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UNHCR Issues ATM Cards To Assist Iraqi Refugees
Saturday, 15 December 2007, 1:30 pm | United Nations
In response to recent studies showing that Iraqi refugees living in neighbouring countries are running out of money, the UN refugee agency is set to issue ATM cards to 7,000 of the most needy and vulnerable families living in Syria. More >>
Past Decade Warmest Ever, Says UN Met. Agency
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:57 am | United Nations
This January marked the warmest January ever, with a global average temperature of 12.7 degrees Celsius, or 54.9 degrees Fahrenheit, compared to the January average between 1961 and 1990 of 12.1 degrees Celsius or 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit. More >>
UN Stresses Need For Credible E Timor Institutions
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:54 am | United Nations
Building strong State institutions, particularly a credible security sector, will be vital if Timor-Leste is to resolve many of the issues that continue to plague the young nation, a visiting senior United Nations official said today. More >>
Secretary-General Mourns Death Of Russian Diplomat
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:53 am | United Nations
"The Secretary-General wishes to convey his heartfelt condolences to the family of Ambassador Vorontsov and to the Government of the Russian Federation. He will be mourned with profound respect and affection by friends around the world." More >>
Lebanon Seeks UN Help To Probe Hariri Killing
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:52 am | United Nations
Mr. Ban has transmitted the letter from Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, in which he seeks "technical assistance," on to the Security Council, UN spokesperson Marie Okabe told reporters today. More >>
UN Court Rules Disputed Islands Belong To Colombia
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:52 am | United Nations
But judges at the ICJ, which sits in The Hague, also ruled that they do have jurisdiction to rule on the sovereignty of three other cays and the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Colombia and Nicaragua. More >>
Govts Agree On UN-Backed Pact To Protect Sharks
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:51 am | United Nations
Dozens of governments agreed in principle today to a new United Nations global agreement to protect sharks, which have long been neglected by conservationists and overexploited by the modern fishing industry. More >>
Top UN Envoy Deplores Triple Bombings In S. Iraq
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:51 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Iraq has condemned the three bombings which struck a southern provincial capital yesterday, leaving dozens of innocent civilians dead and more than 100 others wounded. More >>
Migiro Begins 2-day Visit To Washington For Talks
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:50 am | United Nations
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro is heading today to Washington for talks with senior United States officials, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), women leaders and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). More >>
Sudan: SG Welcomes Agreement To Resolve Issues
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:49 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the announcement by the two parties to the landmark 2005 peace accord which ended the long-running north-south civil war in Sudan that they have resolved many of their outstanding issues. More >>
Algiers: Top UN Official Visits Victims' Families
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:48 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is in Algiers where he is meeting with the families of the victims of Tuesday's bombings, which claimed the lives of at least 11 UN staff members, and visiting those who were injured. More >>
No Effort Will Be Spared To Ensure UN Staff Safety
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:48 am | United Nations
"Let me assure all UN staff around the world: I will spare no effort in ensuring we provide adequate security for you, wherever you serve," Mr. Ban said in his second letter to UN staff since the blasts rocked the Algerian capital. More >>
UN Refugee Chief Begins Visit To Volatile East DRC
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:47 am | United Nations
António Guterres is expected to fly over the conflict zone in North Kivu province and assess UN operations there, according to a press release issued by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva. More >>
World Urged To Step Up Support For Darfur Force
Friday, 14 December 2007, 11:46 am | United Nations
Secretary-General urges world to step up support for Darfur peacekeeping force Noting that this is a "critical point" regarding the deployment of an African Union-United Nations peaceke More >>
UN Outraged By Another Lebanese Terrorist Attack
Friday, 14 December 2007, 10:47 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Security Council members today voiced outrage at yet another terrorist attack in Lebanon - this time a car bombing in Beirut that killed a senior member of the country's armed forces and at least one of his bodyguards. More >>
Climate Change Conference Delegates Challenged
Friday, 14 December 2007, 10:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations' top officials today appealed to delegates from some 150 nations who are attending the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia to take urgent action to tackle global warming. More >>
Envoy To Begin Talks On N. Uganda Peace Process
Friday, 14 December 2007, 10:45 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy for the peace process between the Ugandan Government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has arrived in Kampala to begin a series of discussions aimed at resolving the rebel group's long-running conflict with national forces. More >>
UNICEF Talks Of Toll Climate Change Has On Kids
Friday, 14 December 2007, 10:45 am | United Nations
Every year, three million children under the age of five die from environment-linked diseases, such as diarrhoeal disease, respiratory infections and malaria, and the agency predicts that these numbers will rise with climate change. More >>
Darfur: UN Envoy Vows To Build Peace Momentum
Friday, 14 December 2007, 10:44 am | United Nations
The United Nations Special Envoy for the Darfur peace process says UN and African Union mediators will try to speed up the momentum of the talks in the next few weeks so that direct negotiations can take place between the Sudanese Government and the ... More >>
UN Commission To Begin Assisting Guinea-Bissau
Friday, 14 December 2007, 10:43 am | United Nations
Guinea-Bissau will become the third country on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the United Nations advisory body set up to help countries emerging from conflict avoid sliding back into war or chaos. More >>
