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CITES: International Wildlife Trade To Be Reviewed
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 5:40 am | United Nations
The trade in elephants, rhinos, tigers and mahogany will all be the focus of this week's meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva, whose secretariat is administered by UNEP. More >>
ICC To Charge Sudanese President For Darfur Crimes
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 5:32 am | United Nations
Three years after the UN Security Council requested him to investigate atrocities committed in Darfur, the Prosecutor of the ICC today presented evidence against Sudan's President for alleged war crimes in the strife-torn region, including genocide. More >>
UN Deplores Bombing At Market In Sth. Afghanistan
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 5:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned the suicide bomb attack that struck a marketplace in the southern province of Uruzgan, resulting in the deaths of a number of civilians and police officers. More >>
Burkina Faso: FAO Helps Farmers Tackle Food Crisis
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 5:03 am | United Nations
Poor farmers in Burkina Faso who have been hit by soaring food prices and severe weather conditions have been boosted by supplies of crop seeds from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. In all, FAO has supplied about 600 tons of seeds. More >>
Tackling Forest Fires Examined In UN-Backed Meet
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 5:01 am | United Nations
Dozens of meteorologists, fire scientists and others from 25 countries have gathered at a United Nations-backed three-day meeting meeting in Canada to examine how to address the intensified threat of forest fires posed by climate change. More >>
Climate Change Expert Named UN Goodwill Ambassador
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 12:16 am | United Nations
In a ceremony in Vienna today, UNIDO recognized Dr. Pachauri, who also serves as the Director General of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), for his efforts in the field of energy and the environment, one of its three main priorities. More >>
US$6 Million For Relief Of The Palestinian People
Monday, 14 July 2008, 7:15 pm | United Nations
The Saudi Committee donation includes US$ 5 million in cash and in-kind to assist with food aid, medicines, medical equipment and fuel for Gaza. UNRWA will also receive medicines and medical supplies worth US$ 1 million for Palestine refugees in Lebanon. More >>
UN Refutes Claims That Ban Is Biased On Zimbabwe
Monday, 14 July 2008, 6:04 am | United Nations
Comments by the Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe questioning Ban Ki-moon's impartiality toward events in the Southern African nation are "highly inappropriate and unacceptable," the spokesperson for the UN chief has stated. More >>
UN Has No Influence On ICC, Omar Al-Bashir Told
Monday, 14 July 2008, 12:03 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon has emphasized to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir the independence of the International Criminal Court, amid reports that ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is preparing to seek an indictment against the African Head of State. More >>
Alexander Downer Named Special Adviser On Cyprus
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 12:39 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced his intention to appoint former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer as his new Special Adviser on Cyprus. It has also been confirmed that Ban will meet with Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias. More >>
Nuclear Accident Drill In Mexico Hailed A Success
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 12:37 pm | United Nations
The UN nuclear watchdog agency has successfully carried out a simulated accident at Mexico's Laguna Verde nuclear power plant, intended to test national and international emergency response systems should an actual incident occur. More >>
Horn of Africa: 14m In Need Of Emergency Aid - UN
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 12:37 pm | United Nations
"Large areas of the Horn of Africa, including parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Uganda and Kenya, are now in or rapidly sliding towards a humanitarian emergency and we believe there are something like 14m people now in urgent need." More >>
Report: Progress In World's Most Vulnerable States
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 12:35 pm | United Nations
Although least developed countries as a group had registered impressive economic growth over the past 30 years, the number of poor continued to rise, according to a new United Nations report released today. More >>
UN Gives Awards To Staffers As Reform Initiative
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 12:21 pm | United Nations
"I am delighted that three outstanding projects from the UNEP stable have been recognized by their United Nations peers as beacons of creativity and transformational change," said Achim Steiner, the UN Environment Programme's Executive Director. More >>
SC Supports Boosted UN Presence In Afghanistan
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 12:19 pm | United Nations
The Security Council has endorsed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's recommendations to strengthen the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) so that it can better assist the people of the strife-torn nation rebuild. More >>
UN, Pakistan FM Discuss Bhutto Assassination Probe
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 5:02 pm | United Nations
During a meeting between Ban Ki-moon and Pakistan's Foreign Minister, a broad understanding was reached on some issues concerning United Nations help for Pakistan's efforts following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. More >>
Zimbabwe Sanctions: No Security Council Consensus
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 10:33 am | United Nations
The draft received 9 votes in favor from the U.S., France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Italy & Panama, with one abstention from Indonesia. South Africa, Libya and Viet Nam joined China & Russia in vetoing the resolution. More >>
Nearly 400 More Hmong Return To Laos From Thailand
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 7:03 am | United Nations
The 391 ethnic Hmong people were repatriated from Ban Huay Nam Khao camp by the Thai army in Petchabun province, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which said today that it had no information that the move was not voluntary. More >>
ITU To Assess How Technology Vs. Climate Change
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 7:03 am | United Nations
The UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today announced that it is examining how to slash greenhouse gas emissions from information and communication technologies. ITU Stressed that these technologies are part of the solution to climate change. More >>
Human Rights Situation In Darfur 'Remains Grim'
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 7:00 am | United Nations
Government forces and rebel groups continue to commit human rights violations in the Darfur region of Sudan, while populations in the southern part of the country also suffer from ongoing violence, according to an independent UN rights official. More >>
