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Two Peacekeepers Wounded In South Lebanon
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:28 am | United Nations
Two peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were injured today after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a blast in southern Lebanon. More >>
Small Businesses In Armenia To Receive Boost
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today that it will spend over $12 million for a new project in Armenia to help develop microenterprises with potential for rapid growth. More >>
3 Million Niger Kids Targeted In Measles Campaign
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:26 am | United Nations
The drive is led by the West African country's Ministry of Health, with financial and technical support from UNICEF, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and a coalition of other partners. More >>
Haiti: UN Pledges To Help Govt Improve Security
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti will continue to help the Government to improve border security in 2008, the Organization's top official in the Caribbean nation has pledged. More >>
UN Seeks $261 Million To Help Displaced Iraqis
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:24 am | United Nations
The UN refugee agency is seeking $261 million this year to help some of the 4 million people uprooted by the conflict in Iraq, covering many of the 2.2 million Iraqis displaced within the country and the 2 million who have fled beyond. More >>
Sudanese Army Elements Attack UN Convoy
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:23 am | United Nations
Elements of the Sudanese army attacked a supply convoy of the new joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region last night, and a civilian Sudanese driver suffered seven gunshot wounds. More >>
UN Warns Of Worsening Humanitarian Crisis In Kenya
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:22 am | United Nations
United Nations officials warned today that the humanitarian situation in Kenya, where post-election violence has uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, is getting worse with water, sanitation and shelter among the most pressing needs. More >>
UN Darfur Force Must Reach Full Deployment ASAP
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:21 am | United Nations
The current troop level of the new African Union-United Nations hybrid peacekeeping force seeking to end the violence in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur is inadequate, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
SCSL War Crimes Trial Of Charles Taylor Resumes
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:20 am | United Nations
After a delay of more than four months, the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor resumed today at the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). More >>
UN-Backed Peace Summit Begins In Volatile E. DRC
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:19 am | United Nations
The UN refugee agency estimates that over the last year, a mix of conflict, military build-up and spiralling lawlessness has displaced 400,000 people in North Kivu - the worst displacement since the end of the civil war in 2003. More >>
Sr. UN Official Arrives In Nepal, Supports Peace
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:18 am | United Nations
A senior UN political official arrived in Nepal today for a four-day visit to the UN mission supporting the peace process in the South Asian country after a decade-long civil conflict between the Govt and Maoists claimed some 13,000 lives. More >>
Kyrgyzstan: UN Helps 3,000 Earthquake Victims
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:17 am | United Nations
UN agencies are providing emergency supplies, including heating, for 3,000 people who were displaced in a New Year's Day earthquake in S. Kyrgyzstan and are now living in summer tents under outside temperatures ranging from -15 to -20 degrees C. More >>
UN To Help Flood Victims In Southern Africa
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 8:34 am | United Nations
UN and NGO partners are gearing up to bring emergency relief to tens of thousands of southern Africans, whose lives and livelihoods have been endangered by unusually early torrential rains in the Zambezi river basin. More >>
2008 Should Be The Year Of The 'Bottom Billion'
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 8:33 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon today stressed that 2008 should be the year of the "bottom billion," citing the need for renewed determination to address the needs of the poorest of the world's poor who have been left behind by global economic growth. More >>
Ban Appeals For Progress In Western Sahara Talks
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 8:32 am | United Nations
On the eve of the third round of United Nations-led talks on Western Sahara, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the parties to use the opportunity to enter into a more intensive and substantive phase of discussions. More >>
Slovenia's Asylum Law Sparks Concern From UNHCR
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 8:31 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has criticized Slovenia's new asylum law which it says could lead to people being deported even before their cases have been properly evaluated and to the widespread use of detention. More >>
UN In CAR, Chad Launches Police Training Programme
Monday, 7 January 2008, 9:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) launched a new programme today to train instructors for Chadian police to help victims in the country's east of the crisis in Sudan's war-wracked Darfur region. More >>
UN, Partners Working To Ease Plight Of Kenyans
Monday, 7 January 2008, 9:26 am | United Nations
The UN Country Team in Kenya is working with the Kenya Red Cross Society and a number of national and international non-governmental organizations, as well as faith-based groups, to provide immediate humanitarian assistance. More >>
Ban Lays Out Challenging UN Agenda For 2008
Monday, 7 January 2008, 9:25 am | United Nations
Peacekeeping, pre-emptive diplomacy, climate change and improving the lot of poor countries, as well as internal reform, will be high on the United Nations agenda for 2008, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today More >>
Serious Abuses During March 2007 Clashes In DRC
Monday, 7 January 2008, 9:24 am | United Nations
"Incidents of serious human rights violations were also documented," including excessive and indiscriminate use of force by the country's armed forces (FARDC) and the Republican Guard, as well as the use of heavy weapons by both sides in the city centre. More >>
