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UN Sets Out Work Programme, But No Taiwan Talk
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 3:58 pm | United Nations
The General Assembly today agreed to consider 163 agenda items during the annual session just begun but decided for the 15th consecutive year to exclude a bid to discuss the representation of Taiwan, Province of China in the world body. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Unveils Darfur Diplomatic Trust Fund
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 3:57 pm | United Nations
Some 4 Million Darfurians now depend on humanitarian aid because of fighting between rebels, Govt forces and allied Janjaweed militia, which has displaced at least 2.2M people from their homes and sometimes spilled into neighbouring Chad and CAR. More >>
UNICEF Continues Providing Relief To S. Asians
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 3:56 pm | United Nations
Nearly three months after the start of torrential rains, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners are assisting millions of people across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan still impacted by the resulting floods and landslides. More >>
UN-backed $41M Emergency Appeal For Ugandans
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 3:55 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-backed flash appeal was launched today for $41 million to provide urgently-needed assistance some 300,000 flood-beleaguered Ugandans, including more than 100,000 already vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs). More >>
Iraqi Cholera Outbreak Widens To Baghdad
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 3:54 pm | United Nations
The cholera outbreak in northern Iraq has spread south to the capital Baghdad and more than 1,500 cases have now been confirmed across the country, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. More >>
UN Officials Probe Killings, Violence In Nepal
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 3:54 pm | United Nations
"Inadequate public security is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges to human rights - and the peace process - in Nepal today," said Richard Bennett, the Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal. More >>
Afghan Govt And People Want Talks With Taliban
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 3:53 pm | United Nations
"It is obvious that among those who support the Taliban and even among those who support their violent actions, there are quite a number of people who are tired of war and who respond to the cry of the people for peace." More >>
Ambush, Shooting Of Aid Workers Sparks Outrage
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 3:52 pm | United Nations
Two of eight staff members of the NGO World Vision International travelling in the convoy were shot in the head, while a third staff member was struck in the arm. The other five were hit by glass fragments and shrapnel. More >>
Burma: UN Has No Choice But To Pursue Dialogue
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:36 am | United Nations
The UN has no choice but to keep using the Secretary-General's good offices to try to find solutions to the challenges facing Burma, the UN envoy to the country has told the Security Council in a briefing after the recent wave of peaceful protests. More >>
UN-backed Tribunal In Cambodia Details Charges
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:32 am | United Nations
The former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea faces charges of having planned and ordered the murder, torture and enslavement of civilians during the regime's rule over Cambodia in the late 1970s, according to a statement. More >>
Colombia Fighting Displaces More Indigenous People
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:30 am | United Nations
More than 1,000 indigenous Colombians have taken refuge in a school to escape fighting between the army and an irregular armed group, the latest victims of more than 40 years of conflict which has uprooted 3 million people and has recently had a disproportionate ... More >>
WHO Stresses Need For Safety Of Kid's Medicines
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:26 am | United Nations
The lack of thorough and reliable clinical data on the way medicines affect children, particularly side effects, requires strengthened safety monitoring and vigilance of medicinal products, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned today. More >>
14 Million Kids In Ex-Soviet Bloc Get No Schooling
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:23 am | United Nations
"This situation will lead to intergenerational cycles of poverty, and undermine the capacity of governments to develop globally competitive economies based on skilled labour rather than cheap labour," UNICEF's regional director Maria Calivis warned. More >>
Four New Messengers Of Peace Designated
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:21 am | United Nations
Marking the International Day of Peace, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today designated four internationally renowned individuals - an equestrian, a conductor, an author and a violinist - to join the ranks of other UN Messengers of Peace. More >>
Sudden Expulsion Of Iranian Refugees From Turkey
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:18 am | United Nations
"To forcibly send persons to Iraq's northern governorates if they do not originate from there is contrary to UNHCR's guidelines. Security in Nth Iraq, although relatively calm compared to the rest of Iraq, is still tense and unpredictable." More >>
UN Reports 50% Increase In Iraqi Asylum-Seekers
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:17 am | United Nations
Almost 20,000 Iraqis applied for asylum in industrialized countries in the first half of this year, up 45 per cent on the previous six months, reflecting the unrelenting violence in the strife-torn country, according to provisional statistics. More >>
More UN Concern At Israel Hostile Gaza Declaration
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:14 am | United Nations
"The implementation of such measures would impose an unbearable burden on the civilian population of Gaza, which has already paid a heavy price from daily violence, isolation and deprivation," Ms. Arbour said in a statement released last night. More >>
UN Welcomes Gabon's Abolition Of Death Penalty
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:13 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today welcomed the decision by Gabon to abolish capital punishment and urged that the country swiftly enshrine the ban into law. Ministers voted to ban the death penalty. More >>
Somali Officials Deplore Rights Experts Expulsion
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:10 am | United Nations
An independent UN expert on human rights in Somalia who was denied entry to the town of Baidoa earlier this week and asked to travel back to Nairobi, Kenya, has been invited back in, saying expulsion had been result of a misunderstanding. More >>
Key Darfur Meeting Kicks Off At UN Headquarters
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 11:08 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon and his African Union counterpart have brought together foreign ministers and other senior figures from more than two dozen countries and regional groups for a meeting in New York today to mobilize international support. More >>
