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More People Living In Extreme Poverty
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:24 am | United Nations
The World Bank has revised upward its estimates of the number of the world’s poor from nearly 1 billion to 1.4 billion , drawing on new data that indicates that poverty is more widespread across the developing world than previously thought. More >>
Afghanistan: Alarm At High Civilian Death Toll
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:21 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict has strongly condemned the deaths of a large number of civilians, mostly children, as a result of recent military operations in Afghanistan. More >>
South Asian Countries Must Toughen Their Laws
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on South Asian governments to strengthen their laws to tackle child trafficking, a neglected form of the wider scourge of human trafficking. More >>
UN Relief Agencies Respond To Nepal’s Flood Crisis
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations food agency in Nepal announced today that it was mobilizing emergency aid for the 50,000 people forced to flee their homes by last week’s severe flooding in the eastern region of the Asian nation. More >>
Use Of Nuclear Tech To Protect Water Resources
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:10 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency tasked with promoting safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies will be showcasing its efforts to protect the world’s water resources at a major exhibition currently being held in the Spanish city of Zaragoza. More >>
UN Urges Restraint In Indian-Administered Kashmir
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:08 am | United Nations
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has voiced its concern about the recent violent protests in Indian-administered Kashmir that have reportedly led to civilian casualties and restrictions to the right to freedom ... More >>
Role Of Blue Helmets In Combating Organized Crime
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:07 am | United Nations
Policing and law enforcement experts from around the world have gathered in Stockholm for today’s start of a two-day conference examining the threats posed by organized crime to United Nations peace operations. More >>
Côte D’ivoire Urged To Press With Elections
Thursday, 28 August 2008, 12:06 am | United Nations
Senior United Nations officials in West Africa have stressed the importance of starting the identification and registration processes for the upcoming presidential polls in Côte d’Ivoire as soon as possible, voicing concern over delays in the preparatio΅s. More >>
UN Agencies Join Forces To Combat African Diseases
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 3:46 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-sponsored conference that aims to tackle the environmental causes of diseases that claimed almost 2.5 million African lives each year begins in Gabon today. More >>
UN Condemns ‘Excessive’ Force At Displaced Camp
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 1:52 pm | United Nations
The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today strongly condemned what it called the “excessive, disproportionate use of lethal forces” by Sudanese security forces against civilians during a raid inside a displaced ... More >>
UN Humanitarian Chief To Visit Droughted Ethiopia
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 1:44 pm | United Nations
The United Nations relief chief will travel to Ethiopia next week to assess the situation in the Horn of Africa country first-hand, where millions of people need humanitarian aid because of a devastating drought and the soaring prices of many basic foods. More >>
Strengthening Nigeria’s Microfinance Institutions
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 11:40 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 26 2008 6:10PMThe United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD is providing a $27 million loan to fortify microfinance institutions in Nigeria in hope of creating a sustainable rural financial system in the West African ... More >>
Iraq: Efforts Promote Dialogue Over Disputed City
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 11:38 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 26 2008 6:10PM The top United Nations official in Iraq continues to work to promote political dialogue and national reconciliation across the country, including over the disputed status of the northern city of Kirkuk, a UN spokesperson ... More >>
Resolving Crisis Harder After Recognition Move
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 11:34 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 26 2008 6:10PM The question of recognition of States is a matter for sovereign States to decide, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today after Russia announced that it had recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, ... More >>
SC Urges Burundi’s Govt & Rebels To Truce
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 11:31 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 26 2008 5:10PMThe Security Council today welcomed the recent agreement by Government forces and rebels in Burundi to try to dismantle any roadblocks to the revised ceasefire agreement they signed in June. More >>
Afghanistan: Alarm At Early Release Of Rapists
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 11:28 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 26 2008 6:10PMA senior United Nations human rights official in Afghanistan voiced deep concern today that two individuals convicted in 2006 for the rape of a woman in the north of the country have been released early. More >>
UN Trains Joint Police In Disputed Sudanese Town
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 11:18 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 26 2008 4:10PMThe United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have completed the first 10-day training session of members of the new joint integrated police unit in Abyei, a town at the centre of ... More >>
GA President Lauds Republic Of Korea’s Role At UN
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 11:16 am | United Nations
The General Assembly President today highlighted Seoul’s growing contribution and involvement in the work of the United Nations, as he concluded a three-day visit to the Republic of Korea. More >>
Cutting Fuel Subsidies Could Curb C02 Emissions
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 11:13 am | United Nations
Challenging the widely-held view that fossil fuel subsidies benefit the poor, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP calls for cutting back on such mechanisms to curb on greenhouse ῧas emissions and propel economic growth. More >>
UN-Backed Meeting Fights African Gender Inequality
Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 11:27 am | United Nations
A joint United Nations and African Union (AU) gathering to address gender equality and the advancement of women on the continent kicked off today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. More >>
