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UN: Full-Fledged Talks For Greek/Turkish Cypriots
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 7:42 am | United Nations
Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat today announced that they would meet for full-fledged talks under United Nations auspices on 3 September, in a move aimed at ending the long-running dispute in Cyprus. More >>
Cassava Could Boost Output For Farmers Worldwide
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 7:41 am | United Nations
Scientists at a global conference held under the auspices of FAO in Gent, Belgium, called for a significant increase in investment in research and development needed to boost farmers' yields and to explore promising industrial uses of cassava. More >>
Recent Events Challenging Kosovo Administration
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 7:39 am | United Nations
"The ability of UNMIK to perform the vast majority of its tasks as an interim administration has been fundamentally challenged, owing to actions taken by the authorities in Pristina and the Kosovo Serbs," said Lamberto Zannier, echoing Ban Ki-moon's comments. More >>
Colombia Displaced: UN 'Running For Life' Campaign
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 7:35 am | United Nations
A new Internet-based campaign that compares forced displacement to a long-distance race which starts when people have no choice but to flee from conflict, violence or persecution is being launched today by the UNHCR and 10 other partners. More >>
New UN Military Adviser Takes Up Peacekeeping Post
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 7:03 am | United Nations
"It's not by accident that we found ourselves where we are," he said, highlighting the responsibility a large and populous country like Nigeria has in helping its neighbours. As an old saying goes, "You can't be at peace in your own house when there is trouble ... More >>
Top UN Official Talks With Myanmar Prime Minister
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 7:00 am | United Nations
Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes told the PM, General Thein Sein, and other officials in the capital Nay Pyi Taw that the positive steps taken regarding relief operations and recovery, as well as stepped up access for international aid workers. More >>
New Panel Has Vital Role In Reforming UN System
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 6:58 am | United Nations
A newly-created group of legal experts will play a pivotal part in improving the system of internal justice within the UN. The Internal Justice Council was created after the General Assembly decided to reshape the UN justice system. More >>
Afghanistan: More Illegal Armed Groups Disbanded
Friday, 25 July 2008, 8:37 am | United Nations
A campaign to disband illegal armed groups - that has already seen more than 40,000 weapons handed in - is to be extended to 12 more districts in Afghanistan, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The drive is already ... More >>
Guyana: Poor Farmers Helped To Plant New Crops
Friday, 25 July 2008, 8:07 am | United Nations
A new UN-backed project will help more than 5,000 small farmers in Guyana diversify into new crops to help them compete in international markets. The UN IFAD fund is providing nearly $7 million for the project in the South American country. More >>
Egyptian Military Engineers Join UN-AU In Darfur
Friday, 25 July 2008, 8:06 am | United Nations
A contingent of 126 Egyptian engineers today arrived in El Fasher, Darfur, according to the joint UN-AU peacekeeping mission. They join 83 personnel already deployed in the area. UNAMID said it expects it to come up to its full complement. More >>
Argentina Meeting: Investigation Of Disappearances
Friday, 25 July 2008, 7:59 am | United Nations
A UN human rights group today will begin reviewing over 300 cases of disappearances around the world, holding its session for the first time in Argentina, whose history with disappearances contributed to the creation of the panel in 1980. More >>
Namibia: Anti Money-Laundering Software Installed
Friday, 25 July 2008, 7:56 am | United Nations
Information technology designed to help countries fight crimes such as money-laundering and the financing of terrorism has been installed at Namibia's Financial Intelligence Centre with the help the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). More >>
Half Of Gaza Households Living Below Poverty Line
Friday, 25 July 2008, 7:24 am | United Nations
In spite of significant amounts of emergency & humanitarian assistance, last year the number of households in Gaza below the consumption poverty line surged to an all-time high 51.8% (based on figures from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics). More >>
UN Meeting: Women's rights ministers in Kinshasa
Friday, 25 July 2008, 7:24 am | United Nations
Women's rights ministers from 11 countries across Africa's Great Lakes region are gathering today in Kinshasa for a United Nations-organized conference to take steps to set up a regional research and documentation centre on women's rights. More >>
UN Concern: Proposed Israeli Settlement In W. Bank
Friday, 25 July 2008, 7:22 am | United Nations
Mr. Ban urged Israel to heed the call of the Middle East Quartet - the diplomatic grouping comprising the UN, the European Union, Russia and the United States - to freeze all settlement activity, including natural growth, and to dismantle outposts. More >>
Ban To Appoint S. African Justice As Rights Chief
Friday, 25 July 2008, 7:21 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Judge Navanethem Pillay of South Africa as the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms. Pillay will succeed Louise Arbour of Canada. More >>
Kosovo Journalist Guilty, Contempt At UN Tribunal
Friday, 25 July 2008, 7:20 am | United Nations
The UN tribunal set up to try those responsible for atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts have convicted a Kosovo journalist of contempt of court for publishing details about a protected witness who testified at the trial of Kosovo's former PM. More >>
Kosovo: Envoy Meets Serbian Officials In Belgrade
Friday, 25 July 2008, 6:50 am | United Nations
A spokesperson for Ban Ki-moon said today that the purpose of Lamberto Zannier’s introductory meetings with Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanovic in Belgrade was to move forward with dialogue on the practical issues. More >>
4th 'Group Of Friends' Meeting On Myanmar Convened
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 11:01 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today convened a meeting of the so-called "Group of Friends" established to review developments in Myanmar. The participants were briefed by Mr. Ban's Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari on his trip planned for next month. More >>
Mandate Of UN Mission In Nepal Extended To 2009
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 10:58 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has been extended for another six months to allow the mission to complete its monitoring and management of the arms and personnel of the Nepal army and the former Maoist combatants from the civil war. More >>
