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Sudan to Dominate SC Schedule

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 3:55 pm | United Nations

With just weeks remaining before the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force is due to take over from the existing AU operation in Darfur, the situation in Sudan is set to dominate the Security Council’s programme for December, its ... More >>

Iraq, UN Launch Plan to Help Refugees

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 3:25 pm | United Nations

Acting on an Iraqi Government request, the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMI) today announced that it will support efforts to help returning refugees by providing a relief package under a new plan that can be expanded as necessary. More >>

Report: Communities Adapting to Climate

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 2:31 pm | United Nations

As negotiators meet in Bali, Indonesia to frame a legally binding regime on international responses to climate change, a new United Nations-backed report was released today on how communities spanning the globe are coping with the problem. More >>

Darfur: UN Envoy to Sudan for Talks

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 2:18 pm | United Nations

The United Nations Special Envoy for Darfur heads to Sudan tomorrow for talks with all sides to the four-year conflict as the UN and the African Union continue their joint mediation efforts to expedite preparations for direct negotiations between ... More >>

Vigilance Against Bird Flu Must Not Wane

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 10:30 am | United Nations

The United Nations agriculture agency warned today that continued vigilance is needed to avert a global pandemic of avian influenza as Chinese health officials reported a new case of fatal infection in a human. More >>

Attacks Halt Sudan Repatriation

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 10:30 am | United Nations

Deadly tribal feuds caused by cattle theft in southern Sudan have forced the United Nations refugee agency to suspend temporarily its repatriation of thousands of Sudanese from neighbouring countries to the area. More >>

Intel On Iran Nuclear Programme Should Spur Talks

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 8:09 am | United Nations

The intelligence should also "prompt Iran to work actively with the IAEA to clarify specific aspects of its past and present nuclear program as outlined in the work. More >>

Climate Change Cooperative Action Group Set Up

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 7:14 am | United Nations

The group, which will be open to all 192 countries of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will present its decisions on the launch of negotiations on a post-2012 climate change regime to the ministers who will meet during the second ... More >>

Rush Aid to Pregnant Women in Bangladesh

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 12:50 am | United Nations

With some 30,000 babies expected to be born in the coming months in cyclone-hit parts of Bangladesh, the United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA ) today announced plans to help pregnant women there avoid life-threatening delivery complications. More >>

Call for Extension to Golan Force

Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 12:49 am | United Nations

The situation in the Golan Heights has been “generally quiet” recently, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report, which warns that the overall region remains tense and a United Nations force observing the ceasefire between Israel and Syria should ... More >>

W Africa Human Rights Office Established

Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 4:37 pm | United Nations

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ( OHCHR ) and the Senegalese Government today signed an agreement to set up a regional office in the capital, Dakar, to bolster the protection of rights across West Africa. More >>

Darfur: UN, AU Envoys Hold Talks

Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 4:36 pm | United Nations

The United Nations and African Union Special Envoys for Darfur are meeting tomorrow in Egypt with regional partners to the peace process in the war-torn Sudanese region to assess the progress so far and help forge agreement on the way forward. More >>

Symposium on Public Weather Services

Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 3:23 pm | United Nations

The United Nations World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) has brought together more than 100 experts for the first international symposium on public weather services to discuss how to help protect communities from natural disasters and the adverse ... More >>

Persons With Disabilities A Boon For Employers

Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 11:10 am | United Nations

"Persons with disabilities have the ability to make valuable contributions in the workforce as employees, entrepreneurs and employers," said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message for the Day, whose theme this year is "Decent work for persons ... More >>

Ban Ki-moon Advocates New 'Green Economics'

Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 11:07 am | United Nations

As the curtain was raised on the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged leaders to create a global framework to promote green economics and development More >>

Ban Ki-moon Urges Greater Cooperation With ICC

Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 10:39 am | United Nations

The long-term success of the International Criminal Court (ICC) depends on greater cooperation from the world's countries, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on States to maintain their funding and public advocacy for the tribunal. More >>