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Top UN Political Official To Travel To Cyprus Soon
Friday, 28 March 2008, 9:59 am | United Nations
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe will travel to Cyprus on Sunday to assess how the UN can best assist the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities to reach a settlement to the long-running dispute on the island. More >>
World Must Not Forget Somalia, Urges UN Agency
Friday, 28 March 2008, 9:58 am | United Nations
WFP today called on Somalia's international partners to bolster their efforts to alleviate the suffering in the strife-torn East African nation, where close to one million people have been uprooted by fighting and insecurity is hampering efforts. More >>
Neglect Of Agriculture In Asia Equals Poverty
Friday, 28 March 2008, 9:57 am | United Nations
Chronic neglect of agriculture in Asia and the Pacific has left over 200 million people in extreme poverty amid rising prices for foodstuffs and despite robust growth in other sectors, according to a United Nations report released today. More >>
Ducks And Rice Major Factors In Bird Flu Outbreaks
Friday, 28 March 2008, 9:45 am | United Nations
Ducks, rice and people - and not chickens - have emerged as the most significant factors in the spread of avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam, according to a study carried out by a group of experts from FAO and associated research centres. More >>
Upcoming World Expo Occasion To Showcase 'One UN'
Friday, 28 March 2008, 9:44 am | United Nations
The Expo's theme - "Better City, Better Life" - is "at the heart of what the UN is doing," said Awni Behnam, the UN Commissioner General for the Shanghai Pavilion, referring to the quest to achieve MDGs, anti-poverty objectives. More >>
Further Progress Needed For Liberia
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 9:56 am | United Nations
The Liberian Government continues to make progress as it rebuilds after a devastating civil war, including the start of economic recovery and the restoration of basic services, but significant challenges such as poverty and high unemployment remain ... More >>
Nepal's Arrests Of Tibet Issue Protesters Alarming
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 1:10 pm | United Nations
25 March 2008 - United Nations human rights officials in Nepal have expressed deep concern at the arbitrary arrest and detention of several hundred people in the capital, Kathmandu, apparently on the grounds that they were involved in protests related ... More >>
WFP Appeals For $500M To Offset Soaring Prices
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:35 am | United Nations
"We urge your Government to act quickly on this request so that we may avoid cutting the rations for those who rely on the world to stand by them during times of abject need," -- Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP). More >>
UN's Ban Ki-moon Congratulates Cyprus Leaders
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:34 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on their agreement to start full-fledged negotiations within three months on resolving the long-running dispute on the Mediterranean island. More >>
Afghanistan: Envoy Speaks On Attack On Deminers
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:34 am | United Nations
Two unknown assailants on a motorcycle opened fire yesterday on a 12-person team working for the Afghan Technical Consultants, a partner of the UN Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (UNMACA). More >>
Tuberculosis: Root Causes Must Be Addressed
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:33 am | United Nations
Tackling tuberculosis - a disease which still kills 4,000 people every day - requires dealing with its root causes, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today on the occasion of World TB Day. The theme of this year's Day is "I am stopping TB." More >>
Nearly A Million Southern Africans Hit By Floods
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:32 am | United Nations
Almost a million people across Southern Africa have suffered as a result of floods, cyclones and heavy rains so far during the annual wet season, and although the worst of the weather is over for another year, problems could persist. More >>
Advance Of Justice Pre-Eminent Legacy Of Annan
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:31 am | United Nations
Honouring Kofi Annan at the conferral of a new MacArthur Award, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the acceptance of the principle of the responsibility to protect. More >>
Greece, Fr. Yugo. Rep. Of Macedonia To Hold Talks
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy tasked with helping Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia resolve their dispute over the official name of the latter country, will hold talks tomorrow with both sides at the world body's headquarters in New ... More >>
Development Outreach Centres For SE Asia Praised
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:29 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed a proposal for outreach centres throughout South-East Asia to promote international targets to slash a raft of global ills by the year 2015, known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). More >>
Haiti: UN Asks For Public Support In Crime Fight
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:28 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti is calling on locals to cooperate with its troops and with members of the national police at roadblocks and other checkpoints being set up to try to combat widespread crime and insecurity. More >>
Disaster Team Assesses Deadly Albanian Explosions
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:27 am | United Nations
A United Nations disaster and assessment coordination team (UNDAC) is carrying out a rapid evaluation this weekend of the situation in Albania, where a series of explosions at a military ammunition depot a week ago have killed at least 21 people. More >>
UNICEF Denounces Abduction Of Engineers In Darfur
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today condemned the hijacking and abduction in Sudan's North Darfur state of a team of engineers with the country's State Water Corporation and called for the immediate release of the four men and their equipment. More >>
Namibian Flood Victims Need More Than $1M Aid
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling for $1.2 million to help with relief efforts in northern Namibia, where floods falling recent above-average rainfall have displaced tens of thousands of people. More >>
Iraqi Crisis Fuels Rise In Asylum-Seekers - Report
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 10:18 am | United Nations
A five-year decline in asylum applications in developed countries turned around in 2007 largely because of Iraqis fleeing violence in their home country, according to statistics released today by the United Nations refugee agency. More >>
