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Drawdown Of Forces In Liberia No Danger To Peace
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:50 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Liberia has again reassured the once war-shattered West African nation that the world body will not jeopardize the country's hard-won stability with its planned reduction of peacekeeping forces. More >>
Many Somalis In Need Of Food, UN Needs $22 Million
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:49 am | United Nations
With below-normal rains, an influx of displaced people, insecurity and worsening health conditions sparking a "dramatic deterioration" in Somalia's Shabelle region, long viewed as the strife-torn country's breadbasket. More >>
Zimbabwean Children To Benefit From AIDS Project
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:48 am | United Nations
Almost 500,000 school children in Zimbabwe are expected to benefit from a United Nations-backed initiative to train 1,500 primary and secondary school teachers in new and practical ways to help stall the spread of HIV and AIDS. More >>
UN And Aid Partners Call For $20 Million For Sudan
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations and its partner non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today launched a flash appeal for more than $20 million so they can help millions of Sudanese recover from what many consider to be the country's worst floods in living memory. More >>
Displacements In Iraq Soar As Situation Worsens
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:46 am | United Nations
The number of Iraqis uprooted from their homes by the deteriorating humanitarian situation, both inside and outside the country, is rising, with the monthly rate climbing to over 60,000 people, compared to 50,000 previously, for an overall total ... More >>
UN-backed African Green Revolution To Kick Off
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations-backed conference on the African Green Revolution - which supports African farming communities as they evolve from subsistence farming to sustainable modern agriculture - kicks off tomorrow in Oslo, Norway. More >>
Antarctic Ozone Hole Opens Early This Year
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:45 am | United Nations
The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has emerged earlier than usual this year, but it is not yet clear whether the eventual annual depletion of the naturally occurring gas that filters out cancer-causing ultraviolet (UV) radiation will be as bad as ... More >>
Angelina Jolie Spotlights Plight Of Iraqi Refugees
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:44 am | United Nations
Actress and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie is visiting Iraq and Syria to raise awareness of the plight of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi families who have fled the violence in their home country. More >>
Iran Answers Questions On Plutonium Programme
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:44 am | United Nations
Iran has addressed the questions of the United Nations nuclear watchdog about its past plutonium programme and both parties now consider that matter resolved, according to a statement posted on the UN agency's website. More >>
UN Honours Environmental Pioneers
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:43 am | United Nations
Ground-breaking research on measuring the environmental impacts of sugar production in South Africa and newsprint paper production in Zimbabwe, as well as assessing impacts on biodiversity in Brazil, were among those recognized today by a new award ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon To Visit Sudan Next Week
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 11:42 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he will travel next week to Sudan, Chad and Libya, as he outlined a three-part strategy to deal with the Darfur crisis by ensuring that peacekeepers are deployed quickly and effectively, humanitarian ... More >>
Sec. Council Applauds 1st Round Sierra Leone Polls
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 11:50 am | United Nations
The Security Council today welcomed the recent peaceful staging of the first round of Sierra Leone's presidential and parliamentary elections and called on the country's people to maintain their respect for independent national institutions and processes ... More >>
Chinese To Lead UN Peacekeeping In Western Sahara
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 11:47 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major-General Zhao Jingmin as the new Force Commander for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO), the first time that the world body has had a Chinese national head one of its missions. More >>
Top UN Official Lauds South Africa Refugee Policy
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 11:45 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres has commended the South African Government for its progressive policy on refugees and asylum seekers, including a commitment to ensure their access to basic services. More >>
Conditions Deteriorating For Many Iraqi Children
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 11:44 am | United Nations
As United Nations agencies continued to aid victims of the massive bombings that killed hundreds of people and wounded many more in northern Iraq earlier this month, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) today reported growing risks to tens of thousands ... More >>
UN Urges Release Of Myanmar Demonstrators
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 11:42 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for the immediate release of student leaders and other protesters arrested by the Myanmar authorities following a series of peaceful demonstrations against the sharp increase in fuel ... More >>
Afghan Opium Drug Trade Soars To Record Levels
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 11:39 am | United Nations
The amount of Afghan land used for growing opium is now larger than the combined total under coca cultivation in Latin America - Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. No other country has produced narcotics on such a deadly scale since China in the 19th century. More >>
UN Tests International Climate Change Temperature
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 11:31 am | United Nations
A fresh round of climate change talks under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) got underway in Austria today. Around one thousand representatives from more than 150 governments, business and industry, environmental ... More >>
Envoy For Northern Uganda Continues Visit
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 11:28 am | United Nations
As part of a tour of the region, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Envoy for the areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Joaquim Chissano stopped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this weekend. More >>
Possible Departure Of Aid Official Causes Concern
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 11:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian arm voiced serious concern today at reports that the Sudanese Government has ordered the Country Director of CARE, a large non-governmental organization (NGO), to leave the country within 72 hours. More >>
