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UN Seeks Emergency Funds For Peru Quake Victims
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 2:09 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is appealing for $850,000 in emergency funding to ensure that up to 250,000 victims of the recent earthquake in Peru receive critical health services. More >>
Concern Over Sierra Leone Post-election Violence
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:44 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed concern about the rising tensions and violence over the past week in Sierra Leone, which earlier this month held its first presidential and parliamentary polls since United Nations peacekeepers departed in ... More >>
Angelina Jolie Hears Of Iraqi Refugees Suffering
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:44 am | United Nations
Angelina Jolie, actress and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador, today wrapped up her first visit to Iraq and Syria, where she spoke with Iraqi refugees who have fled the violence in their home country. More >>
UN Aids Iraqi Govt In Cholera Response
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is assisting the Iraqi Government in responding to a recent outbreak of cholera in the northern governorate of Sulemaniyah which has already claimed 10 lives and left thousands ill. More >>
Lack Of Birth Certificates Deny Children Services
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:42 am | United Nations
With millions of Latin American children excluded from health and education services because they lack birth certificates and do not therefore legally exist, the United Nations is participating in the first ever region-wide meeting convened to address ... More >>
UN To Send Team To Ethiopia's Somali Regional Area
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations is sending a humanitarian mission tomorrow to Ethiopia's Somali Region, which has been affected by security operations, to assess relief needs, in particular access to food, water, health and nutrition services. More >>
Person Charged By UN-backed Cambodia Court Appeals
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:40 am | United Nations
The first person to be charged by the United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other crimes three decades ago has appealed against an order for his provisional detention. More >>
Appeal For Unimpeded Delivery Of Humanitarian Aid
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:39 am | United Nations
A United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) official today repeated his call for his agency's staff, trucks carrying food aid and its partners to have unhindered access to deliver urgently-needed humanitarian assistance to flood-impacted people ... More >>
Children In Belize Face Life-threatening Diseases
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:39 am | United Nations
Potentially life-threatening cases of diarrhoea, stomach cramps, and fever have increased in Belize following Hurricane Dean's destructive sweep through the small Central American country, posing a particular danger to young children and other vulnerable ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Begins Foreign Trip, Retreat In Italy
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:38 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon leaves United Nations Headquarters tonight for a working trip that will begin in Turin, Italy, with a three-day retreat of senior UN staff and then follow with a visit to Sudan, Chad and Libya to observe first-hand the crises ... More >>
UN Seeks Swift Resolution Regarding NGO Head
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 11:37 am | United Nations
United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes has voiced his concern over the expulsion from Sudan of CARE's Paul Barker, and urged that the matter be resolved quickly so that the Country Director of one of the world's largest international ... More >>
Costs, Red Tape Harming Poor Landlocked Nations
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 2:20 pm | United Nations
High transport costs, regulatory constraints and other delays and obstacles at customs and border crossings pose the greatest threat to the world's poorest landlocked countries becoming competitive in international trade, the recently installed United Nations ... More >>
UN's Role In Conflict Resolution Needs A Boost
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 2:19 pm | United Nations
Conflicts between and within nations have grown so complex in recent years that the United Nations' capacity to deal with the world's most difficult crises needs to be enhanced, the Security Council stressed today. More >>
Sudan Not Cooperating On War Crimes Arrests
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 2:18 pm | United Nations
The Sudanese Government has not moved to arrest two suspects wanted to stand trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan's war-wracked Darfur region, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said today, calling on Khartoum ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Suspension To Sudan Dam Projects
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:54 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert has called for a halt to work on two hydroelectric dams in northern Sudan after receiving reports that local communities are about to face large-scale evictions from the area to make way for the projects. More >>
UN Welcomes Reports Of S. Korean Hostages Release
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:53 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed media reports that the Taliban has agreed to free 19 hostages from the Republic of Korea (ROK) that it has held captive in Afghanistan for more than a month. More >>
UN Sends 40K Anti-malaria Nets To Camps In Chad
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:52 am | United Nations
Tens of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Chad fleeing the ongoing crisis in Sudan's Darfur region will be saved from potentially fatal bouts of malaria thanks to 40,000 long-lasting insecticide-treated nets being ... More >>
UN Issues $14M Appeal For Flood-ravaged DPRK
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations launched a $14 million flash appeal today to aid the nearly one million victims of severe flooding in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over the past two weeks. More >>
Peru: UN Seeks $37m To Assist Earthquake Victims
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners today appealed for $37 million to provide more than 200,000 people with food, water, medical assistance, tents and blankets for a period of six months following the deadly earthquake that struck Peru ... More >>
'Tiger girl' Wins UN Letter Writing Competition
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:50 am | United Nations
Assuming the mind of a tiger cub, a young Malaysian girl has won a United Nations letter-writing competition, beating out over 3 million other youngsters from around the world. More >>
