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Veteran Aussie Cop Is New UN Police Chief
Friday, 10 August 2007, 9:56 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced his intention to appoint Andrew Hughes, an Australian with over 30 years of experience in national law enforcement and United Nations peacekeeping, as the world body's top police official. More >>
UN-backed Talks On Western Sahara Resume
Friday, 10 August 2007, 9:55 pm | United Nations
A second round of UN-backed talks on Western Sahara will begin on Friday outside of New York, a spokesman for the world body announced today. Peter van Walsum, will lead the two-day discussions between the parties - Morocco and the Frente Polisario. More >>
Progress At UN-chaired Talks With Darfur Rebels
Friday, 10 August 2007, 9:54 pm | United Nations
The Security Council welcoms the progress made during "pre-negotiation" talks last weekend with some of Darfur's rebel groups and called on all sides to the conflict to now show their commitment to the peace process by ending their hostilities. More >>
Southern Sudan Set For Talks On Peace Deal
Friday, 10 August 2007, 9:52 pm | United Nations
Senior UN officials will tomorrow hold their first round of high-level consultations with the Govt of Southern Sudan to see how to better implement the January 2005 comprehensive peace agreement that ended the country's protracted north-south war. More >>
UNICEF And US Supply Shelter To Flood-Hit Sudanese
Friday, 10 August 2007, 7:14 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United States have teamed up to provide temporary shelter for almost 80,000 households hit by recent flooding in northern Sudan. As many as 365,000 people are thought to be affected by the floods. More >>
UN Urges SE Asia To Act Fast Against Dengue Fever
Friday, 10 August 2007, 7:04 am | United Nations
The UN today called on SE Asian countries to act promptly to prevent and contain mounting outbreaks of dengue fever, a potentially fatal flu-like viral illness spread by mosquitoes breeding in artificial containers and improperly managed garbage. More >>
UN Official And Sri Lankan Leader Discuss Concerns
Friday, 10 August 2007, 6:58 am | United Nations
Assistance for returnees and ensuring the safety of civilians and aid workers were on the agenda today as UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes met with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss humanitarian matters in Shri Lanka. More >>
Indigenous Peoples' Concerns Must Be Tackled -- UN
Friday, 10 August 2007, 6:49 am | United Nations
The world's 370 million indigenous people continue to suffer discrimination, marginalization, extreme poverty and conflict, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for urgent action to deal with their pressing concerns. More >>
Timor-Leste Still Tense After Post-Election Unrest
Friday, 10 August 2007, 6:28 am | United Nations
The security situation in Timor-Leste remains tense, with UN police and their international and national colleagues fully deployed to end post-election violence in small country that the UN helped shepherd to independence from Indonesia in 2002. More >>
UN Envoy Talks Liberian Security With Benin Leader
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 9:02 am | United Nations
Security in Liberia topped the agenda of talks today in Monrovia between the senior United Nations envoy to the West African country, Alan Doss, and the President of Benin, who pledged support in restoring stability there. More >>
UN Relief Chief Tours Conflict-wracked Sri Lanka
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 8:59 am | United Nations
The top UN humanitarian official toured eastern Sri Lanka today, meeting with some of the tens of thousands of internally displaced persons living in the region and holding talks with local authorities to try to improve the relief effort there. More >>
UN Works To End Violence, Promote Culture Of Peace
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 6:30 am | United Nations
Peace must be viewed through the lens of security, development and human rights, UN Dep. Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said in NY today, advocating an active approach to not only resolve conflicts but also to foster tolerance and understanding. More >>
Electoral Unrest Continues In Timor-Leste
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 6:08 am | United Nations
UN police officers in Timor-Leste, together with their international and national colleagues, have been fully deployed to put a stop to the violence that has erupted following the appointment of a new government. More >>
Darfur: UN Envoy Visits Region For Fresh Talks
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 6:06 am | United Nations
The UN envoy tasked with re-energizing the peace process in Darfur heads to the violence-wracked Sudanese region today for talks with local authorities, tribal leaders, civil society groups, Arab nomads and internally displaced persons (IDPs). More >>
Ban Ki-moon Meets Barbadian PM, Middle East Envoy
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 6:01 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is holding talks today with the Prime Minister of Barbados, where last night he met with Tony Blair, the new envoy of the diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East, a United Nations spokesperson announced. More >>
South Lebanese To Receive UN Farming Aid
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 5:58 am | United Nations
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will launch a $3.3-million programme next month to help smallholders in South Lebanon resume farming after months of interruption caused by last year's war between Israel and Hizbollah. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Welcomes Upcoming Inter-Korean Summit
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 5:55 am | United Nations
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the forthcoming summit meeting between the leaders of the two Koreas. Last month, IAEA inspectors confirmed that five nuclear facilities in the DPRK have been shut down. More >>
Climate Change Could Intensify Hunger Risk -- UN
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 10:25 am | United Nations
Climate change could lead to potential food shortages and increase the risk of hunger in developing countries, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said today. However, industrialized countries could see an increase in crop yields. More >>
UN On Target With Hybrid Darfur Peace Force
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 10:13 am | United Nations
The UN is on target to deploy a mainly African hybrid peace force in the war-wracked Sudanese region of Darfur on schedule, but needs more offers from countries on critical capacities such as aviation and ground transport. More >>
UN Warns of Health Crisis in Flood Stricken Asia
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 9:40 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies are warning of a possible health emergency in South Asia, after severe flooding in recent weeks has left some 30 million people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal in urgent need of fresh water, food and shelter. More >>
