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Investing In Women For Peace And Development

Friday, 7 March 2008, 8:42 am | United Nations

Greater investment in women and girls will help further economic growth and advance development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told today's commemoration at United Nations Headquarters of International Women's Day. More >>

FAO Appeals For Data On World Forests For Study

Friday, 7 March 2008, 8:41 am | United Nations

"Stronger support from countries and advances in communication technology will make the next Global Forest Resources Assessment the most comprehensive and reliable yet," said Jan Heino of the Forestry Department of FAO, More >>

Early Recovery Of Nature Tourism Crucial In Kenya

Friday, 7 March 2008, 8:27 am | United Nations

Nature tourism in Kenya, which plummeted some 90 per cent during the recent post-election violence, can play a key role in restoring the east African country's stability, economy and biodiversity, the UN environment chief said today. More >>

Afghanistan Must Do More To Rein In Drug Trade

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:58 am | United Nations

The United Nations anti-drugs agency today called on the Afghan Government to do more to dismantle major trafficking and criminal networks in the strife-torn nation which remains the world's largest producer of opium and heroin. More >>

Indian Tennis Tourny Boosts UN Gender Initiative

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:56 am | United Nations

The organizers of a women's tennis tournament in India are donating $100,000 to an initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that aims to encourage the emergence of gender equality around the world. More >>

UN Works To Eliminate HIV Travel Restrictions

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:54 am | United Nations

Calling travel restrictions on HIV positive people, in place in 104 countries, discriminatory and unnecessary, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has set up an international task force to work toward their elimination. More >>

In N. Uganda, UN Refugee Head Vows To Do More

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:52 am | United Nations

On his visit to northern Uganda, where an estimated 850,000 people live in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), the head of the UN refugee agency pledged more support for the return of those driven from their homes by decades of violence. More >>

Dangerous Wheat-Killing Fungus Detected In Iran

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:51 am | United Nations

The wheat stem rust, whose spores are carried by wind across continents, was previously found in East Africa and Yemen and has moved to Iran, which said that laboratory tests have confirmed its presence in the country's west. More >>

UNESCO Awards Fellowships For 15 Female Scientists

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:49 am | United Nations

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the cosmetics company L'Oréal today awarded annual fellowships to 15 promising young women scientists as part of their efforts to foster global scientific cooperation. More >>

Former Yug. Rep. Macedonia Wants Name Solution

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:47 am | United Nations

The leadership of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is committed to solving its dispute with Greece over the "name issue," the United Nations envoy dealing with the subject said today after holding another round of talks in Skopje. More >>

Advocate, NY NGO Win 2008 UN Population Award

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:45 am | United Nations

A gender advocate and former foreign minister of Barbados and a New York-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that helps to save the lives of women in developing countries are the recipients of this year's United Nations Population Award. More >>

Rwanda Reaches Deal To Enforce Tribunal Sentences

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:44 am | United Nations

Rwanda has become the seventh country to sign an agreement to enforce a jail sentence imposed by the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during that country's 1994 genocide. More >>

Insecurity Slows Efforts To Aid Displaced Somalis

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:42 am | United Nations

Deteriorating security in Somalia in recent months has made it more difficult for aid workers to assist hundreds of thousands of people uprooted by fighting in the strife-torn nation, a senior United Nations relief official said today. More >>

Fuel Shortages Hamper Basic Functions In Gaza - UN

Thursday, 6 March 2008, 8:36 am | United Nations

Gaza Strip continues to be plagued by fuel shortages, leaving many ambulances unable to function and ensuring most residents have only an intermittent water supply, UNRWA reported. More >>

Liberia: UN Provides Electrical Training Workshop

Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 10:16 am | United Nations

A Nigerian peacekeeping unit of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has handed over an electrical technicians training workshop it established through the expertise and financial contribution of its personnel, the mission said today. More >>

Bosnian Serb Politician To Serve Jail In Denmark

Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 10:15 am | United Nations

A prominent former Bosnian Serb political figure convicted by a United Nations war crimes tribunal for his role in the ethnic cleansing that took place during the Balkan wars of the 1990s will serve the remainder of his 30-year jail term in Denmark. More >>