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UN Peacekeeping Force In Cyprus Mandate Extended
Sunday, 15 June 2008, 9:00 am | United Nations
The Security Council agreed today to extend the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus (UNFICYP) by another six months and the top UN political official announced plans to visit the Mediterranean island next week. More >>
Financial Controls On Iraqi Oil Proceeds Deficient
Sunday, 15 June 2008, 8:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations representative on the international body monitoring the handling of more than $100 billion in proceeds from sales of Iraqi oil says financial controls are "deficient" although progress has been made in some areas. More >>
European States Use Waterways To Promote Peace
Sunday, 15 June 2008, 8:26 am | United Nations
"No civilization and no culture is monolithic as both are the result of millennia of contacts and exchanges," according to the declaration, which was reached at a summit in the Greek capital co-organized by the UNESCO. More >>
Spanish Couple Become UNESCO Artists for Peace
Sunday, 15 June 2008, 8:24 am | United Nations
Two renowned Spanish performers, the soprano Montserrat Figueras and the composer, conductor and viola de gambist Jordi Savall, are set to become the newest Artists for Peace with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). More >>
100s Of 1000s Zimbabwe Kids At Risk After Aid Ban
Sunday, 15 June 2008, 8:23 am | United Nations
The health of hundreds of thousands of Zimbabwean children is in jeopardy because of last week's decision by the country's authorities to ban NGOs from distributing aid, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today. More >>
HIV/AIDS Commitments Must Be Matched By Actions
Sunday, 15 June 2008, 8:22 am | United Nations
The world’s renewed momentum to tackle the HIV/AIDS pandemic must be matched by accelerated efforts to implement commitments to obtain universal access to prevention, treatment and care by 2010, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim says. More >>
East Timor To Review Security Sector With UN Help
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 6:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations will assist the Timorese Government in carrying out a review of its security sector, a priority for the young nation which has already faced major security-related challenges since the world body helped it gain independence in 2002. More >>
UN Urges Ceasefire After Eritrea, Djibouti Clashes
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 6:22 am | United Nations
Voicing "strong concern about the serious incidents that occurred on 10 June," the Council condemned Eritrean military action against Djibouti in Ras Doumeira & Doumeira Island, according to a statement read out by Ambassador Khalilzad of the U.S. More >>
Climate Change Talks Call To Speed Up Negotiations
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 6:20 am | United Nations
"We now have a clearer understanding among governments on what countries would ultimately like to see written into a long-term agreement to address climate change," said Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More >>
Burma Urgently Needs One Million Gallons Of Fuel
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 6:19 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official says Myanmar needs one million gallons of diesel fuel to operate 5,000 tillers - farm implements used to break up the surface of soil - to help farmers plant rice in the cyclone-affected Ayeyarwady Delta area. More >>
Global Food Crisis: Seeds Distributed, Mauritania
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 6:18 am | United Nations
Trucks loaded with more than 500 tons of seed left the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott today for six regional capitals, marking the beginning of emergency measures under an initiative by the UN FAO introduced to deal with the global food crisis. More >>
Plan To Reconfigure UN Presence In Kosovo
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 6:16 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that while his proposal to reconfigure the world body's presence in Kosovo, so as to give the European Union an enhanced role, may not please everyone, it was the "least objectionable" option. More >>
WFP Deplores Killing Of Convoy Driver, S. Somalia
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 6:16 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the murder of one of its truck drivers who was gunned down yesterday in southern Somalia while delivering food aid, the third incident of its kind this year. More >>
UN Tourism Chief Unveils Plan To Step Down Early
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 6:15 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced today that he is stepping down at the start of next year to ensure a smooth transition before the scheduled end of his final term in office. More >>
UN Agency Deplores Killing Of Food Convoy Driver
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 12:55 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the murder of one of its truck drivers who was gunned down yesterday in southern Somalia while delivering food aid, the third incident of its kind this year. More >>
Plan To Reconfigure UN Presence In Kosovo
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 12:54 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that while his proposal to reconfigure the world body’s presence in Kosovo, so as to give the European Union an enhanced role, may not please everyone, it was the “least objectionable” option. More >>
Rights Chief Welcomes Court Ruling On Guantánamo
Friday, 13 June 2008, 9:45 am | United Nations
The UN human rights chief welcomed today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that the country's constitution extends to foreigners being held in Guantánamo Bay and that they have the right to challenge their detention in the civilian court system. More >>
World's Largest Cannabis (Hash) Bust, Afghanistan
Friday, 13 June 2008, 9:44 am | United Nations
The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime today congratulated Afghan authorities for finding and destroying what is believed to be the world's largest seizure of drugs, with the support of NATO troops. "Drugs are financing terrorism and insurgency." More >>
Corruption Hits Asia-Pacific's Poor The Hardest
Friday, 13 June 2008, 9:34 am | United Nations
"It is 'small fry' corruption - from the salaries of fictitious teachers to doctors demanding cash payments from poor, pregnant women to deliver their babies - that impacts people's day-to-day lives and threatens targets aimed at halving poverty." More >>
UN & Chinese Search For Radioactivity After Quake
Friday, 13 June 2008, 9:18 am | United Nations
Training and equipment supplied by the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency has helped emergency workers search for sources of radioactivity during rescue work following the massive earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province last month. More >>
