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Displaced Afghan Numbers Could Surge, Warns UN
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:56 am | United Nations
A United Nations envoy warned today that the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Afghanistan could rise significantly if the conflict there continues at the current rate, adding to the multitude of Afghans that have already fled their ... More >>
War Crimes Trial Of Charles Taylor Postponed
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:54 am | United Nations
The war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been postponed until early next year after judges at the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) agreed today to give defence lawyers more time to study the evidence. More >>
Hurricane Dean: UN Ready To Help In Caribbean
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:52 am | United Nations
The United Nations has deployed a team of disaster assessment and coordination experts to the Caribbean to assist countries hit by Hurricane Dean which has left a trail of death and destruction in its rampage past St. Lucia, the Dominican Republic, Dominica, ... More >>
UN Group Launched To Curb Bio Weapons Threat
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations inaugurated a new unit today to further bolster its efforts to reduce the threat to the international community posed by weapons of mass destruction. The Implementation Support Unit (ISU) – which will help States Parties in their ... More >>
Election Process In Nepal In Good Shape – UN
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:49 am | United Nations
The top United Nations political official today, having just returned from Nepal, hailed the preparations for upcoming elections in the Himalayan nation and urged all political parties to ensure that the process remains on track. More >>
UN Grants $8M To Help With Sudanese Flood Relief
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations today allocated $8.7 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help the ongoing humanitarian relief efforts in Sudan, where more than 1.5 million people may soon need assistance in the wake of devastating floods. More >>
Peru: UN Agencies Press Ahead With Aid Effort
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:45 am | United Nations
20 August 2007 – Clean water, basic sanitation, food, shelter and temporary jobs have become the priority needs in the wake of last week’s deadly earthquake in Peru, United Nations relief officials said today as they prepared to launch a flash ... More >>
UN & Int'l policing experts gather in Australia
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 12:05 am | United Nations
Top United Nations and international police officers, along with law enforcement and human rights experts will gather in the Australian capital Canberra on 30 August for two days of closed-door meetings to discuss ways of improving international policing ... More >>
UN Calls On Thailand To Release 150 Lao Refugees
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 12:01 am | United Nations
UN agency calls on Thailand to release nearly 150 Lao refugees after hunger strike Voicing relief that 149 Hmong refugees from Laos held in a detention centre in Thailand had ended a hunger strike, the United Nations refugee agency today called on the ... More >>
French FM Lays Wreath for 2003 UN Iraq HQ Attack
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 12:00 am | United Nations
Visiting French minister lays wreath for victims of 2003 attack on UN’s Baghdad HQ More >>
UN Voices Optimism On Nepal Political Process
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs in Kathmandu today voiced optimism about Nepal's upcoming elections and pledged the world body's full support for the process. Speaking at a press conference, B. Lynn Pascoe, said that ... More >>
Donors Pledge Support For DPR Korea Flood Victims
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:48 am | United Nations
More than a dozen United Nations Member States today pledged to support relief efforts to victims of severe flooding that has swept the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) this month, one of the world body’s top humanitarian officials announced. More >>
New Passageway Opens To Aid Sudanese Returns
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has stepped up efforts to repatriate Sudanese refugees living in Uganda with the opening of a major new return corridor in South Sudan. More >>
UN Intensifies Efforts In Wake Of Peru Earthquake
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:44 am | United Nations
Amid mounting fears that the death and injury tolls will rise following the major earthquake which rocked Peru earlier this week, the United Nations is stepping up efforts to provide relief to victims. More >>
UN Appeal For At Least $10 Million For Sudan
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:41 am | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies and their partner non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are launching an appeal for more than $10 million to deal with widespread floods in Sudan that have destroyed thousands of homes and inundated farmlands, towns ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Welcomes Dutch Hosting Hariri Tribunal
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:39 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the Netherlands’ decision to agree to host the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which is being set up to prosecute those people responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq ... More >>
Saudi Becomes UN Humanitarian Envoy
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:37 am | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian chief today welcomed the recent appointment of a special envoy tasked with ensuring there is more effective coordination between UN relief efforts and those of governments and aid groups in the Middle East and North ... More >>
UN Staff Remember 2003 Baghdad Attack
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:36 am | United Nations
United Nations staff members across the globe today solemnly commemorated the fourth anniversary of the bombing at Baghdad’s Canal Hotel, where nearly two dozen people were killed and scores more injured in the deadliest attack against the world body’s ... More >>
UN Urges DR Congo To Boost Protection For Media
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:34 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has called on the authorities to reinforce protection for the media following the murders of a journalist and local government official in the strife-torn eastern ... More >>
UN Tribunal Welcomes Release Of Japanese Vessel
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:32 am | United Nations
The United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) today welcomed news that authorities in the Russian Federation have released a Japanese fishing vessel and its crew -- detained for alleged illegal fishing in Russian waters -- ... More >>
