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UN Interviews For Eight Iraqi Governorate Slots
Friday, 14 March 2008, 1:00 pm | United Nations
"By ensuring transparency and professionalism in the process of selecting these candidates we hope the Iraqi Parliament and the Independent High Electoral Commission will accomplish one of the number of conditions for holding successful elections." More >>
All Eyes On Potatoes In UN Photography Contest
Friday, 14 March 2008, 12:54 am | United Nations
The contest, entitled Focus on a global food, invites photographers to capture the spirit of the International Year in images that illustrate potato biodiversity, cultivation, processing, trade, marketing, consumption and utilization. More >>
Initiative To Improve Net Access In Asia-Pacific
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 8:46 am | United Nations
"Sharing of views, experiences and best practices among regulators is the only way to address the challenges posed by today's technological and market developments," ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré noted. More >>
Grenade Attacks Against Burundian Lawmakers
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 8:45 am | United Nations
Mr. Ban "calls on national authorities to continue to give this serious incident the attention it deserves and to bring the perpetrators to justice without delay," his spokesperson said in a statement released today. More >>
Attack By Liberian Contractors Condemned By UN
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 8:44 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has condemned today's early morning attack on its personnel and vehicles close to its logistics headquarters in the capital, Monrovia, that forced at least three staff to seek medical attention. More >>
FOA Urges Investment To End Soaring Food Prices
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 8:43 am | United Nations
"A supportive institutional and regulatory environment is mandatory to attract private investment at all levels of the food chain," according to a paper presented by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) at a conference in London yesterday. More >>
Ban Names Top Official For Lebanon Tribunal
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 8:42 am | United Nations
A veteran of numerous international court proceedings has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the Registrar of the tribunal being set up to try those responsible for political killings in Lebanon. More >>
Ban Deplores Double Suicide Bombings In Pakistan
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 8:42 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his shock and sadness at learning of this morning's twin suicide bombings in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore that have killed more than two dozen people and injured scores of others. More >>
Israel OKs New Settlement Housing, UN Wants Halt
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 8:33 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Israeli Government to halt the expansion of settlements after it approved the resumption of the construction of 750 housing units in Givat Zeev in the West Bank. More >>
Drug Control Efforts Should Focus More On Health
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 8:31 am | United Nations
The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged measures to address the "image problem" of global drug control efforts, which he says tend to focus more on the criminality of the problem and not enough on health-related issues. More >>
UN Burma Envoy Meets Pro-democracy Leader Again
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 10:44 am | United Nations
The Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar has concluded his latest mission to spur democratic change in the SE Asian nation, meeting today for the second time during his visit with detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. More >>
UN Envoy Holds Talks With Senior Myanmar Ministers
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 10:42 am | United Nations
Ibrahim Gambari met with U Soe Tha, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Kyaw Myint, Minister for Health, Dr. Than Nyun, Chairman of Civil Service Selection and Training Board and U Kyaw Thu, Deputy Foreign Minister. More >>
UN Burma Envoy Meets With Pro-democracy Leader
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 10:41 am | United Nations
A Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Ms. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for over four years, and has spent more than 11 years in detention since the NLD and its allies won the 1990 election with over 80 per cent of the parliamentary seats. More >>
Eritrean Restrictions On UN Mission ‘Unacceptable’
Saturday, 8 March 2008, 2:10 pm | United Nations
Eritrea’s restrictions on the activities of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) breach the fundamental principles of peacekeeping and raise serious implications for the safety and security of blue helmets deployed around the world, ... More >>
African Football Key Ally In Fight Against Hunger
Friday, 7 March 2008, 8:47 am | United Nations
"FAO has always set great store by the power of sport in general, and professional football in particular, as a tool for peace and development and as a means to mobilize political will and resources in the fight against global hunger." More >>
Protecting Mothers & Children From HIV/AIDS
Friday, 7 March 2008, 8:46 am | United Nations
UNICEF and the UN World Health Organization, along with the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation, jointly called on authorities to step up protection for mothers and children at the end of a three-day global meeting on HIV/AIDS. More >>
Supporting Recovery In Cyclone-Hit Madagascar
Friday, 7 March 2008, 8:46 am | United Nations
6 March 2008 - The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is supporting the recovery of farmers in Madagascar, where a recent cyclone left 150,000 people homeless and destroyed crops and livestock. More >>
Ground Breaking Set For May In Overhaul Of UN HQ
Friday, 7 March 2008, 8:44 am | United Nations
Ground breaking for the construction of a temporary venue for international meetings, the most visible piece of the intricate five-year renovation of the landmark United Nations Headquarters in New York, will take place in May. More >>
Afghans Hit By Soaring Food Prices Receive UN Aid
Friday, 7 March 2008, 8:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing emergency assistance to Afghans suffering from food shortages due to the surge in the price of wheat, which has risen by 70 per cent over the past year. More >>
Myanmar: UN Envoy Continues Push For Change
Friday, 7 March 2008, 8:43 am | United Nations
The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for Myanmar arrived in Yangon today on his latest mission to encourage the authorities there to promote democratization and national reconciliation in the troubled South-East Asian nation. More >>
