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Haitian Farmers Receive Seeds & Tools From FAO
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 12:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has started distributing urgently-needed seeds and tools to Haiti's most vulnerable farmers to help them cope with the rising costs of food, fuel and fertilizer, ahead of the new planting season. More >>
Calls For Somalis To Unite & Beat Political Crisis
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 12:02 am | United Nations
Voicing concern over the current problems regarding the administration of Mogadishu, the Special Rep urged all Somalis to remain united in the quest for peace and reconciliation in the country, which has not had a functioning govt since 1991. More >>
WTO Talks Breakdown Threatens Anti-Poverty Goals
Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:42 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said today that it was "deeply disappointing" that world trade talks in Geneva had ended without agreement and called for the revival of the negotiations. More >>
UN Helps Launch Olympics Campaign About HIV/AIDS
Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:40 am | United Nations
Information about AIDS, condoms and anti-discrimination messages are being distributed to participants in this year's Beijing Olympics, thanks to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the IOC and the Chinese organizing committee. More >>
IAEA Approves India Nuclear Safeguards Agreement
Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:38 am | United Nations
In his address to the Board of Governors, the Director General of the IAEA said the agency would begin to implement the new safeguards agreement in 2009, with the aim of bringing a total of 14 Indian reactors under agency safeguards by 2014. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Dresses Down To Promote "Cool UN"
Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:36 am | United Nations
"We are not just cutting back suits and ties," Mr. Ban told reporters, adding that the month-long "Cool UN" programme at the Secretariat in New York will make a 10 per cent saving in energy consumption. More >>
Darfur: UN Troubled By Attacks On Aid Workers
Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:28 am | United Nations
"I am deeply troubled about the continuing threats and attacks against humanitarian agencies working in Darfur," The UN's John Holmes said in a statement. Médecins Sans Frontières has announced it will evacuate its team. More >>
Iraqi Refugees In Syria Learn Value Of Laughter
Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:14 am | United Nations
Dozens of Iraqi refugee women living in Syria are learning how to build their self-confidence, develop relaxation techniques and hone their communication skills thanks to innovative workshops organized by the UNHCR and the group Clowns Without Borders. More >>
Dozens Of Rwandan Hutu Rebels Turn In Arms In DRC
Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported that dozens of combatants with a Rwandan Hutu rebel group have turned in their arms in the east of the vast Central African nation. More >>
Snr UN Appointments In Lebanon & Georgia Unveiled
Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:10 am | United Nations
Mr. Ban has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Johan Verbeke, his current UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, to the post of the Secretary-General's Special Representative in Georgia and head of the UN Observer Mission to that country. More >>
UNESCO Completes Iconic Ethiopian Obelisk's Return
Monday, 4 August 2008, 9:00 am | United Nations
One of Ethiopia's most iconic monuments, the 1,700-year-old Aksum Obelisk, has been successfully reinstalled at its original location after the third and final block was mounted in place. Italian soldiers had carted the obelisk off to Rome in 1937. More >>
UN Border Assessment Team Ends Lebanon Mission
Friday, 1 August 2008, 8:26 am | United Nations
The independent UN team dispatched by Ban Ki-moon to assess the monitoring of the Lebanese border with Syria has wrapped up its two-week mission to Lebanon. This was the second mission for the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team. More >>
Team Sent To Assess Djibouti-Eritrea Border Status
Friday, 1 August 2008, 8:24 am | United Nations
A fact-finding mission dispatched by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in the Horn of Africa to assess the political, security and humanitarian situation along the border between Djibouti and Eritrea, in light of the recent tensions there. More >>
Afghanistan: New Law To Fight Terrorism Welcomed
Friday, 1 August 2008, 8:23 am | United Nations
A new anti-terrorism law in Afghanistan has been welcomed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which says the legislation brings the country in line with international conventions. "The enactment of the new law is a major step." More >>
Srgjan Kerim Calls For New World Relations Culture
Friday, 1 August 2008, 8:22 am | United Nations
The President of the General Assembly has called for creating a new culture of international relations to address today's global challenges, ranging from economic development and reducing poverty to dealing with rising food and energy prices. More >>
Top UN Official Hails US Road Map To Combat AIDS
Friday, 1 August 2008, 8:21 am | United Nations
Lauding the United States Government for its massive funding boost to fight AIDS, the head of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said that the new investment will inject fresh hope for the future. "We are at a turning point." More >>
UN Human Rights Expert To Visit Burma Next Week
Friday, 1 August 2008, 8:09 am | United Nations
Tomás Ojea Quintana, who will be in Myanmar from 3 to 7 August, has requested to meet a number of State officials and heads of State institutions during the visit, according to a press release issued today by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. More >>
Somali Kids Paying High Price For Ongoing Violence
Friday, 1 August 2008, 8:08 am | United Nations
UNICEF has sounded the alarm about the impact of escalating violence on young people in Somalia, where just last week seven children died in battles between anti-government forces and Ethiopian troops based in the capital, Mogadishu. More >>
UN Rushes Aid As Cold Threatens Peruvian Livestock
Friday, 1 August 2008, 8:07 am | United Nations
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has provided urgently needed medical supplies to poor farmers in the Peruvian highlands whose livestock are suffering as a result of a severe unseasonable cold spell, known locally as "El friaje." More >>
UN Helps China Promote Clean Energy At Olympics
Friday, 1 August 2008, 8:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is contributing to a plan by the Chinese authorities to make the Beijing Olympics environmentally friendly. The UNDP is providing four electric buses for use during the Games. More >>
