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Chernobyl: UN Switches Assistance Efforts
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 3:05 pm | United Nations
More than two decades after the world's worst nuclear accident occurred in Chernobyl, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it is working to end the "culture of dependency" that had emerged among people living near the site and to promote ... More >>
Formation Of New Burundian Govt Welcomed By UN
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 3:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations has welcomed the establishment of a new Government in Burundi and called on the country's leadership to persevere in consolidating peace and strengthening democracy in the small Central African country. More >>
Aquaculture Only Way To Meet Future Fish Demand
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 3:02 pm | United Nations
The addition of two billion people to the global population by 2030 will mean farming will have to produce nearly double that, or 85 million tons of fish per year, just to keep up with demand More >>
Sec. Council Concerned At Conditions In Somalia
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 3:01 pm | United Nations
Speaking to reporters following a closed-door briefing, Ambassador Marty M. Natalegawa of Indonesia, which holds the rotating Council presidency, said the members "expressed strong concern about the deteriorating political, security and humanitarian situation ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Optimistic On Lebanese Presidency
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 11:57 am | United Nations
Speaking to reporters at United Nations Headquarters in New York, Mr. Ban said he was concerned that Lebanon's leaders have not been able to agree so far on a consensus candidate for president More >>
Togo: UN Continues Flood Relief Efforts
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 10:57 am | United Nations
Three months after Togo endured its worst floods in three decades, United Nations humanitarian agencies are continuing their relief efforts in the West African country as receding flood waters allow aid workers to reach areas previously cut off. More >>
Kosovo: Minority Interests Will Be Protected, UN
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 10:56 am | United Nations
Voicing regret that many Kosovo Serbs did not participate in general elections at the weekend, the top United Nations envoy to the province today called for talks to ensure that the Serbs and other minority communities are adequately represented ... More >>
Empowering Women Key To UN Millennium Goals
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 10:56 am | United Nations
Ms. Migiro highlighted the "deep and unbreakable" connection between women and development, particularly in reaching the set of global anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). More >>
UN, AU Hold More Meetings With Darfur Rebels
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 10:14 am | United Nations
Many of Darfur's rebel groups, which have fragmented recently from three major groups into 16 or more separate factions, did not attend the Sirte talks that were designed to be the first step of a three-phase process to end the conflict. More >>
Security Council Urges End To Violence In Somalia
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:50 am | United Nations
Security Council members today voiced concern about worsening conditions in Somalia, urging all concerned to work for peace while stressing the need to lay contingency plans for a possible United Nations peacekeeping presence in the country, which has ... More >>
WFP Food To Stranded Bangladeshi Cyclone Victims
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it is teaming up with Bangladesh's Air Force to airdrop emergency food supplies to hundreds of thousands of people stranded after a deadly cyclone struck the country last week. More >>
Former Khmer Rouge Leader Arrested In Cambodia
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:49 am | United Nations
The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other crimes three decades ago announced today that a former head of State of the country has been arrested and brought before the court. More >>
UN Support For Liberia Crime Prevention Campaign
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:49 am | United Nations
UN Police Adviser Andrew Hughes, who wrapped up a four-day visit to Liberia at the weekend, also accompanied Liberia National Police (LNP) and UN Police (UNPOL) officers on a night-time anti-crime patrol around the capital Monrovia. More >>
Asia-Pacific Region Needs Sustainable Growth
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy on Climate Change, Han Seung-soo, today in Bangkok called on countries in the region to pursue sustainable growth. More >>
Greater Public Awareness Of Sierra Leone Rights
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
Ongoing efforts to implement the findings of Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), meant to help heal rifts left by 11 years of bloody civil war, are the focus of a two-day meeting that began today in Freetown under the auspices ... More >>
Serious Development Gaps Among ASEAN Members
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:47 am | United Nations
Brunei Darussalam, Singapore and Malaysia exceed the global average of per capita emissions by a large margin. Brunei Darussalam's per capita emissions rate is over 60,000 times higher than that of Cambodia. More >>
Middle East Must Commit To Anti-Landmine Treaty
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:46 am | United Nations
The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty has been an incontestable success since it entered into force 10 years ago but acceptance of the pact in the Middle East remains disturbingly low, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
UN Mourns Death Of Prominent Somali Relief Worker
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Somalia today paid tribute to the memory of Madina Mohamud Elmi, a prominent relief worker who was killed in crossfire on Friday. More >>
Bangladesh: Full Support In Wake Of Cyclone Sidr
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:45 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his mounting concern today at the trail of devastation and increasing death toll left by Cyclone Sidr after it tore into Bangladesh and he stressed that the United Nations stands ready to do all it can to help in the ... More >>
Marking UN Day Remembering Road Traffic Victims
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:45 am | United Nations
From candlelight parades in Israel and a multi-faith gathering in Australia to theatre performances in Mexico and a seminar in Japan, people around the world are today marking the United Nations World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. More >>
