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African Union-UN Peacekeeping Panel
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:17 pm | United Nations
Former Italian prime minister Romano Prodi will head a new joint panel set up to support African Union (AU) peacekeeping missions established under a United Nations mandate, the world body announced today. More >>
Recent Clashes in Eastern DR Congo
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:14 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today voiced serious concern at the recent fighting between Government forces and rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), some of the worst violence since the signing of a January peace deal. More >>
Donors to Finance $100 Million Appeal
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:13 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 >>
Creation of New High-Level Committee on Darfur
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:10 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 >>
Efforts in Promoting UN Anti-Poverty Goals
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 6:08 pm | United Nations
General 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 by 2015. More >>
Calls for Tangible Political Progress in Myanmar
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 12:58 pm | United Nations
Myanmar has not experienced the political progress as anticipated and its Government should take real measures towards setting up a more inclusive political process that promotes human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Group Sounds Alarm on Deadly Violence
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 12:54 pm | United Nations
Signatories to the United Nations-backed January pact between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and armed groups aimed at bringing peace to the country’s troubled east today expressed grave concern over the recent flare-up of hostilities in North ... More >>
Zimbabwean Power-Sharing Deal
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 12:52 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed today’s agreement between the Zimbabwean Government and the country’s opposition on the formation of a government of national unity. More >>
Global Child Mortality Rates Continue to Drop
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 1:36 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today called for accelerated efforts to save young peoples’ lives as new figures indicate that the rate of deaths of children aged under five continues its long-term decline around the world. More >>
UN Reform to Meet Changing Global Conditions
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 1:05 am | United Nations
The United Nations has made important progress on internal reform but needs to continue to improve to respond to the rapidly changing world environment, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, pledging to lead efforts to enhance the way the Organization ... More >>
Briefing, Iranian Sanctions Monitoring Committee
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 1:02 am | United Nations
The head of the Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme today updated the 15-member body on the panel’s latest work, including the efforts of States to implement those measures. More >>
UN Estimates Show 192,000 Uprooted In Georgia
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 12:49 am | 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 >>
Coordinated Disaster Relief In Latin America Urged
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 12:47 am | 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 >>
Global Child Mortality Rates Continue To Drop
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 12:44 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today called for accelerated efforts to save young peoples’ lives as new figures indicate that the rate of deaths of children aged under five continues its long-term decline around the world. More >>
Negotiations on Cyprus Make ‘Fruitful’ Start
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:36 pm | United Nations
The first day of talks between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders aimed at reunifying the island of Cyprus today in Nicosia were fruitful and productive, the top United Nations envoy on the issue said. More >>
UN Mission Meets With Humanitarian Partners
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:33 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
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:31 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 >>
Attacks on Somali Students, Teachers and Schools
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:28 pm | United Nations
United Nations aid agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in strife-torn Somalia have condemned recent attacks on students, teachers and schools in the capital, Mogadishu, stressing that educational facilities must be violence-free ... More >>
Obstacle to Emergency Aid Efforts in Haiti
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:25 pm | United Nations
The damage to infrastructure and extensive flooding across hurricane-battered Haiti is so severe that relief and recovery efforts are being handicapped, a top United Nations official to the country said today. More >>
Progress in Implementing North-South Peace Pact
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:18 pm | United Nations
The former warring parties in Sudan’s long-running civil conflict that ended three years ago have made “significant progress” in implementing their peace accord and resolving outstanding differences over a disputed area in the centre of the country, ... More >>
