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US Legislation Aims To Lower Use Of Child Soldiers
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 1:58 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 >>
Palestinian Economic Prospects Look Bleak
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 1:51 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. More >>
UN Is Cost-Effective Body For Global Peacekeeping
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 1:47 pm | United Nations
The UN, 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 >>
UN Steps Up Relief Efforts In Storm-Stricken Haiti
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 10:59 am | 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 >>
UN Looks To Agriculture To Ease Global Food Crisis
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 10:54 am | 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 UN Food and Agriculture Organization told the Italian Parliament today. More >>
Senegalese Pioneer Reducing Africa’s Brain Drain
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 10:15 am | United Nations
Scientists at a Senegalese university are the first to benefit from a UN-backed project aimed at providing colleges in five African countries with the technology needed to prevent the migration of graduates and reduce Africa's brain drain. More >>
Nominees Set For Children’s Day Broadcasting Award
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 10:10 am | 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 >>
Latest Report Sheds Light On Iran Nuculear Program
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 10:00 am | 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. More >>
UN To Set World Meteorological Data Standards
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 9:56 am | United Nations
The UN World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Standardization have signed an agreement to cooperate in setting international standards for meteorological and hydrological data, products and services. More >>
Deadly Terrorist Attack Near US Embassy In Yemen
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 9:50 am | United Nations
UN 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 >>
Fresh Fighting Breaks Out In Eastern DR Of Congo
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 9:46 am | 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. More >>
Sharp Rise in Afghan Civilian Deaths
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:51 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official has called for ensuring the protection of Afghan civilians, as new figures show an almost 40 per cent increase in conflict-related deaths in the first eight months of 2008 compared to the same period last year. More >>
Killing of Cameraman Sparks UN Concern
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:49 pm | United Nations
The United Nations agency tasked with promoting press freedom has deplored the death of a local television cameraman in Indian-administered Kashmir, and voiced concern for the safety of journalists in the area. More >>
Plight of Displaced in Georgia Buffer Zone
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:48 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today that its teams have now entered the so-called “buffer zone” north of the Georgian town of Gori, where thousands uprooted by last month’s fighting have taken shelter, ... More >>
Victims of Deadly Rioting in Nepal
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:44 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights agency today expressed concern that the findings of an independent panel probing four days of deadly rioting in Nepal last year following the murder of a local leader have still not been made public. More >>
Need To Revive DOHA Trade Talks – UN Official
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:42 pm | United Nations
Progress on the stalled Doha round of trade liberalization talks would not only boost the world economy but also confidence amid current economic and financial uncertainties, such as those being witnessed in the United States banking sector, the head of the ... More >>
Disasters Perpetuate Cycle of Poverty
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:40 pm | United Nations
Recent devastating storms and floods have reinforced poverty in many parts of the world, the United Nations agency tasked with minimizing the threat posed by natural disasters said today. More >>
UN Refugee Agency Warns Returning Sri Lankans
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency voiced sadness today at the deaths of eight Sri Lankans who drowned while attempting to return to their homeland by boat from southern India. More >>
Zimbabwe: Fight Against Cholera Outbreak
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:36 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies are working with local authorities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Zimbabwe to combat a deadly outbreak of cholera on the outskirts of the national capital, Harare. More >>
Unit Begins Mission to Eastern Chad
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:34 pm | United Nations
A special security unit of the Chadian army composed of national police and gendarmes responsible for the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) today began its first reconnaissance visit to eastern Chad, ahead of its deployment ... More >>
