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Arab States Should Invest Revenues In Agriculture
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 10:10 am | United Nations
The head of the UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) today urged Arab countries to invest oil profits into boosting agriculture in their region, which has to tackle with such challenges as food insecurity, land degradation & water scarcity. More >>
Ten Confirmed Dead In UN Helicopter Crash In Nepal
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 10:03 am | United Nations
The UN confirmed three Nepali UN personnel died in the crash. In addition, four arms monitors - from Gambia, Indonesia, Republic of Korea and Sweden - died in the accident, as well as three crew members, two from Russia and one from Belarus. More >>
Regrouping Of Blue Helmets In Eritrea Completed
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:25 am | United Nations
After more than a week of repeated blockages by Eritrean forces, UN peacekeepers in the Horn of Africa country have finally completed regrouping to the capital, Asmara, in preparation for their planned temporary relocation across the border to Ethiopia. More >>
Greece, Former Yug. Rep Of Macedonia Still At Odds
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:25 am | United Nations
A substantial gap remains between the positions of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the official name of the latter country, despite their willingness to continue the process of negotiations. More >>
UN Envoy Departs For Myanmar On 04 March 2008
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:24 am | United Nations
Ibrahim Gambari, who will arrive in the country on 6 March, "hopes to stay as long as necessary and to consult with a broad range of representatives of Myanmar society, including all the groups which he was not able to see during his last visit." More >>
Convicted Rwandan Official Completes Sentence
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:23 am | United Nations
A former Rwandan local government official convicted and jailed by the United Nations genocide tribunal for failing to prevent the massacre of Tutsis seeking refuge in a church has been released from prison after completing his sentence. More >>
Globalization Must Benefit Bottom Billion Of Poor
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:22 am | United Nations
This year must be devoted to helping the "bottom billion" of the world's poorest to tap into global economic growth, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) today. More >>
Maternal Health Top Challenge Facing Afghan Women
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:21 am | United Nations
Some 24,000 Afghan women die every year while giving birth, according to the UNFPA, which is working with the Government and other partners to reduce maternal mortality and improve the overall health of women and girls in the war-torn nation. More >>
Three Extra Judges To Serve On UN Balkan Tribunal
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:20 am | United Nations
Three temporary judges were today sworn in before the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s so that the court can handle more trials simultaneously. More >>
Journalist MurderCowardly Blow To Iraqi Society
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:20 am | United Nations
Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO stressed that "those who seek to muzzle the fundamental human right of freedom of expression, and press freedom, are sabotaging the reconstruction of Iraq as a free, democratic country. More >>
Lebanon: UN Envoy Holds Talks With Egyptian Leader
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:19 am | United Nations
Terje Roed-Larsen, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Implementation of Resolution 1559, met yesterday with Mr. Mubarak, to whom he gave a letter from Ban Ki-moon about the situation in Lebanon, UN spokesperson Michele Montas told journalists. More >>
Drew Barrymore Donates $1M To UN Anti-Hunger Work
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:18 am | United Nations
The United States actress Drew Barrymore today announced that she would donate $1 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), where she is an Ambassador Against Hunger, to help the agency feed thousands of Kenyan schoolchildren. More >>
Equal Scrutiny Of All By UN Human Rights Organ
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:17 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on its members to ensure that all nations are held equally accountable for the protection of rights as the new body begins its first-ever universal review of their performance. More >>
Deadly Clashes During Protests In Armenia Alarming
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:16 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep concern about the deadly clashes between demonstrators and police forces in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, where the results of recent presidential elections have been disputed. More >>
UN Rights Chief Urges Probe Into Gaza Killings
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:16 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official, alarmed by the recent violence in Gaza and Israel, has called for an investigation into the reported killing of dozens of civilians, including children, by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). More >>
Fatalities After UN Helicopter Crashes In E. Nepal
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:13 am | United Nations
"UNMIN has had contact with local authorities at Ramechhap district, who advise that a helicopter has crashed in the vicinity of the Bethan village, that the helicopter has been located and that there are fatalities," the Mission said in a statement. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Urges Restraint Along Colombian Border
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:12 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged restraint among Colombia and its neighbours as troops from Ecuador and Venezuela amassed at their borders with Colombia following a weekend attack that left a rebel leader dead. More >>
W Darfur: Aid Worker Access To Victims Of Violence
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 11:12 am | United Nations
United Nations officials in Sudan are calling on all parties to the recent surge in violence in West Darfur to grant aid workers unhindered access to victims caught up in the deadly clashes in the already war-wracked region. More >>
United Nations Alarmed By Deadly Violence In Gaza
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 10:56 am | United Nations
The UN estimates that at least 59 Palestinians - including 39 civilians - were killed yesterday in Gaza, and hundreds more injured, while two Israeli soldiers are reported to have been killed in the fighting and an Israeli civilian was killed in Sderot. More >>
Armenia: Deadly Post-Election Protests Concern UN
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 10:55 am | United Nations
The UN human rights chief today voiced deep concern at reports that at least eight people have been killed and many others injured during demonstrations in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Results of recent elections have been disputed. More >>
