Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register United Nations for InfoPages here.
United Nations - Latest News [Page 711]
UN Aid Rushed To Central America Ahead Of Felix
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 10:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations has begun deploying aid and assistance to the areas in Central America expected to suffer from the destruction that Hurricane Felix - which made landfall in Nicaragua this morning - could leave in its wake. More >>
Agreement Between Sierra Leone Candidates
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 9:38 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Sierra Leone has welcomed the agreement of the leaders of the country's two major political parties on measures to try to calm rising tensions ahead of this Saturday's presidential run-off election. More >>
Sudanese Allow Ill Darfurian Leader To Travel
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 9:10 am | United Nations
The Sudanese Government has allowed the United Nations to arrange for the travel of a key Darfurian elder and former rebel group figure to Kenya for medical treatment, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today after meeting with Sudan’s President. More >>
East Timor Making Progress Despite Recent Flare-up
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 9:09 am | United Nations
Despite the recent flare-up of tensions following the announcement of a new Government, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended Timor-Leste on overcoming the crisis of last year that led to the bolstering of the United Nations presence in the country ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Backs Innovative Development Finance
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 8:17 am | United Nations
Finding new flows of development finance is crucial if the world is to meet its ambitious series of anti-poverty goals by the target date of 2015, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told a meeting of an international group of rich and poor nations. More >>
Report Shows Obstacles Faced By Afghan Returnees
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:40 am | United Nations
Many Afghans returning to their homeland face a number of major challenges, including a lack of employment, health care, education and housing, according to an assessment carried out with the support of the United Nations refugee agency. More >>
Civilians Flee New Clashes In Eastern DR Congo
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:39 am | United Nations
Thousands of Congolese civilians are on the move in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) strife-torn North Kivu province, fleeing their homes amid reports of renewed fighting, cases of rape, and rising tensions between Government forces, renegade ... More >>
UN Envoy On Children Begins Visit To Cote d'Ivoire
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights envoy tasked with protecting the rights of children caught up in armed conflict today began a visit to Côte d'Ivoire to assess the situation in the divided West African country. More >>
Serious Locust Infestation In Yemen Worsens -- UN
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:38 am | United Nations
The locust infestation in Yemen, already termed "threatening and extremely serious" last month, worsened during August as immature swarms of the crop-devouring insects formed in the interior and moved into the central highlands, with the possibility ... More >>
Kosovo Envoy Voices Solidarity With Demonstrators
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:37 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Kosovo today voiced solidarity with demonstrators in the capital, Pristina, who marched against crime in response to last week's murder of a police officer in the Serbian province administered by the world body since ... More >>
Funding Shortfall Threatens UN Family Reunions
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:35 am | United Nations
Threatened by an almost 50 per cent shortfall in funding, family reunion visits and other confidence-building measures connecting Sahrawi refugees in camps in Algeria and their relatives in the Western Sahara Territory risk coming to a halt next month, ... More >>
Syria Says It Will Not Forcibly Deport Iraqis
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:33 am | United Nations
The Syrian Government has assured the United Nations refugee agency that it does not intend to forcibly return Iraqi refugees, estimated at some 1.4 million, when it introduces new visa requirements. More >>
UN Seeks To Build On Iraq Reconciliation Efforts
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:32 am | United Nations
The top UN official in Iraq is to explore with the Government and a full range of political leaders the activities that the United Nations can undertake to promote national dialogue and reconciliation following recent political developments. More >>
WHO Urges More Investments For Mental Health
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:31 am | United Nations
With up to half of all people with severe mental disorders worldwide and a vast majority of mild or moderate cases not receiving any treatment, the United Nations health agency today appealed to countries to increase their investment. More >>
UN Hails Lebanese Seizure Of Refugee Camp
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:30 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official welcomed the Lebanese army's full seizure over the weekend of the Nahr el-Bared camp, which has been the scene of months of intense combat with Fatah el-Islam gunmen. More >>
UN Counts On Field Commanders In Peacekeeping
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:30 am | United Nations
With more peace operations, and more men and women in the field, than at any other time in the history of the United Nations, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today called on field commanders to help the world body meet the "daunting challenges ... More >>
Ashraf Qazi Named As New UN Envoy For Sudan
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 7:29 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, currently his Special Representative in Iraq", will become his new Special Representative for Sudan, where the United Nations is working to relieve the crisis in Darfur and ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Kicks Off First Visit To Sudan
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 11:52 am | United Nations
Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sudan today to "lock in progress" made so far to end the crisis in the country's strife-torn Darfur region and observe first-hand the situation on the ground ahead of the deployment of a massive joint peacekeeping operation. More >>
Human Rights In NE Uganda Shows Improvement - UN
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 7:52 am | United Nations
The human rights situation in Uganda's Karamoja region has improved significantly over the last four months, with a "marked reduction" in human rights violations, road ambushes and the circulation of illegal arms, the United Nations said today. More >>
UN Envoy Speaks Out On Attacks In Nepalese Capital
Monday, 3 September 2007, 6:19 pm | United Nations
"The United Nations expresses its condemnation of the bomb attacks which have killed and injured Kathmandu citizens," Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ian Martin said in a statement. More >>
