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WFP Asks For Naval Escorts For Somalia Shipments
Friday, 13 June 2008, 9:14 am | United Nations
"Without escorts, our whole maritime supply route will be threatened," WFP Country Director Peter Goossens said. "Shipping companies are reluctant to sail unescorted to Somalia, and we have no offers to take over from the Royal Netherlands Navy." More >>
Access To Education Key To Combating Child Labour
Friday, 13 June 2008, 9:13 am | United Nations
"Despite global progress in many areas, it is unacceptable that so many children must still work for their survival and that of their families," Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO, said today on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour. More >>
Building Blocks Ready For Afghanistan Development
Friday, 13 June 2008, 9:12 am | United Nations
With the launch of Afghanistan's own blueprint for development, fresh pledges from donors, the commitment of the Government and a strengthened United Nations mandate, the key elements for the rebuilding of the strife-torn nation are in place. More >>
UNESCO Deplores Latest Afghan Journalist Killing
Friday, 13 June 2008, 8:52 am | United Nations
"Using violence to muzzle journalists is an unacceptable breach of the basic human right of freedom of expression and of the right of members of the public to make informed decisions about their lives and their future." More >>
UNESCO Welcomes Literacy Work Of US First Lady
Friday, 13 June 2008, 8:50 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has welcomed the announcement by United States First Lady Laura Bush that she will host a second international literacy meeting in New York. More >>
UN Peacebuilding Commission Adds CAR To Agenda
Friday, 13 June 2008, 12:32 am | United Nations
CAR joins Burundi, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission, established by the UN at the end of 2005. It is tasked with marshalling resources from around the world and providing strategic advice to post-conflict States. More >>
Envoy For Greece, Macedonia Talks To Visit Region
Friday, 13 June 2008, 12:31 am | United Nations
The UN mediator in talks between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia said that he will soon head to the region for further discussions in an effort to produce a breakthrough in the long-running dispute over the name of the latter country. More >>
50 Years Of Nepalese Support For UN Peacekeeping
Friday, 13 June 2008, 12:28 am | United Nations
Fifty years after Nepal first sent peacekeepers to serve in UN operations, Ban Ki-moon today thanked Nepal for its continuous contribution since then to UN missions. Nepal has contributed 60,000 peacekeepers to 40 different missions in the past five decades. More >>
To Support Timor, UN To Increase Local Purchasing
Friday, 13 June 2008, 12:26 am | United Nations
The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste is aiming to increase support for long-term economic recovery in the fledgling nation by increasing purchasing of goods & services available in the country, supporting the 'Buy Local: Build Timor-Leste' campaign. More >>
UN Project: Lebanese Farmers Get Goats & Cows
Friday, 13 June 2008, 12:24 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has handed out the first batch of 1,600 goats and 200 cows to farmers in southern Lebanon as part as its programme to assist them recover from livestock losses accrued during the war in mid-2006. More >>
Iraqi Refugees In Iran Held Up By Red Tape -- UN
Friday, 13 June 2008, 12:24 am | United Nations
Complicated clearance procedures have delayed repatriation for some refugees - until recently applications were sent via Amman, Jordan, to Baghdad for processing. In addition, there have been sporadic closures of the borders at Shalamcheh and Mehran. More >>
UN Security Plan For Coming Ivorian Pres. Election
Friday, 13 June 2008, 12:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has confirmed that coordinated security arrangements will be in place with the aim of providing conditions for a successful presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire which is scheduled for November. More >>
Kosovo: Plans To Reconfigure UN Presence Outlined
Friday, 13 June 2008, 12:22 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon unveiled plans today to reconfigure the structure and profile of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) in the wake of Kosovo's decision earlier this year to declare its independence from Serbia. More >>
Violations Against Children Increasing In Somalia
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:35 am | United Nations
The number of grave human rights violations against children in Somalia, from acts of murder and rape to the recruitment of child soldiers to the denial of humanitarian access to those in need, have all increased in the past year, Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Greater Efforts Needed To Combat Afghan Drug Trade
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:34 am | United Nations
The Security Council, concerned at the "high level of opium cultivation, production and trafficking" in Afghanistan, today called on States to bolster cooperation to counter this illicit practice which is thwarting the country's security and development. More >>
UN Tribunal Welcomes Bosnian Serb Suspect Arrest
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:34 am | United Nations
The Prosecutor of the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s has welcomed today's announcement that indicted Bosnian war crimes suspect Stojan Župljanin had been arrested. More >>
UN Rights Group Deplores Sri Lanka Disappearances
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:33 am | United Nations
The Government of Sri Lanka needs to stamp out a recent wave of disappearances in which women and humanitarian aid workers are among those who have gone missing, a group of United Nations human rights experts said today. More >>
Gates Grant Will Help Africans Track Food Supplies
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:32 am | United Nations
New funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will help to improve the quality of statistical information in 17 sub-Saharan African countries, contributing to efforts to reduce hunger and poverty in the region, the United Nations FAO said today. More >>
S. African Judge Appointed To Head New UN Body
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:31 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon has appointed Justice Kate O'Regan of South Africa as the fifth member and chairperson of the Internal Justice Council - established by the General Assembly to help ensure independence, professionalism and accountability in the new system. More >>
Ban Mourns Death Vo Van Kiet, Former Viet Nam PM
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:30 am | United Nations
"As a major force behind the economic reforms in Viet Nam that started in the late 1980s, Mr. Vo Van Kiet paved the way for the country's transition from poverty to a decade of impressive economic growth," the statement noted. More >>
