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Sanctions To Prevent Terrorism
Friday, 13 February 2009, 9:45 am | United Nations
Preventative sanctions against people associated with terrorist groups present tough legal issues, but have been recognized by various courts as needed, the coordinator of the team that monitors the United Nations Security Council regime against Al-Qaida ... More >>
Arrest Warrant For Sudan’s President
Friday, 13 February 2009, 9:44 am | United Nations
Contrary to media reports published today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) says that no decision has been made yet on the application for an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on charges of war crimes in Darfur. More >>
Darfur: Civilians Threatened By Violent Clashes
Friday, 13 February 2009, 9:43 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 >>
‘Challenging’ Year Ahead For The United Nations
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 4:06 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 11 2009 7:10PM The head of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) predicts a “challenging” year ahead for the 54-member body as it seeks to contribute to efforts to tackle the financial crisis and to further the global ... More >>
US Tour To Highlight DR Congo Rape Crisis
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 3:52 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is kicking off a five-city tour of the United States aimed at highlighting the horrors faced by thousands of Congolese rape victims, while calling for an end to impunity for the perpetrators of the worst ... More >>
Challenges Ahead For UN Economic + Social Council
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 3:47 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Economic and Social Council predicts a “challenging” year ahead for the 54-member body as it seeks to contribute to efforts to tackle the financial crisis and to further the global development agenda. More >>
Combat Crisis Engulfing Horn Of Africa
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 3:04 pm | United Nations
Solutions to chronic food shortages in the Horn of Africa jeopardizing the lives of almost 20 million people in the region lie in long-term economic strategies as well as providing immediate emergency assistance, stressed a senior United Nations ... More >>
Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia Name Talks Resume A
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 2:49 pm | United Nations
Representatives of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia held talks today on the name of the latter country in what a United Nations envoy called a “good, solid discussion.” More >>
Zimbabwe: Ban Calls On Government To Tackle Crises
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 11:26 am | United Nations
Zimbabwe’s new Government of national unity needs to immediately address the economic and humanitarian crises, including the country’s worst ever cholera epidemic, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, pledging full United Nations support. More >>
Ban Calls On States To Make Up In Darfur Mission
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 10:21 am | United Nations
More than a year after it was set up, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur still lacks critical logistical equipment, especially air power, and is only at some 60 per cent of its mandated strength, even as security in the war-torn ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Chad To Step Up
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 10:17 am | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert has called on the Government of Chad to boost its efforts in protecting the tens of thousands of civilians forced from their homes to escape the ongoing violence in the African nation. More >>
Sports Strive To Be Lower-Carbon
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 10:13 am | United Nations
Major athletic events around the globe – from the 2014 Sochi Olympics to an annual powerboat race in Norwegian fjords – are striving to neutralize their carbon footprint as part of a world-wide climate network, the United Nations Environment Programme ... More >>
UN: Facilitating Aid Efforts Into Eastern Chad
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 10:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations is facilitating humanitarian assistance for the growing number of refugees who are fleeing insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) and arriving in a remote village in eastern Chad. More >>
Critical Shortfalls In The Darfur Mission
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 10:00 am | United Nations
More than a year after it was set up, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) still lacks critical logistical equipment, especially air power, and is only at some 60 per cent of its mandated strength, even as security in the ... More >>
UN: Iraqis Must Not Give In To Extremism
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 9:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy to Iraq strongly condemned today’s bombing at a bus station in the capital, targeting pilgrims making the journey from Baghdad to Karbala, and called on all of the nation’s citizens to “not rise to the provocation of extremists.” More >>
Ban Voices Sadness At Australia’s Deadly Fires
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 9:46 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his sadness at the deadly fires that have swept across south-eastern Australia, reportedly killing at least 180 people and leaving dozens missing. More >>
UN Extends Help To Newly Displaced In Pakistan
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 7:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 10 2009 2:10PM The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is expanding its relief operation to assist those fleeing fighting – which the world body estimates currently stands at 450,000 people but could climb to 600,000 ... More >>
Campaign To Demobilize Sudanese Ex-Combatants
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 7:01 pm | United Nations
More than a dozen soldiers, who fought in the long-running Sudanese civil war, today handed over their weapons at the start of a United Nations-backed demobilization programme aimed at coaxing 180,000 ex-combatants back into civilian life. More >>
Children In Gaza Left Without Textbooks
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 6:59 pm | United Nations
The United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees has distributed notebooks to 11 schools in Gaza over the past week, but has halted further distribution since it has not been able to import any additional notebooks. More >>
Rwandan Fighters Vanish From Disarmament Site
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 4:08 pm | United Nations
A group of 150 ethnic Hutu fighters and their dependents who had agreed to be demobilized and repatriated to Rwanda have disappeared from a camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission there said today. More >>
