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UN Urges End To Nepalese Practice
Thursday, 8 January 2009, 11:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations has urged Nepal to end the practice of sending young girls from indigenous families to work in private homes, where they risk being exploited, and to ensure justice for those who have been abused as well as search for those who ... More >>
3-Hour Gaza Truces Good, Not Enough
Thursday, 8 January 2009, 10:24 am | United Nations
The daily three-hour pause that Israel began today on the 12th day of its Gaza offensive against Hamas was a good first step but totally insufficient for the United Nations to aid the 1.5 million civilians living in “increasingly appalling” conditions ... More >>
Security Council Meets on Gaza Fighting
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 1:16 pm | United Nations
The Security Council convened on the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza this evening, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning that today’s deadly Israeli shelling of United Nations schools where hundreds of Gazans had sought refuge made a ceasefire ... More >>
UN Reaches Villages In North-Eastern DRC
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 11:28 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has reached towns in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the scene of bloody attacks carried out by the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). More >>
Gunmen Kill UN Food Aid Worker
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 11:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) has urged all parties to the ongoing conflict in Somalia to ensure the safety of humanitarian aid workers after one of the agency’s staff members was gunned down while monitoring a school feeding programme ... More >>
Millions of People Displaced In Africa
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 11:25 am | United Nations
There were 9.1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Central and Eastern Africa region as of December 2008, according to a United Nations report released today, 400,000 less than at the end of June, but because of the fluidity of the situation ... More >>
Civilians Must Be Permitted To Leave Gaza At Will
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 11:22 am | United Nations
The top United Nations refugee official has stressed that civilians wishing to leave Gaza, where an Israeli military operation in response to Hamas rocket attacks has entered its 11th day, must be allowed to do so. More >>
Dozens Killed In Israeli Strikes On UN School
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 11:03 am | United Nations
More than 30 people have been killed in two separate Israeli strikes on clearly-marked United Nations schools where civilians were seeking refuge from the ongoing violence in Gaza, an official with the world body said today. More >>
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 3:55 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon intensified his diplomatic drive to secure a Gaza ceasefire today, calling on Arab foreign ministers to help ensure that Israel end its “clearly excessive” military assault and Hamas stop its “terribly counter-productive” ... More >>
UN Sec-Gen Comments After Meeting Arab Ministers
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 1:18 pm | United Nations
New York, 5 January 2009 - Secretary-General's opening comments at meeting with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab states and the Foreign Affairs Ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Libya More >>
Ban Meets With Arab Ministers Seeking Ceasefire
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 1:16 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon intensified his diplomatic drive to secure a Gaza ceasefire today, calling on Arab foreign ministers to help ensure that Israel end its “clearly excessive” military assault and Hamas stop its “terribly counter-productive” ... More >>
Darfur: More Rapid-Response
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 12:05 pm | United Nations
Two new contingents of Nigerian police officers trained in high-risk operations have joined the joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan. More >>
UN Assessment Underway In Quake-Hit Indonesia
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 10:44 am | United Nations
A joint United Nations assessment mission is being carried out in the Indonesian province of West Papua, where a series of earthquakes yesterday injured hundreds, damaged more than 800 houses and sent some 14,000 fleeing from their homes. More >>
UN Continues Assisting Displaced In DRC
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 10:42 am | United Nations
The UN is continuing to rush assistance to help those uprooted by clashes in the war-torn far east of the DRC, including victims of violence at the hands of the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the LRA. More >>
UN-Led Negotiations On Cyprus Resume
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 10:40 am | United Nations
The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders resumed their United Nations-led negotiations aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island as they held their first meeting for 2009 today in Nicosia. More >>
Ambulances Face Difficulty In Reaching Gaza
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 10:38 am | United Nations
Ambulances and medical workers in Gaza are facing difficulty in reaching the wounded, some are being killed in doing so, and a “humanitarian breathing space” is vital to ensure that food and medical supplies reach those in need. More >>
Fresh Fighting Uproots Another 50,000 Somalis
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 10:36 am | United Nations
The top UN relief official in Somalia has voiced concern at the eteriorating humanitarian situation in the strife-torn nation, where fresh clashes last week have reportedly killed more than 40 people and displaced over 50,000. More >>
Against Pilgrims ‘Appalling And Unjustified’
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 10:34 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Iraq today strongly condemned recent attacks which have killed at least 40 pilgrims and wounded dozens more in Baghdad ahead of a major religious celebration. More >>
UN Role In Ending Gaza Conflict
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 10:33 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that the United Nations has an important role to play in halting the violence in Gaza, expressing regret that the Security Council did not reach agreement yesterday evening on how to end the conflict. More >>
Ghana: Secretary-General Welcomes Peaceful Polls
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 10:30 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the people and Government of Ghana on the peaceful and organized end to their recent presidential and legislative elections. More >>
