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Rwanda Urges UN Action Against Destructive Forces
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:41 am | United Nations
The forces that committed genocide in Rwanda more than a decade ago remain active in the region and must be countered with international action, the country's President told the United Nations General Assembly today. More >>
UNHCR Meets With Its 'Vital Partners' - NGOs
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:40 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is hosting three days of annual talks at its Geneva headquarters with some 200 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who play a vital role as partners in helping it to meet the needs of millions ... More >>
Liberia Still Faces Challenges In Human Rights
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:38 am | United Nations
While Liberia has made considerable progress in areas such as security and economic development, it still faces many challenges in the promotion and protection of human rights, an independent United Nations expert said today. More >>
Cameroon Supports New UN Mission In Chad, CAR
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:37 am | United Nations
The President of Cameroon today voiced support for the planned new United Nations peacekeeping operation in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) and pledged his country's full cooperation in its deployment. More >>
Democracy Not Static, But A Process, UN Told
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:36 am | United Nations
The leader of Bangladesh told the General Assembly today that democracy is a "dynamic and continual" process and that the international community can learn from the South Asian nation's efforts at consolidating stability. More >>
UN Launches $220 Million Education Campaign
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:34 am | United Nations
Launching the campaign yesterday at the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) summit in New York, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres called the initiative "a means of ensuring that vulnerable children are fully able to realize ... More >>
Murder Of TV Reporter In Iraq Is Attack Iraqi Peop
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:33 am | United Nations
Jawad al-Daami, a well-known poet who worked on cultural and social programmes for the independent Cairo-based television channel Al-Baghdadia in Baghdad, was shot in the head in the south-western neighbourhood of Al-Qadissiya on Sunday. More >>
Timorese President Calls On UN To Stay On
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:32 am | United Nations
José Ramos-Horta told the General Assembly's annual high-level debate that the presence of the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) after the deadly violence of April and May last year had helped the nation achieve "significant progress." More >>
Action Urged On 10th Anniversary Of Weapons Pact
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:32 am | United Nations
Marking the 10th anniversary of the global treaty against chemical weapons, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that genuine disarmament can be accomplished through United Nations-backed cooperation. More >>
More Attacks On Aid Workers In South Darfur - UN
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:31 am | United Nations
In one incident, the driver of a vehicle belonging to an international non-governmental organization (NGO) was tied up and beaten. He is now being treated at a UN clinic in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state. A UN convoy was also attacked the same ... More >>
Serbia Rejects Kosovo Independence, Has Other Idea
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:29 am | United Nations
Restating Serbia's long-standing rejection of independence for Kosovo, the country's President today proposed a compromise for the province that the United Nations has administered since 1999 based on the "autonomous development" of the Albanian-majority ... More >>
Big Efforts Needed To Avoid Economic Slowdown - UN
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:28 am | United Nations
Addressing the largest bloc of developing countries at the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for substantial efforts to avoid a worldwide economic recession, warning that the group's members are likely to be the worst affected by any global ... More >>
Colombia Hails UN Help On Displaced Persons, Drugs
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:27 am | United Nations
President Uribe said the UN Office against Drugs and Crime has helped to protect the rainforest from the threat of drug trafficking, while the ILO carries out "excellent work" in its workers' protection programme. More >>
War Crimes Court Sentences Yugoslav Officers
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:26 am | United Nations
Two former senior officers of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) were sentenced today by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for their roles in the executions of non-Serbs in Ovcara. More >>
UN Called On To Streamline Ops In Poorest Areas
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:25 am | United Nations
Jan Peter Balkenende said it was time for the Member States of the UN to invest less time and energy in adopting resolutions and more in strengthening confidence and relations between poor and rich States. More >>
$10 Billion In Pledges To Fight Aids, TB, Malaria
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today received $9.7 billion over three years in initial pledges, constituting the largest single financing exercise ever for health. More >>
Guatemala Hails Collaboration' With UN On Probe
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:24 am | United Nations
The independent body being set up to investigate the presence and activities of illegal armed groups in Guatemala represents a unique joint effort between the United Nations and a Member State, the country's President told the General Assembly today. More >>
UN Needed To Deal With Armed Groups In DR Congo
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:23 am | United Nations
Addressing the annual high-level debate of the General Assembly, Joseph Kabila said: "We must, by all means, with determination and a heightened sense of urgency, resolve the remaining problems of insecurity in North Kivu." More >>
Free And Timely Election Of New Lebanese President
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today called for a free and timely presidential election in Lebanon, which was scheduled to be held this week but has been postponed until later next month. More >>
UN Welcomes Burma Decision To Receive UN Envoy
Friday, 28 September 2007, 8:53 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that he is pleased that the Government of Myanmar has agreed to a visit by his Special Envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, who has been dispatched to the region in response to the deteriorating situation in the country. More >>
