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Darfur: UN-AU Mission To Probe Misconduct By Staff
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 8:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping force in Sudan's war-wracked Darfur region said today that it has opened an investigation into allegations by local authorities that one of its staff has engaged in misconduct. More >>
Call For Israel To Resume Full Gaza Fuel Shipments
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 8:17 am | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian and development agencies today called on Israel to immediately resume the distribution of sufficient fuel to the Gaza Strip to allow Palestinians there to go about their normal daily lives. More >>
Aid To Fight Drug Smuggling In Sub-Saharan Africa
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 8:16 am | United Nations
Smuggling routes in the sub-Saharan Sahel region of Africa that were traditionally used for cigarettes, arms and illegal migrants are now becoming highways for cocaine, heroin and hashish, with kidnapping and banditry rife. More >>
'Long-Overdue' Justice Necessary In Cambodia
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 8:15 am | United Nations
Noting that today is the tenth anniversary of the death of the notorious Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the United Nations-backed tribunal to "soon deliver long-overdue justice for the people". More >>
Workplace Attitudes To HIV/AIDS Vastly Improved
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 8:14 am | United Nations
Effective HIV policies have led to more supportive attitudes at the workplace towards co-workers living with the virus, the ILO says in a new report. "Saving lives, Protecting jobs" tracks changes in attitudes related to HIV. More >>
Afghan Refugees Stranded By Pakistan Roadblocks
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 8:13 am | United Nations
Hundreds of Afghan refugees set to leave Peshawar in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to return to their homeland have been left stranded after local tribal disputes shut down a key road between the two countries, the UN refugee agency reported. More >>
Chad: UN Distributes Aid To Refugees After Blaze
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 8:12 am | United Nations
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided temporary housing and relief supplies to more than 2,000 Darfurians who were left homeless after a fire swept through part of the Goz Amer refugee camp in eastern Chad last week. More >>
Efforts To Remove Nuclear Fuel From Serbia
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 8:12 am | United Nations
A global effort to remove dangerous spent fuel and decommission a Soviet-designed nuclear reactor in Serbia has cleared another major funding hurdle as part of a UN-backed initiative to close down potential sources of terrorism and proliferation. More >>
Nepal: Fresh Polling Needed In 98 Centres - UN
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 12:52 am | United Nations
Nepal's Election Commission has announced that re-polling following last week's historic Constituent Assembly election will be required in 98 stations out of some 20,000 across the country, a spokesperson for the United Nations said. More >>
Steps Needed To Fight Growing Global Food Crisis
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 12:35 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for both immediate and long-term measures to tackle the growing global food crisis, warning that it could not only push millions of people deeper into poverty but also have larger political and security implications. More >>
Nepal: Restraint Urged Following Pre-Poll Killings
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 10:08 am | United Nations
The top UN official in Nepal has called on all parties to exercise restraint after at least seven people died in two separate incidents on the eve of Constituent Assembly elections. At least six members of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist were killed. More >>
Secretary-General Meets Russian Leaders In Moscow
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 10:05 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon held wide-ranging talks today with Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev and President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow. The talks focused on UN-Russian relations, climate change, and a review of areas of international tension. More >>
Better Coordination Needed To Help Afghanistan
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 10:03 am | United Nations
Improving coordination of international efforts to help bring peace and development to Afghanistan will be a key priority for the United Nations, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the strife-torn nation pledged today. More >>
Plight Of Displaced In Chad/CAR Worries UN Council
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 10:02 am | United Nations
Condemning continued armed activity of rebel groups in E. Chad, members of the Security Council today expressed their concern over the humanitarian situation in that region and the neighbouring N.E. CAR, as the number of displaced persons continues to swell. More >>
UN Wants Urgent Action On Spiralling Food Prices
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 10:00 am | United Nations
Warning that soaring food prices could lead to increased poverty and unrest, several senior United Nations officials have called for urgent measures to tackle the global crisis, which threatens to hit the world's poor the hardest. More >>
Nobel Prize-Winning Climate Change Panel Hailed
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 9:58 am | United Nations
The head of the lead UN agency on weather, climate and water has lauded the work of the IPCC, whose Nobel Prize-winning efforts have helped the world better understand the impact of global warming on the planet. More >>
Cultural Call For Restoring Italian Landmark
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 9:56 am | United Nations
Following a fire at the famed Castello di Moncalieri, in the Italian Province of Turin, the head of UNESCO has called for an urgent assessment of the damage with a view to restoring the ancient royal castle. A fire caused severe damage. More >>
UN Distance-Learning Programme Helps Statisticians
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 9:54 am | United Nations
Statisticians from India and Cambodia today completed the first video conferencing course provided by a new United Nations programme that aims to boost the quality of information received from Governments of developing countries. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Deplores Attacks On UN Mission, Haiti
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 9:53 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed concern over the recent violence in Haiti and particularly the deaths that have occurred amid demonstrations against the high cost of living in the poverty-stricken Caribbean country. More >>
Sudan: UN & AU Envoys For Darfur Crisis Hold Talks
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 9:52 am | United Nations
The UN and African Union envoys heading efforts to resolve the Darfur conflict have travelled to the town of Juba today for talks with the former southern Sudanese rebels as they seek to bring new momentum to the stalled political process. More >>
