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UNICEF Resumes Aid Deliveries To N.E. DPR Korea
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 6:59 am | United Nations
Trucks bearing food and medicine from the United Nations Children's Fund have begun a difficult four-day journey over mountain roads to deliver supplies to youngsters in the isolated provinces in the north-east of the DPRK. More >>
Family Planning Vital To Improving Maternal Health
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 6:58 am | United Nations
Family planning is a critical element to improving maternal health, one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) or global targets world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015, senior United Nations officials said today. More >>
S. Africa Urged To Halt Deportation Of Zimbabweans
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 6:57 am | United Nations
An increasing number of families arriving as a result of political violence, with several people showing signs of beatings or torture. Many new arrivals are entering through unauthorized border points, making it difficult to know the numbers involved. More >>
Lebanon: Formation Of National Unity Govt Lauded
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 6:57 am | United Nations
The United Nations Secretary-General today welcomed the announcement of the formation of a national unity Government in Lebanon, a key step called for in the agreement reached in late May ending the protracted political stand-off in the country. More >>
Former Yugoslav Army Chief Gets Temporary Release
Saturday, 12 July 2008, 6:54 am | United Nations
Dragoljub Ojdanic, the former Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army, has been granted temporary provisional release on compassionate grounds by the UN tribunal set up to deal with the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts. More >>
Lauding G8 Resolve, UN Urges Steps To Help Hungry
Friday, 11 July 2008, 8:14 am | United Nations
Welcoming the commitment shown by the leaders of the G-8 leading at their summit in Japan to combat the global food crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has called for practical steps to alleviate hunger for millions around the globe. More >>
Burma: UN Appeals For $482m For Cyclone Recovery
Friday, 11 July 2008, 8:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations has appealed for a total of $482 million to assist victims of Cyclone Nargis which devastated large areas of Myanmar in early May, leaving around 140,000 dead or missing and severely affecting an estimated 2.4 million people. More >>
Philippines: UN Helps With MV Princess Toxic Cargo
Friday, 11 July 2008, 8:11 am | United Nations
A team of experts from the United Nations & EU is being sent to the Philippines to assess the situation of a capsized ferry containing large quantities of highly toxic chemicals. Leakage of the ferry's toxic cargo would cause major ecological damage. More >>
Climate Change Will Have Major Impact On Fishing
Friday, 11 July 2008, 8:09 am | United Nations
Changes in sea temperatures alter the body temperature of aquatic species used for human consumption and therefore impact their metabolism, growth rate, reproduction and susceptibility to diseases and toxins, FAO said at the start of a 4-day seminar. More >>
Access To Family Planning Vital In East Timor - UN
Friday, 11 July 2008, 8:07 am | United Nations
Family planning, a human right that allows parents to make informed decisions about the size of their families and to determine the spacing of children, is vital to the overall development of East Timor and to reducing poverty in the tiny nation. More >>
UNESCO Wants Close Surveillance Of 4 World Sites
Friday, 11 July 2008, 8:06 am | United Nations
Four World Heritage properties, deemed to be under particular stress, will now be put under "reinforced monitoring." The sites announced today - located in France, Mali, Peru and Uzbekistan - join seven others which are being monitored. More >>
Migiro On How UN Can Better Assist Countries MDGs
Friday, 11 July 2008, 8:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations can best assist countries reach their development goals by focusing on national priorities, continually improving its programmes and ensuring adequate resources for its activities, the Deputy Secretary-General said today. More >>
Nepalese Journalists Receive Human Rights Training
Friday, 11 July 2008, 8:03 am | United Nations
The four-day course, carried out with the Federation of Nepali Journalists, focused on human rights and the country's new Constituent Assembly, which held its first meeting in May after national elections, as well as transitional justice. More >>
Kosovo: UNMIK Briefing On 'Use Of Languages' Law
Friday, 11 July 2008, 12:16 am | United Nations
"Authorities should inform the people in Kosovo about their language rights. People are not always aware of their rights to use their own language which is a basic human right. The report is available in English, Albanian, Serbian, Turkish and Romani." More >>
Israel-Hizbollah Ceasefire: Fragile, But Holding
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 10:17 am | United Nations
While the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah has held up since the passage of the Security Council resolution that ended their 2006 conflict, the situation in Lebanon remains "fairly fragile," the UN political chief said today. More >>
Climate Change, Reform, Food Crisis Top UN Agenda
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 10:16 am | United Nations
"Climate change poses special threats and places extra demands on a considerable group of countries. For them the threat is far from abstract and remote, but clear and present and may already affect the actual livelihoods of their people." More >>
G8 Commitment To Global Health Lauded By Agencies
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 10:15 am | United Nations
"We strongly welcome this new show of concern by leaders of the world's richest nations for the lives of poor women around the world," said Thoraya Ahmed Obaid of UNFPA. "I have no doubt that this provides millions of women with a new source of optimism. More >>
Iraq: UNHCR Welcomes New Govt Policy On Displaced
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 10:12 am | United Nations
"By adopting this National Policy the Govt of Iraq makes it clear that it wants to strengthen the protection of ... displaced persons, and it indicates its willingness to work towards durable solutions for the displaced." - Daniel Endres, UNHCR. More >>
Peace Efforts In E. DR Congo Must Be Hastened
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 10:10 am | United Nations
Steps towards bringing peace to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and bolstering lawful Government bodies must gather speed, Ban Ki-moon wrote in his latest report on the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country. More >>
Middle East: Envoy Wraps Up Talks In Egypt, Jordan
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 9:33 am | United Nations
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) today concluded a series of discussions in Cairo, Egypt, and Amman, Jordan, following earlier talks with President Mahmoud Abbas and senior Israeli officials. More >>
