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Gathering Calls For Greater Action On Climate
Friday, 23 January 2009, 1:35 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-backed conference wrapped up today in Bangkok with an urgent call to governments and the private sector in the Asia-Pacific region to prioritize climate change concerns. More >>
Afghan Schoolchildren To Benefit From Fund Boost
Friday, 23 January 2009, 9:57 am | United Nations
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren in Kabul are set to benefit from a $24 million donation from Japan, under an agreement signed today with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to construct around 1,000 classrooms. More >>
Nepal: UN Concerned Over Risk To Victims
Friday, 23 January 2009, 9:55 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office has urged Nepalese authorities to ensure the safety of the wife and others involved in a domestic violence case, who have reportedly received threats after the victim’s husband was convicted of trying to kill her ... More >>
Somalia: Security Assurances A Must For UN Agency
Friday, 23 January 2009, 9:54 am | United Nations
In the wake of the killings of two of its staff members earlier this month, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on local authorities and armed groups in South and Central Somalia to provide concrete security commitments to allow the ... More >>
Tamil Rebels Urged To Give Passage To UN Staff
Friday, 23 January 2009, 9:53 am | United Nations
Sri Lanka: UN Calls On Tamil Rebels To Ensure Free Passage For World Body’s Staff More >>
Hordes Of Caterpillars Threaten Liberia,
Friday, 23 January 2009, 9:51 am | United Nations
In what is being described by the United Nations as Liberia’s worst plague in 30 years, hordes of caterpillars are destroying crops and vegetation in northern areas of the country and posing a major threat to the already precarious food security ... More >>
Progress On Gender Equality Good For All Societies
Friday, 23 January 2009, 9:51 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today encouraged top government officials from around the world gathered in Guatemala City to push for greater progress on gender equality, stressing that women’s empowerment is key to realizing other major international ... More >>
UN Helps Gather Data On Synthetic Drugs Trade
Friday, 23 January 2009, 9:49 am | United Nations
With synthetic drugs such as the party favourite ecstasy on a steep rise, and often “cut,” or mixed, with unknown substances to frequently fatal effect, countries vulnerable to the trend will be aided by a new monitoring programme from the United ... More >>
UN Agencies Further Research Children’s Medicines
Friday, 23 January 2009, 9:47 am | United Nations
Two United Nations agencies will be able to boost research into “child size” medicines designed and formulated specifically for children thanks to a $9.7 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. More >>
Expert Welcomes Suspension Of Guantánamo trials
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 1:41 pm | United Nations
The Secretary-General’s top adviser on children and armed conflict today welcomed United States President Barack Obama’s decision to suspend continuing trials at Guantánamo Bay, including those of Omar Khadr and Mohammed Jawad who are being charged ... More >>
Continuing Conflict Sparks UN Concern Over Childre
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 12:53 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today expressed concern over the fate of thousands of children caught up in the conflict in Sri Lanka pitting Government forces against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). More >>
UN To Embark On Humanitarian Assessment In Gaza
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 12:43 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations humanitarian official arrived in Jerusalem today to begin an assessment of the needs on the ground in the Gaza Strip following the three-week Israeli military offensive that came to a halt just a few days ago. More >>
Starring Role For UN In New Documentary
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 12:40 pm | United Nations
A new film casting the work of the United Nations in the starring role has its world premiere today at the Organization’s Headquarters in New York. More >>
Ban Congratulates US President On Inauguration
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 12:20 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today, “with great optimism,” congratulated Barack Obama on his inauguration as the new President of the United States, stressing that America and the Organization share a number of common goals. More >>
Growing Danger To Global Water Supplies
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 10:41 am | United Nations
Water supplies for over a billion people around the world are under threat from increasing populations, expanding cities, industrialization, climate change and even the rising demand for food, warned the United Nations, as delegates from more than 60 countries ... More >>
Stepped Up Efforts Needed For Nuclear Free World
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 10:37 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on nations to build on the momentum generated by recent progress made towards disarmament to rid the world of nuclear weapons. More >>
UN Urges Halt To Renewed Clashes In South Darfur
Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 3:36 pm | United Nations
With 30,000 Civilians At Risk, UN Urges Halt To Renewed Clashes In South Darfur More >>
$5 million UN donation to fight epidemic
Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 3:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have announced a $5 million donation for Zimbabwe’s besieged health sector to help it battle an out-of-control cholera epidemic and the effects of collapsing health services. More >>
Bravery Of Own Staff Inspiration For UN Official
Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 2:45 pm | United Nations
New York, Jan 20 2009 6:10PM In the darkest hours of Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza, when his own headquarters was shelled and went up in flames, when children were dying or being horrifically injured, the top United Nations official ... More >>
Dialogue Key To Progress In CAR - UN Report
Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 10:36 am | United Nations
Without concrete and substantive progress in inclusive political dialogue in the Central African Republic (CAR), efforts to achieve improvement in security, rule of law and development will remained stalled in a country that is beset by unrest, ... More >>
