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Seven Arrested In Attack On Convoy In Timor-Leste
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 12:06 am | United Nations
Seven people have been arrested in connection with last week’s attack on a United Nations convoy in Timor-Leste during post-election violence in the small South-East Asian country, UN Police (UNPOL) reported today. More >>
Nuclear Plant Hit By Quake Shut Down Safely
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 12:04 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 15 2007 5:00PM A Japanese nuclear power plant damaged by a strong earthquake last month shut down safely, and the very small amount of radioactivity released was well below the authorized limits for public health and environmental safety, ... More >>
Ban Ki-Moon & DPR Korea Discuss Peace Security
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:34 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Ambassador Pak Gil Yon of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) met today to discuss peace and security issues affecting the Korean Peninsula. More >>
UN Relief Effort Increased After Sth Asia Floods
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:31 pm | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies continue to step up their relief efforts in the wake of the recent deadly floods across South Asia, distributing food and emergency supplies, vaccinating against infectious diseases and launching public awareness ... More >>
Lebanon Needs To Heal Political Rifts
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:29 pm | United Nations
Lebanon: A Year After End Of War, UN Envoy Stresses Need To Heal Political Rifts More >>
UN Concerns Of Worldwide Supply Of Clean Water
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:26 pm | United Nations
Water will become the dominant global issue this century, and the availability of its supply could threaten the world's social stability, the head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting socially and environmentally sustainable housing has ... More >>
UN Conf. Tackles Needless Deaths During Pregnancy
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:24 pm | United Nations
With a woman somewhere in the world needlessly dying every minute during pregnancy and childbirth, the United Nations is participating in a landmark conference in October to bring an end to millions of maternal deaths globally. More >>
Somalia: Violence Against Journalists Worsening
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:23 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations body mandated to protect press freedom today voiced grave concern at the growing violence against the media in Somalia following the murder of two journalists and the injuring of a third. More >>
UN Appeals For Funds To Help Burundian Refugees
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:21 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies appealed to donors today for at least $20 million for increased food aid to help many of the 149,000 Burundian refugees in camps in Tanzania to return home, warning that without more funding the initiative may collapse. More >>
Experts Prepare For UN Global Warming Conference
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:21 pm | United Nations
One thousand representatives from governments, business and industry, environmental organizations and research institutions will gather in Vienna at the end of this month to set the stage for a major United Nations conference in December on further ... More >>
Timor: Violence Drives 1000s From Homes
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:19 pm | United Nations
Post-electoral violence in Timor-Leste, including arson and rock-throwing, has reportedly driven at least 4,000 people from their homes in two eastern districts in the small South-East Asian country, forcing them to stay in the mountains or in convents, schools ... More >>
Ugandans Want Justice For Past Atrocities
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:17 pm | United Nations
A new study by the United Nations human rights office shows that communities in northern Uganda blame both the Government and the rebel Lord�s Resistance Army (LRA) for atrocities committed during a more than 20-year conflict, and want those responsible ... More >>
Female Workforce Participation Curtailed
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 2:49 pm | United Nations
Although the rate of female participation in the workforce in Latin America and the Caribbean is at an all-time high, women are still being prevented from reaching their economic potential by their child-rearing and caretaking responsibilities, as well ... More >>
UN Calls For Steps To Protect Afghan Civilians
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 2:47 pm | United Nations
As Numbers Of Dead And Displaced Soar, UN Calls For Steps To Protect Afghan Civilians More >>
Peaceful Staging Of Polls In Sierra Leone
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 2:45 pm | United Nations
Welcoming the successful staging of Sierra Leone’s first presidential and parliamentary elections since United Nations peacekeepers departed at the end of 2005, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the people of the West African country to maintain calm as ... More >>
Growth In Asia’s Labour Force Poses Challenges
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 1:40 pm | United Nations
Asia’s vast labour force, already estimated at some 1.8 billion workers, is expected to grow by more than 200 million by the year 2015, posing a series of environmental, economic and social challenges to the region’s rapidly growing economies, according ... More >>
UN Envoy Urges Liberians to Prevent Mob Violence
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 1:03 pm | United Nations
Speaking at the opening of a new police station in Liberia, which was built by Nigerian blue helmets, the United Nations envoy to the West African country has called on local people to prevent mob violence while a senior Liberian police officer has urged ... More >>
Western Sahara: UN-Led Talks Wrap Up
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 11:58 am | United Nations
The latest round of United Nations-sponsored talks on Western Sahara has ended with the parties, Morocco and Frente Polisario, in agreement that the status quo is unacceptable and the process of negotiations will continue. More >>
Basketball Star, Designer UNICEF Ambassadors
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 11:23 am | United Nations
Three-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Manu Ginobili of Argentina and South African fashion designer Gavin Rajah have been appointed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as goodwill ambassadors to help protect and promote ... More >>
Six More UN Vehicles Damaged in Timor-Leste
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 12:08 am | United Nations
Six more United Nations vehicles have been damaged and a UN police officer slightly hurt in rock-throwing incidents in Timor-Leste since last night as the security situation remains tense following post-election violence in the small South-East Asian country ... More >>
