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UN-African Union Sewage Truck in North Darfur
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:15 pm | United Nations
The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission to Darfur (UNAMID) reported that one of its sewage trucks was carjacked today by unknown gunmen in the north of the war-wracked region of western Sudan. More >>
At Least 26 People Drown Off Yemen’s Coast
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:12 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has reported that at least 26 people making the perilous voyage from the Horn of Africa to Yemen earlier this week have died, and a number remain missing, after being forced overboard in the Gulf of Aden. More >>
Latest Deadly Car Bombing in Lebanon
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:05 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned last night’s car bombing in Lebanon that claimed the life of a senior politician and wounded six others, saying it highlights the need for political reconciliation in the Middle East country. More >>
Drive Towards Achieving UN Anti-Poverty Goals
Friday, 12 September 2008, 8:02 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an “aggressive push” towards attaining the anti-poverty targets world leaders pledged to achieve by 2015, after a new United Nations report found that progress towards the Millennium Development Goals MDGs ... More >>
Benefit From UN Technology Training
Friday, 12 September 2008, 7:58 pm | United Nations
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today that nuclear power is expected to continue to expand in the coming decades in line with the growing global demand for energy, while also reporting that the power source’s shaOfficials ... More >>
Expansion of Nuclear Power in Coming Decades
Friday, 12 September 2008, 7:54 pm | United Nations
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today that nuclear power is expected to continue to expand in the coming decades in line with the growing global demand for energy, while also reporting that the power source’s share of ... More >>
High Food Prices Spur Expansion in Eastern Europe
Friday, 12 September 2008, 7:51 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations food agency official today predicted a bumper harvest of cereal crops in Russia and Ukraine for this year and said the region possesses significant untapped agricultural potential. More >>
Fifth Anniversary of UN-Backed Biosafety Treaty
Friday, 12 September 2008, 7:49 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commemorated the fifth anniversary of the United Nations-supported Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the first legally binding international treaty aimed at curbing possible harm from biotechnology to humans and biological ... More >>
Winning Software That Tracks Child Sex Abuse
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 8:11 pm | United Nations
Wellington, 10 September 2008. –UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) is congratulating a Department of Internal Affairs’ team for its efforts to protect children worldwide by developing a computer programme that tracks down traders of child sex abuse images. More >>
UNESCO Seeks To Boost Literacy
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:52 pm | United Nations
A three-day conference organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) begins today in Mexico City with the spotlight on literacy and adult education in Latin America and the Caribbean, where almost 40 ... More >>
UN Campaign to end Violence Against Women
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:49 pm | United Nations
Timor-Leste has become the latest nation to join an ever-growing United Nations global advocacy and awareness-raising effort to eliminate violence against women. Organized by the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the “Say NO to Violence ... More >>
West Africa: 130,000 Still Need Support
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:47 pm | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian arm said today that continued assistance is needed for an estimated 130,000 people affected by severe flooding in West Africa, where several countries were already suffering from the impact of the global food crisis. More >>
$100 Million to Aid Haiti Storm-Stricken Survivors
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:43 pm | United Nations
The United Nations appealed today (link) for over $100 million to help with humanitarian relief efforts for the survivors of a series of hurricanes that battered Haiti in the last three weeks, killing at least 328 people and leaving a trail of devastation ... More >>
Temporary Release of Former Serbian President
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:40 pm | United Nations
Former Serbian president Milan Milutinović has been granted temporary release by the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s so that he can return to his homeland to undergo ... More >>
Iraq’s Efforts to Curb Outbreak of Cholera
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:38 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies are helping Iraq to contain the recent deadly outbreak of cholera, with more than two dozen confirmed cases and nearly 200 others under investigation. More >>
Afghan Efforts, Take Over Country’s Security
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:35 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has welcomed a decision to expand the country’s national army, calling it an important step as the Government works towards assuming responsibility for security across the strife-torn nation. More >>
UN-Led Talks on Former Yugoslav Republic
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:33 pm | United Nations
The United Nations envoy facilitating talks between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the official name of the latter country will be meeting with the parties in New York tomorrow, it was announced today. More >>
Prices Threaten the Right to Food
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:31 pm | United Nations
The global food crisis caused by soaring prices is jeopardizing the right to food, and any potential solution to the problem must be viewed through the lens of human rights, an independent United Nations expert said today. More >>
Meeting to Improve UN Agency Coordination
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:29 pm | United Nations
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro heads to Lebanon today for a two-day meeting focusing on better coordinating the work of United Nations agencies in Western Asia. More >>
Policing Crucial to Peace and Development
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 7:27 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Liberia stressed the importance of providing the National Police (LNP) with all the resources necessary to enforce the rule of law, during a hand-over of a newly-constructed police station ... More >>
