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DR Congo: Security Council Extends Arms Embargo
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today extended until the end of the year its arms embargo and other sanctions meant to keep weapons out of the hands of militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
UN Political Chief Holds Talks With Cypriot Leader
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:03 am | United Nations
B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, met today in Nicosia with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders as part of his current mission to assess how the United Nations can help the two communities on the Mediterranean island. More >>
Climate Change Vs. Development Efforts Of Poor
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:03 am | United Nations
Climate change is among a host of new challenges that is making it increasingly difficult for the world's poorest people to escape from poverty and hunger, the head of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said today. More >>
10K Afghans Returned Home From Pakistan In March
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:02 am | United Nations
Since the start of a new repatriation season almost one month ago, some 10,000 Afghans have returned to their homeland from neighbouring Pakistan, the United Nation refugee agency reported today. More >>
Mideast Peace Vs. Resolving Arab-Israeli Conflict
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:01 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed that peace and progress in the Middle East "hinges on a just and lasting solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict," pledging the support of the United Nations to help achieve this goal. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Envisions 'African Century'
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 8:44 am | United Nations
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for accelerated efforts to reach international development goals to usher in a century of flourishing on the continent. More >>
UN: Ensuring Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
Monday, 31 March 2008, 9:51 am | United Nations
More than 20 United Nations departments, agencies, programmes, and funds have pledged their support to implementing a landmark treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, which opened for signature a year ago today. More >>
Violent Clashes Continue In Nepal Ahead Of Polls
Monday, 31 March 2008, 9:28 am | United Nations
Campaigning for Nepal's upcoming Constituent Assembly election continues in relative calm across much of the South Asian nation, but a significant number of districts have experienced a surge in clashes between different political party supporters. More >>
Latest Round Of UN Climate Talks To Start
Sunday, 30 March 2008, 4:54 pm | United Nations
A fresh round of United Nations-sponsored climate change talks, expected to draw 1,000 participants, will kick off next week in Bangkok, Thailand. More >>
President Holds Talks With Leaders In Finland
Sunday, 30 March 2008, 4:52 pm | United Nations
Climate change, economic development and United Nations reform topped the agenda during talks between General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim and Finnish Government leaders over the past two days in Helsinki. More >>
Maoist Army Personnel, Weapons Must Stay In Canton
Sunday, 30 March 2008, 4:50 pm | United Nations
New York, Mar 28 2008 6:00PMThe top United Nations official in Nepal today vowed that the world body would play its part to try to ensure that Maoist army personnel and weapons are contained to the agreed cantonments during the current election campaign ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Appeals For Calm Over 'Fitna' Video
Sunday, 30 March 2008, 12:20 pm | United Nations
"We must also recognize that the real fault line is not between Muslim and Western societies, as some would have us believe, but between small minorities of extremists, on different sides, with a vested interest in stirring hostility and conflict." More >>
Real Change For World's Poor Needs Greater Efforts
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:08 am | United Nations
With the global scorecard for reaching the bold pledges world leaders made to halve poverty and other social ills by 2015 showing mixed progress among countries, Asha-Rose Migiro today called for accelerated action to achieve real change. More >>
World Cities At UN Forum Unite To Reduce Poverty
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:06 am | United Nations
Representatives of cities from 100 countries around the world are meeting in Athens, Greece, to create local plans to achieve international development goals through the promotion of democracy, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said today. More >>
Manual Will Boost Timor Police Force Development
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:05 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Timor-Leste has hailed a new textbook and handbook to be given to every national police officer, stating that they will assist in creating a professional police force in the young nation. More >>
Announcement Of Legislative Polls In Guinea-Bissau
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:04 am | United Nations
The Security Council today welcomed this week's announcement that Guinea-Bissau will hold legislative elections in November and called on the Government of the impoverished West African country to both speed up its preparations for those polls. More >>
Sierra Leone: Laws To Curb Violence Against Women
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:03 am | United Nations
Two UN agencies have joined forces with a local NGO in Sierra Leone to heighten awareness of three new gender laws, passed by the West African nation's Parliament, in a bid to reduce the level of violence and abuse against women. More >>
Over One Million People To Sprint To Fight Hunger
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:02 am | United Nations
More than one million people will take part in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)-backed World Harmony Run, the world's longest global relay, which took a running start today in a bid to tackle hunger and poverty. More >>
Inter-Cultural Understanding Looks To The Future
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:01 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations campaign for understanding between cultures, known as the Alliance of Civilizations, has visited the Organization's New York Headquarters to discuss the initiative's future plans with Ban Ki-moon and others. More >>
Report Of Progress On Lebanon Tribunal Welcomed
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:00 am | United Nations
Among the progress noted by the Council was the signing of a headquarters agreement with the Netherlands, the appointment of the Prosecutor as well as the Registrar of the Special Tribunal, and the establishment of a management committee. More >>
