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Thai Princess Becomes Goodwill Ambassador for UN
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 9:13 pm | United Nations
Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand has joined the United Nations “Say No to Violence against Women” at a ceremony to mark her designation as a Goodwill Ambassador in Thailand for the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) More >>
Plan Needed to Revive Palestinian Economy
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 9:09 pm | United Nations
Reviving the struggling Palestinian economy, which had a zero growth rate in 2007, will require making use of a full range of fiscal, monetary, trade and labour policies, according to a report released today by the United Nations Conference on Trade and ... More >>
UNICEF Boosts Efforts To Tackle Deadly Cholera
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 9:05 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stepped up its efforts to control an especially virulent outbreak of cholera in Guinea-Bissau, where at least 96 people have died since mid-May and almost 300 new cases were reported in just two days last ... More >>
UN Envoy Holds Talks With Senior Greek Officials
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 9:03 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Cyprus is holding talks today in Athens with senior Greek Government officials as part of the UN’s efforts to support recently launched negotiations aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island. More >>
World Court Begins Proceedings on Georgia, Russia
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 9:00 pm | United Nations
The International Court of Justice ICJ , the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today kicked off three days of urgent proceedings regarding Georgia’s recent case against Russia. More >>
European Union to Develop Common Asylum System
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:55 pm | United Nations
The chief United Nations advocate for refugees today appealed to European Union member countries to build a coherent and effective unified asylum system that will promote the rights of the migrants who arrive in the 27-member bloc and seek protection. More >>
Kigali Meeting Focuses on Helping World’s Poorest
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:52 pm | United Nations
Representatives of governments, United Nations agencies, financial institutions and donors have assembled in Kigali to discuss how to help the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) to build up their capacity in the fields of trade and industrial ... More >>
Food Security in Drought-Stricken Ethiopia
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:50 pm | United Nations
The food security situation in Ethiopia has deteriorated to alarming levels in the wake of drought conditions throughout much of the Horn of Africa country, and relief agencies are grappling with shortages of supplies, the United Nations warned today. More >>
UN Seminal About AIDS in Africa
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:45 pm | United Nations
The United Nations University (UNU) plans to hold a one-day HIV/AIDS seminar tomorrow, aimed at helping international academic institutions conduct research that could lead to halting the epidemic’s devastating trail across Africa. More >>
UN Forum to Support Victims of Terrorism
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:41 pm | United Nations
The symposium that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will convene tomorrow for victims of terrorism promises to be an historic event that will put a human face on the survivors of the scourge, a senior United Nations official said today. More >>
Crime Poses Serious Threat to Peacekeeping
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:39 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeeping forces need to take a more coordinated approach to prevent, disrupt and dismantle organized crime in the countries where they operate, a top UN policing official said today. More >>
Struggle to Help Hurricane-Hit Caribbean Continues
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian wing expressed deep concern today over the crisis engulfing the storm-stricken Caribbean as the region’s countries endure the fourth hurricane in less than a month. More >>
UN Peacekeepers Prevent Rebel Advances in DR Congo
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:24 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers today stepped up their efforts to prevent a militia operating in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from taking a key town in North Kivu province, the scene of renewed deadly fighting between Government forces ... More >>
Haitian Children Impacted by Hurricanes
Monday, 8 September 2008, 6:19 pm | United Nations
With relentless attacks on truck convoys carrying much-needed food relief in Darfur, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that it might be forced to shut down its operations which feed over three million every month in the vast ... More >>
Attacks on UN Food Trucks Could Stop Aid
Monday, 8 September 2008, 6:15 pm | United Nations
With relentless attacks on truck convoys carrying much-needed food relief in Darfur, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that it might be forced to shut down its operations which feed over three million every month in the vast ... More >>
Top UN Envoy Travels to Beijing for Paralympics
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 11:56 pm | United Nations
Wilfried Lemke, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, attended the opening ceremony of the Paralympics today in Beijing, China, acting as the Secretary-General's Special Envoy at the event. More >>
UN States Taking Lead In Combating Terrorism
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 11:03 am | United Nations
Member States of the United Nations have taken the lead in the fight against terrorism, forging ahead with implementing the first global and common strategy to tackle the scourge, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim said today. More >>
UN Helping Georgia’s Children Return To School
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 11:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) is organizing a campaign to ensure that all children in Georgia can start the new school year this month, following the recent conflict in the Caucasus country. More >>
Caribbean Nations Hit Hard By Severe Weather
Sunday, 7 September 2008, 10:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations is providing assistance to a number of countries in the Caribbean that have been badly affected by recent severe weather, particularly Haiti which has been the worst hit, the world body’s top humanitarian official said today. More >>
Top UN Envoy Speaks Out Against Piracy Off Somali
Saturday, 6 September 2008, 3:44 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today said that he is extremely alarmed by the rise in piracy off the Horn of Africa nation’s coast and deplored the destabilizing effects of the attacks in the region. More >>
