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Nepal: Homemade Bomb In UN Compound
Monday, 16 February 2009, 11:39 am | United Nations
An improvised explosive device (IED) was thrown into the United Nations regional human rights office in south-western Nepal on the evening of 13 February, but no injuries or material damage were reported. More >>
Flowers Sent To Europe First Export From Gaza
Friday, 13 February 2009, 3:48 pm | United Nations
A truckload of cut flowers made it out of Gaza today and into Israel en route to Europe for sale, the first exports from the violence-wracked territory in over a year, the United Nations said today. More >>
Poor Should Not Bear Brunt Of Financial Crisis
Friday, 13 February 2009, 3:47 pm | United Nations
Countries must work together in the face of the worst global economic crisis in decades to ensure that the world’s most vulnerable – who are the least responsible for the meltdown – do not bear the brunt of the turmoil, the President of the General ... More >>
UN Probe Into Gaza Incidents Begins Work
Friday, 13 February 2009, 3:45 pm | United Nations
A United Nations investigation into events incidents involving death and damage at the world body’s premises in Gaza during Israel’s recent three-week offensive kicked off today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. More >>
Use Of Child Soldiers Is ‘Unacceptable’
Friday, 13 February 2009, 3:44 pm | United Nations
On the occasion of Red Hand Day which seeks to mobilize people worldwide to bring an end to the forced recruitment and use of children as soldiers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stated that the practice violates human decency and must be eradicated. More >>
Combating Terrorism and Organized Crime
Friday, 13 February 2009, 3:42 pm | United Nations
United Nations police units supporting peacekeeping missions worldwide not only play a key role in reforming and rebuilding national law enforcement agencies in post-conflict countries, but also have a significant hand in combating larger global threats, the ... More >>
UN Goodwill Ambassador For Human Trafficking
Friday, 13 February 2009, 3:41 pm | United Nations
Academy Award-winning American actress Mira Sorvino was named as Goodwill Ambassador to combat human trafficking for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today, coinciding with the release of a new report showing that nearly half of all ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Envoy Concludes Asian Consultations
Friday, 13 February 2009, 12:22 pm | United Nations
On the heels of his most recent visit to Myanmar, the top United Nations envoy to the South-East Asian nation has wrapped up consultations in the region on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. More >>
UN-Backed Congolese Peace Talks Will Resume
Friday, 13 February 2009, 11:38 am | United Nations
Peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the mainly Tutsi rebel group which last year launched a devastating offensive in the eastern region of the country are expected to restart soon, the United Nations envoy leading the ... More >>
CAR Must Do More To Protect Human Rights
Friday, 13 February 2009, 11:36 am | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert today deplored the instability facing tens of thousands of vulnerable people uprooted by violence in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR), calling on local authorities to take action to ... More >>
Ban Signs Performance Pacts With UN Chiefs
Friday, 13 February 2009, 10:46 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted efforts to spread transparency and accountability throughout the United Nations system, signing compacts with his senior managers for performance goals and results that will be published on the Organization’s ... More >>
UN Calls For Immediate Access To Civilians
Friday, 13 February 2009, 10:33 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official in Sudan today called for immediate access to over 100,000 people caught up in the latest outburst of hostilities in the country’s western Darfur region. More >>
Sudan’s UN-Backed Demobilization Programme
Friday, 13 February 2009, 10:31 am | United Nations
A woman was the first ex-combatant to be demobilized in this week’s historic launch of a United Nations-backed programme aimed at coaxing 180,000 ex-fighters from Sudan’s two-decades long north-south civil war back into civilian life. More >>
Some 24,000 Displaced Fled Northern Sri Lanka
Friday, 13 February 2009, 10:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations reported today that some 24,000 uprooted people have fled Sri Lanka’s Vanni region so far this year, as clashes continue in the north of the South Asian island nation, where some 250,000 civilians are trapped by fighting between ... More >>
Côte D’ivoire To Push For Presidential Elections
Friday, 13 February 2009, 10:27 am | United Nations
United Nations officials today called on Côte d’Ivoire’s leaders to set a timetable as soon as possible for much-delayed presidential elections so that the vote can take place in the divided West African country in the latter half of this year. More >>
A Chance To Reach For Social Goals
Friday, 13 February 2009, 9:54 am | United Nations
The European and Central Asian region, facing an increase in unemployment of 8 million people, should use the present economic crisis to push for longer-term social goals, according to the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO). More >>
Zimbabwe Government Must Tackle Human Rights Abuse
Friday, 13 February 2009, 9:52 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today called on Zimbabwe’s new Government of National Unity to immediately restore the rule of law and address abuses committed over the course of the recent political crisis. More >>
Hundreds Arriving Daily At Pakistani Camp
Friday, 13 February 2009, 9:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency reports that more than 100 families, or about 500 people, uprooted by fighting in northern Pakistan are arriving daily at the Jalozai camp, which housed some 100,000 Afghan More >>
UN Official To Go To Serbia For Talks On Kosovo
Friday, 13 February 2009, 9:49 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official will meet with Serbian ministers later this month for wide-ranging discussions on Kosovo, which proclaimed its independence a year ago in a move that Serbia rejects. More >>
UN Predicts Fall In Global Cereal Production
Friday, 13 February 2009, 9:48 am | United Nations
Bad weather, violent conflict and volatile market prices could force a drop off in the global production of cereal crops this year, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) predicted today after already warning that some 1billion people ... More >>
