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Darfur: Attack On Convoy Leaves Six Civilians Dead
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 10:30 am | United Nations
A civilian convoy with seven vehicles was attacked Monday, leaving 6 dead and 28 wounded, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur reported. They were ambushed by unknown men on camels, suspected to be Janjaweed militia. More >>
Nepal: 2.5 Million Need Immediate Food Aid - WFP
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 10:27 am | United Nations
Around 2.5 million people in rural Nepal are in immediate need of food assistance and an additional 3.9 million are at risk of becoming food insecure because of rising prices, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said in a new report. More >>
Rich-Poor Divide Threatens Child Health In Pacific
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 1:16 pm | United Nations
While child survival in Asia and the Pacific - where half of the world's children live - has improved considerably, deepening economic disparities have meant that the region's poor are often unable to access proper health care. More >>
UN To Boost Health Systems Response To HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 12:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a package of priority interventions designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support. More >>
Aid Delivery In Myanmar Still A Challenge, UN Says
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 12:23 am | United Nations
Three months after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma, delivery of sufficient relief and early recovery assistance remains a challenge, particularly in hard-to-reach areas of the Delta, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). More >>
UNESCO Lauds U.S. Ratification Of Anti-Doping Pact
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 12:20 am | United Nations
The head of UNESCO today welcomed the United States' ratification of a global convention against the practice of doping in sports, saying it sends a valuable message on the eve of the opening of the Beijing Olympics. More >>
East Timor Institutions & People Show Resilience
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 12:16 am | United Nations
East Timor institutions and people have shown impressive resilience after the violent attacks in February that almost claimed the life of the country’s President, Ban Ki-moon says in his latest report on the work of the UN peacekeeping mission. More >>
UN Official Departs For Talks On Zimbabwe Crisis
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 12:14 am | United Nations
Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Haile Menkerios is going to Pretoria in his capacity as the UN’s high-level representative to the Reference Group, which was set up by South African President Thabo Mbeki to support the mediation effort. More >>
Chadian Police Officers Complete UN Law Training
Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 12:07 am | United Nations
Some 231 Chadian police officers today completed a United Nations programme which trained them to ensure the safety and security of an estimated 250,000 refugees and 180,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the east of the country. More >>
Sierra Leone: UN Creates New Peacebuilding Office
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 11:58 am | United Nations
The UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) will replace the existing UN political office in the country (known as UNIOSIL) under a resolution adopted unanimously by Council members. It will have an initial mandate of 12 months. More >>
Angola: Programme Improves Maternal & Child Health
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 11:53 am | United Nations
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is backing an Angolan Government initiative to provide better health-care services to expectant mothers and newborn babies as part of efforts to improve maternal and child survival in the poor African country. More >>
UNICEF Backs Togolese Breastfeeding Promotion
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 11:21 am | United Nations
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with the Togolese Government to back community support groups and local initiatives to promote exclusive maternal breastfeeding in a country where other traditional practices are often more welcome. More >>
Head Of UNEP To Attend Opening Of Olympic Games
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 11:05 am | United Nations
The head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Achim Steiner, is to attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics on 8 August as part of the agency's continuing support for the greening of the games, it was announced today. More >>
UN Toxic Waste Expert Holds Talks In Cote D'ivoire
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 11:04 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert has held talks in Côte d'Ivoire with senior officials from the UN peacekeeping mission in the West African country at the start of a week-long visit to investigate the illegal movement and dumping of toxic wastes. More >>
UNICEF Provides $3 Million For Mozambican Kids
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 11:03 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is to provide $3 million in additional support for its child nutrition programmes in Mozambique, Executive Director Ann M. Veneman announced as she wrapped up a three-day visit to the country. More >>
Services Firm Donates $500K To UN Emergency Fund
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 10:50 am | United Nations
"This generous donation by PricewaterhouseCoopers... could not have come at a more opportune time. Humanitarian needs have risen considerably because of various natural disasters around the world, but above all rapid increases in the price of food." More >>
UN Rights 'Think Tank' Kicks Off Inaugural Session
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 10:48 am | United Nations
The 18-member panel, which will meet twice a year, is tasked with supplying its expertise on the promotion and protection of all human rights. While it cannot adopt resolutions or decisions, it can provide suggestions to the Council. More >>
Ban Calls For Scaled-up Efforts To Combat HIV/AIDS
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 9:33 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for bolstered global efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS, stressing at the world's largest forum on the pandemic that the virus impedes economic development and that discrimination against people living with HIV remains widespread. More >>
Plutonium Contamination Contained In UN Atomic Lab
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 12:40 am | United Nations
A storage room at the IAEA Laboratory in Seibersdorf - 35 kilometres from Vienna - was contaminated with plutonium due to a pressure build-up in a small sealed bottle kept in a storage room. Radioactivity was also detected in two other rooms. More >>
UN-AU Officials Confer With Sudan On Darfur Force
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 12:29 am | United Nations
During their meeting yesterday in Khartoum the Acting UN-AU Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Henry Anyidoho, and senior AU officials were also reassured by the Government that all obstacles concerning the use of land by the mission would be removed. More >>
