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Sec.-Gen. Speech at the Church of the Holy Family
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 1:56 pm | United Nations
Sec.-Gen: People understand the world's economic interdependence. We call it globalization. The decision of a commodities trader in New York affects a farmer in Africa. The parts of a single car come from many different countries. More >>
UN Mission Meets with Humanitarian Partners
Monday, 15 September 2008, 8:01 pm | United Nations
United Nations officials have met in recent days with members of the humanitarian community in Chad to discuss issues of common concern, particularly with regard to the estimated 250,000 refugees and 180,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living ... More >>
Ban Considers Dispatching Fact-Finding Mission
Monday, 15 September 2008, 7:59 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the possibility of dispatching a United Nations fact-finding mission to Georgia, where nearly 160,000 people were uprooted by the conflict that rocked the Caucasus nation last month. More >>
Eastern DR Congo Remains Tense
Monday, 15 September 2008, 7:56 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said today that its forces in the volatile far east of the country remain on high alert, despite the relative calm in the region since this morning. More >>
UNICEF brings relief to hurricane-ravaged Cuba
Monday, 15 September 2008, 4:31 pm | United Nations
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) staff in Cuba are rushing to provide clean water and sanitation to the areas hardest hit this week by Hurricane Ike. More >>
UN deplores latest deadly bombing in Afghanistan
Monday, 15 September 2008, 4:23 pm | United Nations
14 September 2008 – The United Nations has condemned this morning's suicide bombing in a south-eastern Afghan town that targeted a clearly marked UN convoy taking part in a polio eradication programme. More >>
Landmark Declaration on Indigenous Peoples
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 11:29 pm | United Nations
A United Nations independent expert today commemorated the first anniversary of the General Assembly's adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, calling on States to renew their commitment to the historic document. More >>
UNICEF Brings Relief To Hurricane-Ravaged Islands
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 11:27 pm | United Nations
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) staff in Cuba are rushing to provide clean water and sanitation to the areas hardest hit this week by Hurricane Ike, the fourth deadly tropical storm to batter the Caribbean region with torrential rains and heavy ... More >>
Jamaica Named As UNESCO Champions For Sport
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 11:25 pm | United Nations
Two of the brightest stars from the Beijing Olympics, the gold medal-winning Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown, were today named as Champions for Sport by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). More >>
Security Situation in Volatile Eastern DR Congo
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 11:23 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said today that its forces in the volatile far east of the country remain on high alert, despite the relative calm in the region since this morning. More >>
$100 Million Appeal For Haiti
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 2:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today urged Member States and donors to urgently fund the $100 million appeal launched earlier this week to alleviate the plight of some 800,000 people in storm-stricken Haiti. More >>
Assembly President Honoured For Anti-Poverty Goals
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 2:22 pm | United Nations
New York, Sep 12 2008 6:10PMGeneral Assembly President Srgjan Kerim today was honoured for his work in pushing for progress in achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ), eight anti-poverty targets world leaders have pledged to achieve ... More >>
BAN Welcomes Creation Of New Committee On Darfur
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 2:20 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the establishment of the new Ministerial Committee aimed at furthering peace efforts in the war-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur. More >>
Secretary-General Arrives at UN
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:37 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived at work at United Nations Headquarters this morning in environmental style, taking the “Solartaxi” – a fully solar-powered car – from his home in New York to the Secretariat building. More >>
More Coordinated Disaster Relief in Latin America
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:34 pm | United Nations
Governments across the Latin American and Caribbean region need to ensure that their response systems to humanitarian disasters work in greater harmony both with each other and with international relief efforts, according to the top United Nations ... More >>
192,000 Uprooted During Georgia Conflict
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:27 pm | United Nations
Some 192,000 people were forced to flee their homes during the conflict that broke out last month in Georgia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) said today, as it released details of a recent assessment of internally displaced ... More >>
$22 Million Boost for Poor Ghanaian Farmers
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today announced a $22 million loan to Ghana to boost the livelihoods of over 100,000 households in the West African nation. More >>
Congolese Rape Survivors Break Silence
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:23 pm | United Nations
Female survivors of rape and sexual abuse are sharing their stories today at an event organized by the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where rape has been used as a weapon of war and an estimated 200,000 women and girls have ... More >>
Ban Urges Restraint, Dialogue Following Violence
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:21 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his deep concern about the loss of life resulting from violent clashes in Bolivia, as well as attempts to disrupt the nation’s economic infrastructure, calling for dialogue to resolve any grievances. More >>
Greater Efforts to Halt Gender Discrimination
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:19 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today said that much more needs to be done to protect women from discrimination and achieve gender equality, despite progress made in the 60 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of ... More >>
