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Officials Agree To Reduce Environmental Threats
Sunday, 31 August 2008, 3:54 pm | United Nations
African health and environment ministers attending a United Nations-sponsored conference concluding today in Gabon have agreed to form an alliance to try to reduce environmental threats to human health and well-being. More >>
Hurricane Gustav Strikes Children The Hardest
Sunday, 31 August 2008, 3:52 pm | United Nations
Hurricane Gustav has forced some 6,300 people from their homes in Haiti, where torrential rains pounded the deforested southern peninsula of the country earlier this week, the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) reported today. More >>
No Radioactivity From Incident At UN Laboratory
Saturday, 30 August 2008, 11:07 am | United Nations
Independent experts have confirmed the initial findings of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) that there was no release of radioactive material to the environment after an incident at one of its laboratories earlier this month. More >>
Melbourne Books Its Place In UN Cultural Network
Saturday, 30 August 2008, 11:04 am | United Nations
Melbourne has been declared a City of Literature by the United Nations cultural agency, joining a global network of cities set up to promote their cultural, social and economic development in fields ranging from gastronomy to music to folk art. More >>
DR Congo: UN Dispatches Patrol Following Clashes
Friday, 29 August 2008, 11:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has dispatched patrols to the country’s volatile eastern region after some of the worst fighting since a peace deal was signed in January broke out earlier today between ... More >>
New UN-African Union Mediator For Darfur Conflict
Friday, 29 August 2008, 11:48 am | United Nations
The newly appointed chief of the joint United Nations-African Union effort to bring peace to Darfur arrived today in the conflict-wracked Sudanese region, pledging to consult as widely as possible with the warring parties to try to find a lasting solution. More >>
Georgia’s Internally Displaced Fear Returning Home
Friday, 29 August 2008, 11:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency expressed concern today over the worsening humanitarian crisis affecting people escaping conflict in Georgia, especially those fleeing the buffer zone between the breakaway region of South Ossetia and tῨe town of Gori. More >>
Ban Applauds States For Tackling Terrorism
Friday, 29 August 2008, 11:46 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised an intergovernmental organization for its commitment to combating terrorism and extremism, as well as confronting the complex challenges posed by separatism across Eurasia. More >>
Haiti: UN Agency Helps Contain Damage
Friday, 29 August 2008, 11:45 am | United Nations
Initiatives by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Haiti are helping to rein in the damage wrought by Hurricane Gustav, which has claimed nearly two dozen lives so far across the Caribbean region. More >>
Nepal’s ‘Remarkable’ Peace Needs Int. Support
Friday, 29 August 2008, 11:42 am | United Nations
Nepal deserves credit for the “remarkable” success of its peace process since its civil war ended two years ago, but now its energies must focus on overcoming poverty and discrimination, the chief United Nations official in the Asian country ... More >>
N.E. India: UNICEF Rushes Aid In Wake Of Floods
Friday, 29 August 2008, 12:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF is helping to alleviate the situation in Bihar state in north-eastern India, where 1.4 million people have been affected by severe flooding. More >>
UN Provide Relief After Deadly Tropical Storm
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 1:57 pm | United Nations
United Nations officials in Haiti are working with local authorities across the south of the impoverished Caribbean country to help bring relief after Tropical Storm Gustav pummelled the nation with torrential rains and heavy winds. More >>
UN Climate Change Negotiations Speed up in Accra
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 10:32 am | United Nations
(Accra, 27 August 2008) – The latest round of UN-sponsored global Climate Change Talks in Accra, Ghana concluded Wednesday with clear signals that the pace of negotiations to get to a deal on long-term strengthened international action on climate change ... More >>
Head Of UN Refugee Agency In Somalia Released
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:57 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the news that the head of its office in Somalia has been released today unharmed after two months in captivity in the war-torn Horn of Africa country. More >>
UN In Liberia Stresses Importance Of Education
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:46 am | United Nations
Liberian children deserve the opportunity to attend school, the top United Nations envoy to the West African nation said today, calling on families to make their children’s education a priority as the country rebuilds after years of civil war. More >>
Accra Talks Bode Well For Future Negotiations
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:38 am | United Nations
Important progress has been made during the latest round of United Nations-led climate change talks in Accra, Ghana, on key issues relating to a new international agreement to tackle global warming, the world body’s top official dealing with the issue ... More >>
Darfur: Rebuilding Confidence After Deadly
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:35 am | United Nations
The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) set up meetings today with the residents of a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in a bid to ease tensions after dozens of people were shot dead there ... More >>
Refugees Win As Result Of UN-Backed Initiative
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:32 am | United Nations
Thousands of refugees in Asia will continue to be inspired by the heroism of athletes at the Beijing Olympics, even though the curtain has fallen on the Games, thanks to a United Nations-backed campaign in which competitors donated their surplus sportswear. More >>
Ban Calls For SC To Update Its Working Methods
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:30 am | United Nations
The Security Council’s “increasingly complex responsibilities in the maintenance of international peace and security” means it is vital that the 15-member panel continue to try to improve its working methods, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said ... More >>
SC Extends UN Force In Southern Lebanon
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:25 am | United Nations
The Security Council today extended until the end of August 2009 the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFIL , stating that the deployment of the mission together with the country’s armed forces has helped to establish œa new ... More >>
