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Security Reform Key To Timor-Leste Stability
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:30 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission helping Timor-Leste recover from fighting last year that drove 15 per cent of the population from their homes has called for improved relations between the police and army, a strengthened legal framework, increased ... More >>
UNESCO Deplores Murder Of Another Iraq Journalist
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:27 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the murder of yet another journalist in Iraq, where some 40 media professionals have been killed this year alone. More >>
Serious Food Situation In S. Asia Following Floods
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:22 am | United Nations
The food situation in South Asia, where torrential rains resulted in deadly flash floods and landslides that affected more than 28 million people, gives "serious cause for concern" because of the loss of animals and unfavorable crop prospects ... More >>
WFP Launches New Food Programme In Yemen
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a new $1.3-million three-month operation to aid 36,000 people displaced by fighting in north-west Yemen, cautioning that the number of those assisted could rise once security constraints are lifted ... More >>
ADF Defence Attitude Survey Findings
Friday, 17 August 2007, 4:33 pm | United Nations
The Department of Defence today released a summary of the latest Defence Attitude Survey findings. Publication of the 2006 Summary of Results follows the administration of the survey late last year to a 30 per cent sample of Australian Defence Force ... More >>
United Nations Rushes Aid To Quake-hit Peru
Friday, 17 August 2007, 3:55 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is rushing food, water purification tablets, cash and other forms of assistance to Peru following last night's powerful earthquake which struck south of the capital, Lima. More >>
Security Council Condemns Deadly Nth Iraq Blasts
Friday, 17 August 2007, 3:36 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today condemned this week's series of coordinated bombings in northern Iraq that killed hundreds of people and left many more wounded, urging the country's people to end their continuing sectarian violence. More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Praises Asian Efforts Against Crime
Friday, 17 August 2007, 2:22 pm | United Nations
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has emerged as a key regional forum for tackling the threats posed by terrorism, drug trafficking and conflict, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the seventh summit of heads of State of the six-member grouping ... More >>
DPR Korea: UN Identifies Flood Needs
Friday, 17 August 2007, 2:19 pm | United Nations
As United Nations agencies continue their efforts to assess the damage caused by devastating floods in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a humanitarian official from the world body said today that a donors' meeting will be convened tomorrow. More >>
UN-assisted Returnees To Burundi Tops 350,000
Friday, 17 August 2007, 2:17 pm | United Nations
Over the past five years, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has helped over 350,000 Burundian refugees return to their homes, under one of the agency's largest repatriation programmes in Africa. More >>
UN Concerned At Cambodian Judge's Appointment
Friday, 17 August 2007, 2:15 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today voiced concern over the appointment to the Cambodian Court of Appeal of a judge already serving on the UN-backed tribunal trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and torture during the late 1970s, saying it could ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Alters Plans For UN Presence In Chad
Friday, 17 August 2007, 2:12 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has unveiled revised plans for a United Nations presence in the troubled east of Chad and northeast of the Central African Republic (CAR), proposing that the European Union (EU) field a military force and the UN focus on ... More >>
UN New Guidance For Treated Malaria Mosquito
Friday, 17 August 2007, 12:10 am | United Nations
The United Nations health agency today issued new global guidance on the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets against malaria, for the first time recommending that they be long-lasting, distributed either free or highly subsidized, and used by all community members to ... More >>
UN Spreads Insecticide Nets In Rep. Of Congo
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 2:22 pm | United Nations
With armed police on board for protection through a rebel-held region, a United Nations-sponsored train draped in flags and banners has covered 600 kilometres through the Republic of Congo, dropping off 300,000 insecticide-treated bed nets to fight one of the tropics’ ... More >>
Palestinian Teens Benefit From Youth Centres -- UN
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 2:19 pm | United Nations
With border closures and increased poverty continuously undermining the ability of Palestinian teenagers to get a good education and enjoy their time off, tens of thousands of youngsters are benefiting from United Nations-supported learning centres in the ... More >>
UN Tourism Agency To Hold Carbon-Neutral Meetup
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 2:09 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced that it will try to make all travel, accommodation and activities related to a climate change conference it is staging in early October “carbon neutral” to set an example ... More >>
UNICEF Continues Its Support In Bangladesh
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 11:55 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 15 2007 5:00PM One month after floods devastated Bangladesh, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) continues to provide food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities and shelter to those affected by the monsoon rains. More >>
Sustainable Approach To Growth Crucial In Asia
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 12:41 am | United Nations
A sustainable approach to development is crucial to keep pace with Asia’s unprecedented economic growth, Director-General Juan Somavia of the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) said at a three-day conference wrapping up today in Beijing, ... More >>
UN Calls On Iraqi Leaders To Set Aside Differences
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 12:31 am | United Nations
United Nations officials today called on Iraqi leaders to set aside religious and political difference and protect civilians after yesterday’s multiple car bombings in the north of the country that reportedly left at least 200 people dead and many ... More >>
UN Talks With Kyrgyz Officials Before Summit
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 12:29 am | United Nations
Just ahead of a regional summit in Central Asia, the top United Nations political official is meeting with authorities in Kyrgyzstan today on issues of mutual concern, a spokesperson for the world body announced. More >>
