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UN Calls For E. Timor To Pull Together For Peace
Friday, 18 April 2008, 10:20 am | United Nations
"President Horta's return is an opportunity for Timorese society to pull together with renewed determination for the future of Timor-Leste. Sustained peace depends upon the commitment of everyone." -- UN Envoy Atul Khare. More >>
Attacks Force UN Agency To Cut Rations In Darfur
Friday, 18 April 2008, 10:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that it will have to cut rations to the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan by half because attacks on its trucks are preventing vital relief supplies from getting through. More >>
UNESCO Head Pays Tribute To Martinique Poet
Friday, 18 April 2008, 10:17 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) mourned the death today of Aimé Césaire, the Martinique poet and the founder of the artistic and cultural movement "la négritude." More >>
E. Timor: Security Tight For Ramos-Horta's Return
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:17 am | United Nations
Ahead of the President's return, the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste today unveiled strengthened security arrangements for the President on his arrival and afterwards, including checkpoints near his house and close protection by UN and Timorese police. More >>
Reunification Efforts In Cyprus Move Ahead - UN
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:16 am | United Nations
The drive to reunite the Greek Cypriot & Turkish Cypriot communities in Cyprus is set to take an important step forward this week with the start of substantive talks among new working groups, according to the UN mission on the Mediterranean island. More >>
Korean Support For The UN Needed On Many Fronts
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:15 am | United Nations
Mr. Ban told the annual dinner in New York of the Korea Society that he hoped developing countries can benefit from the ROK's experience in becoming both a democracy and an economic powerhouse, and transforming from a receiving nation to a donor country. More >>
Liberia: UN Anti-Rape Campaign Reaches North
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:14 am | United Nations
A UN-backed campaign to stamp out rape in Liberia, the highest reported crime in the West African country as it recovers from a devastating civil war, has been extended to the north with a senior UN official calling for full implementation of the law. More >>
Ban Welcomes Steady Progress In Cote D'ivoire - UN
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:13 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon welcomed the "steady progress" - including the improving political and security environment, economic recovery and advances in identifying the population - that has been achieved in Côte d'Ivoire. More >>
120K+ Angolan Families To Benefit From UN Scheme
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:13 am | United Nations
Some 126,000 farming families in Angola, one of the world's poorest countries, will benefit from a $49.5 million United Nations-backed agreement signed today to improve agricultural productivity and revitalize markets. More >>
Tree-Planting Part Of Renovation Greening Effort
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:11 am | United Nations
The UN has announced it will plant 150 new trees in and around its New York Headquarters compound, during the landscaping phase of the five-year, $1.9 billion renovation designed to result in a more sustainable, modern, safe and efficient facility. More >>
UN Economic Council To Meet On Growing Food Crisis
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:10 am | United Nations
The Economic & Social Council has announced plans to hold a meeting of the Council to discuss how to respond to the growing food crisis around the world. "The rapidly escalating crisis of food availability around the world has reached emergency proportions". More >>
UN In DR Congo Saddened Over Goma Plane Crash
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:10 am | United Nations
Senior UN officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have expressed their sorrow and sympathy to the many victims of yesterday's plane crash in the north-eastern city of Goma, which has killed dozens of people. More >>
More Health Care Needed To Reduce Birth Deaths
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:07 am | United Nations
With over 10 million women & children in developing countries still dying each year from largely preventable & treatable causes, a new UN report calls for scaling up health care systems to reduce maternal and child deaths. More >>
Haiti: UN Brazilian Contingent Distributes Food
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:07 am | United Nations
The Brazilian contingent of the UN mission in Haiti is distributing 14 tons of food to more than 3,000 families in Port-au-Prince, the capital, following widespread protests over rising food prices in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. More >>
Report: Hopes For Darfur Political Solution Wilt
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:05 am | United Nations
The prospect of negotiating a political solution to the Darfur crisis has become ever more remote as both the Sudanese Government and rebels appear determined to pursue a military solution, according to a United Nations report released today. More >>
Possible Food Crisis Looms Over DPR Korea - WFP
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is facing a potential food crisis owing to a low harvest resulting partly from last summer's heavy floods. More >>
West & Central Africa Vs. Illicit Weapons Scourge
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:03 am | United Nations
A two-day UN conference seeking to help West and Central African nations bolster abilities to identify and trace illicit small arms & light weapons kicks off tomorrow in Lomé, Togo. The workshop aims to identify actions States can take. More >>
Ending Conflicts Must Remain Priority For UN & AU
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:03 am | United Nations
Preventing and resolving conflicts peacefully must remain high on the shared agenda of the United Nations and the African Union, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a high-level Security Council meeting today at UN Headquarters. More >>
Brain Drain Can Also Be Brain Gain For Some
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 9:33 am | United Nations
The so-called brain drain of migrants taking their skills and initiative to their new countries of residence can also serve as an engine of growth in their homelands, according to a study released today by the United Nations University (UNU). More >>
Scientists: Food Production Must Benefit The Poor
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 8:18 am | United Nations
Modern agriculture has brought significant increases in food production, but its benefits have been uneven and have come at a high cost to small-scale farmers, workers, rural communities and the environment, according to a new report. More >>
