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Ban Ki-moon Urges Climate Change Breakthrough
Monday, 19 November 2007, 11:08 am | United Nations
Launching the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which brings together hundreds of scientific experts, Mr. Ban said that slowing and even reversing the effects of climate change "is the defining challenge ... More >>
Tests Continuing After Mystery Disease Outbreak
Monday, 19 November 2007, 11:08 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) says it is still investigating the possible origin of an outbreak of a mystery illness that has forced at least 370 people to seek hospital treatment in Angola. More >>
UN Inquiry Opens Into DRC Sexual Abuse Allegations
Monday, 19 November 2007, 11:07 am | United Nations
Investigators from the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) are already on the ground in Bunia, the capital of Ituri district, to conduct the probe, according to a press release issued by the mission (known as MONUC). More >>
Leb. Leaders Urged To Work For National Interest
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:16 am | United Nations
Lebanon's leaders must place the national interest above their personal and sectarian interests as the country prepares to elect a new president before a constitutional deadline later this month, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he wrapped ... More >>
UN WFP Sends Relief To Cyclone-Hit Bangladesh
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:13 am | United Nations
Responding to the arrival of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the distribution of enough high-energy biscuits, considered vital in the early days of an emergency when cooking is impossible, to ... More >>
UN Welcomes Lifting Of Emergency In Georgia
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:12 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the lifting of the state of emergency imposed nine days ago in Georgia and stressed the need for a credible election process ahead of presidential polls scheduled to take place 5 January next year. More >>
World Must Keep Spotlight On Burma, Rights Expert
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:12 am | United Nations
The independent United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar today urged the international community to maintain its focus on the South-East Asian nation, where the Government used force in responding to peaceful demonstrations earlier this year. More >>
Illegal Trade In Iraqi Cultural Heritage Must End
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:11 am | United Nations
An international committee set up by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is appealing to the international community to help stop the illicit excavation, pillaging and trafficking of Iraqi cultural property. More >>
Forum Aims To Spur Investment In Asian Highways
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:10 am | United Nations
Representatives of more than 30 countries are today attending a United Nations investment forum in Bangkok to drum up financing to complete the Asian Highway Network, the ambitious plan to crisscross the continent with 141,000 kilometres of high-quality ... More >>
UNHCR Lifts Cooperation With Central Asian States
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:09 am | United Nations
During a just-concluded visit to Central Asia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has strengthened his agency's cooperation with the Governments of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to assist thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers in the two countries. More >>
S. African To Head Cop Component Of Hybrid Force
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:09 am | United Nations
An assistant police commissioner from South Africa has been appointed to head the police component of the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping operation (UNAMID) being deployed to the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan early next year. More >>
Top UN Peacekeeping Official Heads To China
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:08 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping chief is heading to China for a regional seminar and meetings with Government officials to encourage the world's most populous country to contribute more to UN operations. More >>
When Women Are Empowered, All Society Benefits
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:08 am | United Nations
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today highlighted the importance of empowering women to build healthier, better educated, more peaceful and more prosperous societies. More >>
IAEA Chief ElBaradei Circulates Latest Iran Report
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:07 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog has circulated his latest report regarding the nuclear programme of Iran to the agency's Board of Governors. More >>
Cote D'ivoire: UN Welcomes Code Of Conduct
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) today welcomed the adoption by the country's major political parties of a code of good conduct for upcoming general elections. More >>
Detained Rights Expert Released From House Arrest
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:05 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights official tasked with monitoring religious freedom worldwide has been released from house arrest in Pakistan, a spokesperson for the world body announced today. More >>
UN Maritime Team To Intensify Work On Emissions
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:05 am | United Nations
Speaking to the IMO Council, Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos said he would present a plan to accelerate work to the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) when it meets in March of next year. More >>
UNICEF & Partner Help Free 230 Kids From Militia
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:04 am | United Nations
The children had been recruited recently in the wake of increased conflict in North Kivu, where fighting between opposing groups has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee. More >>
UN Urges Action To Tackle Surge In Afghan Opium
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:04 am | United Nations
Since the drug increases in value with ever border it crosses, by the time it hits the streets of major Western countries, it could be worth 50 to 100 times as much as in Kabul. More >>
Tolerance Powerful Tool In Fighting Global Threats
Monday, 19 November 2007, 9:03 am | United Nations
"Our world today is confronted with war, terrorism, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, discrimination against minorities and migrants, and a multitude of other abuses against human beings," Mr. Ban notes in his message marking the International ... More >>
