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Failure Of Iraq Parliament To Pass Electoral Law
Friday, 8 August 2008, 10:02 am | United Nations
Last week Ban Ki-moon warned in his quarterly report on Iraq that, unless a new electoral law was passed in time, Iraqis would be deprived of the chance to vote this year, which he said could alienate various communities in the country. More >>
Georgia/South Ossetia: Alarm At Growing Violence
Friday, 8 August 2008, 10:01 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed serious concern about the mounting violence in South Ossetia, Georgia, where nearly two dozen people have reportedly been wounded or killed in recent clashes. More >>
Sudan Urged To Review Darfur Rebel Death Sentences
Friday, 8 August 2008, 10:00 am | United Nations
"The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has concerns that the judicial process may not have met international standards," Ashraf Qazi, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Sudan, said in a statement issued today. More >>
Chad: $1.2m To Replace Burned, Looted Aid Supplies
Friday, 8 August 2008, 9:59 am | United Nations
The grant, which was provided by the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund, will partly fund a project by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which has primary responsibility for humanitarian assistance, managing camps and protecting IDPs. More >>
E. Timor: Truth Panel Findings On Abuses Welcomed
Friday, 8 August 2008, 9:22 am | United Nations
The UN peacekeeping mission in East Timor has welcomed a recent report on human rights abuses that took place during the country's struggle for independence. 'But a Truth and Friendship Commission is only one mechanism for addressing past atrocities.' More >>
UN Rights Expert Wraps Up Visit To Burma/Myanmar
Friday, 8 August 2008, 12:29 am | United Nations
Special Rapporteur Tomás Ojea Quintana, who was appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, had constructive meetings with the Government, including with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Labour and Home Affairs, according to a news release. More >>
Beijing Olympics: UN Fetes Volunteer Contributions
Friday, 8 August 2008, 12:28 am | United Nations
It is hoped that skills, such as recruiting, training, motivating and managing volunteers, honed in the run-up to the Games will be transferred to post-Olympics volunteer programmes in development fields including environmental awareness and education. More >>
UN Helps 30,000 Liberians Find Road Repair Work
Friday, 8 August 2008, 12:27 am | United Nations
The initiative, which took place during Liberia's dry season, focused on the main roads from Voinjama in the northwest to Fishtown in the southeast, and generated more than 1.3 million working days from September 2007 through May 2008. More >>
Women's Voices Must Be Heard In Tackling HIV/AIDS
Friday, 8 August 2008, 12:25 am | United Nations
Women's voices are still being left out in the battle against HIV/AIDS, despite frequent calls for their increased participation in determining resource allocation over the disease, according to a new United Nations-backed study. More >>
Nigeria-Cameroon Peninsula Transfer Landmark Event
Friday, 8 August 2008, 12:24 am | United Nations
Under the agreement, Nigeria recognized Cameroonian sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula, an oil-rich region on the Gulf of Guinea that had been the subject of intense and sometimes violent disputes between the African neighbours for decades. More >>
FAO Wraps Up Seed Distribution Scheme In CAR - UN
Friday, 8 August 2008, 12:23 am | United Nations
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has just completed one of its largest-ever seed distribution operations in the Central African Republic (CAR), handing out supplies to more than 12,500 farmers in one of the impoverished country's most critical regions. More >>
Senior UN Official Named New Peacebuilding Chief
Friday, 8 August 2008, 12:22 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Ms. Holl Lute, who will serve as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support in her new capacity, to replace Carolyn McAskie, who has led the Peacebuilding Support Office since its creation in 2006. More >>
Ban Voices Deep Regret At Coup D'etat, Mauritania
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 11:19 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his deep regret at today's overthrow by military leaders of the Mauritanian Government led by President Sidi Mohamed Ould Chiekh Abdallahi. "The Secretary-General calls for respect for the rule of law." More >>
UN Hails Canada's Decision To Provide Food Escorts
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 11:13 am | United Nations
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed Canada's decision to deploy a frigate to Somalia to protect the agency's food ships against pirates, who have launched over two dozen attacks so far this year off the East African country's coast. More >>
Ireland's Patricia O'Brien Is New UN Legal Chief
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 11:03 am | United Nations
Since 2003, Ms. O'Brien has been serving as Legal Adviser to the Depart. of Foreign Affairs, Ireland, providing counsel on legal issues arising in Irish foreign policy, particularly public international law, human rights law and European Union law. More >>
Hiroshima Anniversary Hope For Nuclear-Free Future
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 11:02 am | United Nations
"From sadness and grief can emerge new hope for progress in our common journey to a new age of peace and security," he said in a message to the Peace Memorial Ceremony delivered by Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. More >>
Jesús Vázquez Revisits Somali Refugees, Kenya - UN
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 11:01 am | United Nations
Fulfilling a promise he made to Somali refugees last year, Jesús Vázquez made a return visit to a camp in Kenya in his first field mission since being named a Goodwill Ambassador last month for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). More >>
Women's Empowerment Key To Development Targets
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 11:00 am | United Nations
The forum heard that while advances in policies and legislation were needed to enable women to take up their roles in society, real change and progress will only occur when obstacles to empowerment are removed. These include entrenched structures. More >>
UN Helping To Put Shoes On Rwandan Refugees' Feet
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 10:32 am | United Nations
A Canadian non-profit called Sole Responsibility has collected over 4,000 pairs of shoes in collaboration with schools and running clubs, and shipping costs are covered by cash donations. The group focuses on providing footwear to displaced people worldwide. More >>
Srgjan Kerim Ends S America Visit With Brazil Stop
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 10:31 am | United Nations
The President of the Unityed Nations General Assembly held discussions on climate change, development and the food crisis with officials in Brazil, the last stop on a three-nation visit to South America that also took him to Chile and Argentina. More >>
