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UN: Natural Disasters Perpetuate Cycle Of Poverty
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 10:25 am | 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 Warns Sri Lankan Refugees After Boat Accident
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:44 am | 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 >>
Financial Woes Highlight Need To Revive Doha Talks
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:38 am | United Nations
UN Official: 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. More >>
Victims of Deadly Rioting In Nepal Await Justice
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:30 am | 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 >>
Deminers in Southern Lebanon to be Honoured
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:49 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency announced today that its top honour will go to the world body’s bomb disposal experts for their work in clearing explosives from southern Lebanon, which have been threatening the lives of civilians since the 2006 ... More >>
Banana Farmers Fend off Deadly Disease
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:47 pm | United Nations
More than 3,000 farmers in Uganda have been able to combat a pestilent disease that threatened to wipe out production of cooking banana, thanks to a joint initiative by the Government and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ... More >>
Police Commit Murders on Behalf of Drug Gangs
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:44 pm | United Nations
Brazil’s police are responsible for a significant proportion of the 48,000 murders committed every year, a United Nations human rights expert said today in a report heavily criticizing law enforcement in the South American country. More >>
UN; Regional Efforts Vital to Spurring Development
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:42 pm | United Nations
A regional approach can help the United Nations advance development in countries that face common challenges, including climate change, the food crisis and HIV/AIDS, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro told a gathering in Beirut focusing on ... More >>
Nearly $250 Million to Curb Poverty
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:39 pm | United Nations
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today that it has approved almost $250 million in loans and grants to support one dozen initiatives aimed at fighting poverty in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. More >>
Work Towards Restoring Normal Relations
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:37 pm | United Nations
Chad and Sudan pledged to exchange ambassadors as a step towards restoring normal diplomatic relations between the African neighbours, at a meeting attended by the United Nations envoy to the region this weekend. More >>
UN Officials in China Celebrate
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:34 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Country Team in China has teamed up with the country’s Disabled Persons’ Federation to host an event in honour of competitors at the current Paralympics being held in Beijing. More >>
Africa’s Exports Still Lagging Behind
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:32 pm | United Nations
While two decades of trade liberalization have removed many of the barriers that limited Africa’s trade, progress has been less than expected, and below that of other developing countries, according to a new report released by the United Nations. More >>
UN Helicopter Lands Safely After Coming Under Fire
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:30 pm | United Nations
A United Nations helicopter in Darfur was able to land safely yesterday after being shot at in the third incident of its kind in the war-wracked region of western Sudan. More >>
DR Congo: UN Envoy Urges Return to Peace
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:26 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has joined a group of international officials in calling for stepped-up efforts to restore peace to the country’s volatile eastern region, the scene of recent fighting between ... More >>
Army Chief Receives Three-Year Jail Term
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:24 pm | United Nations
The head of the Bosnian Muslim forces during the Balkan wars of the 1990s was today sentenced by a United Nations court to three years’ imprisonment over the cruel treatment his troops inflicted on Bosnian Serb soldiers captured during the conflict. More >>
Democracy Key to Furthering Peace
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:22 pm | United Nations
Marking the first-ever United Nations International Day of Democracy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today how crucial that form of government is to bettering the lives of people worldwide. More >>
Prison Overcrowding Hinders Peace Process
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:20 pm | United Nations
Ineffective judicial systems are leading to prison overcrowding in countries with United Nations peacekeeping operations and can obstruct these blue helmet missions, senior officials have told a Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) meeting in New York. More >>
Ivorian Electoral Process now Irreversible
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:19 pm | United Nations
The launch of the identification and voter registration operations for upcoming presidential polls in Côte d’Ivoire confirms that the electoral process is irreversible, the top United Nations official to the West African country said today. More >>
Demand for Peace by Violence-Plagued Afghans
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:17 pm | United Nations
Later this week, thousands of people across Afghanistan will be marking the International Day of Peace, a commemoration that takes on particular significance in the South Asian nation that has this year witnessed some of the worst violence since the overthrow ... More >>
Network Necessary to Confront Climate Change
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 6:16 pm | United Nations
With media interest in climate change waning since last year, cooperation from all sectors of society is essential to tackle the crisis that it poses, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
