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Surge In Darfur Violence Must End Before Talks
Friday, 12 October 2007, 8:24 am | United Nations
More than 200,000 people have been killed and at least 2.2 million others forced to flee their homes because of fighting between the rebels, Government forces and allied militia known as the Janjaweed. More >>
Ethiopia, Eritrea Tensions Rise - Restraint Urged
Friday, 12 October 2007, 8:22 am | United Nations
Of particular concern are "recent shooting incidents, as well as the building up of military forces in the border area," according to a statement issued by Mr. Ban's spokesperson. More >>
UNCHR Registers Congolese Fleeing North Kivu
Friday, 12 October 2007, 7:43 am | United Nations
"Displaced report severe violations by armed groups, such as pillaging and destruction of houses, killings of civilians, recruitment of children into armed groups and cases of rape," the UN peacekeeping mission in DRC (MONUC) said. More >>
UN Sends Burma Envoy To Meet Regional Partners
Friday, 12 October 2007, 7:27 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that he is sending his Special Adviser on Myanmar back to the region this weekend to meet with regional partners about the situation in the troubled South-East Asian nation. More >>
Sudanese Deportation Of Refugees Draws Criticism
Friday, 12 October 2007, 7:04 am | United Nations
UNHCR said information it had received so far indicated that the deportees are part of a group of more than 30 Ethiopian refugees arrested by Sudanese authorities in early July in Khartoum and in Damazine, the capital of Blue Nile state. More >>
UN Reports Widespread Rights Abuses In Iraq
Friday, 12 October 2007, 7:02 am | United Nations
UNAMI states that civilians continue to be targeted by armed groups through suicide bombings, abductions and extrajudicial executions by perpetrators who make no distinctions between civilians and combatants. More >>
UN To Help 100K Bangladeshi Women Entrepreneurs
Friday, 12 October 2007, 7:00 am | United Nations
A new United Nations-backed development project will help nearly 120,000 Bangladeshi microentrepreneurs - 90 per cent of whom are women - expand their small enterprises and develop new ones. More >>
Global Ed. Spending Concentrated In Few Countries
Friday, 12 October 2007, 6:57 am | United Nations
Produced by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the report finds that sub-Saharan African countries - home to 15 per cent of the school-age population - spend only 2.4 per cent of global education resources. More >>
Ban Ki-moonTalks With Head Of Guatemalan Probe
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 3:09 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has held his first talks with the head of an independent body recently set up with the help of the United Nations to investigate the presence and activities of illegal armed groups in Guatemala. More >>
Preventing Mass Atrocities 'Sacred Calling' For UN
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 3:08 pm | United Nations
"The killing fields of Rwanda, Cambodia and the Balkans stand silent witness to the brutality that passed unchecked by an international system lacking both the will and the vision to act," Mr. Ban said. More >>
Arms Still Flowing Into Darfur, Expert Panel Finds
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 3:07 pm | United Nations
The Sudanese Government and rebel groups in Darfur continue to violate the Security Council arms embargo, sending heavy weapons, small arms, ammunition and other military equipment into the war-torn region over the past year, a panel of experts set up ... More >>
Disaster Risk Reduction Need Never More Pressing
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 10:09 am | United Nations
"We have a moral, social and economic obligation to act now in building resilient communities and nations," Mr. Ban states in a message marking the International Day for Disaster Reduction, observed annually on 10 October. More >>
Darfur: UN Envoy Holds Talks In Khartoum
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 9:58 am | United Nations
The negotiations, which are scheduled to take place in Libya on 27 October, are designed to find a solution to the conflict between rebels, Government forces and allied Janjaweed militia groups. More >>
Climate Change Focus Of Sec. Gen Washington Trip
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 9:57 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will head tomorrow to Washington for meetings that will focus on the perils of climate change and the importance of achieving the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). More >>
UN Survey Shows Surge In Burma Opium Production
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 9:16 am | United Nations
The report revealed that opium cultivation is highly concentrated in one area of the Myanmar, namely South and East Shan states, which accounts for 90 per cent of all opium grown in the country, Mr. Costa said More >>
Land Problems Delay Darfur Peace Mission Roll-Out
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 8:47 am | United Nations
In his latest progress report on the mission, which is known as UNAMID, Mr. Ban writes that the UN is waiting for feedback from the Sudanese Government on the list of troop-contributing countries. More >>
DRC: UN Helps Displaced As Violence Continues
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 8:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is rushing aid to displaced people fleeing their homes in the country's troubled North Kivu region, while putting in place contingency plans to help those affected ... More >>
UN Haiti Official Urges Sexual Abuse Prevention
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 8:46 am | United Nations
A senior official serving with the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has called for action to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel. More >>
UN Opens 'Carbon-Neutral' Environment Conference
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 8:01 am | United Nations
"Ministers and other high-level representatives will discuss environmental policy, including measures to tackle global warming. But they will not have contributed to climate change by meeting in Belgrade," the Commission said in a news release. More >>
Nepalese Should Turn Election Delay To Advantage
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 8:00 am | United Nations
Nepal's political parties should use the delay to the holding of Constituent Assembly elections to bolster the peace process by tackling its weaknesses and agreeing on a road map for ensuring that credible polls can take place, the senior United Nations ... More >>
