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UN Condemns Rocket Attack From UN Gaza School
Friday, 9 November 2007, 9:46 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored a rocket attack against Israel that was launched from a school in the Gaza Strip run by the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees. More >>
UN Concern Over Georgia's State Of Emergency
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:35 am | United Nations
In a statement released in Geneva, Louise Arbour said she was "particularly worried over reports of disproportionate use of force, including against Georgia's Public Defender, the detention of opposition leaders and the beating of demonstrators." More >>
UNHCR, Angelina Jolie Receive Freedom Award
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:24 am | United Nations
The International Rescue Committee has given its annual Freedom Award to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie in recognition of their contributions to the cause. More >>
Terrorism Cannot Divert Afghanistan From Peace
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:23 am | United Nations
The Security Council today strongly condemned the suicide attack which claimed the lives of numerous civilians in the northern Afghan town of Baghlan just days ago, reiterating that no act of terrorism can reverse the country's path toward peace. More >>
UNEP Announces Projects To Boost Clean Energy
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced the launch of a pair of projects worth some $100 million in the tea and sugar industries designed to boost the use of clean energy and stimulate development in Africa. More >>
UNESCO Urges Pakistan To Lift Media Restrictions
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:22 am | United Nations
Reacting with concern to the suspension of the Constitution in Pakistan, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced hope that President Pervez Musharraf would lift restrictions on the ... More >>
UN Pacts Benefit Portuguese-Speaking Countries
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:22 am | United Nations
Two United Nations agencies signed agreements today to help Portuguese-speaking countries in their efforts to reduce rural poverty and to streamline and improve their postal operations. More >>
UNDP & Arab Foundation To Boost Knowledge
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:21 am | United Nations
The $20 million agreement signed last month will span five years and includes support for "quality assessment of higher education in the Arab World," UNDP said in a news release. More >>
WFP Chief Visits W Africa For 'Silent Emergencies'
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:21 am | United Nations
"WFP is working in partnership throughout West Africa to address chronic malnutrition and climatic shock, and to ensure food security," said Josette Sheeran, who will travel from 12 to 16 November to Mali and Senegal. More >>
Mexico: UN WFP Rushes Aid To Flood-Hit Tabasco
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:20 am | United Nations
A WFP truck convoy carrying enough ready-to-eat meals for those affected for over five days is on its way from WFP's emergency hub in El Salvador to the Mexican state. More >>
UN Human Rights Report Lauds E. Timor Progress
Friday, 9 November 2007, 7:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today released a report showing progress in promoting human rights in the nascent country while calling for further measures to help displaced persons and prevent impunity. More >>
Ban Ki-moon "Off The Cuff" Remarks From Argentina
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 10:15 pm | United Nations
We are very proud to have such a strong partnership between Argentina and the United Nations. You have been playing a very important role in the United Nations - all United Nations activities in peacekeeping, security, development and human rights. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Arrives In Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 3:13 pm | United Nations
After his visit to Latin America, Mr. Ban will travel to Tunisia, where he will attend an international counter-terrorism conference, organized by the UN, the Tunisian Government and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. More >>
Assembly Pres Highlights Human-Centred Security
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 3:13 pm | United Nations
A human-centred approach to security - one that extends beyond the State and focuses more on the protection and empowerment of people - lies at the core of an evolving new culture of international relations, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim said ... More >>
Racism Is Increasingly Manifest As Violence - UN
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 3:12 pm | United Nations
Racism is increasingly being expressed through violence, and is also being institutionalized by xenophobic political parties in what amounts to a grave threat to human rights, an independent United Nations expert told a General Assembly committee meeting in ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Calls For Banning Cluster Munitions
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 3:12 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged States to tackle the terrible humanitarian, human rights and developmental effects of cluster munitions by concluding a legally binding instrument banning this particular type of weapon. More >>
Greater Efforts Needed For Israeli-Lebanese Peace
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 3:11 pm | United Nations
The months ahead will be critical to fully implementing the Security Council resolution that ended last year's war between Israel and Hizbollah, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his latest report in which he calls for greater progress on a series of fronts ... More >>
Restrictions On Gaza Benefiting Extremist Elements
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 3:11 pm | United Nations
Karen Koning AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York that Gaza's population of about 1.4 million is facing critical humanitarian ... More >>
Climate Change Alliance Will Benefit World's Poor
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 3:10 pm | United Nations
A planned partnership between the European Union and developing countries will help millions of the world's poorest to tackle the effects of climate change, the head of the leading United Nations agency on weather and climate issues said today. More >>
Tension Continues On Ethiopia-Eritrea Border - UN
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 10:46 am | United Nations
"There is no other option but for the two parties to find common ground that would allow the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission to proceed with the demarcation of the border," Mr. Ban writes in his latest report to the Security Council. More >>
