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UN Economic And Social Council In 2009
Friday, 16 January 2009, 2:21 pm | United Nations
Ambassador Sylvie Lucas of Luxembourg was elected today as the 65th President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) , making her the second woman to lead the world body’s principal organ responsible for coordinating work in these ... More >>
Rural Investment Scheme For Niger Villages
Friday, 16 January 2009, 1:47 pm | United Nations
Rural communities in the south-central Maradi region of Niger are set to receive a major financial boost from the United Nations, enabling local communes to make their own agricultural investment decisions. More >>
New Flare-Up Of Fighting In South Darfur
Friday, 16 January 2009, 1:19 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned recent air and ground attacks involving national armed forces and rebel movements in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, as he renewed his call for an unconditional cessation of hostilities ... More >>
UN-Backed Talks In DR Congo Making Slow Progress
Friday, 16 January 2009, 12:28 pm | United Nations
Tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are beginning to thaw as on-going peace talks, aimed at ending fighting in the east of the DRC between the Government and the main rebel militia in the region, are making slow ... More >>
Eyewitness Account Of Israeli Shelling On UN
Friday, 16 January 2009, 11:44 am | United Nations
At about 10 a.m. local, the first Israeli shell, from a tank or artillery, crashed into the United Nations main centre in Gaza City today, an hour after 700 Palestinians fleeing intense fighting crowded into the compound and UN officials informed Israeli ... More >>
UN Says Worst Ever Cholera Outbreak Continues
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:38 am | United Nations
Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak, which has claimed more than 2,200 lives, is still spreading out of control, while humanitarian agencies are boosting their activity in response, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ... More >>
Pregnancy 300 Times More Deadlier For The Poor
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:36 am | United Nations
Having a child remains one of the biggest health risks for women worldwide, and this is especially true for women in least developed countries who are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications than women in ... More >>
Iraq: Millions In Government Grant
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:33 am | United Nations
Thanks largely to a multi-million dollar donation from the Iraqi Government, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is able to complete its operation feeding hundreds of thousands of people uprooted by the violence in the strife-ridden country. More >>
International Year Of Astronomy
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:31 am | United Nations
A large cluster of astronomers have been sighted in Paris today at the official launch of the International Year of Astronomy, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said. More >>
Ban Says Elements To End Gaza Violence In Place
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:20 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he believed the elements for an end to the violence in Gaza, which has claimed over 1,000 lives and is now in its 20th day, are in place, even as he expressed “outrage” over the latest shelling of United ... More >>
Lebanon Rocket Launch, UN Peacekeepers Help Disarm
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:12 am | United Nations
After the second time in a week that rockets were fired from Lebanese territory towards Israel yesterday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Lebanese armed forces found a launching site and disarmed other rockets that were about to ... More >>
Militia Group In DRC Must End Deadly Fighting
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 1:36 pm | United Nations
A senior UN official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) called on one of the major militia forces engaging in deadly violence in the eastern region of the country to put down its arms and work towards a lasting peace. More >>
Link Between Culture, Peace, and Prosperity
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 1:34 pm | United Nations
A star-studded preview at United Nations Headquarters for an upcoming festival of the arts of Africa and the African diaspora provided an occasion today for officials of the world body to celebrate the importance of culture in addressing the current ... More >>
Gaza Death Toll Tops 1,000
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 11:35 am | United Nations
Ban began an intensive mission today to try to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan, as the reported death toll from Israel’s 19-day offensive against Hamas topped 1,000. More >>
Dispute With Djibouti
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 11:33 am | United Nations
Urging Djibouti and Eritrea to peacefully resolve a border dispute that flared into fighting in June 2008, killing at least 35 people and leaving dozens wounded, the United Nations Security Council demanded today that Eritrea pull its forces from ... More >>
Safety Checklist For Surgery Slashes Complications
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 11:32 am | United Nations
A simple list to be checked off during surgery – before anaesthesia, the first incision and the completion of an operation – has been shown to lower the incidence of death and complications by one-third, according to the United Nations World Health ... More >>
Parties To Conflicts Must Be Held To Account
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 10:16 am | United Nations
Citing the “dreadful beginning” of 2009 for civilians caught up in armed conflict, the top United Nations humanitarian official told the Security Council today that strict respect for international law by all parties to fighting was critical to end ... More >>
Mass Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign In Guinea
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 10:14 am | United Nations
A large-scale yellow fever vaccination campaign has been slated for later this month in Guinea after the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed two men had contracted the deadly disease in the West African nation. More >>
More Rockets Fired Into Israel From Lebanon
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 10:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported that several rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanese territory today, with Israeli forces returning fire, despite calls for restraint from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and others after ... More >>
Mideast Mission To Secure Gaza Ceasefire
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 10:12 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began an intensive mission today to try to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan, and voicing frustration and pain over the ongoing ... More >>
