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Guatemala Asks UN To Study Worldwide Migration
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:58 am | United Nations
Guatemala’s President proposed that Sec.-Gen. Ban Ki-moon set up a panel of eminent figures to investigate the scope and effects of migration around the world, stressing that people who leave their homelands have inviolable rights. More >>
Ban Urges Myanmar To Free All Political Prisoners
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:55 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has once again called for the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar, following yesterday’s “welcome” move by the Government in freeing several detainees as part of an amnesty procedure. More >>
UN To Decide On Troops For Chad By December
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:51 am | United Nations
The Security Council today put off until December a decision on the size of a military component to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad, for which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed 6,000 troops. More >>
Ban Urges Expanded Access To Safe Drinking Water
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:42 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a three-pronged strategy to ensure that the poorest inhabitants of the developing world have access to clean water and basic sanitation within seven years. More >>
UN Condemns Latest Killings Of Iraqi Journalists
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:38 am | United Nations
The head of the UN agency tasked with preserving press freedom today condemned the latest killings of journalists and media support workers in Iraq and urged the country’s authorities to devise stronger measures to try to protect the media. More >>
UN Human Rights Council Renews Sudan Investigator
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:34 am | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council ended its ninth session in Geneva today with the adoption of 24 texts, including a decision to extend until June 2009 the mandate of its Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan. More >>
Middle East Peace Talks May Be Finished In A Year
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:31 am | United Nations
The current track of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations can still be completed within the next year, leading to two States living side by side in peace, Israeli President Shimon Peres told world leaders gathered at the General Assembly today. More >>
Combating Climate Change Creates Millions Of Jobs
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:24 am | United Nations
Tackling climate change could potentially generate millions of new employment opportunities, according to a new UN-backed study – the first of its kind on the emergence of a “green economy” and its impact on labour – released today. More >>
DPR Korea Will Restart Nuclear Activities
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:19 am | United Nations
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will restart nuclear activities at its reprocessing plant in Yongbyon, shut down last year, and is terminating the UN atomic watchdog agency’s access to the facilities, it was announced today. More >>
20 Refugees Feared Dead In Sudan River Crossing
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:15 am | United Nations
Twenty-one refugees are feared dead after their overloaded boat capsized during a smuggling incident in eastern Sudan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today. More >>
UN Celebrates 60-Year Role In Maritime Shipping
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:11 am | United Nations
Ninety per cent of world trade still reaches its destination via the commercial shipping industry, which has been shaped over the last six decades by the practices and standards set by the UN International Maritime Organization. More >>
UN Project Seeks To Boost Poor Farmers’ Income
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:05 am | United Nations
Hundreds of thousands of small farmers, especially in Africa and Central America, are expected to benefit from a United Nations-backed initiative announced today to provide them with reliable markets for surplus crops at competitive prices. More >>
UN Seeks $17 Million To Help Pakistani Refugees
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 1:56 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is appealing for more than $17 million to help tens of thousands of people displaced by the conflict and floods in north-western Pakistan. More >>
Georgia Says Russian ‘Invasion’ Against UN Charter
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 11:55 am | United Nations
Last month’s “invasion” by Russia flouted principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter, the President of Georgia said today, expressing the Caucasus nation’s determination to rebuild and further consolidate democracy. More >>
British Govt. Recognizes Migrant Children’s Rights
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 10:36 am | United Nations
UNICEF today applauded the decision by the British Government to grant children seeking asylum, migrant children and those trafficked into the country the same rights as British children such as education, health care and social services. More >>
Myanmar Releases Seven Political Prisoners
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 10:33 am | United Nations
The independent United Nations expert on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has welcomed the reported release of seven political prisoners today, calling it a positive sign of cooperation from the Government of the South-East Asian nation. More >>
UN Calls On EU To Protect Iraqi Refugees
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 10:30 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency is calling on the European Union (EU) to reaffirm its commitment to protect Iraqi refugees ahead of its meeting of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs later this week. More >>
UN Launches YouTube Television Channel
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 10:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations has launched its television channel on YouTube, a popular video sharing and social networking web site, in an effort to reach a broader and younger audience on a range of issues on the world body’s agenda. More >>
UN Urges World To End 'Culture Of Selfishness'
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 10:21 am | United Nations
The President of the UN General Assembly today opened its annual debate with a call for the 192 Member States to “choose the path of solidarity” to overturn what he described as a culture of selfishness. More >>
UN Teams With China To Curb Natural Disaster Risk
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 9:47 am | United Nations
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has joined forces with China, which was struck by a devastating earthquake in May that left nearly 100,000 dead or missing, to reduce the damage wrought by future disasters. More >>
