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UN Opens First Zero Emission Community In Kenya
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:30 am | United Nations
Apart from generating electricity, the new centre, in Kibai village in Kenya's Kerugoya division, promotes the use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps to replace kerosene lamps that contribute to respiratory illnesses in children and women who use them. More >>
Chad: UN Mission Trains Police To Protect Refugees
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 8:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) today began training some 200 gendarmes and police officers who will be tasked with protecting refugees and displaced people in the east of Chad. More >>
Eight More Sites Join UNESCO's World Heritage List
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 11:53 am | United Nations
"Comprising over 100 hectares of swamps in southern Papua New Guinea some 1,500 metres above sea level, the Kuk Early Agricultural site has been shown to be one which was worked continuously for at least 7,000 - and possibly for as long as 10,000 - years." More >>
Young People Present Proposals To G8 Leaders
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 9:17 am | United Nations
Young people holding their own parallel summit to the current Group of Eight (G-8) meeting in Japan today presented their proposals for global development to the leaders of the world's most industrialized nations, in an initiative led by UNICEF. More >>
Russia To Move Olympic Sites Over Green Concerns
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 8:20 am | United Nations
The reserve is recognized as a Western Caucus World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and is nearly untouched by human activity. It is also home to some rare & endangered species, such as the West Caucasian tur, a mountain dwelling goat antelope. More >>
Ban Strongly Condems Suicide Bombing In Pakistan
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 8:17 am | United Nations
In a statement, Mr. Ban strongly condemned yesterday's suicide bombing in front of a police station near the Red Mosque in Islamabad. The attack reportedly killed almost 20 people, many of them police, and injured dozens more. More >>
Ban Condemns Bombings, Abkhaz & Georgian Territory
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 8:16 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned a series of bombings that have left four dead and 16 wounded in Abkhaz-controlled territory as well as in the immediate vicinity of the ceasefire line on Georgian-controlled territory. More >>
Afghan Kids Victims Amid 'Deteriorating Security'
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 8:15 am | United Nations
A surge in recruitment of child soldiers, the maiming and killing of children, child detention and a serious humanitarian situation are all posing major threats to children in Afghanistan, according to the United Nations envoy on children and armed conflict. More >>
Attack On Indian Embassy, Kabul A 'Cowardly Crime'
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 5:40 am | United Nations
The top UN official in Afghanistan condemned today's suicide attack outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul, which reportedly killed over 40 people, as a cowardly and heinous crime. "The total disregard for innocent lives is staggering." More >>
Murder Of Filipino Journo Sparks Outrage At UNESCO
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 5:34 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has deplored the recent murder of Filipino radio host and newspaper correspondent Robert Sison, and called on authorities to step up protection for media professionals ... More >>
Sudan: Envoy Speaks Against Shooting Of Officers
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 5:32 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Sudan today strongly condemned the shooting by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) of a military observer with the world body and a national monitor with the Sudanese forces. More >>
Mogadishu: Killing Of Veteran UN Staffer Condemned
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 5:29 am | United Nations
"If this is indeed another example of a targeted killing of UN and non-UN humanitarian and development workers in Somalia, it is particularly outrageous and worrying at this critical time, when the need for humanitarian assistance is rapidly increasing." More >>
G8 leaders Summit: Ban Spotlights 3 Key Challenges
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 5:24 am | United Nations
As the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) countries gathered in Hokkaido, Japan, for their summit meeting, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his call for urgent action to tackle three key challenges the world is currently grappling with. More >>
Food Crisis, Climate Change, MDGs Top UN's G8 List
Monday, 7 July 2008, 3:16 pm | United Nations
"We must act, in Hokkaido and beyond -- not merely because it is the right thing to do but also because it is in the enlightened interest of all of us," Mr. Ban wrote ahead of the group's meeting on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. More >>
Mauritius/Saudi/Iran/China Sites In World Heritage
Monday, 7 July 2008, 3:11 pm | United Nations
A former slave hideout in Mauritius, an archeological site in Saudi Arabia, earthen houses in China and monasteries in Iran have been inscribed on the World Heritage List of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). More >>
Sierra Leone:UN Praises Successful Local Elections
Monday, 7 July 2008, 9:45 am | United Nations
In a statement issued in the capital Freetown, the Sec.-Gen's Acting Executive Representative Michael Schulenburg said he "is pleased to observe that polling for the elections of Saturday 5 July were generally conducted in a peaceful and orderly manner." More >>
Cooperatives Have Key Role Tackling Climate Change
Sunday, 6 July 2008, 8:21 am | United Nations
"Every coordinated effort can contribute to and form a larger, more powerful response," Mr. Ban said marking International Day of Cooperatives, whose theme this year is "Confronting Climate Change through Cooperative Enterprise." More >>
French Children Donate Toys To Liberian Youngsters
Sunday, 6 July 2008, 6:30 am | United Nations
Toys contributed by hundreds of French children are being sent to Liberia in a United Nations-backed programme to be distributed to youngsters who were forced to flee their homes during the West African nation's brutal decade-long civil war. More >>
Ban To Students: "Koreans Can Be Global Citizens"
Sunday, 6 July 2008, 6:27 am | United Nations
Mr. Ban was echoing a key message he had been sending to fellow Koreans since he arrived on 3 July for his first official visit since taking office 18 months ago: that a prosperous and democratic Korea should pay back the help it has received. More >>
Afghanistan: Wolesi Jirga Member Killing Shocks UN
Sunday, 6 July 2008, 5:49 am | United Nations
"This attack represents an assault on the democratic will of the Afghan people who voted in their millions for peace, stability and progress during historic elections" that were held in 2005, Special Representative Kai Eide said in a statement. More >>
