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Antarctica Shows Need For Climate Change Action

Monday, 12 November 2007, 9:43 am | United Nations

Ban Ki-moon, during his historic visit to Antarctica, the first by a United Nations Secretary-General, has said warming temperatures on the continent show the growing dangers of climate change and the need for action to address it. More >>

Internet Game Raises Billion Grains Rice For WFP

Monday, 12 November 2007, 9:42 am | United Nations

An Internet game in which a website donates 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme for every vocabulary question answered correctly by participants has passed the 1 billion grain threshold after just one month of operations. More >>

UNEP Sets Up Resource Management Think Tank

Monday, 12 November 2007, 9:41 am | United Nations

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced the formation of a new global think tank on resource efficiency which is expected to tackle pressing issues including the environmental risks of biofuel production and metal recycling. More >>

UN Tries To Resettle Palestinians Trapped In Camps

Monday, 12 November 2007, 9:40 am | United Nations

The United Nations refugee agency said today that it is continuing to search for feasible resettlement options for almost 2,000 Palestinians stuck in camps on or near the Iraqi-Syrian border as recent sandstorms worsen the already-difficult living ... More >>

Somali President In Kenya For Talks With UN

Monday, 12 November 2007, 9:40 am | United Nations

The senior United Nations envoy to Somalia is holding talks in Nairobi with the country's President and other political leaders as UN staff report that worsening humanitarian conditions inside the capital, Mogadishu. More >>

UN Helps Amputees Join In Global Sports Event

Monday, 12 November 2007, 9:40 am | United Nations

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is joining with other partners to help a group of amputees from Sierra Leone to participate in a global football competition for those who have lost a limb. More >>

Warnings Against Delay In Deployment Of UN Force

Monday, 12 November 2007, 9:39 am | United Nations

In his latest report on UNAMID, Mr. Ban says the combination of the delays and the recent spike in security incidents across the western Sudanese region has left Darfur "at a crossroads." More >>

DR Congo: UN Efforts To Curb Cholera In N. Kivu

Monday, 12 November 2007, 9:39 am | United Nations

The United Nations refugee agency is intensifying its efforts to combat the spread of cholera in the troubled North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a spokesman for the agency said today. More >>

UN's Top Refugee Official Heads To Central Asia

Monday, 12 November 2007, 9:38 am | United Nations

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees heads this weekend to Central Asia, where his agency is working to bring asylum procedures in line with international standards. More >>

GA Fills Seats On UN Economic And Social Council

Friday, 9 November 2007, 2:51 pm | United Nations

The General Assembly today elected 18 countries to serve on the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for three-year terms beginning 1 January 2008. The 11 new members are Cameroon, Congo, Malaysia, Mozambique, Moldova, Niger, Poland, Republic ... More >>

UN Declares 15 Sept As Int'l Day Of Democracy

Friday, 9 November 2007, 2:50 pm | United Nations

Stressing the continuing need to promote democratization, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the General Assembly today agreed to observe 15 September each year as the International Day of Democracy. More >>

Early Warning Systems Vital To Preventing Genocide

Friday, 9 November 2007, 2:49 pm | United Nations

The best way to prevent genocide from occurring is to ensure that early warning measures are in place and used before the key phase of incitement to violence can begin, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass ... More >>

DR Congo: Disarmament In Ituri Progresses - UN

Friday, 9 November 2007, 2:49 pm | United Nations

Disarmament in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) Ituri province is proceeding apace but more steps are needed to foster lasting stability in the area, which has a history of ethnic tensions and cross-border rebel activity, a United Nations official ... More >>

Expulsion Of UN Official From Darfur Is A Concern

Friday, 9 November 2007, 2:48 pm | United Nations

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan is in contact with the country's authorities to find out why a senior UN humanitarian official has been expelled from South Darfur. More >>

Development, Social Cohesion Focus Of Chile Visit

Friday, 9 November 2007, 2:48 pm | United Nations

The struggle for economic development, the need to do more to tackle climate change and the value of greater social cohesion were all spotlighted today by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as he travelled to Chile, the second stop on his tour to South America. More >>

Child Protection Laws Must Be Respected, UN Chief

Friday, 9 November 2007, 10:37 am | United Nations

The UN and its partner agencies have been helping Chad to protect the welfare of the children, who may originate from villages near the country's border with the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan. More >>

Aung San Suu Kyi Ready To Work With Burma Govt

Friday, 9 November 2007, 10:19 am | United Nations

"In the interest of the nation, I stand ready to cooperate with the Government in order to make this process of dialogue a success and welcome the necessary good offices role of the United Nations to help facilitate our efforts in this regard," Ms. Suu ... More >>