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Plant-Breeding Tech Could Pull Ms Out Of Hunger
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 11:53 am | United Nations
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA today called for stepped up investment in a nearly century-old technique using radiation to produce high-yielding plants to help the millions of people worldwide in the throes of hunger. More >>
Time To Prepare For Climate Change Disasters, Now
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 11:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today launched a campaign to raise awareness of the humanitarian implications of climate change, calling for improved disaster preparedness and response measures in countries ... More >>
UN Bolsters Aid Efforts In Panama As Floods Worsen
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 11:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) today called on the country’s Government to ensure urgently a fully functioning independent human rights commission, warning that serious rights concerns persist, ranging from the death penalty to the prevalence ... More >>
Steps Needed To Enhance Human Rights In Liberia
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 11:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) today called on the country’s Government to ensure urgently a fully functioning independent human rights commission, warning that serious rights concerns persist, ranging from the death penalty to the prevalence ... More >>
Gaza Crossings From Israel Remain Closed
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 2:35 pm | United Nations
All crossings for goods going into Gaza from Israel remained closed today, with no fuel, humanitarian supplies or commercial commodities reaching the 1.5 million inhabitants, the United Nations reported today. More >>
Scourge Of Chemical Weapons Must Be Eliminated
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 2:34 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for continued action to press ahead with disarmament efforts regarding chemical weapons, noting the positive steps that have already been taken towards eliminating the scourge. More >>
Countries Must Meet Existing Aid Pledges
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 1:04 pm | United Nations
Participants from over 160 countries meeting at a United Nations conference in Doha today stressed the need to meet existing aid commitments to poor nations, even amid the current economic slowdown, and called on the world body to hold an international ... More >>
Help Needed in Fight Against Somali Pirates
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 12:22 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today called on all countries and regional organizations with the necessary capacity to deploy naval ships and military aircraft off the Somali coast to fight rampant piracy. More >>
Rwandan Singer Sentenced For Inciting Genocide
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 11:04 am | United Nations
A famous Rwandan singer and composer has been sentenced by a UN tribunal to 15 years in prison for inciting the murder of Tutsis through his songs and speeches during the 1994 mass killings in the small African Great Lakes nation. More >>
Children Drafted By Armed Groups In Eastern DRC
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:08 am | United Nations
Children continue to be enlisted by armed groups in the war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations reported today. More >>
UN Envoy To War-Torn DRC Wrap Up Talks
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:05 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy tasked with helping to resolve the conflict behind the recent fighting that has engulfed the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has completed his second round of consultations with leaders in the African Great ... More >>
Zimbabwe: UN Agency Calls For $2 Million Aid
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:03 am | United Nations
The United Nations health agency today called for $2 million for a three-month assault on Zimbabwe’s worst cholera epidemic in over 15 years, including emergency health supplies, water purification equipment, portable diagnostic kits and trained personnel. More >>
Deadly Inter-Communal Clashes In Nigerian City
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:00 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his deep sadness at the inter-communal violence in the Nigerian city of Jos which has resulted in the loss of life, the displacement of people and the destruction of property. More >>
Global Stimulus Vital To Counter Economic Meltdown
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:58 am | United Nations
UN economists today called for massive coordinated global economic stimulus packages, linked with sustainable development measures, beyond liquidity and recapitalization steps already taken, to counter the worldwide economic meltdown. More >>
Financial Crisis Could Drive People Into Slavery
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:56 am | United Nations
Slavery was formally abolished two centuries ago, but some 27 million people are still victims of the scourge, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, warning that the current global economic turmoil could aggravate the situation. More >>
Dead After Being Forced Overboard In Gulf Of Aden
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today that at least 20 people drowned off the coast of Yemen on Monday and two others were reported missing after smugglers forced them overboard into the deep waters of the Gulf of ... More >>
Asian Nations Focus On Disaster Reduction
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:37 am | United Nations
Ministers from more than 80 Asian countries have gathered at a United Nations-backed meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to discuss ways to reduce the social and financial impact of natural disasters in their region. More >>
Pacific Islands At Risk From Climate Change
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today that climate change-related disasters such as cyclones, flash floods and droughts are likely to have a serious impact on food production in Pacific island nations. More >>
Human Rights Abuses Continue In Iraq
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:33 am | United Nations
Grave rights abuses persisted in Iraq during the first half of this year, including targeted killings of professionals, assaults on minorities, alleged widespread torture of detainees and attacks against women. More >>
Nepal Must Act On Commitments To Indigenous Rights
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:31 am | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert wrapped up a nine-day visit to Nepal today by pressing its Government to ensure that the country’s indigenous people, who have experienced “a long history of oppression and marginalisation,” ... More >>
