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UAE Tackles Plight Of Stateless People
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 9:42 am | United Nations
The UN refugee agency has welcomed a decision by the United Arab Emirates to resolve the situation of thousands of stateless people living there, voicing hope that the Persian Gulf nation’s moves will spur similar efforts in other countries. More >>
Haiti: UN Urges Aid For Child Hurricane Victims
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 9:37 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for urgent action to bring life-saving help to hundreds of thousands of youngsters in Haiti suffering from four successive hurricanes since August. More >>
Over 5,000 Bhutanese Refugees Resettle From Nepal
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 9:35 am | United Nations
More than 5,000 refugees from Bhutan have left their camps in Nepal to resettle in third countries this year, in one of the United Nations refugee agency’s largest and most promising resettlement programmes. More >>
Brazilian President Asks UN To Ease Finance Crisis
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 9:30 am | United Nations
Governments must demonstrate decisive leadership if they are to overcome the crisis in global financial markets, the President of Brazil told the General Assembly today. More >>
Iran President Places Blame For World Challenges
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 12:11 am | United Nations
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today pointed the finger at “corrupt powers” for provoking or maintaining problems in global hotspots such as Iraq, the Middle East and Afghanistan. More >>
Fishing Industries Urged To Combat Seabird Deaths
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 12:03 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has today urged regions using other industrial fishing techniques, such as trawl nets and gillnets, to implement safeguards in areas where seabirds are at greatest risk. More >>
Diaspora Support Sought For Somali Peace Deal
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 11:28 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today called on the diaspora for its support of efforts to consolidate peace and stability in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation. More >>
UN-Backed Forum Focuses On Needs Of Africa’s Women
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:47 am | United Nations
Gender experts are coming together at a United Nations-backed forum spotlighting the continent’s women, who are a vital part of efforts to achieve the global anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). More >>
More Clashes In DR Congo, Ceasefire Pact Ignored
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:43 am | United Nations
Heavy fighting has continued over the past few days in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite repeated calls for an immediate halt to hostilities and respect for a ceasefire signed last week. More >>
UN Chief Cites Challenges Of Booming Patents
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:39 am | United Nations
The incoming head of the UN agency entrusted with protecting intellectual property rights today highlighted the urgency of responding to the growing global demand for patent services. More >>
Global Advertising Leaders To Fight Climate Change
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:34 am | United Nations
Sec.-Gen Ban Ki-moon and nearly two dozen global advertising giants have launched a partnership to support UN-led efforts to reach agreement on slashing greenhouse gas emissions at a major international conference next year in Copenhagen. More >>
World Leaders Urged To Help Stop Darfur War Crimes
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:21 am | United Nations
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor is in New York today to urge international leaders to better protect civilians in Darfur and allow the court to successfully prosecute crimes committed in the war-torn Sudanese region. More >>
UN Agency Seeks $460 Million To Feed Ethiopians
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:18 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is appealing for $460 million to feed 9.6 million people affected by drought and high food prices in Ethiopia for the next six months. More >>
UNICEF: Release Kidnapped Children In DR Congo
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:15 am | United Nations
The UN Children’s Fund today called for the immediate, unconditional release of 90 pupils who were abducted from their schools in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by members of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army. More >>
Training Midwives Could Save Thousands Of Lives
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 9:46 am | United Nations
With half a million women dying in pregnancy or childbirth every year, the United Nations Population Fund and the International Confederation of Midwives have launched an initiative which could help cut mortality by about 75 per cent. More >>
UN Officials Outline Worsening Situation In Darfur
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 9:43 am | United Nations
Top UN and African Union officials have held a meeting in New York to review the political, security and humanitarian situation in Darfur, including ongoing efforts to deploy a joint peacekeeping mission to the war-torn Sudanese region. More >>
UN Examines Soaring Migration To Asia-Pacific
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 9:38 am | United Nations
A UN-supported meeting opening today in Bangkok is closely looking at the impact of migration in Asia and the Pacific, where the number of international migrants has skyrocketed from 28 million to 53 million in just under half a century. More >>
Ban Deplores Terrorist Car Bombings In Spain
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 9:31 am | United Nations
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the series of car bombings in northern Spain over the past two days that have left at least one person dead and wounded several others. More >>
UN May Halt Food Aid To Displaced Palestinians
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 12:34 am | United Nations
The UN agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees warned that a funding shortfall means it may soon have to stop distributing food to more than 3,000 families displaced by deadly violence at a camp in northern Lebanon last year. More >>
Mexico To Host Next Year’s World Environment Day
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 12:31 am | United Nations
Mexico will play host to the 2009 World Environment Day Celebrations, observed every year on 5 June, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the country’s President Felipe Calderón announced today. More >>
