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UN Envoy To Consult Over Macedonia Name Issue
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 9:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy tasked with mediating the long-running dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the name of the latter country will hold separate technical consultations with both sides, it was announced today. More >>
Recommendations On Financial Access For The Poor
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 9:17 am | United Nations
Citing examples from the developing world, the Group noted that a microfinance scheme in five sub-Saharan countries had doubled the level of savings between 1998 and 2006 and had the potential to double it again in the next three years. More >>
Killing Of UN Food Convoy Driver Marks 4th For '08
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 9:16 am | United Nations
Ahmed Saalim was part of a convoy of WFP-contracted trucks carrying over 600 metric tons of WFP food from Mogadishu to Bay and Bakool regions. He was shot when fighting broke out on Monday between convoy escorts and militiamen at a checkpoint. More >>
UN Seeks $400m To Feed Afghans Hit By Food Crisis
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 9:12 am | United Nations
Afghanistan's wheat harvest is expected to be 36 per cent lower this year than in 2007, according to a news release issued by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Last year the country was able to produce over 90 per cent of its own food. More >>
Ban Sends Report On Uganda Peace Talks To Council
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 9:12 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent a report from the chief mediator between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels to the Security Council on efforts to resolve their long-running conflict. More >>
Attack On UN Peacekeepers In North Darfur Deplored
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 7:45 am | United Nations
The attack on the peacekeeping mission, known as UNAMID, occurred yesterday at approximately 2:45 pm local time, when a joint police and military patrol was ambushed by unidentified militia between Gusa Jamat and Wadah in North Darfur. The attackers used heavy weapons. More >>
Poor Farmers Receive Aid To Cope With Food Prices
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 7:36 am | United Nations
Some $21 million in new spending was announced today by the FAO to boost the next planting season and to demonstrate that by increasing the supply of key agricultural inputs small farmers can rapidly raise their level of food production. More >>
UN Agency Says G8 Leaders 'Missed Opportunity'
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 7:22 am | United Nations
"I think the G-8 delivered what it could. But in terms of what the world needs, what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has asked for and what is necessary in view of the Copenhagen meeting in 2009 the results fall short." More >>
G8 Summit Made A Good Start Tackling Global Crises
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 7:03 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the Group of Eight's (G-8) statement on climate change, food security and development as a good start for addressing the three interrelated global crises, while stressing the need for speedier action. More >>
UN-Civil Society Conf. To Be In Paris For 1st Time
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:40 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon will open the gathering, whose theme is "Reaffirming Human Rights: The Universal Declaration at 60" and aims to highlight ways in which civil society can contribute to the advancement of human rights at the global, national & local levels. More >>
Nepal: 3 Detained For Anti-China Protests Released
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 3:12 pm | United Nations
The 3 people, 2 of them Nepali citizens, were accused of carrying out "acts that affect security, peace and order by chanting anti-China slogans in different public places in the capital," in protests against alleged human rights violations in Tibet. More >>
UNESCO's World Heritage List Now Has 27 New Sites
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 2:48 pm | United Nations
UNESCO has inscribed a total of 27 new sites to its World Heritage List, incl. a Canadian fossil park, 1000-year-old temple in Cambodia, lagoons of New Caledonia, butterfly biosphere in Mexico, Bahá'i Holy Places in Haifa & Western Galilee (Israel). More >>
G8: Boost Agriculture Investment To Reduce Hunger
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:38 am | United Nations
The UN agencies working to alleviate global hunger have called for decisive action by the Group of Eight (G-8) most industrialized countries, currently meeting in Japan, to boost investment in agriculture to help feed the world. More >>
G8 Has 'Unprecedented' Chance To Halt Food Crisis
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:37 am | United Nations
The G-8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, bringing together the heads of the world's richest nations, provides an "unprecedented" opportunity for global leadership to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging millions around the world into hunger. More >>
Zimbabwe Crisis Poses Challenge To The World
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:36 am | United Nations
The crisis in Zimbabwe, which has been beset by months of deadly violence and witnessed the recent holding of tarnished elections, not only represents a "moment of truth" for democracy on the continent but also poses a "challenge to the world." More >>
Global Consensus On Climate Change More Feasible
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:35 am | United Nations
"To achieve this we need to build on our previous work and strengthen the ability of the UN system to assist vulnerable countries build their capacity and capability to adapt, while ensuring the system works together more coherently to deliver more." More >>
Talks On Improving Security At Major EU Events
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:34 am | United Nations
"The driving force behind this initiative is the need for effective security policies supporting the efforts of major events organizers," Sandro Calvani, Director of the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), told participants. More >>
EU Must Ensure Rights Of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:33 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is calling on the European Union (EU) to safeguard the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers, as senior officials from the 27-member bloc debate a proposed pact on immigration issues. More >>
ICC Suspends Release Of Congolese Rebel Leader
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:32 am | United Nations
The founder and leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots in the Ituri region of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), he has been charged with a series of war crimes, including conscripting and enlisting child soldiers. More >>
Simulated Nuclear Accident To Be Staged In Mexico
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:31 am | United Nations
The IAEA says the exercise will provide an opportunity to identify shortcomings in the national and international emergency systems to a potential radiological emergency, and that the agency's Incident and Emergency Centre will work around the clock. More >>
