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Ban Ki-moon Hails Chicago's Efforts On Environment
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:54 am | United Nations
The UN and Chicago "share one common goal and vision - that is addressing climate change, to make this planet earth more hospitable and environmentally sustainable for generations to come," Mr. Ban said at a luncheon hosted by Mayor Richard Daley. More >>
GA Pres Cites Compelling Need For Change Within UN
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:54 am | United Nations
While the United Nations has a leading role in advancing global issues such as development and poverty eradication, the world body must be strengthened to respond more effectively to today's challenges, the President of the General Assembly said today. More >>
Rule Of Law Officials Meet To Talk Global Policing
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:53 am | United Nations
UN Police Commissioners and Senior Police Advisers from 18 peacekeeping missions will attend the event, which will also focus on changes made in DPKO last year as part of Ban Ki-moon's wider reform of the world body's peacekeeping operations. More >>
Cambodia: Tribunal Handles 500+ Victims Complaints
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:52 am | United Nations
The United Nations-backed tribunal trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other crimes is currently processing and responding to more than 500 complaints submitted by Cambodians on crimes which took place three decades ago. More >>
Kenya: UN Reports Improved Security, Steps Up Aid
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations said today that security has improved slightly in Kenya, where the unrest sparked by December's disputed elections has uprooted over 300,000 people from their homes and agencies are increasing efforts to aid those affected. More >>
UN Envoy Reiterates Support For Cyprus Settlement
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:50 am | United Nations
"This year may indeed prove crucial for a solution, but we have seen expectations raised many times before," he noted. "The time has come for serious negotiations. The window of opportunity we have this year will not remain open forever." More >>
General Assembly To Convene Climate Change Debate
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:48 am | United Nations
The Bali conference ended with 187 countries agreeing to launch a two-year process of formal negotiations on a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012, on greenhouse gas emissions. More >>
Concern Over Fate Of Nearly 500K People In E Chad
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:47 am | United Nations
There are more than 240,000 Sudanese refugees and over 180,000 IDPs residing in eastern Chad, with the recent fighting - which affected the region to a limited extent - possibly uprooting even more people. More >>
Congo Rebel Leader Moved To Int'l Criminal Court
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:46 am | United Nations
As the highest ranking FNI commander, Mr. Ngudjolo is alleged to have played a key role in designing and carrying out a murderous attack on the village of Bogoro, in the north-eastern Congolese province of Ituri, in February 2003. More >>
CAR Must End Impunity For Extrajudicial Killings
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:40 am | United Nations
An independent UN human rights expert has urged that extrajudicial killings in the Central African Republic (CAR) be investigated and those responsible be held to account in order to eliminate impunity for such abuses. More >>
States Not Doing Enough To Prevent Smoking Deaths
Saturday, 9 February 2008, 11:39 am | United Nations
Only 5 per cent of the world's population reside in countries fully protecting residents with any one of the crucial measures to reduce smoking rates. Virtually every country needs to do more," said Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. More >>
Container Exhibit Focus On Sex Trafficking Victims
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 8:25 am | United Nations
A new exhibit using transport containers to illustrate the brutal experiences of women sold into the sex trade will be featured next week at a United Nations forum focusing on the global billion-dollar human trafficking industry. More >>
Plan For Reduced UN Presence In Sierra Leone
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 8:23 am | United Nations
In a letter to the President of the Security Council, Mr. Ban proposed reducing the staff of UNIOSIL by 62 posts, or 20 per cent, by 31 March. These posts would comprise 15 international staff, 43 national staff and four UN volunteers. More >>
Afghan Opium Production Remains 'Shockingly High'
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 8:23 am | United Nations
"Afghanistan is becoming a divided country, with clear drugs and insurgency battle lines," Mr. Costa warned. "Opium is a massive source of revenue for the Taliban." He said this money came from a tax of around 10 per cent on opium farmers. More >>
Yemen: UN Steps Up Food Aid To Somali Refugees
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 8:21 am | United Nations
Somalis have been crossing the Gulf of Aden to Yemen, but the Yemeni Government has said that it has limited assistance to help new arrivals and has asked the international community for increased aid. More >>
Water Shortages Are Increasingly Driving Conflicts
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 8:20 am | United Nations
Many of today's conflicts around the world are being fuelled or exacerbated by water shortages and climate change is only making the situation worse, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly today. More >>
China Snowstorms Signal 'Freak Weather' The Norm
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 8:19 am | United Nations
The recent snowstorms in China, its worst in half a century, which have directly impacted more than 100 million people throughout the country have signaled that "freak weather" is becoming increasingly more common. More >>
Russian, Mexican Sites Added To Biosphere Reserves
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 8:17 am | United Nations
Ecological reserves in Russia and Mexico have been added to a United Nations network set up to fight biodiversity loss and promote sustainable development that helps local communities. More >>
UN And FRETILIN Discuss Security Sector Reform
Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 10:41 am | United Nations
Top officials from the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today met with the leadership of the former ruling party FRETILIN to discuss security sector reform. More >>
Lakhdar Brahimi To Head Un Staff Security Review
Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 10:38 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has chosen veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi to chair an independent panel on the safety and security of United Nations staff worldwide, set up in the wake of the December 2007 Algiers bombing. More >>
