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African Bank Provides Free Expertise Against HIV
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 9:42 am | United Nations
A major African bank today signed an agreement with the United Nations-backed Global Fund offering pro bono support to countries receiving grants meant to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the continent. More >>
Afghanistan: Maternal Health Factors Improve
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 9:41 am | United Nations
Despite a sharp increase in the number of midwives, health facilities, female health workers and educated girls in Afghanistan, the strife-beset country still has the world’s second highest maternal mortality rate, United Nations officials said today. More >>
Ban Calls For Global Food Crisis Attention
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 9:38 am | United Nations
Although the global food crisis has slipped from the headlines and prices have fallen, the emergency remains as critical as ever, demanding improvements in production and distribution, and credit, seeds and fertilizers for developing countries, United ... More >>
Holocaust Memory Must Spur Action Against Genocide
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 9:36 am | United Nations
Cautioning that the threat of genocide still remains over half a century after millions of lives were brutally cut short by the Holocaust, the United Nations human rights chief said the memory of its victims should serve as a reminder of the need to act ... More >>
Somali Parliament Commits To Restore Stability
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 9:34 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today welcomed the decision by the Transitional Federal Parliament, tasked with electing the strife-torn nation’s next president in the coming days, to increase its size by another 275 members. More >>
Holocaust Has Vital Lessons For Today, Says Ban
Monday, 26 January 2009, 10:43 am | United Nations
The Holocaust provides important lessons for the present, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing the necessity to bolster the forces of harmony and dialogue. More >>
UN Official Urges Action In Gaza
Sunday, 25 January 2009, 2:21 pm | United Nations
There is growing anger in Gaza over the recent Israeli military operation that inflicted death, damage and destruction in the territory, a senior United Nations official warned today, stressing that ensuring accountability and restoring the local economy ... More >>
Overcrowding Of Boat People Worries Refugee Agency
Sunday, 25 January 2009, 2:15 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed concern over the overcrowded conditions faced by nearly 2,000 boat people, including asylum seekers, currently crammed into one reception centre on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. More >>
Australians To Highlight Carbon Neutrality
Sunday, 25 January 2009, 2:11 pm | United Nations
For some of Australia’s best-known cities, companies and organizations that are part of a United Nations low-carbon initiative, this year’s Australia Day will be celebrated, not by barbecues or beach parties, but by going ‘green.’ More >>
UN Agency Applauds US President's Decision
Sunday, 25 January 2009, 2:08 pm | United Nations
The United Nation's Population Fund (UNFPA) has lauded President Barack Obama's decision to restore United States funding for its operations, hailing the new leader for his efforts to advance women's health, rights and equality. More >>
Lack Of Funding In Kyrgyzstan Hinders UN
Saturday, 24 January 2009, 12:44 pm | United Nations
Just over 10 per cent of a United Nations appeal to help 800,000 of the most vulnerable people in Kyrgyzstan, which is in need of back-up power supplies and food, has been funded, the world body’s humanitarian office announced today. More >>
UN Calls For Protection Of Pakistani Schools
Saturday, 24 January 2009, 12:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today voiced its concern about increasing numbers of attacks on school buildings in north-western Pakistan, and called for greater efforts to protect what are supposed to be safe spaces for children. More >>
Top UN Envoy Appeals To Congolese Rebels
Saturday, 24 January 2009, 12:36 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today appealed to the main rebel group involved in the conflict that has raged in country’s east to end its rebellion and engage in the path of peace, following the arrest of ... More >>
UN Assessing Impact Of Ugandan Rebel Violence
Saturday, 24 January 2009, 12:31 pm | United Nations
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been terrorizing the Haut Uélé area of Orientale province in north-east DRC in recent months. More >>
Shocking Aftermath Of Israeli Offensive In Gaza
Saturday, 24 January 2009, 12:28 pm | United Nations
Senior United Nations officials today began their assessment of the humanitarian needs in Gaza, getting a first-hand look at the damage and destruction inflicted on the Strip’s 1.5 million residents during three weeks of Israeli military operations. More >>
Death Toll From Disasters Surged In 2008 - UN
Saturday, 24 January 2009, 12:17 pm | United Nations
The number of people killed in natural disasters spiked in 2008, with most of the lives claimed by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the Sichuan earthquake in China, according to figures released today by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster ... More >>
UN Officials Survey ‘Shocking’ Aftermath In Gaza
Friday, 23 January 2009, 2:23 pm | United Nations
New York, Jan 22 2009 5:10PM Senior United Nations officials today began their assessment of the humanitarian needs in Gaza, getting a first-hand look at the damage and destruction inflicted on the Strip’s 1.5 million residents during three weeks of Israeli military ... More >>
Corruption Could Reverse Progress In West Africa
Friday, 23 January 2009, 2:20 pm | United Nations
Challenges – including youth unemployment, corruption and the food crisis – threaten to roll back positive gains made in West Africa, the Secretary-General’s envoy to the 15-nation region told the Security Council today. More >>
Congolese Displaced Will Begin Receiving Aid
Friday, 23 January 2009, 2:18 pm | United Nations
The flood of Congolese civilians fleeing raids by the Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) are in dire need of food, shelter, medicines, clothes and other aid items, and United Nations’ relief will begin reaching them tomorrow despite immense logistical ... More >>
Contempt Charges At UN War Crimes Tribunal
Friday, 23 January 2009, 1:40 pm | United Nations
The leader of the Serbian Radical Party has been charged by the United Nations war crimes tribunal, set up to deal with the war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, with contempt of court for disclosing the names and other details of ... More >>
