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Ban Ki-moon Off To Washington For Talks With Bush

Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 9:14 am | United Nations

The UN and US leaders will discuss issues of common interest, including climate change, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), human rights, counter-terrorism, and international peace and security, Michele Montas told reporters in New York. More >>

Estonia Agrees To Enforce UN Tribunal Sentences

Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 9:14 am | United Nations

Estonia today became the fourteenth European country to agree to enforce a sentence imposed by the United Nations war crimes tribunal that was set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts in the 1990s. More >>

Ban Ki-moon Condemns Shooting Of Timor President

Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 6:58 am | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned Sunday's attack on Jose Ramos-Horta, the President of Timor-Leste who was shot and wounded at his home, calling on the country's people to remain calm. More >>

Timor-Leste Leader Wounded In Shooting - UN

Monday, 11 February 2008, 3:48 pm | United Nations

Jose Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste, is receiving medical treatment after a shooting took place at his residence in the capital Dili, the United Nations mission in the country reported. Several people were wounded during the incident. More >>

Humanitarian Chief Repeats Call To Help Displaced

Monday, 11 February 2008, 3:45 pm | United Nations

Wrapping up a 3-day mission to Kenya to assess the humanitarian situation following the outbreak of post-election violence, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator today reiterated the world body's determination to help those forced to flee their homes. More >>

Ban Speaks Out Against Recent Attacks In W. Darfur

Monday, 11 February 2008, 7:50 am | United Nations

"Over the last few months, the security and humanitarian situation in Darfur and the region has dramatically deteriorated, most recently through events related to Chad," Jan Eliasson, UN Special Envoy for Darfur, told the Council. More >>

Chicago: Ban Hails Youth Focus On Climate Change

Monday, 11 February 2008, 7:48 am | United Nations

"My advice is that you be as close as possible to real politics," he said. "By doing that you will be able to act as real delegates of the countries you are representing. By doing that you will improve and learn about real politics and the real world." More >>

Damage, Displacement In W. Kenya A 'Tragedy' - UN

Monday, 11 February 2008, 7:33 am | United Nations

Traveling to western Kenya's Northern Rift Valley to survey the humanitarian toll taken by post-election violence, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today voiced concern over the plight of those forced to flee their homes. More >>

Austrian Diplomat Tapped For Sr UN Economic Post

Saturday, 9 February 2008, 1:55 pm | United Nations

Thomas Stelzer, 53, will replace Patrizio Civili as the new Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs. Since 2001, Mr. Stelzer has been his country's Permanent Representative in Vienna to the IAEA. More >>

Cote D'ivoire: UN Dismantling Observation Posts

Saturday, 9 February 2008, 1:53 pm | United Nations

Four posts are currently being taken apart and, security conditions permitting, the next dismantling will take place at the end of March, UNOCI Military Spokesperson Colonel Mustapha Dafir announced yesterday in Abidjan. More >>

'Islam Vs. West' A False Divide, Says Ban Ki-moon

Saturday, 9 February 2008, 1:52 pm | United Nations

"People should really try to understand more the cultures and traditions of others. There is a perception that the West is on one side and the Muslim world is on the other. We must try to cut off this misperceived linkage." More >>

Envoy Honoured For Diplomatic, Humanitarian Work

Saturday, 9 February 2008, 1:51 pm | United Nations

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Envoy for Darfur, Jan Eliasson, has received one of the Spanish Government's highest honours for his diplomatic and humanitarian work. Mr. Eliasson received the Order of Queen Isabel the Catholic. More >>

Polio Eradication Within Reach - Ban Ki-moon

Saturday, 9 February 2008, 1:49 pm | United Nations

"Rotary International has led a $600 million worldwide campaign to wipe out polio. Sometime this year, their work will be done. Polio will be history, like smallpox," said Mr. Ban in an address to the Economic Club of Chicago. More >>

UN Rushes Aid For Many Thousands Chad Refugees

Saturday, 9 February 2008, 1:49 pm | United Nations

United Nations agencies and their partners are rushing emergency food, medicine and other relief items to assist some 30,000 people who have fled the fighting in Chad and are seeking refuge in neighbouring Cameroon. More >>

U.S. Tycoons Urged To Support 'Green' Economics

Saturday, 9 February 2008, 1:48 pm | United Nations

"As businesspeople, you will appreciate the power of markets and innovation to change the world. In this, the UN is your partner," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in an address Thursday evening to the Economic Club of Chicago. More >>

Closure Of Aust. Pacific Detention Centre Hailed

Saturday, 9 February 2008, 1:45 pm | United Nations

The agency had strong concerns about the policy, which diverted more than 1,600 asylum-seekers to Nauru or Papua New Guinea, denying them access to Australian territory to lodge asylum claims. More >>

Liberia: New Batch Of Female Indian Police Officer

Saturday, 9 February 2008, 1:43 pm | United Nations

The presence of the all-female police unit in the country has inspired many women to join the Liberian National Police (LNP), observed Ms. Løj, who took up her post as the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of UNMIL in January. More >>