3:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 19 2009 7:10PM The President of the General Assembly today called on both the Government of Myanmar and the opposition to resume substantive dialogue without preconditions and without further delay, after meeting with the United Nations ... More >>
DR Congo Military Justice System
Friday, 20 February 2009, 12:56 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 19 2009 2:10PM Close to 600 armed forces officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are slated to undergo a United Nations-backed military justice refresher course beginning this weekend in Kinshasa, capital of the war-ravaged African ... More >>
UNESCO On-Line Atlas
Friday, 20 February 2009, 12:54 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today launched an interactive electronic version of its atlas cataloguing some 2,500 endangered languages worldwide. More >>
Top UN Envoy And Serb Officials Discuss Kosovo
Friday, 20 February 2009, 12:45 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for Kosovo met with Serbian officials in Belgrade today to discuss a wide range of issues ahead of an upcoming meeting of the Security Council on Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia just over a year ago. More >>
Need To Protect Civilians in Sri Lanka
Friday, 20 February 2009, 12:38 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 19 2009 2:10PM The United Nations humanitarian chief today stressed the need to ensure the protection of civilians caught in the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka, where Government forces are battling the separatists Liberation Tigers ... More >>
Scheme To Bolster Agricultural Productivity
Friday, 20 February 2009, 12:33 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 19 2009 1:10PM Poor farmers in the uplands of Laos are set to receive a $15 million boost from the United Nations rural development arm to help finance a project aimed at bolstering productivity and improving the sustainable management ... More >>
Drought Will Increase With Climate Change
Friday, 20 February 2009, 12:29 pm | United Nations
The severe drought and searing heat that recently allowed wildfires to char much of Australia will oppress wide swathes of the earth with increasing frequency this century, according to a forecast by scientists who met this week in Beijing, China, ... More >>
UN Aid Agency ‘Extremely Pleased’ Over Gaza
Friday, 20 February 2009, 12:26 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 19 2009 3:10PM The Gaza visits of three United States legislators were a sign of change that could improve the situation on the ground in the war-torn territory, the chief of the United Nations agency responsible for the welfare of Palestinian ... More >>
Amazon Loses More Forest
Friday, 20 February 2009, 12:25 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 19 2009 1:10PM New releases from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today show two sides of the human effect on climate change, with a report revealing hastened degradation of the earth’s largest forest zone and the Danish ... More >>
Global Immunization Efforts
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 1:15 pm | United Nations
18 February 2009 – United Nations agencies and their partners in the global fight against diseases that can be prevented by vaccines are meeting in New York to assess the coverage provided by immunizations, which prevent two million children’s deaths ... More >>
Financial Crisis May Pose GreatRisks For Migrants
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 12:56 pm | United Nations
18 February 2009 – The global financial crisis may have a dramatic impact on the lives of migrant workers in South-East Asia, participants at a United Nations-backed meeting held in Bangkok stressed, noting in particular the negative repercussions ... More >>
Access To Displaced In South Darfur
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 12:40 pm | United Nations
18 February 2009 – The Deputy Governor of South Darfur, the scene of recent violent clashes between Government forces and a rebel militia, assured a senior United Nations official today that the world body will receive continued access to around 100,000 ... More >>
GAP to Discuss Reform Efforts
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 12:37 pm | United Nations
18 February 2009 – The President of the General Assembly will be leaving later this week to visit a number of cities around the world to inform heads of State about ongoing efforts to reform the United Nations. More >>
Children Victimized By Conflict
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 12:34 pm | United Nations
18 February 2009 – As the conflict between the Sri Lankan Government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continues, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced its grave concern for the South Asian island nation’s ... More >>
UN Mission Condemns ‘Terror Tactics’
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 12:32 pm | United Nations
18 February 2009 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today condemned the “cowardly terror tactics” employed by an armed militia from Rwanda, which has caused havoc in the eastern part of the vast ... More >>
Durable Gaza Ceasefire
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 12:30 pm | United Nations
18 February 2009 – The top United Nations envoy to the Middle East today urged the international community to redouble its efforts to help achieve a permanent and durable ceasefire in Gaza, warning that anything less is unsustainable and could ... More >>
