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250K Children Worldwide Recruited To Fight Wars
Friday, 1 February 2008, 10:19 am | United Nations
While precise estimates are difficult to come by, some 250,000 children globally are being recruited to fight in armed conflicts in violation of international law, a United Nations official said today. More >>
UN, Sudan To Speed Deployment Of Peacekeepers
Friday, 1 February 2008, 10:18 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir have agreed on the need to accelerate the deployment of the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) to the war-wracked Darfur region. More >>
Gaza Crisis & Gap Between Aspirations & Reality
Friday, 1 February 2008, 10:16 am | United Nations
The recent troubles in the Middle East illustrate "the gap between the aspirations of the political process and the grim realities of the situation on the ground," the United Nations political chief told the Security Council today. More >>
WFP Helping 37,000 Flood Victims In Bolivia
Friday, 1 February 2008, 10:15 am | United Nations
The assistance is now going to Beni, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, but the agency is also planning to provide food to 25,000 people in other affected departments, according to the spokesperson. More >>
Forum: UN Official Urges Action Against Corruption
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 9:32 am | United Nations
"Corruption hurts us all, therefore fighting it is a shared responsibility - we all have a duty and the power to say 'no' to corruption," said the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa. More >>
Caribbean Coral Reefs Under Increasing Threat - UN
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 9:31 am | United Nations
Warming temperatures and increasing storms are posing serious threats to Caribbean coral reefs and the people who depend on them for their livelihoods, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Condolences For Indonesia's Suharto
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 9:31 am | United Nations
Mr. Ban said President Suharto's 32-year leadership of Indonesia "was both an important period in the country's history and a time during which Indonesia played a significant role in international affairs." More >>
New UN Envoy For Chad, Central African Republic
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 9:30 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Victor Da Silva Angelo of Portugal as his Special Representative for the new UN peacekeeping mission to Chad and Central African Republic. More >>
GA President & Albanians Discuss Balkan Stability
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 9:29 am | United Nations
The need for regional stability in South-Eastern Europe topped the agenda during talks today at United Nations Headquarters in New York between General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim and Albania's Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha. More >>
UN Honours NZ & Bangladesh Environmental Leaders
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 9:28 am | United Nations
The head of a leading South Asian environmental think tank and the Prime Minister of NZ are among those chosen as this year's Champions of the Earth by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) for spearheading efforts to advance sustainable development. More >>
Holocaust Remembrance Day And Tolerance
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 9:26 am | United Nations
As the global community today marked the third International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the occasion should serve to honour the victims and educate future generations. More >>
Avian Flu Remains Global Threat, Cautions UN
Sunday, 27 January 2008, 5:34 pm | United Nations
Despite advances in controlling the virus, recent avian influenza outbreaks in more than one dozen countries reveal that it is still a global threat More >>
Bosnian Serb To Serve Jail Term In Norway
Sunday, 27 January 2008, 5:31 pm | United Nations
A former Bosnian Serb army commander convicted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia over his role in the notorious Srebrenica massacre in 1995 was transferred today to Norway to serve the remainder of his prison sentence. More >>
Nepal: Delayed Elections Will Be Successful - UN
Friday, 25 January 2008, 9:48 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Nepal says he is optimistic that twice-delayed Constituent Assembly polls will be staged successfully on 10 April, given the desire of ordinary Nepalese for peace and democracy and the political leaders’ demonstrated capacity ... More >>
UN Security Officials Outline Priorities For 08
Friday, 25 January 2008, 9:47 am | United Nations
Ensuring that United Nations disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) efforts are more fully integrated into the overall peace processes, getting quality staff and developing new partnerships are among the key priorities for the newly ... More >>
Sudanese Officials Set For Talks On Darfur Force
Friday, 25 January 2008, 9:46 am | United Nations
The head of United Nations peacekeeping is due to arrive in Sudan today for talks with senior Government officials on issues relating to the deployment of the joint UN-African Union Mission in Darfur, the war-wracked region in the country’s west. More >>
UNICEF: Strategies Needed To Save Children’s Lives
Friday, 25 January 2008, 9:45 am | United Nations
With some 26,000 children under the age of five dying every day, bolstered strategies are crucial to save lives, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in its annual flagship report released today which stresses that investing in the health ... More >>
UN Teams Up With Barcelona Football Club
Friday, 25 January 2008, 9:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has partnered with Spanish football giant FC Barcelona to use sport to help provide refugee children with education and life skills. More >>
Spike In Sexual Violence During Kenyan Crisis
Friday, 25 January 2008, 9:42 am | United Nations
With reports of increasing sexual assaults against women displaced by Kenya’s post-election violence, a senior United Nations official today called on the global community to recognize such crimes as an affront to basic human rights. More >>
Somalia: UN Reports Continuing Tensions In North
Friday, 25 January 2008, 9:41 am | United Nations
Tensions remain high in Somalia’s disputed northern Sool region after violent clashes last week between troops from the self-declared autonomous Puntland and Somaliland provinces, according to United Nations humanitarian workers in the fractured Horn ... More >>
