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SC Calls For Team To Visit Djibouti-Eritrea Border
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 11:37 am | United Nations
The Security Council has called on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to send a fact-finding mission to the border between Djibouti and Eritrea, where several days of fighting earlier this month led to several deaths and dozens of wounded. More >>
Plans To Reintegrate 180K Sudanese Ex-Combatants
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 11:36 am | United Nations
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) will be supporting the reintegration of 180,000 Sudanese ex-combatants as they return to civilian life under an agreement signed today with the Government of National Unity and the Government of Southern Sudan. More >>
Guinea-Bissau's Efforts Against Drugs Must Go On
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 11:35 am | United Nations
Applauding recent efforts by Guinea-Bissau to bring drug traffickers to justice, the Security Council today urged the West African country's Govt to strengthen its int'l and regional cooperation to fight the narcotics trade and organized crime. More >>
UN-African Union Chief Warns Of Darfur Shortfalls
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 5:36 am | United Nations
The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has serious troop and equipment shortfalls, six months after coming into being, and local support for the operation is being stretched thin, the mission chief warned today. More >>
Ugandan Rebels Allegedly Still Recruiting Children
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 5:35 am | United Nations
"Owing to the apparent absence of LRA from Ugandan territory, there have been no recent cases of recruitment and use of Ugandan children, or other grave violations against children attributable to LRA," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes. More >>
CAR: Political And Security Situation Is 'Fragile'
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 5:34 am | United Nations
Increased activities by highway bandits, known as zaraguinas, or coupeurs de route, mainly in the northwest of the country, had resulted in the emergence of self-defence vigilante groups which no longer hesitate to openly confront the bandits. More >>
Better Protecting Women In Fight Against Torture
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 5:32 am | United Nations
Despite a strong international legal framework outlawing torture, much more needs to be done to end this scourge, UN human rights officials have stressed, adding that special attention be given to ensuring better protection for women. More >>
UN SC Resolution On Sexual Violence During Wars
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 5:32 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 >>
GA Pres. Holds Talks w/ Officials In Liechtenstein
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 5:31 am | United Nations
UN reform, climate change and the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) topped the agenda during talks today between General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim and senior officials in the tiny European principality of Liechtenstein. More >>
Security Council Urges Delay Of Zimbabwe Run-Off
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 1:06 pm | United Nations
As conditions for a free and fair presidential run-off election did not exist in Zimbabwe at present, the election should be postponed, the Organization's top political affairs official told the UN Security Council. More >>
Peaceful End Needed For Abyei, Sudan Dispute
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:21 am | United Nations
In a statement, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said that a peaceful resolution of the Abyei dispute was vital to effectively implementing the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the long-running north-south civil war in Sudan. More >>
Nepal Urged To Tackle Impunity For Sexual Crimes
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office in Nepal has urged the Government to do more to punish perpetrators of sexual crimes committed during the country's decade-long armed conflict and to support the rights of victims. More >>
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Needs More Funds
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:19 am | United Nations
The UN-backed tribunal trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other crimes in Cambodia during the late 1970s, which is expected to soon hold its first trial, said today it needs more than $40 million in funds to continue its work. More >>
New UN Envoy For Kosovo Takes Up Job In Pristina
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:18 am | United Nations
Mr. Zannier succeeds Joachim Rücker as the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) at a time when Ban Ki-moon has proposed reconfiguring the Organization's presence. More >>
Kazakhstan Joins Convention On Maritime Transport
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:17 am | United Nations
The pact, adopted in 1978 at the request of developing countries, sets up a uniform legal regime governing the rights and obligations of shippers, carriers and consignees under a contract of carriage of goods by sea. More >>
Ban Will Focus On Global Food Crisis At G8 Summit
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:17 am | United Nations
Chairing the third session of the High Level Global Task Force on the world's food crisis, Mr. Ban said the international community needed to build on the momentum generated by the High Level Conference on Food Security held in Rome. More >>
In Sierra Leone, UN Envoy Assesses Elections Prep.
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:15 am | United Nations
Sierra Leone was wracked by a prolonged civil war during most of the 1990s. Last month the Security Council heard in a briefing that the political and security situation in the nation was "generally calm," despite several violent recent incidents. More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Welcomes Central African Peace Accord
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:15 am | United Nations
Mr. Ban said he hoped that the agreement would enable the Central African authorities "to convene, without further delay, the inclusive political dialogue needed to allow the country to embark on a path to sustainable peace, stability and development." More >>
African Great Lakes Region Pact Entry Into Force
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:14 am | United Nations
Under the treaty, the countries commit themselves to tackling the underlying causes of the many conflicts that have raged in the Great Lakes region in recent decades and to deal with key security, governance, development, humanitarian and social issues. More >>
Mid East Quartet Urges Further Support Of Peace
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:13 am | United Nations
The Middle East diplomatic Quartet today stressed the urgent need for more visible progress on the ground to support ongoing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at settling their conflict, and voiced hope that the current calm in Gaza will continue. More >>
