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UN Poised To Tackle World's Pressing Challenges
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 1:36 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his confidence that the United Nations can deliver concrete results for the peoples of the world who have increasingly turned to the Organization to address some of today’s most pressing challenges. More >>
UN Urges Naval, Air Action Against Somali Pirates
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 10:33 am | United Nations
The Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for more international air and naval forces off the pirate-ridden coast of Somalia to ensure that UN food aid gets through to more than 3 million people. More >>
Ban Condemns Suicide Bombing In Sri Lankan Town
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 10:04 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today deplored the latest suicide bombing in violence-torn Sri Lanka, which has killed many people, including a retired army general, and wounded scores more. More >>
UN Condemns Somali Family Murder In South Africa
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 10:02 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official today condemned the brutal killing of a Somali family in South Africa, and urged the authorities to take immediate action to protect foreigners from any further attacks. More >>
5,000 Congolese Arrive In Sudan After Rebel Attack
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:59 am | United Nations
At least 5,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have arrived in South Sudan in the past two weeks after fleeing “ferocious” attacks by the notorious Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army. More >>
Drug Trade Threatens Guinea-Bissau Peace Efforts
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:56 am | United Nations
The impact of illicit drug trade on Guinea-Bissau should not be underestimated, the top UN political official said today, warning that the scourge threatens to undo the important progress achieved by the post-conflict nation. More >>
More Than 250,000 Afghans Returned Home This Year
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:53 am | United Nations
Over a quarter of a million Afghans have returned home so far this year, according to the United Nations refugee agency, which noted that many of them left neighbouring Pakistan and Iran due to security and economic worries. More >>
UN Urges Review Of Biofuel Policies To Help Poor
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:52 am | United Nations
Global biofuel policies should be urgently reviewed to ensure that the world’s poor benefit by ending trade-distorting subsidies favouring developed nations while countering the rise in food prices. More >>
ICC Calls For New Efforts To Arrest Ugandan Rebels
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:48 am | United Nations
The International Criminal Court today called for renewed international efforts to arrest the top leaders of the Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army after a series of recent attacks in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. More >>
UN Mission In Georgia Thrown Into Uncertainty
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:45 am | United Nations
Dramatic changes due to the Russian-Georgian conflict in South Ossetia have cast a veil of uncertainty over the future function of the 14-year-old United Nations mission entrusted with overseeing the ceasefire accord. More >>
Schooling For Children From Homes Affected By HIV
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:42 am | United Nations
Social services and the funding they entail are vital to ensure that children in households affected by HIV and AIDS are not forced to drop out of school to care for sick relatives or to engage in paid work when a breadwinner falls ill. More >>
UN Urges States To Uphold Pledges To Fight Racism
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:39 am | United Nations
The UN human rights chief today called on States to do more to uphold the promises they made seven years ago to tackle racism, xenophobia, discrimination and intolerance – global problems that still plague millions on a daily basis. More >>
Kyrgyzstan: Deadly Quake Rocks Region
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 4:24 pm | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies are dispatching aid and staff to southern Kyrgyzstan, where dozens of people have been killed and hundreds of homes destroyed after an earthquake struck the remote, mountainous region last night. More >>
Fish Farming May Struggle To Meet Global Demand
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 2:26 pm | United Nations
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization today expressed concerns that the aquaculture industry may struggle to meet future world demand for fish as a rising global population consumes more and more fish. More >>
Darfur: UN Peacekeepers Ambushed During Patrol
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 2:23 pm | United Nations
A group of peacekeepers serving with the joint United Nations-African Union operation in Darfur were ambushed this afternoon while on patrol in the south of the war-torn Sudanese region. More >>
New Jobs Needed In Hurricane-Ravaged Haiti
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 1:05 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programmetoday appealed for funds so it can run projects that would offer jobs to up to 400,000 Haitians whose incomes have disappeared after a series of deadly hurricanes. More >>
Murder Of Mexican Journalist Sparks Outrage
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:34 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency mandated to defend press freedom today condemned the shooting of Alejandro Xenón Fonseca Estrada, a Mexican radio journalist and activist who campaigned against organized crime. More >>
UN Urges States To Respect Rights Of Detainees
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:31 am | United Nations
A group of 13 independent United Nations experts today urged that the human rights of the millions of detainees worldwide be respected, as the world body begins a week-long campaign aimed at stepping up pressure on Member States. More >>
UN Peacekeeping Official On Week-Long Sudan Visit
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:27 am | United Nations
The head of UN peacekeeping today began a week-long visit to Sudan, where the world body currently has two operations – one to support the 2005 north-south peace deal and the other to quell the violence that has plagued Darfur. More >>
Urbanization Must Not Come At Environments Expense
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:23 am | United Nations
UN officials marked World Habitat Day with a call to ensure that the rapid urbanization of cities - which the majority of people call home - is accompanied by decent living conditions and efforts to preserve the environment. More >>
