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UN Tribunal Stays Order Releasing Bosnian Croats
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 10:10 am | United Nations
The UN tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today stayed its decision earlier this week to grant provisional release to five former senior Bosnian Croat figures. More >>
Nations, Cities, Companies Pledge Emissions Slash
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 10:01 am | United Nations
Four countries, four cities and five corporations have become the first to sign on to a new UN Internet-based scheme. The initiative will complement the process currently under way to negotiate a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol. More >>
Immunization Drive Reaches 35K+ Kids In Cameroon
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 9:25 am | United Nations
In partnership with the Govt of Cameroon & NGOs, the UN has vaccinated more than 35,000 infants and children against measles and polio in the country's north-east, which is hosting tens of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Chad. More >>
SG Condemns Attacks On Embassies In Belgrade
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 9:24 am | United Nations
The mob attacks took place amid protests in Belgrade today over last Sunday's decision by the Assembly of Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government to declare independence from Serbia. More >>
Envoy Hopes To Return To Myanmar In Early March
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 9:23 am | United Nations
The Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Myanmar said today he hopes to return to the South-East Asian nation in the first week of March, adding that the authorities there are currently in the process of inviting him. More >>
Eritrea Still Obstructing Relocation -- UN Mission
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 9:22 am | United Nations
Eritrea is still blocking the temporary move of the United Nations peacekeeping mission across the border to Ethiopia, the mission to the neighbouring Horn of Africa countries reported today. More >>
Mob Violence Never OK, UN Envoy Tells Liberians
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 9:22 am | United Nations
Liberians must never resort to mob vigilantism but instead allow the country's justice system to do its work after a serious crime has been committed, the UN envoy to the West African nation said. More >>
UN Peacekeeping Chief Congratulates Timor-Leste
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 9:21 am | United Nations
With no significant security incidents having occurred following last week's attempts on the lives of both the President and PM of Timor-Leste, the top UN peacekeeping official today lauded the leaders and people of the tiny nation. More >>
UN Flag To Wave Again In Outer Space
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 9:19 am | United Nations
A United Nations flag will make a historic round trip to the international space station this coming April, the Organization's Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) announced today. It will fly to the station with astronaut Ko San of Korea. More >>
Lebanese Recognition Of Iraqi Refugees Welcomed
Friday, 22 February 2008, 10:52 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 21 2008 - The United Nations refugee agency has praised Lebanon for agreeing to recognize thousands of Iraqi refugees who had previously been considered to be illegal immigrants requiring detention. More >>
Rwandan Ex-Minister Pleads Not Guilty To Genocide
Friday, 22 February 2008, 9:11 am | United Nations
21 February 2008 – A former Rwandan government minister has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges during his first appearance before the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the 1994 genocide in the small country. More >>
Farmers To Benefit From UN Projects In Gaza
Friday, 22 February 2008, 9:09 am | United Nations
21 February 2008 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is helping Palestinian farmers, shepherds and fishermen in Gaza and the West Bank whose livelihoods have been severely affected by ongoing difficulties in getting essential ... More >>
UN Seeks $34 Million To Help Burundian Refugees
Friday, 22 February 2008, 9:07 am | United Nations
21 February 2008 – Seeking to end one of the most prolonged refugee situations in the world, the United Nations is appealing for $34 million to assist 218,000 Burundians who fled to neighbouring Tanzania to escape violence in their homeland over 35 years ... More >>
Senior UN Officials To Visit Japan, Korea, Russia
Friday, 22 February 2008, 9:06 am | United Nations
21 February 2008 – The United Nations political chief and one of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s top advisers have begun a visit to Japan, the Republic of Korea and Russia to discuss a range of UN-related issues with senior officials in the three ... More >>
Thousands Of Languages Face Extinction, UN Warns
Friday, 22 February 2008, 12:46 am | United Nations
"Far from being a field reserved for analysis by specialists, languages lie at the heart of all social, economic and cultural life," Mr. Matsuura said, explaining that 'Languages matter!' is the UNESCO slogan for the International Year. More >>
Punish Those Who Use/Abuse Kids In Armed Conflicts
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 3:01 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 12 2008 - The Security Council must “take concrete and targeted measures” against those parties that persistently use or abuse children during armed conflicts around the world, the United Nations envoy on the issue said today, urging that well-meaning ... More >>
UN Probes Killings By Gov Forces, Rebels In E. DRC
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 11:05 am | United Nations
20 February 2008 – The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said today that it is investigating human rights violations committed by both Government troops and rebel groups in the eastern part of the strife-torn ... More >>
Deadly Ebola Outbreak In Western Uganda Is Over
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 11:03 am | United Nations
20 February 2008 – Ugandan health authorities have declared that the deadly outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the country’s west is over, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. More >>
UN: Ban Urges New Era Of Climate Change Solutions
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 11:02 am | United Nations
20 February 2008 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed to environment ministers from around the world to usher in a “new generation” of solutions to climate change. More >>
Former Bosnian Croat Leaders Granted Temp. Leave
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 11:00 am | United Nations
20 February 2008 – Five former senior Bosnian Croat figures facing trial over their actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s have been granted temporary release by the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes of that ... More >>
