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High-level Task Force On The Global Food Crisis
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 8:37 am | United Nations
Objective: Improve people's access to food and take immediate steps to increase food production. Intended Outcomes: 1. Better access of vulnerable population groups to emergency food assistance and other safety nets, boost smallholder production. More >>
Ban Urges Bold, Urgent Steps To Tackle Food Crisis
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 8:16 am | United Nations
Addressing the High-level Conference on World Food Security, Mr. Ban said that over 850 million people around the globe were short of food before the current crisis began. That number is to rise by a further 100 million: poor will be hardest hit. More >>
1 Million+ Burma Cyclone Victims Have Received Aid
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 8:11 am | United Nations
Some 1.3 million people affected by the deadly cyclone that battered Myanmar one month ago have received assistance, the humanitarian arm of the United Nations said today. At the same time, that assistance has not been consistent. More >>
Global Ban On Cluster Bombs Will Save Young Lives
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 8:09 am | United Nations
Stressing the unspeakable suffering inflicted on millions of children by the use of cluster munitions, UNICEF has lauded the recent adoption of a new global treaty banning the production, use and transfer of these deadly weapons. More >>
UNHCR Condemns Murder Of Nigerian Man In Ukraine
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 8:06 am | United Nations
The UN refugee agency has condemned the murder of a Nigerian man in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in the latest of a series of attacks against foreigners in the country. The victim was found suffering numerous knife wounds. More >>
UN Maritime Agency Hails Action On Somalia Piracy
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 8:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) has welcomed a new Security Council resolution which aims to curb piracy along Somalia's coast by allowing ships to enter the country's territorial waters to prevent attacks by armed robbers. More >>
UNESCO, FC Barcelona Campaign Against Racism
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 8:00 am | United Nations
"It is more urgent than ever to rid stadiums of the scourge of racism," said Marcio Barbosa, Deputy Director-General of UNESCO. "The very definition of sport is based on fair play and exchange. Young people are the natural torch-bearers". More >>
Security Council Deplores Deadly Pakistan Bombing
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 7:58 am | United Nations
"The Security Council underlines the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism to justice, and urges all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law... to cooperate actively. More >>
Deadly Embassy Bombing In Islamabad Deplored
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:40 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon voiced outrage at the deadly car bombing outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital. Media reports say at least six people have been killed and dozens of others injured in the attack, which took place in the early afternoon. More >>
UNDP Work In DPRK: No Evidence Of Funds Misuse
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:31 pm | United Nations
The external audit, led by the former Hungarian prime minister Miklos Németh and released today on the UNDP website, also said it could verify that most of the funds spent by UNDP in the DPRK in recent years had been used appropriately. More >>
IAEA Chief ElBaradei Dispatches Team To Syria
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:30 pm | United Nations
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) received that information - which claimed that the destroyed Syrian facility was not yet operational and had not yet been introduced to nuclear material - from the United States in April. More >>
Positive Humanitarian Steps By Israel, Hizbollah
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:29 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the return by Israel of a released prisoner to Lebanon and Hizbollah's release of remains of Israeli soldiers killed during the 2006 war. "The developments are a positive step towards addressing the humanitarian issues". More >>
Haiti Needs Help Dealing With Food Crisis Impact
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:19 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon today called for renewed efforts to help Haiti deal with the impact of the recent surge in the prices of many basic foods, a day before he attends a high-level summit in Rome on efforts around the world to tackle the food crisis. More >>
Probe Into Lebanon Killings Extended For 6 Months
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:18 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today extended through the rest of this year the mandate of the independent probe into the February 2005 assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri and a series of other recent killings in Lebanon. More >>
Scheme Seeks To Boost Jobs For Youth In M. East
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:17 pm | United Nations
With high youth unemployment rates in the Arab region, governments are under pressure to create work and expand their labour markets. "More jobs need to be created essentially in the next 15 years than the region has produced in the past 50 years." More >>
Global Walk Raises Funds To Combat Child Hunger
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:16 pm | United Nations
Over 250k people in 70 countries took to the streets yesterday in a global walk organized by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and its largest corporate partners, TNT and Unilever, which raised more than $500,000 to feed hungry schoolchildren. More >>
Sahel Stands At 'Ground Zero' Of Climate Change
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:15 pm | United Nations
Africa's Sahel region is "ground zero" for countries trying to cope with climate change, but sufficient investment in adaptation measures and greater cooperation between neighbouring States means this does not have to lead to conflict. More >>
Plans For New Israeli Settlements In E. Jerusalem
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:15 pm | United Nations
"The Government of Israel's continued construction in settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is contrary to international law and to its commitments under the Road Map and the Annapolis process, as stressed by the Quartet". More >>
UN Delegation Meets Somali Leaders In Djibouti
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:13 pm | United Nations
Members of a Security Council delegation currently touring Africa met today with Somali leaders in Djibouti, where talks are being held between representatives of the Government and the opposition in the neighbouring strife-torn nation. More >>
Latest UN Climate Change Talks Start In Germany
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:12 pm | United Nations
The two-week round of negotiations will focus on furthering governments' commitments to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, and will include discussion on how industrialized countries can meet their emissions reduction targets beyond the first phase. More >>
