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UN WFP Seeks Urgent Funds For Peru Quake Relief
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 11:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed to donors to urgently and generously fund its $6.1 million operation to provide food aid to 80,000 people worst affected by last week's deadly earthquake in Peru. More >>
Bangladesh: UN Provides More Food To Flood Victims
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 12:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the start of a new round of emergency food distributions in flood-hit parts of Bangladesh, where the agency hopes to help more than 800,000 people worst hit by the disaster. More >>
UN Agency Provides Aid For 5,000 Displaced Somalis
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 12:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has provided basic supplies to some 5,000 displaced people living in makeshift shelters in the southern Somalia town of Baidoa, a market area and seat of the country’s interim parliament, while cautioning that more assistance ... More >>
New UN Handbook Helps Asia-Pacific Respond To AIDS
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 12:07 am | United Nations
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region today received a new United Nations handbook that focuses on the role of human rights in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. More >>
Experts Probing Gorilla Killings On Preservation
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 12:04 am | United Nations
A United Nations-supported expert team probing the recent slaughter of nine mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today wrapped up its visit to the country by stressing that local communities must be central to efforts to ... More >>
UN Envoy Talks With Israeli, Palestinian Leaders
Thursday, 23 August 2007, 12:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations Middle East envoy is in Jerusalem today for talks with Israeli and Palestinian political leaders on the need for dialogue between the two sides and to help prepare for a future meeting of the Quartet, the international diplomatic ... More >>
UN Accuses Sudan Military Of Possible War Crimes
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 2:58 pm | United Nations
The Sudanese military and allied armed groups abducted women and girls and kept many as sex slaves for a month after an attack on villages in Darfur near the end of last year, the United Nations human rights office reported today, saying the abuses may ... More >>
UN Nuclear Watchdog Team Holds Talks In Iran
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 2:56 pm | United Nations
Experts from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are in Iran to hold talks as part of efforts to resolve outstanding issues pertaining to the country’s past nuclear programme and to clarify safeguards implementation issues. More >>
Strengthen Disaster Early Warning System, Says UN
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 11:43 am | United Nations
Early warning systems are the most efficient way to save lives in disasters such as Hurricane Dean now rampaging across Mexico and need to be further enhanced at local levels, the United Nations body seeking to mitigate their impact said today. More >>
Immediate Emergency UN Food Aid To DPR Korea
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 11:40 am | United Nations
United Nations emergency food deliveries for victims of devastating floods in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will begin immediately following an agreement with the Government for distribution over a three-month period to 215,000 ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Urged To Scale Up AIDS Response
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 11:38 am | United Nations
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has warned that countries in Asia and the Pacific will face serious difficulties in sustaining their response to the disease unless they become less reliant on external donors and commit more ... More >>
Greek Cypriot And Turkish Cypriot Leaders To Meet
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 11:36 am | United Nations
Greek Cypriot leader H.E. Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader H.E. Mehmet Ali Talat will meet on 5 September at the official residence of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in the United Nations Protected Area in Nicosia, the island’s ... More >>
Worsening Humanitarian Conditions In Gaza
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 11:34 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official in the Middle East today voiced concern about the deteriorating humanitarian situation inside the Gaza Strip, where the closure of border crossings and other restrictions have cut exports and forced factories to ... More >>
Refugees In Zambia To Receive Continued Assistance
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 12:21 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has assured refugees from several African countries living in Zambia that his agency will continue to assist them in their efforts to either return to their homes or to settle in local ... More >>
DR Congo: Ex-militia Members Agree To Disarm
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 12:19 am | United Nations
Another 3,500 ex-militia members from one of the most volatile corners of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have agreed to disarm, demobilize and try to reintegrate into the community, the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the vast African country ... More >>
UN Teams Assessing Aftermath Of Hurricane Dean
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 12:17 am | United Nations
As the first major Atlantic hurricane of the season made landfall in Mexico today after wreaking havoc across the Caribbean region, United Nations officials are surveying the aftermath of the storm as well as the most critical needs of those affected. More >>
UN Commends Jordan For Educating Iraqi School Kids
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 12:14 am | United Nations
UN commends Jordan for educating Iraqi school children With the new school year kicking off on Sunday in Jordan, the United Nations refugee agency today praised the country for opening the doors of its local schools to tens of thousands of Iraqi children ... More >>
Sec. Council Extends African Mission In Somalia
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 2:23 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today voted unanimously to extend the African Union-led mission in Somalia by six months while approving continued contingency planning for a possible United Nations peacekeeping operation in the war-ravaged country. More >>
UN Liberia Envoy Hails Indian Female Police Unit
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 2:22 pm | United Nations
The United Nations all-female Indian police unit in Liberia, the first such unit deployed in peacekeeping missions, not only demonstrates gender equality but also serves as an encouragement for Liberian women to become police officers themselves, ... More >>
Condom Campaign In India Wins UN Prize
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 2:21 pm | United Nations
A public awareness campaign designed to encourage the use of condoms as part of safe sex practices and family planning has won an award from the United Nations for outstanding achievement in public relations. More >>
