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UN Lauds Efforts On Global Hunger Fight In 2007
Sunday, 30 December 2007, 5:41 am | United Nations
While the many initiatives held throughout 2007 have helped to strengthen efforts to feed the hungry, WFP stresses that more needs to be done given that 25,000 people still die each day from hunger-related causes. More >>
S. Lanka Rebels, Faction Recruiting Child Soldiers
Sunday, 30 December 2007, 5:40 am | United Nations
The separatist Tamil Tiger rebels and a breakaway group known as the Tamil Makkal Viduthali Pulikal (TMVP)/Karuna faction continue to abduct children to fight as soldiers in the bloody conflict in Sri Lanka. More >>
Hybrid Force For Darfur Set To Deploy 31 Dec 2008
Sunday, 30 December 2007, 5:39 am | United Nations
The UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), set to become the world body's largest peacekeeping operation with some 26,000 personnel at full strength, is poised to officially take over on Monday from the AU force currently on the ground. More >>
UN Urges Calm In Wake Of Pakistan Terrorist Attack
Friday, 28 December 2007, 9:33 am | United Nations
Condemning the deadly terrorist attack that killed former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and at least a dozen others in the northern city of Rawalpindi, the United Nations Security Council today called on all Pakistanis to show restraint. More >>
UN: Ban Ki-moon Outraged At Bhutto Assassination
Friday, 28 December 2007, 6:45 am | United Nations
Expressing his shock and outrage at the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the "heinous crime" and called for those behind the attack to be brought to justice. More >>
Korean Oil Spill: Rehabilitation Prospects Good
Friday, 28 December 2007, 12:40 am | United Nations
The prospects for rehabilitation after the worst oil spill in the history of the Republic of Korea (ROK) are good, thanks to quick and effective action by the Korean authorities, according to a joint UN-European Commission Assessment Team. More >>
Attacks Against Aid Workers Impeding In E. Chad
Friday, 28 December 2007, 12:37 am | United Nations
Banditry continues to impede the efforts of humanitarian workers to deliver much-needed relief in eastern Chad. The ongoing insecurity has led to the partial relocation of aid workers to areas deemed to be safer such as Abeche, a city in eastern Chad. More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Expert Urges Measures To Assist IDPs
Friday, 28 December 2007, 12:35 am | United Nations
While considerable efforts have been made to assist hundreds of thousands of people displaced by conflict in Sri Lanka, more must be done to ensure their safety and access to livelihoods so that they can lead normal lives. More >>
Ethiopia/Eritrea: Restraint Urged After Shooting
Friday, 28 December 2007, 12:34 am | United Nations
The UN peacekeeping mission monitoring the ceasefire between Ethiopia and Eritrea today called on both sides to show maximum restraint after a shooting incident in the border area where the two countries fought a two-year war that ended in 2000. More >>
UN Increases Dominican Rep. Appeal To $18.5 M
Thursday, 27 December 2007, 11:31 am | United Nations
The United Nations is seeking an additional $4.1 million to aid storm victims in the Dominican Republic, bringing the total requested over the past two months to $18.5 million. More >>
Somalia: UN Envoy Calls For Release Of Aid Workers
Thursday, 27 December 2007, 8:43 am | United Nations
The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia has called for the release of two female staff members of the international aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières who have been abducted in the strife-torn Horn of Africa nation. More >>
Americas: Record Disaster Response Missions, 2007
Thursday, 27 December 2007, 8:42 am | United Nations
The United Nations emergency teams that support Member States in coordinating disaster response within hours of tragedy striking conducted nine missions to the Americas this year, the highest ever. More >>
UN: Agreement Paving Way For Nepalese Elections
Thursday, 27 December 2007, 8:41 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the agreement reached by the Seven-Party Alliance that makes up the Government of Nepal on key issues of the country's peace process, paving the way for the holding by April 2008 of a Constituent Assembly election. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Welcomes Eastern DR Congo Peace Talks
Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 8:50 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced hope that an upcoming peace summit to be held in the troubled eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will help end a conflict that has caused tremendous suffering and displacement. More >>
UN Fund To Help Protect Refugees In Chad, CAR
Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 8:48 am | United Nations
The Fund, supporting the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), has already received $2.2 million from the Government of Japan, $1 million from the Government of Norway and €250,000 from the Government of Belgium. More >>
Cote D'Ivoire: UN Hails Regrouping Of Ex-Fighters
Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 6:53 am | United Nations
Former combatants from Govt and rebel forces in Côte d'Ivoire began regrouping on schedule this weekend in what the UN peacekeeping mission hailed as an important stage on the road to restoring peace and stability in the divided West African country. More >>
Over 100 Liberian Women Complete Police Training
Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 6:51 am | United Nations
More than 100 female police recruits have completed basic training with the help of a United Nations-backed programme designed to increase the number of women in the Liberian National Police (LNP). More >>
$4.2B UN Budget Approved, Despite US Opposition
Monday, 24 December 2007, 5:44 am | United Nations
The General Assembly adopted the 2008-2009 budget on Saturday morning by a vote of 142 to 1. The US, which contributes around 22 per cent of the world body's budget, was the only country to vote against the plan. More >>
Iraq's Violence Takes Heavy Toll On Its Children
Sunday, 23 December 2007, 8:15 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today painted a bleak picture of the situation of children in Iraq, where an estimated 2 million boys and girls continue suffer from poor nutrition, disease and interrupted education. More >>
More Flee Mogadishu As Fighting Continues -- UN
Sunday, 23 December 2007, 8:15 am | United Nations
Somalia, which has lacked a functioning government since 1991, has been wracked by violence in recent months which has displaced around 1 million people and has caused some 3 million to flee the country as refugees. More >>
