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How To Promote Peace At UNESCO Gathering
Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 10:21 am | United Nations
A United Nations meeting bringing together imams and rabbis from Israel, the occupied Palestinian territory and other places in a bid to bolster Middle East peace kicked off today in Paris. More >>
Myanmar’s Cyclone Victims Need Help
Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 10:19 am | United Nations
A review of the progress made to date to provide humanitarian assistance to the victims of Cyclone Nargis has found that while relief efforts are ongoing, they need to be stepped up, especially to ensure food security, a United Nations-backed group said ... More >>
Security For UN Food Aid En Route To Somalia
Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 10:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today expressed its gratitude to the European Union (EU) for protecting ships carrying vital food aid from rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia. More >>
UN-Led Group Scheduled For Talks On Somalia
Monday, 15 December 2008, 4:45 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-chaired international group of countries and organizations supporting the consolidation of peace in war-ravaged Somalia has been slated to hold a high-level meeting ahead of a Security Council meeting focusing on the Horn of Africa nation. More >>
Afghanistan: Child Use In Suicide Blast Deplorable
Monday, 15 December 2008, 4:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations envoy to Afghanistan has strongly condemned a suicide bombing, "allegedly" using a 13-year-old boy, against British forces in the south of the violence-wracked nation. More >>
UNFCCC Chief Welcomes Eu Deal On Climate
Monday, 15 December 2008, 3:40 pm | United Nations
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Yvo de Boer, welcomed the news that the European Union has reached an agreement on climate change. More >>
Iraqis Head Closer To Polls
Monday, 15 December 2008, 3:33 pm | United Nations
A United Nations development agency announced today that over 150,000 Iraqi civilians, some in the remotest areas of the country, have been trained in the electoral process in programmes it has financed ahead of upcoming elections. More >>
DR Congo: Rwandan Army Aiding Rival Rebels
Monday, 15 December 2008, 3:16 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a special session today, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling on it to rise above “partisan posturing and regional divides” ... More >>
UN Daily News For 12 December, 2008
Monday, 15 December 2008, 3:08 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a special session today, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling on it to rise above “partisan posturing and regional divides” ... More >>
UN Loans $30 Million To Micro-Finance Scheme
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:59 pm | United Nations
A new United Nations loan of over $30 million seeks to boost the social and economic power of rural women in India’s largest pocket of poverty. More >>
Top UN Official Welcomes EU Climate Change Deal
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:57 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations climate change official has welcomed a plan agreed by European Union leaders to fight global warming, which was announced today as international negotiations led by the world body toward a new agreement on reducing greenhouse ... More >>
Cooperation From States Vital For UN Tribunals
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:55 pm | United Nations
Top officials from the United Nations tribunals set up to try those responsible for atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s and the 1994 Rwandan genocide today stressed that cooperation from States, especially in arresting fugitives ... More >>
UN Official Calls For Calm In Southern Sudan
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:50 pm | United Nations
The top United Nation official in Sudan today called for calm following yesterday’s fatal incident involving Sudanese military battalions and police units in the Abyei area, which was beset by conflict earlier this year. More >>
Rich Countries Must Focus On Early Childhood Care
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:48 pm | United Nations
With almost 80 per cent of three-to-six year-olds in rich countries now spending time away from their parents in some form of early childhood education and care, the quality of such services can make all the difference between great benefit and ... More >>
‘Real Progress’ Made In Ivorian Election Process
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:47 pm | United Nations
Genuine progress has been made in identifying the population and registering voters for the long-delayed elections in Cote d’Ivoire, a key element in resolving a political crisis that in 2002 divided the West African country into a rebel-held north and ... More >>
Zimbabwe’s Cholera Epidemic Is Not Over
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:45 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today that the worst cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe’s history, contrary to remarks by the country’s President, is far from over, as United Nations agencies appealed for more funds to tackle the crisis and the effects of ... More >>
Quartet On Israel-Palestinian Peace Next Week
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:44 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will host a meeting in New York on Monday of his top diplomatic partners engaged in the search for a solution to the Middle East conflict based on the principle of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in ... More >>
Haitians Continue Desperate Struggle
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:42 pm | United Nations
Almost half of the families uprooted by what the United Nations emergency relief chief had called the “worst disaster in the last 100 years” to strike Haiti are still unable to return to their homes, a UN spokesperson told reporters today. More >>
Ban Lowers Number Of Proposed UN Chad Force
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:41 pm | United Nations
A highly mobile peacekeeping force of at least 4,900, about 1,000 less than previously proposed, backed by 18 helicopters, will be needed to replace European troops next year in strife-torn areas of Chad and Central African Republic (CAR), where hundreds ... More >>
Ban Hopes Differences On Korean Denuclearization
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:39 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed hope that critical differences on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will be overcome after they were left unresolved by Six-Party Talks that ended yesterday, despite what he called “serious ... More >>
