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UN Agencies Team Up To Help Somali Rape Victims
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 7:22 am | United Nations
In Galkayo, host to an estimated 50,000 internally displaced persons hosts internally displaced persons (IDPs), victims told personnel from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of atrocities they endured. More >>
UNICEF Mourns The Death Of Eve Curie Labouisse
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 7:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today mourned the death of Eve Curie Labouisse, a widow of the agency's former Executive Director and staunch humanitarian who supported the agency throughout her long life. More >>
UNDP, JBIC To Support Iraq Reconstruction
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 7:21 am | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have signed a landmark agreement for the provision of loans aimed helping reconstruction efforts in Iraq. More >>
6 Displaced Men Killed By Colombian Armed Groups
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 7:20 am | United Nations
"UNHCR is very concerned that the deteriorating humanitarian situation will cause more forced displacement from the area, which is home to both Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities," said Mr. Redmond More >>
UNHCR Says Witchcraft Allegations Plague Camps
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 7:19 am | United Nations
Allegations of witchcraft are swirling around camps for internally displaced persons in Chad are causing further confusion and violence in the already chaotic atmosphere. More >>
UN Envoy Ends Talks With Chinese On Burma
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:47 pm | United Nations
Dispatched by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to consult with regional leaders on how to address the ongoing crisis in Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari has met so far with officials in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. More >>
Floods In Burkina Faso Spark UN Flash Appeal
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:46 pm | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian wing announced today that it is launching a flash appeal for $5.4 million to help 93,000 people in Burkina Faso, which was hit recently by its worst floods in decades. More >>
"Allow Aid Effort In North Kivu," Ban Ki-moon Urge
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:46 pm | United Nations
The Secretary-General urged all dissidents to immediately and unconditionally join the "brassage" retraining programme for ex-combatants to become part of integrated DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) brigades. More >>
UN Urges Restraint In Bosnia & Herzegovina
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:45 pm | United Nations
The Dayton Peace Agreement established Bosnia and Herzegovina as a State comprising two entities, each with a high degree of autonomy: the Republika Srpska (RS) and the Federation (FBiH). More >>
UN Urges Donors To Support CAR Development
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:44 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon has called on countries to generously support the Central African Republic (CAR) in its efforts to restore peace and achieve progress, ahead of a donors meeting to be hosted by the European Commission in Brussels tomorrow. More >>
Guinea: $1 Million In Flood Relief Projects
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:43 pm | United Nations
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced the grant today in response to the floods, part of wider inundations that have swept across most of West Africa since July. More >>
UN Relief Chief Warns On Palestinian Conditions
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:43 pm | United Nations
"The squeeze was tightening all the time," he said, noting that while the UN had been able to get more than 3,000 truckloads of humanitarian aid into Gaza in July, only 1,508 truckloads made it through last month. More >>
Active Contribution To Finance Hailed At Dev Meet
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:42 pm | United Nations
In the view of several participants, much had been done to increase debt relief, but long-term debt sustainability remained a significant issue, particularly for least developed countries. More >>
Draft Guidelines For Drug Co's On Vital Medicines
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:41 pm | United Nations
An estimated two billion people worldwide, but overwhelmingly in developing countries, do not have access to essential medicines, Professor Hunt said in a press statement that was also released today. More >>
Promoting Rule Of Law Central To UN Mission
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:40 pm | United Nations
Advancing the rule of law at both the national and international levels is at the very heart of the United Nations' mission, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today. More >>
Economic Schemes Must Consider Rights Of Poor
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:39 pm | United Nations
Financial institutions and wealthy States imposing structural reform programmes on poor countries or executing debt repayments should ensure that when doing so they do not undermine basic cultural, social and economic rights. More >>
New Elections To UNESCO World Heritage Committee
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:38 pm | United Nations
The new members of the World Heritage Committee replace Benin, Chile, India, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway and the Netherlands, whose terms expired this year. More >>
GA President Urges More Inclusive Globalization
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:37 pm | United Nations
"But, effective global governance should put more responsibility on States and international institutions, but also non-State actors - the private sector and civil society." More >>
Environmental Progress Inadequate, Action Urged
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:36 pm | United Nations
Climate change, the destruction caused by forest fires and floods and other problems demonstrate "the cost of humanity trying to cope with the scale of environmental impacts," said Mr. Steiner. More >>
$4.2 Billion UN Budget For Next Two Years
Friday, 26 October 2007, 8:36 pm | United Nations
"Never has the world so needed a strong United Nations," Mr. Ban told delegates in the Assembly's Fifth Committee, which tackles administrative and budgetary matters. "Yet never have our resources been stretched so thin." More >>
