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Latvia: Children Threatened By Sexual Exploitation
Monday, 3 November 2008, 9:48 am | United Nations
The sexual exploitation of children is a matter for concern in Latvia despite the low number of reported cases, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today, warning that continued vigilance is needed. More >>
Support Needed To Rebuild Myanmar After Cyclone
Monday, 3 November 2008, 9:44 am | United Nations
Six months after deadly Cyclone Nargis swept through Myanmar, leaving around 140,000 dead or missing and some 800,000 homeless, the United Nations Children’s Fund reported that emergency relief efforts are on track. More >>
UN Rushes Aid To Earthquake Survivors In Pakistan
Monday, 3 November 2008, 9:40 am | United Nations
The United Nations is rushing urgently-needed relief supplies to survivors of the deadly earthquake that struck south-western Pakistan earlier this week and the aftershocks that have followed. More >>
UN Appeals For Safety Of Civilians In DR Congo
Monday, 3 November 2008, 9:38 am | United Nations
Top UN officials today voiced deep concern over the plight of the hundreds of thousands of civilians caught up in the deadly fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and appealed to all sides to ensure their safety. More >>
UN Delegates Agree To Reduce ICT Emissions
Monday, 3 November 2008, 9:32 am | United Nations
Close to 800 information and communication technology experts from nearly 100 countries have wrapped up a United Nations meeting in Johannesburg by agreeing to work towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions arising from the use of ICTs. More >>
Ban Confers With Leaders To End Conflict In Congo
Monday, 3 November 2008, 9:22 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been heavily engaged in discussions with leaders in Africa, the European Union and the United States in an effort to stabilize the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. More >>
Nepal: Rehabilitating Ex-combatants Key Priority
Monday, 3 November 2008, 9:18 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged Nepal’s leaders to forge ahead with rehabilitating thousands of Maoist ex-fighters as part of the ongoing peace process, as he wrapped up his visit to the South Asian nation. More >>
Lebanon Must Make Progress On Disarming Militias
Friday, 31 October 2008, 4:02 pm | United Nations
Lebanon has made “no tangible progress” towards disbanding and disarming militias operating on its territory, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today. More >>
Darfur: UN Deplores Killing Of Peacekeeper
Friday, 31 October 2008, 12:46 pm | United Nations
The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur has condemned last night’s attack against the operation that left one blue helmet dead and another wounded, calling it a “cowardly act of wanton violence.” More >>
UN Welcomes Dismissal Of Colombian Army Officers
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:49 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today praised Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe for dismissing three army generals and 24 other officers over the alleged illegal killing of civilians in the South American country. More >>
Floods Hit Refugees In Iraq-Syria Border Camps
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today urged the international community to offer resettlement to desperate Palestinian refugees trapped in camps on the Iraq-Syria border. More >>
Rebel Leader Ceasefire In Eastern DR Congo Holding
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:42 am | United Nations
The ceasefire in the volatile eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced by Laurent Nkunda, the leader of a rebel group, is holding, with UN blue helmets being stretched to the limit in trying to protect civilians. More >>
UN Task Force Begins Financial System Review
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:33 am | United Nations
The international community must fundamentally reform the global financial system and help restore the trust lost as a result of the greed and corruption that caused the current economic crisis and untold suffering around the world. More >>
George Clooney Calls For End To DR Congo Conflict
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:28 am | United Nations
UN Messenger of Peace and award-winning actor George Clooney has called on the international community to step up its efforts to resolve the worsening conflict currently engulfing the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More >>
UN Deplores Murder Of 2 Croatian Media Executives
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the killing of the owner and another senior executive of a Croatian political weekly in a car bombing in the country’s capital, Zagreb, last week. More >>
Ban Condemns Terrorist Attacks In North-East India
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:21 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that struck the north-eastern Indian state of Assam today, reportedly killing at least 60 people and wounding several hundred more. More >>
UN Works To Assist 20,000 Pakistan Quake Survivors
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:17 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies are stepping up efforts to assist some 20,000 people displaced by the deadly earthquake that struck Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province yesterday. More >>
UN Seeks $17 Million For Honduran Flood Victims
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:15 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies today appealed for more than $17 million to provide food, shelter, health care, water and sanitation over the next six months to some 270,000 people affected by severe floods in Honduras. More >>
Côte d’Ivoire Diamond, Travel Sanctions Extended
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 1:29 pm | United Nations
The UN Security Council voted today to renew for another year a ban on diamonds and an arms embargo against Côte d’Ivoire, as well as targeted sanctions restricting the travel of individuals. More >>
Combat Desertification To Help Ease Global Crises
Thursday, 30 October 2008, 11:28 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations environmental expert today highlighted the “silent” crisis of desertification or land degradation, which, if tackled properly, can actually help address these other issues. More >>
