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Burma Agrees To Visit By UN Rights Rapporteur
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:33 am | United Nations
A United Nations independent human rights expert will make an official visit to Myanmar next month to look into recent events there, the country's Government has confirmed. More >>
Congolese War Crimes Suspect Appears Before ICC
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:32 am | United Nations
Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga today made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he faces charges of murder, sexual enslavement, forcing children to serve as soldiers and other war crimes. More >>
UN Peacekeepers Target Of Angry Congolese
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:32 am | United Nations
For the second time in a week United Nations personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have become the target of angry civilians caught up in the continuing military standoff between government and rebel forces. More >>
Low-Cost Laptop Project Closer To Reality -- UN
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:31 am | United Nations
The laptops produced will have a sunlight-readable display so they can be outside; contain no moving parts; be powered by solar, foot-pump or pull-string powered chargers; and be housed in a waterproof case. More >>
Memoir Of Former GA President Launched At UN
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:30 am | United Nations
With the release of Beyond the Shadow of 9/11: A Year at the United Nations General Assembly, former Assembly President Han Seung-soo today became the first person ever to launch a memoir about the presidency. More >>
UNESCO Condemns Assassination Of Radio Exec
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:29 am | United Nations
"I am gravely concerned about worsening violence against journalists and media personnel in Somalia who are brave enough to fulfil their professional commitments in such a dangerous environment," said UNESCO chief Koïchiro Matsuura. More >>
Landmark UN Women's Conference Ends
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:29 am | United Nations
A landmark United Nations-sponsored conference aimed at generating political will and investment to slash maternal deaths has concluded with participants pledging to bolster efforts to improve women's health More >>
Disarmament Must Remain At Top Of Global Agenda
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:28 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for energetic efforts to achieve disarmament, pointing out that weapons of mass destruction pose a "very real threat" to all of humanity. More >>
Nearly 1,600 Displaced Afghans Return Home
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:27 am | United Nations
Returning families receive free transportation to their final destination as well as relief supplies. Upon arriving home, they are provided with reintegration kits which include seeds and wheat flour from the UN World Food Programme (WFP). More >>
UN-organized Radio Conference Opens In Geneva
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:27 am | United Nations
The conference, which runs until 16 November, serves as the international forum for revising the radio regulations - the treaty governing the use of radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits. More >>
UN, Sudanese To Launch Polio Immunization Drive
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:26 am | United Nations
The drive is being carried out by the Sudanese Ministry of Health along with the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) from 23 to 25 October and again in November. More >>
Greece, Macedonia To Resume UN-led Talks
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:25 am | United Nations
Representatives of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have agreed to hold a fresh round of United Nations-mediated talks next week over the question of the official name of the latter country. More >>
Piracy Continues To Threaten Aid To Somalia - UN
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:25 am | United Nations
WFP has condemned an attempted pirate attack off the coast of Somalia, the latest incident in an already tense and insecure environment which witnessed the detention of one of the agency's officials last week. More >>
Donors Lag In Meeting Commitments To Africa
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:25 am | United Nations
African policymakers see significant progress in debt relief but find donors lacking in other globally agreed measures on financing for development, according to a new survey conducted by the United Nations. More >>
Security Council Condemns Bombings In Pakistan
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:24 am | United Nations
Strongly condemning last Thursday's attacks on the convoy of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi, the Security Council today said those behind the "reprehensible act of terrorism" must be brought to justice. More >>
UN Envoy To Visit Iraq For Talks On Broader Role
Saturday, 20 October 2007, 9:22 am | United Nations
The new United Nations envoy for Iraq will travel to the country in two weeks for talks on a broader role for the world body there, a senior UN official told the Security Council today. More >>
UNHCR Transfers Congolese Displaced In North Kivu
Saturday, 20 October 2007, 9:22 am | United Nations
Buhimba is the second camp developed by UNHCR for IDPs in the Mugunga area and it can accommodate more than 10,000 people. Bulengo, the first camp, reached its capacity of 10,000 IDPs at the end of September. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Proposes Expediting HQ Renovation
Saturday, 20 October 2007, 9:21 am | United Nations
"Accelerated strategy IV" would reduce the time needed during the renovation by reducing the total number of phases needed to refurbish the Secretariat and Conference Buildings, and speed up the construction of a temporary Conference Building More >>
Drug Trafficking, Other Crimes Imperil Guinea-Biss
Saturday, 20 October 2007, 9:21 am | United Nations
Drug trafficking and organized crime are threatening to undermine the efforts of Guinea-Bissau to develop the rule of law, democracy and transparent governance and they are also destabilizing the wider West African region, the Security Council said ... More >>
Peacekeepers Open Centre For Liberian School Kids
Saturday, 20 October 2007, 9:20 am | United Nations
The Pakistan-Liberia Friendship Centre is located in C. H. Deway High School in Tubmanburg, some 60 kilometres west of Monrovia, the capital of the West African nation that is seeking to recover from a brutal civil war that killed almost 150,000 people. More >>
