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Fresh Fighting Breaks out in Eastern DR of Congo
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 8:13 pm | United Nations
Intense fighting broke out yesterday between the army and rebels loyal to the former general Laurent Nkunda in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the army using rocket launchers and other heavy artillery, the United Nations peacekeeping ... More >>
UN Project to Reduce Africa’s Brain Drain
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:48 pm | United Nations
Scientists at a Senegalese university are the first to benefit from a United Nations-backed project aimed at providing colleges in five African countries with the technology and tools needed to prevent the migration of graduates and reduce the continent’s ... More >>
Latest Report on Iran's Nuclear Programme
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:46 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog has circulated his latest report on Iran’s nuclear programme to the agency’s Board of Directors. It covers developments since Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ... More >>
UNICEF Announces Nominees for Children’s day
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:44 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) today announced its nominees for the annual International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) award, presented to television and radio broadcasters for outstanding commitment to the Day. More >>
Ban Deplores Deadly Terrorist Attack
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:41 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned today’s terrorist bombing outside the United States embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, which has killed at least 16 people and wounded many others. More >>
Officers to Ensure Proper Care of Detainees
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:40 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations official in Liberia has called on a group of newly-trained corrections officers to keep in mind how they care for the prisoners entrusted to them, stressing that such treatment will be key to ensuring a safe and secure facility, ... More >>
International Standards for Meteorological Data
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Organization for Standardization ISO have signed an agreement to cooperate in setting international standards for meteorological and hydrological data, products and services. More >>
Dispute Between Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:36 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he has appointed the recently departed legal chief of the United Nations as his Special Adviser and Mediator to assist in resolving the continuing maritime border dispute between Equatorial Guinea ... More >>
UN Conference Seeks World Leaders of Tomorrow
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:34 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today launched a mobilization campaign for the first annual Global Model UN conference in Geneva next year to enhance its cooperation with the young people who will become the world’s future leaders. More >>
6,000-Strong UN Force for Chad
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:32 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today proposed that the Security Council consider sending 6,000 United Nations troops to replace a European Union force in eastern Chad and north-eastern Central African Republic (CAR), which have both been wracked ... More >>
Over $30 Million To Help Poor Farmers
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:29 pm | United Nations
Small farmers in Mozambique, where two-thirds of the population live below the poverty line, will be able to boost their incomes thanks to a new $31 million boost from the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD . More >>
Emergency Operations in Storm-Stricken Caribbean
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:28 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies are ramping up their relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Haiti, where some 160,000 people are still living out in the open exposed to disease and malnutrition, the humanitarian wing of the UN reported today. More >>
Farm Production to Combat Global Food Crisis
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:24 pm | United Nations
Agricultural production must be raised to end the global food crisis, which has driven more than 75 million additional people into hunger and poverty, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO told the Italian Parliament today. More >>
UN Advocate for Children in Armed Conflict
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:22 pm | United Nations
The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict today praised the United States for the introduction of new legislation that aims to tackle the recruitment and use of the estimated 250,000 child soldiers worldwide. More >>
Cost-Effective Option for Global Peacekeeping
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:20 pm | United Nations
The United Nations, which currently deploys some 110,000 personnel in 18 peace operations worldwide at a price tag of $7.2 billion, remains the most cost-effective option for global peacekeeping, the senior official leading those efforts said today. More >>
How to Implement Recent Somali Peace Deal?
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:18 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-chaired international group of countries and organizations supporting the consolidation of peace in conflict-wracked Somalia has met in neighbouring Djibouti to discuss how to put a recent reconciliation agreement by the Horn of Africa nation’s ... More >>
Palestinian Economic Prospects Look Bleak
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 7:16 pm | United Nations
The Palestinian economy is becoming increasingly aid dependent, and Israel’s policy of border crossings closures in the Gaza Strip is eroding the occupied territory’s industrial backbone and paralyzing its municipal services, a World Bank report warns ... More >>
UN Help Possible in Chad, Central African Republic
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 3:50 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon today proposed the Security Council consider sending 6,000 UN troops to replace a European Union force in eastern Chad and north-eastern Central African Republic, which have both been wracked by violence in recent years. More >>
Group Discusses Somali Peace Deal Implementation
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 3:42 pm | United Nations
A UN-chaired international group supporting the consolidation of peace in conflict-wracked Somalia has met in Djibouti to discuss how to implement a recent reconciliation agreement by the Horn of Africa nation's warring political groups. More >>
Global Model UN Conference To Tap Future Leaders
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 2:34 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today launched a mobilization campaign for the first annual Global Model UN conference in Geneva next year to enhance its cooperation with the young people who will become the world’s future leaders. More >>
