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Funding Shortage Forces UN To Cut Back Air Service
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 8:05 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today it will have to cut back on its air service in Sudan due to lack of funds, curtailing the ability of 14,000 aid workers to travel to Darfur and other parts of the strife-torn nation. More >>
UK Counter-Terrorism Bill Needs To Be Re-Examined
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 8:04 am | United Nations
"The United Kingdom has a long standing history of effective human rights protection, however I am concerned that this counter-terrorism bill, if adopted, could prompt other States to copy the provision into their own counter-terrorism legislation". More >>
Heading Off 'Globalization Without Social Justice'
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 8:03 am | United Nations
"Globalization without social justice... is generating growth without enough quality jobs...a steady increase in productivity, but not in wages... advances in combating extreme poverty, but deepening inequality," Juan Somavia, ILO Director General said. More >>
Paris Meeting Should Boost Afghan Partnership - UN
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 8:02 am | United Nations
"The Paris conference is more than just a pledging conference for donors. We will seek to forge a 'new deal' between the Government of Afghanistan and the international community," said the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Kai Eide. More >>
UN Emergency Support For Flood-Inundated Belize
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 8:02 am | United Nations
United Nations crisis officials are working with local authorities in Belize to coordinate relief efforts in the wake of flooding across the Central American country caused by the first storm of the annual Atlantic hurricane season. More >>
Progress Made On Universal Access To HIV Treatment
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 8:01 am | United Nations
The world has made "important achievements" in its quest to obtain universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010, demonstrating what can be done where there is sufficient political will, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. More >>
UN Studying Staff Security Review Panel Report
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 8:00 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon has received the report of the independent panel tasked with assessing the safety and security of United Nations staff worldwide and said it will be "studied in detail before considering appropriate follow-up action," his spokesperson said. More >>
Ban Welcomes Peace Deal Reached By Somali Parties
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 7:59 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the peace deal between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the opposition Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, reached yesterday in neighbouring Djibouti following 10 days of UN-facilitated talks. More >>
Probe Attacks On Colombian Refugees, Says UNHCR
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 7:58 am | United Nations
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), three Colombians, including one refugee and one asylum-seeker, disappeared at the end of last month from the village of San Martin in northern Ecuador, just across the border from Colombia. More >>
Rights Chief To Iran: Stay Execution Of Juveniles
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 1:06 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official has asked Iran not to execute four people sentenced to death for crimes they committed when they were under the age of 18, reminding the country of its obligations under international law. More >>
Tribunal Turns Down Rawanda Case Transfer Request
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 8:02 am | United Nations
Gaspard Kanyarukiga, who was arrested in South Africa in July 2004, has plead not guilty to charges of genocide, complicity in genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). More >>
Preventive Diplomacy Head In C. Asia Begins Work
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 8:01 am | United Nations
UNRCCA was established by the UN last year to help the countries of the region - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - respond more proactively to cross-border challenges and threats, such as terrorism, drug trafficking. More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Mourns Death Of Bougainville Leader
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 7:59 am | United Nations
"President Kabui was known as a skilled mediator and peacemaker who had a genuine interest in the future of his people," Mr. Ban's said. "He played a crucial role in bringing peace to Bougainville, following the years of conflict." More >>
UN Speaks Out Against Killing Of Somali Journalist
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 7:58 am | United Nations
The top UN humanitarian official for Somalia has expressed his shock and disappointment at the latest killing of a journalist in the strife-torn nation, the deadliest place in Africa for the media to work. Nasteh Dahir Farah was fatally shot on 7 June. More >>
Security Council Discusses Ivorian Polls, Peace
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 7:57 am | United Nations
The Security Council mission touring Africa met today with officials in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, where they discussed the ongoing peace process in the West African nation and the presidential election slated for later this year. More >>
Some African Traditions Influence Spread Of AIDS
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 7:55 am | United Nations
Cultural factors in Africa, including gender inequalities, wife inheritance and some sexual practices, need to change and be better understood if the fight against HIV/AIDS is to be more effective, according to a new United Nations report. More >>
Global Leaders Gather At ForumTo Tackle TB Threat
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 7:54 am | United Nations
On the eve of a high-level meeting on AIDS, government leaders, health and business officials, heads of UN agencies and activists are gathering in New York today to confront tuberculosis, the leading cause of death for people living with HIV. More >>
UN: Death Of BBC Afghan Reporter 'Unforgivable'
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 7:53 am | United Nations
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has expressed its sadness at the killing of an Afghan reporter working for the BBC in the country's southern Helmand province, stressing it is "unforgivable" that journalists should be targeted. More >>
Private Investment Key In Tackling Climate Change
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 12:22 am | United Nations
Trillions of dollars are needed to combat climate change in coming decades. Despite the efforts of the UN and others, the world body approximates that nearly 90 per cent of the funds needed to address global warming will derive from the private sector. More >>
Sudan: Abyei Dispute Resolution Agreement Welcomed
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 12:19 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon welcomed an agreement to resolve a dispute over the town of Abyei, in an oil-rich area close to the boundary between northern and southern Sudan, and recently the scene of violent clashes that have displaced as many as 50,000 people. More >>
