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Cholera Outbreak In Northern Iraq A Threat
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 11:57 am | United Nations
The cholera outbreak in northern Iraq continues to be a major threat to public health in the region with over 3.3 million people presumed to be exposed to the risk of an epidemic, according to an update by the United Nations health agency. More >>
Worsening Conditions In Ethiopia's Somali Region
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 11:56 am | United Nations
The humanitarian situation in Ethiopia's Somali regional state - one of the country's poorest areas and home to some 4.5 million people - has deteriorated substantially over the past several months due to ongoing security operations, according to a United ... More >>
Cutting Essential Services Breaches Obligations
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 11:55 am | United Nations
"There are 1.4 million people in Gaza, including the old, the young and the sick, who are already suffering from the impact of prolonged closure," he said. "They should not be punished for the unacceptable actions of militants and extremists." More >>
Approach To Impact Of Disasters On World Tourism
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 11:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has allocated additional resources and realigned its work programme for the years 2008/2009 to help better face the challenges of natural and man-made disasters to a market that last year registered ... More >>
UN Tribunal Charges Senior Khmer Rouge Figure
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 9:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia set up to try Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other horrific crimes during the late 1970s today announced that Nuon Chea, a senior member of the group, has been arrested and charged. More >>
UN Hosts Premiere Of Anti-Trafficking Film 'Trade'
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:22 am | United Nations
United Nations Headquarters in New York will roll out the red carpet tonight as it hosts the world premiere of a new feature film spotlighting the horrors of human trafficking, a multi-billion dollar global industry whose primary victims are women ... More >>
UNESCO To Choose Global Network Biosphere Reserves
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:20 am | United Nations
Experts from around the world are gathering this week at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to consider 33 new sites for inclusion into the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. More >>
Afghanistan: UN-backed Immunization Drive Starts
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:18 am | United Nations
out a polio immunization drive in insurgency-affected areas in southern and eastern Afghanistan, just days before the end of a nine-week campaign aimed at achieving an end to violence in the strife-torn nation. More >>
UN Appeals For Political Compromise In Nepal
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:18 am | United Nations
Both the Government of Nepal and the Maoists have renewed their commitment to the country's peace process in conversations with the top United Nations political official, who today urged them to reach a political compromise in the broader interest of the ... More >>
Philippines: UN Donates Health Kits For Refugees
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:11 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is providing emergency medicines and supplies people displaced by the escalation of fighting between the Philippines army and the Moro National Liberation Front in the southern island of Mindanao. More >>
Civil Aviation Must Adjust In Response To Threats
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:10 am | United Nations
Global air transportation needs to adjust to face emerging challenges such as terrorist attacks and climate change, a top official of the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said today. More >>
IAEA Can Help Eliminate World Hunger
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:10 am | United Nations
The United Nations atomic watchdog agency, best known seeking to combat nuclear proliferation and terrorism, has a major role to play in feeding the world's burgeoning population, the top UN agricultural official said today. More >>
DR Congo: Children, Recruitment, Exploitation
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:09 am | United Nations
"Separation of children from the parents always puts children at risk," UNICEF's Chief of Field Operations for the DRC Julien Harneis said. "Then you've got the creation of spontaneous camps, which leads to measles, cholera and the recruitment of children ... More >>
Scores Of Countries Reporting On Iran Sanctions
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:07 am | United Nations
Adopted last December, resolution 1737 banned trade with Iran in all items, materials, equipment, goods and technology which could contribute to the country's enrichment-related, reprocessing or heavy water-related activities, or to the development of nuclear-weapon ... More >>
UN Urges Continued Support To Sierra Leone
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:02 am | United Nations
The Security Council today commended Sierra Leone on the recent holding of presidential elections and called for continued international support as the West African nation proceeds on its path to peace and security. More >>
Better IT Can Unleash Africa's Potential
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:01 am | United Nations
African countries have registered the world's highest mobile phone growth, ranging from 50 to 400 per cent in the last three years, Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), told a press briefing. More >>
Ending Tour Of Duty, UN Iraq Official Visits North
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 12:00 am | United Nations
Wrapping up his three-year term as the top United Nations envoy in Iraq, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative Ashraf Qazi has completed a tour of the northern region of the strife-torn country, assuring Kurdish leaders there of continued UN ... More >>
Reconstruction Options For Bombed Sinjar Region
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 12:54 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Iraq has taken a first-hand look at the devastation in the northern Sinjar region where coordinated bombings on a single day last month killed hundreds of people and left many more wounded, reviewing several long-term ... More >>
New UN President Calls For Focus On Priorities
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 12:45 am | United Nations
Climate change, financing for development, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), management reform and counter-terrorism should all receive priority attention from the General Assembly over the next year, the incoming president Srgjan Kerim said ... More >>
Sec-Gen Anticipates Intense Diplomacy Ahead
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 12:44 am | United Nations
As leaders from across the world prepare to gather for the United Nations General Assembly's annual debate next week, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today predicted an unprecedented level of diplomatic activity aimed at forging common strategies ... More >>
