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Better Protection For Detained Afghan Children
Friday, 27 June 2008, 11:02 am | United Nations
Children held in detention in Afghanistan continue to face violations of their rights, including maltreatment and lack of access to education and health services, according to a UN-backed study which highlights the need to ensure better protection. More >>
UN Envoy Holds Talks On Macedonia Name Issue
Friday, 27 June 2008, 11:01 am | United Nations
The Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, which was brokered by the UN, details the difference between Athens and Skopje on the name issue. It obliges the two sides to continue negotiations under the Sec.-General's auspices in a bid to reach agreement. More >>
UN's Srgjan Kerim Meets Senior Austrian Officials
Friday, 27 June 2008, 11:00 am | United Nations
Human trafficking, climate change and the global food crisis dominated the agenda of talks today in Vienna between General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim and senior Austrian officials. Tomorrow he is scheduled to meet with President Heinz Fischer. More >>
UN Resumes Food Relief For Iraqi Refugees In Syria
Friday, 27 June 2008, 10:59 am | United Nations
"We centralize the assistance we offer to refugees living in Damascus. We are effectively offering a field service to refugees so that they can collect food and financial assistance from the same place where they can meet community service staff." More >>
UNICEF Appeals For $49m For Drought-Hit Ethiopia
Friday, 27 June 2008, 10:58 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for $49 million to assist families in Ethiopia where drought has left 75,000 children severely malnourished and 4.6 million people in need of immediate humanitarian aid. More >>
Life Of UN Envoy Alioune Blondin Beye Celebrated
Friday, 27 June 2008, 10:57 am | United Nations
World leaders, diplomats, senior UN officials, former colleagues, relatives and friends of Alioune Blondin Beye have gathered in New York to remember the life of the UN envoy killed 10 years ago today as he worked to advance the peace process in Angola. More >>
DPRK Nuclear Declaration Submission Is Encouraging
Friday, 27 June 2008, 10:32 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the submission by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) of the declaration of its nuclear programmes to China as a "very encouraging development" in efforts towards the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. More >>
States Urged To Join Convention Against Torture
Friday, 27 June 2008, 6:34 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon today urged all United Nations Member States to accede to the Convention against Torture, and to also consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention which includes international and national visits to places of detention. More >>
Zimbabwe: Justice For Electoral Violence Victims
Friday, 27 June 2008, 6:32 am | United Nations
Zimbabwe has been beset by deadly unrest since the first round of the presidential election on 29 March. The violence and intimidation led to the withdrawal of Morgan Tsvangirai, of the opposition MDC, from the 27 June run-off. More >>
UN Warning: Progress On Illegal Drugs Under Threat
Friday, 27 June 2008, 6:30 am | United Nations
The global cannabis market is stable. Cannabis production is estimated to be 8 per cent lower than 2004 and cannabis resin production declined by some 20 per cent between 2004 and 2006. Afghanistan is becoming a major producer of cannabis resin. More >>
International Day Against Drug Abuse & Trafficking
Friday, 27 June 2008, 6:27 am | United Nations
"There is a growing consensus, both within communities and among States, that drug control is a shared responsibility, in which we all play a part," Mr. Ban said in a message marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. More >>
Progress On Ending Iodine Deficiency, Still Risks
Friday, 27 June 2008, 6:26 am | United Nations
Millions of children worldwide have been protected from iodine deficiency, which is the single greatest cause of preventable mental retardation, but many more are still at risk, according to a report released today by UNICEF. More >>
High Food Prices May Hit Growth In C. Asia, Europe
Friday, 27 June 2008, 6:16 am | United Nations
Soaring food prices could reverse the significant growth in agricultural production seen in some of the poorest countries in Europe and Central Asia over the past 10 years, the Director-General of the FAO said today. More >>
UNESCO Speaks Out On Killing Of Iraqi Journalist
Friday, 27 June 2008, 5:20 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting press freedom has condemned the murder of an Iraqi journalist, and urged the authorities to improve the safety of media professionals in the country. More >>
UNICEF Goodwill Amb. Jackie Chan Visits East Timor
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 11:44 am | United Nations
The action film star & kung fu expert Jackie Chan is on a 3-day visit to Timor-Leste promoting martial arts for peace, part of his duties as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Mr. Chan is taking part in a performance by over 3,500 martial arts students in Dili. More >>
Better Weather Services Will Improve Food Security
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 11:41 am | United Nations
Upgrading and improving weather services will play an important role in helping ensure food security in poorer countries at risk from the impact of climate change and natural disasters, the head of the United Nations World Meteorological Organization says. More >>
Burma Refugees Ex-Thailand Resettlement Tops 30K
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 11:40 am | United Nations
The number of Myanmar refugees that have left Thailand to begin new lives in third countries since January 2005 topped 30,000 this week, marking a major milestone in the world's largest resettlement operation, the UNHCR said today. More >>
Sec Council Wants Progress On 1990 Gulf War Issues
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 11:39 am | United Nations
The Security Council today said that recent identifications of human remains provided reason to hope for further progress in determining the fate of Kuwaitis and other nationals missing since Iraq's 1990 invasion, but lamented the lack of progress. More >>
Treaty To Protect UN Humanitarian Personnel
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 11:38 am | United Nations
At a ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York, Staff Union President Stephen Kisambira and UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel presented a certificate to diplomats from the 14 countries that have ratified the Optional Protocol to the 1994 Convention. More >>
'Sexual Violence During Wars' Resolution Applauded
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 11:37 am | United Nations
The resolution, which says sexual violence against civilians is often a tactic in war, demands all parties to conflicts take concrete measures to prevent and respond to violence, such as by training troops and upholding military discipline procedures. More >>
