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Food And Other Aid For Cyclone Sidr Victims
Saturday, 24 November 2007, 1:52 pm | United Nations
23 November, DHAKA - The United Nations increased its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocation to a total of US$14.7 million to pay for international relief assistance for victims of Cyclone Sidr. This brings the total UN system response ... More >>
Liberia: UN Envoy Urges More Patrols By Police
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 11:55 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative, Alan Doss, stressed that officers with Liberia's National Police (LNP) should fully engage in night-time patrols with their counterparts in the UN Police and Military. More >>
States Must Arrest Int'l Criminal Court Suspects
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 11:54 am | United Nations
"Individuals sought by the court are often enjoying the protection of armies or militias. Some of them are members of governments who are eager to shield them from justice, and this is why we precisely need a very strong commitment from the international ... More >>
India & IAEA Start Talks On Safeguards Agreement
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 11:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations atomic watchdog and the Indian Government have agreed to start consultations on framing a safeguards agreement that would place the South Asian country's civilian nuclear programme under UN observation. More >>
World Bank Offers $250M To Cyclone-Hit Bangladesh
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 10:59 am | United Nations
The World Bank announced today that it will make available up to $250 million to aid recovery and strengthen mitigation efforts in the wake of the deadly storm. More >>
Ban Ki-moon To Attend Mideast Peace Conference
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 10:58 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced plans to attend next week's Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, United States, voicing hope that the talks will provide the impetus for final status negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians. More >>
Bromide Suspected Cause Of Mystery Illness, Angola
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 10:07 am | United Nations
The tests, conducted in Germany, found the high bromide levels in five of the six samples taken from patients, and additional samples are now being sent to the United Kingdom for further analysis to determine whether the hypothesis can be confirmed. More >>
DR Congo-Rwanda Agreement Welcomed At UN
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:51 am | United Nations
"The Council reiterates its demand that these groups lay down their arms and engage voluntarily and without preconditions in their demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration, as appropriate." More >>
UN Needs Bigger Role In Resolving Burma Crisis
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:51 am | United Nations
"The Myanmar authorities have said that they preferred to work with the UN. Now we have to test that to its limits in the high interest of the Myanmar people," Ibrahim Gambari told reporters in Singapore. More >>
UN Police Unit Deploy For Chad Start Key Training
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:50 am | United Nations
"There are already three UN Police (UNPOL) officers in the Chadian capital and on 30 November another 32 will arrive, and all these together with the SPC will help prepare the way for an eventual deployment of up to 300 UNPOL officers as mandated ... More >>
WFP Holding Global Hunger Awareness Video Comp
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:49 am | United Nations
Launching the contest today at WFP headquarters in Rome, the agency's Director of Communications and Public Policy Strategy Nancy Roman said the concept was borne out of concern about how global hunger is often an ignored crisis. More >>
UN Extends EU Force In Bosnia & Herzegovina
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:49 am | United Nations
The Security Council today extended for another year the mandate of the European Union Stabilization Force (EUFOR) tasked with ensuring continued compliance with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement ending the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina More >>
New UN Envoy Arrives In Cote D'ivoire
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's new Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi, has arrived in Abidjan with a pledge to help the people of the country solidify progress and meet the challenges posed by elections planned for 2008. More >>
Migiro Calls For Boosting UN & Red Cross Ties
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
Hailing the more than 60-year partnership between the United Nations and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Deputy Secretary-General has called for strengthening the ties between the two bodies to address development, ... More >>
Promoting Tourism For People With Disabilities
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
Removing barriers and making tourism accessible to the 650 million persons with disabilities around the world who represent a huge untapped market for the travel industry will be the focus of a three-day United Nations gathering set to begin tomorrow in Bangkok. More >>
UN Launches International Year of Sanitation
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations today kicked off the International Year of Sanitation in a bid to accelerate progress for the 2.6 billion people around the world who do not enjoy the basic right to proper sanitation facilities. More >>
Emissions In Rich Countries Hit All-time High, UN
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 3:19 pm | United Nations
But the figures also show that the countries which have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol are projected to achieve reductions of about 11 per cent on 1990-level emissions for the protocol's first commitment period, which runs from next year until 2012. More >>
US$400+ Million Needed To Clear Landmines In 2008
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 3:19 pm | United Nations
Proposed initiatives to remove landmines and explosive remnants of war in some 30 countries and three territories around the world are expected to cost $404 million next year, according to a report jointly published by three United Nations agencies ... More >>
UN Should Extend Peacekeeping Mission In DRC
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 3:18 pm | United Nations
In a new report to the Security Council, Mr. Ban paints a mixed picture of progress in the DRC, which has shown signs of good governance and stability but still faces long-standing security challenges in its volatile eastern region. More >>
Armed Attacks On Vehicles In Darfur Continue
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 3:14 pm | United Nations
Armed bandits continue to carry out attacks on vehicles across Darfur, especially in the south of the war-torn and impoverished Sudanese region, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) reported today. More >>
