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Sustained Efforts To Advance Action Plan On Ageing
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 9:01 am | United Nations
Five years after international leaders agreed to promote the opportunities and confront the challenges posed by ageing populations, the United Nations is calling on world governments to step up their efforts. More >>
Regrouping Of Peacekeepers In Eritrea Continues
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 9:00 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) reports that the regrouping of its peacekeepers and equipment in Asmara continued without restrictions today, as the world body still awaits Eritrea's cooperation. More >>
Migiro Stresses Philanthropy Role In Development
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 8:59 am | United Nations
"Enhanced cooperation between the different actors represented here today, especially through a better understanding of corporate giving strategies, would add great value to the overall development effort," Asha-Rose Migiro said. More >>
Timorese Fugitive Surrenders, UN Mission Continues
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 8:58 am | United Nations
The surrendering fugitive was a follower of Alfredo Reinado, the opposition leader who was killed during the attack on President Jose Ramos-Horta, and had also been the target of investigations by the UN Independent Special Commission. More >>
Sales Of Soft Toys At IKEA Donated To UNICEF
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 8:57 am | United Nations
UNICEF educational projects in nine countries around the world stand to benefit after the UN agency received nearly $4 million in proceeds from the pre-Christmas sale of soft toys at outlets of the Swedish retail chain IKEA. More >>
Darfur: Humanitarian Flight Ban Restricting Relief
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 8:56 am | United Nations
Tens of thousands of Darfurians living in the west of the war-wracked Sudanese region are without access to humanitarian aid because of the continuing ban on relief flights to the area, the United Nations reported today. More >>
New Accords In E. DRC Must Aid Displaced Persons
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 8:55 am | United Nations
Recent accords aimed at ending fighting in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are an opportunity to finally stop the horrific abuse of people displaced by that violence. More >>
UN Appeals For $18m To Help Bolivian Flood Victims
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 3:48 pm | United Nations
Heavy rains have pummelled the Andean country since last November, claiming at least 52 lives and causing some communities to lose their livelihoods and income for the third year in a row, OCHA reported today. More >>
Djibouti: Plan Aims To Boost Access To Education
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 9:11 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Gulf charity Dubai Cares have launched a new education initiative to help bolster access to education for children and promote gender equality in the small East African nation of Djibouti. More >>
Campaign For Fair Treatment Of Seafarers Endorsed
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 9:10 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) has given his backing to a new campaign to raise the awareness of seafarers of their rights to fair treatment in the case of accidents at sea. More >>
Over 6M Afghan Children To Start New School Year
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 9:09 am | United Nations
While the number of children expected in school this year is close to 6.2 million, up from last year's 5.7 million last year, a number of challenges remain, including gender disparity among students, a shortage of qualified teachers. More >>
Envoy Discusses Myanmar With Singaporean Leaders
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 9:08 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon's Special Adviser on Myanmar wrapped up his visit to Singapore today, meeting with senior officials and expressing his appreciation for the country's continued support to the efforts of the UN to bring about democratic change. More >>
Kenyan Crisis Needs Immediate & Long-term Solution
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 9:07 am | United Nations
International efforts to help Kenya recover from the unrest that started after election results were challenged in December should thoroughly address the root causes of the violence, but must first help resolve the political crisis. More >>
We 'Cannot Wait' To End Violence Against Women
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 9:06 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today kicked off a multi-year global campaign bringing together the United Nations, governments and civil society to try to end violence against women, calling it an issue that "cannot wait." More >>
Greek Cypriot President-Elect's Plans For Talks
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 9:06 am | United Nations
Congratulating Demetris Christofias on his election as President and leader of the Greek Cypriot community, the top United Nations official on the Mediterranean island today praised his stated plans to soon begin talks. More >>
Green Investment Requires Predictable Carbon Price
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 9:05 am | United Nations
Predictable carbon pricing is needed to direct world investment flows toward an economy that could minimize climate change, close to 140 governments agreed today as they concluded a major meeting on the subject in Monaco. More >>
W. Darfur: UN Voices Concern For Civilians' Safety
Monday, 25 February 2008, 10:19 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations-African Union (AU) hybrid peacekeeping force, known as UNAMID, and the world body's Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan today said that they are "gravely concerned" for the safety of thousands of civilians. More >>
Over 200 Applications For Iraqi Governorate Slots
Sunday, 24 February 2008, 1:25 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 21 2008 4:00PMMore than 200 applications have been received for the eight remaining directorships of Iraq’s governorate election offices (GEOs), the United Nations assistance mission for that country (UNAMI) announced today in Baghdad. More >>
State Of African Roads Keeping The Continent Poor
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 11:23 pm | United Nations
The sorry state of much of Africa's transport and communication networks is holding the continent back and preventing its countries from competing on the global market, the UN advocate for the world's poorest States has told the World Bank. More >>
Thousands Fall Victim To Sexual Violence In CAR
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 11:22 pm | United Nations
Over 15 per cent of women and girls in the violence-ridden north of the Central African Republic (CAR) are victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. More >>
