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Ban Ki-moon Reaffirms UN Support For Afghanistan
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 10:03 am | United Nations
Making a surprise stop in Afghanistan today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged the United Nations’ strong support for development and the consolidation of peace and stability in the strife-torn nation. More >>
UN: Only Sustainable Farming Will Help Food Demand
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 10:00 am | United Nations
Only by switching to more sustainable farming methods will the world’s farmers be able to grow enough food to meet the demands of a growing population and respond to climate change, the top crop expert with the United Nations Food and Agriculture ... More >>
Liberia:Hope For Devastating Caterpillar Plague
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 9:46 am | United Nations
A team of scientists has identified the caterpillars that swarmed across northern and central Liberia devouring crops and contaminating water supplies as an easier to control species than was previously thought, the United Nations Food and Agricultural ... More >>
35000 Contracted HIV In 2007 In Mid-East + Nth Afr
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 9:36 am | United Nations
UN Study Estimates 35,000 People Contracted Hiv In Middle East, North Africa In 2007 More >>
Ban Appeals For More Peacekeepers For DR Congo
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 2:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 3 2009 2:10PM Member States have so far failed to provide nearly enough troops to reinforce the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the Security Council called in November for 3,000 additional peacekeepers ... More >>
More Supplies Must Be Allowed To Enter Gaza
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 2:11 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 3 2009 2:10PM The number of trucks allowed by Israel to enter Gaza daily to deliver much-needed relief supplies remains insufficient, the United Nations reported today. More >>
Drug Trafficking Biggest Threat To Sierra Leone
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 2:09 pm | United Nations
Although Sierra Leone continues to progress in consolidating peace six year after a devastating civil war, more remains to be done to make the achievements irreversible, with international drug trafficking posing a critical threat to stability in the ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Envoy Meets With Pro-Democracy Leader
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:52 am | United Nations
The Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar continued his visit to the South-East Asian nation today, meeting with Government officials and opposition and other political parties, including with detained pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate ... More >>
Un Officials Urge Release Of Kidnapped Refugee
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:51 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned “in the strongest terms” the murder of a United Nations worker in western Pakistan and joined the world body’s top refugee official in calling for the immediate release of another staff member abducted in ... More >>
Germany: Measles Outbreak Wake-Up Call For Parents
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:47 am | United Nations
A measles outbreak in Germany has highlighted the need for vaccination reminders and better information for parents, after a study showed that at least 80 per cent of 614 cases in Duisburg in 2006 involved people who had not been vaccinated, according ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Un Concerned Over Shelling Of Hospital
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:40 am | United Nations
A United Nations humanitarian spokesman in Sri Lanka today voiced concern over the shelling of a hospital in the zone of fighting between the Government and rebel forces, emphasizing the ever-increasing threat to the lives of some 250,000 civilians trapped ... More >>
UN: Hands Off Crucial To Gaza Recovery
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:35 am | United Nations
The top United Nations humanitarian official said today that the success of relief operations in Gaza – the site of Israel’s recent three-week military offensive – hinges on three factors: access for aid agencies, a durable ceasefire and no ... More >>
UN Mission Urges Hutu Militia To Disarm
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has extended an olive branch to the ethnic Rwandan Hutu militia involved in armed conflict in the east of the country, urging combatants to hand in their weapons and ... More >>
South Darfur Fighting Must Cease - UN Official
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:18 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official today voiced her alarm at reports of the worsening conditions for civilians in the South Darfur town of Muhajeria, where fighting between Sudanese Government forces and rebels has led to at least 30 deaths ... More >>
UN: $604 Million Appeal To Aid Afghans In Need
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations and its partners today appealed for $604 million to help meet the needs of Afghans made vulnerable by natural disasters, lack of access to basic social services, increasing food insecurity and the worsening security situation. More >>
UN: Global Treaty Combating Illegal Fishing
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:10 am | United Nations
Significant progress has been made towards reaching agreement on an international treaty aimed at shutting down illegal sea-fishing operations threatening the livelihoods and food security of those in the developing world as well as some endangered species, ... More >>
UN Court Splits Waters Of Black Sea
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 10:03 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 3 2009 2:10PM The United Nation’s top court has ruled that Ukrainian ownership of Serpent Island – a rocky outcrop in the Black Sea – does not entitle the country to exclusive rights to an undersea area, thought to be rich in hydrocarbons, ... More >>
UN Envoy’s Myanmar Visit Concludes
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 9:53 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Adviser concluded a four-day working visit to Myanmar today, meeting with senior Government officials in the South-East Asian nation. More >>
Ban Pleased with Iraqi Provincial Elections
Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 5:07 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the people of Iraq for “strongly exercising” their right to vote in provincial elections that took place over the weekend, in an atmosphere that he called “admirably free of violence.” More >>
Zimbabwe: Ban Calls for Prisoner Release
Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 5:04 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to release all prisoners arrested over the past few months, following the agreement between the governing and opposition parties to form a government. More >>
