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UN & European Commission To Boost ICT Investment
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 8:25 am | United Nations
A new agreement between the United Nations telecommunications agency and the European Commission aims to attract greater investments in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia and the Pacific. More >>
Outgoing Envoy Urges Liberians On Path Of Peace
Monday, 17 December 2007, 11:06 am | United Nations
The outgoing United Nations envoy to Liberia has used his farewell address today to call on the people of the West African nation to maintain the peace so that they can consolidate the social, economic and political gains they have made since the ... More >>
UN Welcomes Climate Change Breakthrough In Bali
Sunday, 16 December 2007, 10:04 am | United Nations
After almost two weeks of marathon discussions, delegates have agreed on both the agenda for the negotiations and a 2009 deadline for completing them so that a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions can enter into effect in 2013. More >>
English Cricketers Head Out To Bat In Sri Lanka
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:37 pm | United Nations
Sri Lankan school kids will have the opportunity to learn some tips from some of England's best cricketers during a special training clinic held as part of efforts by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to raise awareness about global hunger. More >>
2nd Storm Strikes Dominican Republic, UN Steps In
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:30 pm | United Nations
UN relief agencies have activated their emergency response systems in the Dominican Republic for the second time in just over a month after the country was hit this week by Tropical Storm Olga, which has killed at least 27 people. More >>
UN Human Rights Council To Send Expert To Burma
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:27 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council concluded its sixth session today in Geneva, adopting 13 resolutions and decisions, including a request that the independent expert on Myanmar return to the South-East Asian nation for further assessments. More >>
200+ Boat People Feared Dead At Sea, Says UNHCR
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:26 pm | United Nations
Over 200 people attempting a perilous voyage across the seas are feared dead or missing after separate incidents off Turkey, the Canary Islands and Yemen in recent days, the UN refugee agency said today, calling for concerted action to avoid such tragedies. More >>
UNHCR Mourns Staff Killed In Algiers Bomb Attack
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:26 pm | United Nations
Staff members of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are mourning the loss of two colleagues, both Algerian nationals, killed in the deadly terror attack that struck the world body's offices in Algiers on Tuesday. More >>
Cambodia & UN Launch Three-Year Meal Programme
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:24 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a new, three-year programme to provide meals to 1.8 million vulnerable Cambodians, including schoolchildren, tuberculosis patients and people affected by HIV/AIDS. More >>
Tribunal Temporarily Releases 2 Kosovites On Trial
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:23 pm | United Nations
While they may not have physically committed every crime for which they are charged, the indictment states, they are still considered criminally responsible for planning, instigating, ordering or aiding and abetting their commission. More >>
UN Force In Cyprus Extended Until June 2008
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:23 pm | United Nations
Reaffirming that the status quo on the Mediterranean island is unacceptable, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until next June. More >>
UN Force In Golan Heights Extended For 6 Months
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:09 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today extended for a further six months the United Nations force that has monitored the ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights for over 30 years. More >>
Momentum On Security Council Reform Musn't Falter
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 2:08 pm | United Nations
Reforming the Council is an integral part of strengthening the Organization, and must, therefore, "go hand in hand with the transformation of the wider United Nations system," Mr. Kerim told the working group. More >>
DR Congo: Recruitment Of Child Soldiers Is Surging
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 1:55 pm | United Nations
Many of the estimated 8,500 former child soldiers who have been rescued by the UN and other humanitarian organizations since 2004 have been re-recruited in the last few months or used as sex slaves, according to the mission. More >>
Climate Change: Respects No Borders, Affects All
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 1:40 pm | United Nations
Climate change "doesn't care if you are coming from developing or industrialized countries," he told reporters during a visit to Timor-Leste, warning that poorer nations will be hit hardest by the phenomenon. More >>
East Timor Can Count On UN's Help On Challenges
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 1:36 pm | United Nations
"Timor-Leste was, and remains, a young nation that needs more support," Mr. Ban said in an address to Parliament, noting that the challenges ahead for the country are enormous. More >>
United Nations Death Toll In Algiers Reaches 17
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 1:35 pm | United Nations
As the United Nations today confirmed that 17 of its staff have perished in the terror attacks in Algiers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his great sorrow at the toll this "unspeakable crime" has taken. More >>
Migiro: UN's Response To Emergencies Improved
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 1:34 pm | United Nations
Migiro spotlights improvements in UN's response to global emergencies The United Nations has made significant strides in the way it responds to emergencies, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today. More >>
Protecting Haitian-Dominican Border Against Crime
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 1:33 pm | United Nations
The mandate of MINUSTAH - which was established by the Security Council in 2004 - was recently expanded to allow the mission to help Haitian authorities secure their border against drug trafficking and other criminal activities. More >>
Worst Oil Spill In History Of Republic Of Korea
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 1:31 pm | United Nations
The United Nations will lead an eight-person team of marine pollution and civil protection experts being deployed today to assess the 7 December oil spill in the Republic of Korea, the worst in the Asian nation's history More >>
