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Zimbabwean Govt Must Resolve School Crisis
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 3:49 pm | United Nations
Zimbabwe’s education crisis is worsening with nearly all rural schools closed, and the new Government must make the issue a priority, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today. More >>
Ban Reports On Tour Of World's Crisis Points
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 2:05 pm | United Nations
10 February 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today delivered a wide-ranging report on his recent tour of the world’s crisis points, calling on the United States, China, India and the European Union to show “global leadership of the highest order” ... More >>
Security Council Consults On Georgia Resolution
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 1:55 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today held consultations on a draft resolution on the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) whose mandate expires at the weekend, with the Council president voicing confidence that a new resolution would be adopted ... More >>
Former Kosovo Official Granted Provisional Release
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 1:23 pm | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s has ordered the provisional release of a former Kosovo official who has completed a three-month sentence for contempt of court for witness tampering ... More >>
Bring Marginalized Into Mainstream - UN
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 12:23 pm | United Nations
The President of the General Assembly today stressed the need to recognize the rights of the marginalized and boost their inclusion in local and global financial structures, during the launch at United Nations Headquarters in New York of the first-ever World ... More >>
Darfur Peace Talks In Doha
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 12:21 pm | United Nations
Representatives of the Sudanese Government and the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), meeting for the first time in two years, began peace talks in Doha today, under the auspices of the Joint African Union-United Nations Chief Mediator tasked ... More >>
Timor-Leste: Ban Encouraged By Progress
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 12:08 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is encouraged by the strides made by the leaders and people of Timor-Leste since violence shook the small Asian nation in 2006, but warned that the root causes of that crisis, including poverty and unemployment, still ... More >>
Child Abuse, Rape, Armed Rampant In C Africa
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 11:05 am | United Nations
Grave violations against children are being perpetrated by all parties to the various conflicts in the Central African Republic (CAR), including rape and armed recruitment into the fighting forces, according to a United Nations report released today. More >>
Sri Lanka: UN 'Outrage' At Civilian Deaths
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 10:57 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency expressed “outrage” today at the senseless killing of hundreds of civilians caught up in fighting between Sri Lankan forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in areas under rebel command, ... More >>
Refugee Returns To Sth Somalia Top 300,000, UN
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 10:38 am | United Nations
The number of Sudanese refugees returning from exile since the end of the country’s civil war topped 300,000 last weekend, marking a milestone in a repatriation operation aimed at assisting nearly 500,000 people uprooted by the conflict, the United Nations ... More >>
UNAIDS Seeks Access As Top Priority
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 10:29 am | United Nations
The new head of the United Nations agency charged with coordinating the fight against HIV/AIDS said today that the achievement of universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 is his top priority, as he launched the agency’s latest ... More >>
Ban: US, China, India + EU Must Tackle Clim Change
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 10:23 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today delivered a wide-ranging report on his recent tour of the world’s crisis points, calling on the United States, China, India and the European Union to show “global leadership of the highest order” in tackling ... More >>
UN Calls For Probe Into Murders Of Indi Colombians
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 10:10 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency is calling for an independent probe into the reported murders last week of 17 Awá indigenous people in a remote area of south-western Colombia that suffers from some of the worst violence and forced displacement in ... More >>
Joint UN: Child Protection From Online Danger
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 10:03 am | United Nations
The United Nations telecom agency and the European Commission have teamed up to protect children, among the most active – and most vulnerable – users of the Internet from online dangers, including cyber-bullying and paedophilia. More >>
Darfur: UN Helicopter Draws Fire In North
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 5:24 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said that unknown assailants fired today on one of its helicopters near its headquarters in El Fasher, which late last month experienced several days of renewed clashed between Government and rebel ... More >>
Upcoming Polls Crucial For Afghan Stability
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 4:28 pm | United Nations
The elections slated to be held later this year in Afghanistan will be a vital opportunity to boost the country’s political stability, the United Nations peacekeeping chief said today, pledging the world body’s assistance to ensure fair, timely and transparent ... More >>
Trial Of Rwandan Accused Of Manufacturing Evidence
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 2:34 pm | United Nations
The trial of a Rwandan investigator accused of trying to fabricate evidence for the appeal of a former minister of higher education convicted of genocide started today at the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the mass killings that engulfed ... More >>
Council Briiefed On UN Trip To Iraq, Afghanistan
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 12:45 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today briefed the United Nations Security Council in a closed session on his recent trip to Africa, Asia and Europe, providing a detailed report on his contacts on a range of conflicts and issues from Somalia and Zimbabwe ... More >>
Madagascar Parties Reach Out To UN
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 11:59 am | United Nations
President Marc Ravalomanana of Madagascar and the Mayor of the capital, Anatananarivo, Andry Rajoelina, have declared that they are committed to start a United Nations-facilitated dialogue and to resolve their differences peacefully, a spokesperson for the world ... More >>
Survivors Of Rebel Massacres In DR Congo Sek Help
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 11:56 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 9 2009 5:10PM Angry and traumatized survivors of massacres by the Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which has killed nearly 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), today sought shelter, food, medicine – and ... More >>
