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UN Workshop On Tracing Small Arms Opens In Brazil
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:29 am | United Nations
The workshop is being organized by the UN's Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Conventional Arms Branch and its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the Government of Brazil. More >>
Meeting On Border Row Between Gabon, Eq. Guinea
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:29 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today opened a high-level meeting between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to launch the next phase of the mediation process aimed at resolving the border dispute between the African neighbours. More >>
UN Sadness After Deadly Sudanese Plane Crash
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:28 am | United Nations
United Nations officials in Sudan have expressed their sorrow at last night's plane crash at the international airport in the capital, Khartoum, that media reports say has killed at least 29 people. "The bereaved families are in our thoughts and prayers". More >>
Leaders Discuss Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 1:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee chief has held talks with the Prime Minister of Lesotho on the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in neighbouring South Africa that have left some 60 people dead and tens of thousands of foreigners homeless. More >>
Girls' Access To Ed. Focus Of Asia-Pacific Meeting
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 1:18 am | United Nations
United Nations officials, government leaders and education experts are gathering in Kathmandu, Nepal, today for the start of a two-day conference examining how to improve gender equality in schools across the Asia-Pacific region. More >>
UN Photo Exhibition: Changing Global Environment
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 12:55 am | United Nations
From the glaciers of Antarctica to the dry river beds of Sudan's Darfur region to the devastation wrought by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the world's changing environment is documented by photographers at an exhibition at UN Headquarters, New York. More >>
Top UN Official To Visit Zimbabwe Ahead Of Run-Off
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 12:55 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is dispatching a top United Nations official to Zimbabwe, which has been beset by deadly political violence recently, to try to resolve tensions ahead of the run-off round of the presidential election set for later this month. More >>
5 Weeks After Nargis, UN Appeal Still Under-Funded
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 12:53 am | United Nations
UN aid agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have received just 40 per cent of the funding needed to meet their flash appeal launched after Cyclone Nargis battered Burma, more than five weeks after the catastrophe struck the Asian nation. More >>
Caribbean, Latin America Must Tackle Food Crisis
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 12:52 am | United Nations
Mitigating the impact of rising food and fuel prices on low-income groups must be a priority for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, a senior UN official has stressed at the start of a regional meeting taking place in Santo Domingo. More >>
CAR: UN Says 1,400 Villagers Displaced By Bandits
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 12:52 am | United Nations
About 1,400 displaced people are living in the village of Kamba Kota in the north of the Central African Republic in terrible health and security conditions after fleeing attacks by armed bandits on their villages, according to a report today. More >>
Move To Harmonize UN's Rule Of Law Work Welcomed
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 12:51 am | United Nations
The UN has greatly expanded its work on the rule of law, from strengthening police services to supporting constitutional processes, but the expansion is still not sufficient to meet the needs of Member States, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said. More >>
UNIFEM Head Newest Torch Bearer Empowering Women
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 12:50 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today became the latest recipient of the MDG3 Champion Torch, committing the agency to "doing something extra" in support of gender equality and women's empowerment. More >>
UN: Former Rwandan Official Pleads 'Not Guilty'
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 5:03 pm | United Nations
A former Rwandan official who is alleged to have planned the killing of up to 25,000 Tutsis during the country's 1994 genocide today pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him at the UN war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the mass killings. More >>
Ban Ki-Moon To Attend G8 Summit On E. Asian Trip
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 4:59 pm | United Nations
10 June 2008 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will embark later this month on a three-nation East Asian trip that will take him to Japan, China and the Republic of Korea, and then back to Japan for the Group of Eight (G8) Hokkaido Toyako summit. More >>
Global Food Aid Deliveries Lowest In 50 Years - UN
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 4:58 pm | United Nations
Global food aid deliveries have sunk to their lowest levels in nearly five decades, with deliveries of wheat and maize facing the sharpest drops due to the impact of food price rises around the world, according to the United Nations World Food Programme. More >>
Winners Of HIV/AIDS Red Ribbon Awards Unveiled
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 4:57 pm | United Nations
Twenty-five local organizations from around the world have received the Red Ribbon Award 2008, a United Nations laurel given every two years to celebrate outstanding community leadership and action in the fight against HIV/AIDS. More >>
Iraq: UN Weapons Inspectors Submit Final Report
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 4:54 pm | United Nations
The UN Special Commission destroyed missiles, mobile launchers, fixed launch sites, chemical munitions, a chemical weapons complex, germ warfare complex plus tons of missile fuel, chemical warfare agents, precursor chemicals and bacteria growth media. More >>
Fight Against AIDS Much More Than A Health Issue
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 4:51 pm | United Nations
The battle against HIV/AIDS is not just a public health question, but also critical to making progress on such issues as improving access to education, achieving gender equality and eradicating poverty and hunger, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Selection Process Is Clear
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 4:48 pm | United Nations
The selection process for the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is clear and thorough and has already involved broad consultation with Member States, human rights groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Ban Ki-moon said. More >>
Changing Africa Emerges In New UN Atlas
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 8:06 am | United Nations
Major changes in Africa's environmental landscape, from disappearing glaciers in Uganda to the loss of unique vegetation in South Africa, are shown today in a new atlas published by the UN which uses satellite images taken over the last 35 years. More >>
