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UN Health Agency Helps Sudan Cope With Flooding
Friday, 22 August 2008, 10:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is helping the Sudanese Ministry of Health to deal with the worst flooding the country’s southern state of Northern Bahr El Ghazal has seen in years. More >>
Ban Offers Condolences To Spain After Deadly Crash
Friday, 22 August 2008, 10:45 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending a letter of condolence to Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Zapatero after yesterday’s plane crash in Madrid, which killed more than 150 people. More >>
Georgia: Difficult To Number Displaced
Friday, 22 August 2008, 10:44 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has noted a substantial movement of populations between South Ossetia in Georgia and Russia’s North Ossetia region, making it difficult to establish the exact number of people displaced by recent hostilities. More >>
Ban Speaks Out Against Deadly Pakistan Attacks
Friday, 22 August 2008, 10:42 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today’s double suicide bombing in the north-eastern Pakistani town of Wah, near the capital Islamabad, which has claimed numerous civilian lives and injured many others. More >>
UN Health Agency Spotlights Impact Of Hepatitis B
Friday, 22 August 2008, 10:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations health agency is launching a new information campaign to highlight the impact of the hepatitis B virus, which is currently found in about 2 billion people worldwide despite being largely preventable by vaccine for more than 25 years. More >>
UN Concern At Georgia Conflict Humanitarian Impact
Friday, 15 August 2008, 10:57 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep concern at the humanitarian impact of recent fighting on the civilian population in Georgia, which has suffered loss of life and injury, significant damage to property and infrastructure, as well as sizeable displacement. More >>
BBC To Show Doco On India's Preference For Sons
Thursday, 14 August 2008, 10:40 am | United Nations
Prenatal son selection is likely to have severe social consequences in coming years. "No country for young girls" explores issues such as illegal sex determination and consequent elimination, and its consequences in the years to come. More >>
UN-Backed Global Biofuels Sustainability Standard
Thursday, 14 August 2008, 10:20 am | United Nations
The Steering Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, which includes an expert from the UN Environment Programme, have signed off on the draft criteria, called "Version Zero,' based on a comprehensive "land to tank" analysis. More >>
UN Tributes For Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish
Thursday, 14 August 2008, 10:10 am | United Nations
Senior UN officials in the Middle East have joined their voices to those paying tribute to the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who was laid to rest today. "The world has lost a uniquely compelling voice and a passionate advocate against dispossession." More >>
UN Urges Parties To Implement Georgia Peace Plan
Thursday, 14 August 2008, 10:01 am | United Nations
"The Secretary-General reiterates his support for a solution based on the full respect of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia. He is prepared to use his good offices toward the restoration of peace and security in the region." More >>
Georgia: UN Calls For The Protection Of Civilians
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 10:51 am | United Nations
Heavy fighting that erupted last Thursday between Georgian and South Ossetian forces have led to a large number of casualties and caused large numbers of civilians to flee to other parts of the country as well as to North Ossetia in Russia. More >>
Philippines: Crisis Unfolds, End To Fighting Urged
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:25 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon has appealed for restraint by the parties to the conflict in the southern Philippines, where ongoing clashes between Muslim rebels and Government troops have forced about 130,000 people to flee their homes. More >>
Darfur: Rebels Must Unite & Reach Lasting Solution
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:23 am | United Nations
Gen. Agwai noted that four rebel groups took part in talks preceding the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement in Abuja, Nigeria, in 2006, and yet now they have fractured into around 30 groups on the ground, nearly all without cohesive command and control. More >>
Kids Are Main Victims Of Violence In Chad - Report
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:22 am | United Nations
While indiscriminate killings in eastern Chad are relatively rare, unexploded ordnance and landmines are cause for concern, the report said. Nearly 50 children died as a result of the devices last year, with more than double that number being maimed. More >>
Food: Raising Crop Productivity Via Plant Mutation
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:22 am | United Nations
Plant mutation, a scientific technique that dramatically improves crop productivity, could be part of the solution to the current food and energy crisis that threatens to plunge millions worldwide into hunger, according to a UN expert on the subject. More >>
Egyptian Engineers Join UN-AU Peacekeepers, Darfur
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:20 am | United Nations
The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reports that 129 Egyptian engineering personnel arrived today in the western Sudanese region to join the force that is trying to quell the deadly fighting and humanitarian suffering. More >>
Postal Industry Looks To Future After UN Meeting
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:20 am | United Nations
Four years ago, an air of pessimism hung around the future of postal services. Today, the sector's agenda includes e-commerce, facilitating international trade, electronic money transfers and sustainable development, among others. More >>
Mauritania Needs Prompt Return To Rule Of Law - UN
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:18 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted that the recently toppled Government was democratically elected last June, and "called for respect for the rule of law and for the immediate restoration of constitutional order in the country." More >>
United Nations: More Talks On Macedonia Name Issue
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:17 am | United Nations
The Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, which was brokered by the United Nations, details the difference between Athens and Skopje on the name issue. It obliges the two sides to continue negotiations in a bid to reach agreement. More >>
WFP Provides $214 Million To Help With Food Crisis
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 12:16 am | United Nations
"With hunger on the rise, we are doing our best to stream incoming contributions to the people most in need in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean," said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran. "It is essential to launch a bold new set of responses." More >>
