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UN-Backed Global Climate Change Meeting Kicks Off
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 10:18 am | United Nations
United Nations-backed climate change talks drawing 1,000 representatives from over 150 Governments, business and industry, environmental organizations and research institutions kicked off in Vienna today, preparing the way for a global summit set ... More >>
Meeting On North-South Peace Deal
Saturday, 25 August 2007, 12:50 am | United Nations
A top United Nations official in Sudan is taking part today in an African Union (AU) meeting being held to review the progress made so far towards implementing the comprehensive peace agreement that ended the long-running civil war between north and south. More >>
Peacekeepers In Liberia To Be Based On Security
Saturday, 25 August 2007, 12:16 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Liberia has briefed civil society leaders on the proposed phased drawdown of the UN peacekeepers who have overseen the West African country’s transition to democracy after 14 years of civil war, assuring them that ... More >>
Harnessing Technology To Save Environment
Saturday, 25 August 2007, 12:13 am | United Nations
More than 180 young people from 85 countries will meet in Germany next week in a United Nations-sponsored conference to discuss the ways in which technology can be used to promote environmental protection. More >>
In Fight Against Domestic Violence In Zimbabwe
Saturday, 25 August 2007, 12:08 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 24 2007 10:00AM Hundreds of traditional leaders across Zimbabwe are being trained to help fight domestic abuse in their communities under a United Nations-backed initiative launched in cooperation with the Government and women lawyers in the Central ... More >>
UN Campaign Against Diarrhoea Brings Results
Friday, 24 August 2007, 11:33 am | United Nations
A campaign led by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to prevent major outbreaks of acute watery diarrhoea in Sudan during the rainy season this year is paying dividends, with the number of cases of the sometimes fatal condition in the north of the country ... More >>
Cambodian Judicial Appointments Concern UN
Friday, 24 August 2007, 11:28 am | United Nations
Two United Nations human rights experts today expressed concern over judicial independence in Cambodia following recent appointments that they say seem to contravene the separation of executive and judicial powers enshrined in the country’s Constitution. More >>
UN Envoy Holds Talks With N. Uganda Leaders
Friday, 24 August 2007, 11:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy for the conflict in northern Uganda is meeting with officials in the region as part of his ongoing efforts to broker a durable peace accord between the Government and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). More >>
Myanmar: UN Calls For Constructive Dialogue
Friday, 24 August 2007, 11:27 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that he is following events in Myanmar closely and with concern following reports of arrests of student leaders and others by the authorities in the South-East Asian nation. More >>
New Unrest Flares In East Timor, UN Reports
Friday, 24 August 2007, 11:26 am | United Nations
Fighting involving 100 to 300 people armed with machetes, steel darts and bows broke out in Timor-Leste today, almost completely destroying a market in the town of Metinaro in the latest violence following inconclusive elections two months ago, the United ... More >>
UN Urges Continued Reflection On Slavery
Friday, 24 August 2007, 11:25 am | United Nations
Marking the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today urged reflection on slavery’s “tragic past” and noted that its ... More >>
UN-backed Forum Examines Role Of ICT
Friday, 24 August 2007, 11:24 am | United Nations
Over 1,000 participants from 66 countries have gathered at the United Nations Centre in Addis Ababa to explore how the latest information and communication technology (ICT) can help countries overcome poverty and advance development. More >>
UNFCCC Presents Climate Change Investment Flows
Friday, 24 August 2007, 11:23 am | United Nations
Over 1,000 participants from 66 countries have gathered at the United Nations Centre in Addis Ababa to explore how the latest information and communication technology (ICT) can help countries overcome poverty and advance development. More >>
Global Cooperation Vital As New Diseases Emerge
Friday, 24 August 2007, 11:22 am | United Nations
With new diseases emerging at an unprecedented rate in an increasingly interconnected world, often with the ability to cross borders rapidly, global public health security depends on international cooperation and surveillance more than at any previous time ... More >>
UNDP To Hold Probe Into DPR Korea Work
Friday, 24 August 2007, 12:09 am | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced today that it plans to set up an independent inquiry to examine allegations about its recent operations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) that are not being considered ... More >>
Sudanese Military Missed Re-deployment Deadline
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 2:34 pm | United Nations
Sudan’s armed forces missed a deadline last month to re-deploy out of the south of the country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his latest report charting the progress being made on implementing the comprehensive peace agreement ending ... More >>
UN, AU Condemn Burundi Political Grenade Attacks
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 2:32 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) and the African Union Mission in the country have condemned a grenade attack against political figures there. More >>
UN Appeals For Delay Closing Afghan Refugee Camp
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 11:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has asked Pakistan to temporarily suspend the closure of a major camp for displaced Afghans amid fears that tens of thousands are being pressured into leaving and may not be able to settle down in Afghanistan before winter ... More >>
New UN Deputy Envoys For Iraq, Liberia
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 11:58 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has selected David Shearer of New Zealand and Henrietta Joy Abean Nyarko Mensa-Bonsu of Ghana to serve as his deputy envoys in Iraq and Liberia, respectively, a United Nations spokesperson announced today. More >>
Long-term Eritrean Refugees Need Durable Solution
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 11:57 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency said today it is searching for long-term solutions for the tens of thousands of Eritreans who have crossed into eastern Sudan because of deteriorating political and human rights conditions in their homeland, including ... More >>
