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Political ‘Surge’ Needed For Afghan Security, Aid
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:16 am | United Nations
The top UN envoy to Afghanistan today stressed the need for a political “surge” to boost the prospects for peace in the strife-torn nation and to respond b to urgent humanitarian concerns such as access for the delivery of vital food aid. More >>
UN Spotlights Plight Of Roma Children In Albania
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:10 am | United Nations
The head of UNICEF has highlighted the plight of Albania’s Roma children, especially the poor rates of school enrollment among the minority community, during a two-day visit to the South-Eastern European country. More >>
Economic, Social Trends Endanger World's Uprooted
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:04 am | United Nations
The world’s poor and uprooted people are increasingly at risk as the world struggles with a combination of adverse economic, social and political trends that threaten to trigger even greater displacement in the future. More >>
Global Literacy Progress Masks Sharp Regional Gaps
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 12:43 am | United Nations
Global literacy rates continue to rise but some regions are still lagging sharply behind in the campaign to ensure that everyone can read and write, a United Nations report released today finds. More >>
Financial Crisis Threatens Anti-Poverty Targets
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 12:24 am | United Nations
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro has warned countries that the current financial crisis, which is impacting all economies and exacerbating the suffering of millions, is also threatening the efforts to slash poverty. More >>
UN: Idolatry Of Markets Caused Financial Crisis
Monday, 6 October 2008, 10:52 am | United Nations
Unrestrained worship of the market has led to the current worldwide financial crisis, General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto said today, calling for solidarity between individuals and governments. More >>
UN: Displaced Georgians Need More Security
Monday, 6 October 2008, 10:15 am | United Nations
Effective security is the key to ensuring the return home of tens of thousands of people displaced by the recent conflict in Georgia, a UN human rights expert said today, warning about the ongoing climate of fear faced by civilians in the region. More >>
More Incentives Needed For Teachers Worldwide
Monday, 6 October 2008, 9:51 am | United Nations
Low salaries, lack of job security, inadequate training and overcrowded classrooms deter many willing and eligible people from becoming teachers, the UN warned today as it marked World Teachers' Day. More >>
Turkish Soldiers Killed By Armed Kurdish Group
Monday, 6 October 2008, 9:46 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of 15 Turkish soldiers in the latest attack attributed to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an armed group operating out of northern Iraq. More >>
Extra $8 Million Needed In Ethiopia
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 2:18 pm | United Nations
( WHO ) is appealing for an additional $8 million to fund its humanitarian preparedness and response operations in Ethiopia, where prolonged drought has left hundreds of thousands of the Horn of Africa country™s poorest people at serious risk of malnutrition ... More >>
UN Mission In Kosovo Reopens Court
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 2:15 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today reopened the courthouse in north Mitrovica, which ceased operations after it was stormed and occupied on 14 March by a mob of opponents to Kosovo’s independence. More >>
African Women To Benefit From Equality Project
Saturday, 4 October 2008, 3:02 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 3 2008 3:10PMWomen in five African countries will gain new access to resources and services at the local level through gender-responsive planning, programming and budgeting under an $8 million, three-year United Nations programme ... More >>
Darfur: 189 Police Advisers Arrive To Join Mission
Saturday, 4 October 2008, 3:00 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 3 2008 3:10PMA total of 189 police advisers from 12 countries, including 17 female officers, have arrived in Darfur to join the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation (UNAMID) , which is trying to quell the deadly fighting and humanitarian ... More >>
UN Appeals For $20 Million For Drought Victims
Saturday, 4 October 2008, 2:56 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today launched an appeal for $20 million to help up to 1 millions Syrians, predominantly herders and subsistence farmers, hit by the country’s worst drought in four decades. More >>
Rival Ethnic Groups Learn To Live Side By Side
Saturday, 4 October 2008, 2:54 pm | United Nations
Burundi’s Rival Ethnic Groups Learn To Live Side By Side In UN-Backed Pilot Project More >>
Ban Raps, Honouring Hip-Hop Star Jay-Z At Gala
Friday, 3 October 2008, 1:56 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon took time off from his schedule of meeting world leaders and diplomats last night to try his hand – or rather voice – at rap at the gala 50th anniversary celebrations of the United Nations Association of the USA. More >>
Trial Of Former Yugoslav Army Chief Begins
Friday, 3 October 2008, 1:42 pm | United Nations
The war crimes trial of a former chief of the Yugoslav army got under way today at the United Nations tribunal set up to try those accused of the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. More >>
Zimbabwe’s Humanitarian Crisis Worsens, Aid Needed
Friday, 3 October 2008, 10:33 am | United Nations
The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is deteriorating and will continue to worsen into next year, according to the top UN humanitarian official, who called for urgent aid to avert increased human suffering in the Southern African nation. More >>
World Bank Reports On Inequality In Latin America
Friday, 3 October 2008, 10:29 am | United Nations
Levelling opportunities will be key to development in Latin America, where 15 to 50 per cent of total income inequality is due to factors such as gender, race, place of birth and parents’ education and occupation, according to a new report. More >>
Instability Precedes Elections In Guinea-Bissau
Friday, 3 October 2008, 10:22 am | United Nations
Sec.-Gen. Ban Ki-moon expressed concern over the volatile security and political atmosphere in Guinea-Bissau, where crucial elections are slated to take place next month, in his report to the Security Council on the West African country. More >>
