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SA Institute For Justice & Reconciliation Awarded
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 9:58 am | United Nations
UNESCO selected the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation of South Africa as this year's recipient of its Prize for Peace Education. The Institute was chosen "for its outstanding efforts in building sustainable reconciliation through education". More >>
Sr UN Rights Official Visits Ivory Coast & Liberia
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 9:57 am | United Nations
A top UN human rights official is visiting Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia this week for talks aimed at ensuring that protecting the rights of civilians will remain central to the reconciliation and reconstruction efforts in the two West African countries. More >>
Biodiversity Loss A Threat To Economic Development
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 9:56 am | United Nations
"Nature's assets underpin the very lives and livelihoods of more than six billion people. They make our very existence possible in the vacuum of space," Mr. Ban said in a statement delivered to a major conference on biological diversity. More >>
Health Systems Key To Helping Africa's Children
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 9:54 am | United Nations
"Every year, nearly 10 million children die before their fifth birthday and one half of these deaths occur in Africa," said Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF's Executive Director. "Where community-based integrated health systems are in place, lives can be saved." More >>
Zimbabwe: Opposition Activists Murders Condemned
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 9:53 am | United Nations
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights today strongly condemned the killings of opposition activists in Zimbabwe as well as the ongoing harassment of NGO workers and human rights defenders, among other civil society members. More >>
Mid-East: Positive Developments, Situation Fragile
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 9:52 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today welcomed recent political progress in Lebanon and the start of indirect talks between Israel and Syria, but cautioned that there are still serious challenges to achieve a wider peace in the Middle East. More >>
UN: Russians Shot Down Aircraft Over Abkhazia
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 4:27 pm | United Nations
UNOMIG carried out an investigation after receiving a report on the downing of an unmanned surveillance aircraft on 20 April, and brought together a team of specialists who examined eyewitness, radar and video evidence to establish what had happened. More >>
Lebanese Political Accord Offers 'A New Beginning'
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 4:26 pm | United Nations
Lebanon's political leadership must not lose the momentum created by last week's agreement ending the protracted stand-off in the country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling the accord "a new beginning" to be grasped by all sides. More >>
UN Marks 60 Years Peacekeeping Honouring Fallen
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 4:25 pm | United Nations
UN officials will commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of peacekeeping by gathering later this week at the world body's headquarters in New York for a wreath-laying ceremony to honour the more than 2,400 blue helmets who have died in service. More >>
Sudan: UN Speeds Up Aid Efforts In Disputed Town
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 4:24 pm | United Nations
UN officials say they are accelerating relief efforts in the area around the disputed Sudanese town of Abyei, the scene of deadly clashes earlier this month, to help tens of thousands of displaced persons ahead of the expected rainy season. More >>
Civilians Still Bear The Brunt Of Armed Conflicts
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 4:23 pm | United Nations
Millions of civilians are still victims of armed conflicts - losing their lives, being forced to flee their homes and becoming victims of physical and sexual violence - despite recent progress in some countries, the top UN humanitarian official said. More >>
UN Concern Over Peacekeeper Child Abuse Reports
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 1:05 pm | United Nations
"The abuse of children by those sent to help is a significant and painful issue and one that UN peacekeeping has and will continue to address candidly, comprehensively and robustly," Mr. Ban said in a statement issued by his spokesperson. More >>
Successful Funding Conference For Burma Cyclone
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 10:05 am | United Nations
The top humanitarian official for the UN said today they have raised 60% of the funding it has appealed for, with a total of $233 million either having been contributed or pledged to the overall relief effort following Cyclone Nargis. More >>
Nepal's Peace Process Not Yet Complete - UN Envoy
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 10:03 am | United Nations
On the eve of the first meeting of Nepal's Constituent Assembly, the top UN envoy to the country said that challenges still lie ahead, despite last month's successful country-wide elections. Ian Martin described the elections as a major milestone. More >>
Kenyan Reconciliation Jeopardized, Warns UN Envoy
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 10:01 am | United Nations
"In the absence of substantially increased efforts, we will jeopardize the fragile process of building and restoring peace in displacement affected countries," said Walter Kälin, the Ban Ki-Moon's Representative on the Human Rights of IDPs. More >>
UNICEF Aids Victims Of Xenophobic Violence In SA
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 9:59 am | United Nations
After ten days of violent attacks on foreign nationals, migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers living in some of the country's informal settlements, UNICEF is helping the hardest-hit cities of Johannesburg, Ekhuruleni and Tshwane. More >>
UNHCR Transferring 10K Central. Africans To S Chad
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 9:59 am | United Nations
In a bid to outpace the rainy season which kicks off in mid-June, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has started transferring nearly 10,000 newly-arrived refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) to a new camp in southern Chad. More >>
Chad, CAR: Envoy Assesses Impact Of War On Kids
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 9:58 am | United Nations
The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict is visiting Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) to see first-hand the situation of war-impacted children in the two countries. More >>
Former DR Congo Vice-President Arrested By ICC
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 9:48 am | United Nations
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been arrested by Belgian authorities on a sealed warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. More >>
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Professor To Visit Gaza
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 9:47 am | United Nations
For the two-day mission from 27-28 May, Archbishop Tutu and Professor Chinkin will enter Gaza from Egypt. They are scheduled to hold a range of meetings in Gaza, including with survivors and witnesses of the attack on 8 November 2006. More >>
