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Gaza Economy Worsening Due To Border Restrictions
Friday, 3 August 2007, 8:04 am | United Nations
The economy of the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate as a result of the limited opening of border crossing points into the territory, the United Nations said today. More >>
Attacks On Congolese Journalists Draw UN Concern
Friday, 3 August 2007, 7:11 am | United Nations
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today denounced the recent series of attacks on journalists in the troubled country, especially those working for a UN-backed radio station with the largest Francophone audience in sub-Saharan ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Pledges UN Commitment On Haiti
Friday, 3 August 2007, 6:35 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Haiti to consolidate its gains so far on the security front by strengthening the rule of law, reforming the judiciary and fighting corruption, and has pledged the continued engagement of the UN in the country. More >>
UN Calls To Stamp Out Illiteracy In Asia & Pacific
Friday, 3 August 2007, 6:29 am | United Nations
A UNESCO conference to tackle illiteracy in East Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific has wrapped up, with participants calling for strong political commitment and close cooperation between governments and civil society organizations. More >>
Former Militia Leaders Convicted In Sierra Leone
Friday, 3 August 2007, 6:00 am | United Nations
The United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) today convicted two former leaders of a pro-government militia of war crimes committed during the country's prolonged civil war in the 1990s. More >>
Floods In Colombia, Big Freeze In Peru -- UN Helps
Friday, 3 August 2007, 5:22 am | United Nations
The UN is helping to provide emergency food to nearly 100,000 people after the worst floods in decades in Colombia and the coldest weather in 30 years in Peru brought even more misery to over 1 million of Latin America's most impoverished inhabitants. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Pledges UN Commitment For Haiti
Friday, 3 August 2007, 12:30 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Haiti to consolidate its gains so far on the security front by strengthening the rule of law, reforming the judiciary and fighting corruption, and has pledged the continued engagement of the UN in the country. More >>
Guatemala OKs Armed Groups Probe, Sec.-Gen Happy
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 3:51 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has applauded today’s decision by the Guatemalan legislature to approve an independent body to investigate the presence and activities of illegal armed groups in the Central American country. More >>
UN Voices Optimism In Tackling Climate Change
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 3:45 pm | United Nations
Top United Nations climate change officials today voiced optimism that international leaders are ready and willing to tackle climate change on the second and final day of a General Assembly meeting on the issue. More >>
Meeting On Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 3:42 pm | United Nations
Dozens of experts from around the world - including representatives from United Nations agencies, religious and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), law enforcement agencies, Government and research institutions - are meeting in Addis Ababa on ways to eradicate ... More >>
UN Studies Space Tech In Fight Against Bird Flu
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations is taking steps to promote the application of space technology to help Asian-Pacific countries fight bird flu, drawing on its potential as part of an integrated early-warning system to track the virus's path in a region that ... More >>
UN Agencies Urge Breastfeeding Right After Birth
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:51 am | United Nations
Two United Nations agencies have kicked off World Breastfeeding Week today with a call for enabling new mothers to nurse their babies immediately after birth to prevent a significant number of neonatal deaths in developing countries. More >>
UN Sends Aid For Nepalese Flood Victims
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
With helicopters, food, water purification tablets, blankets and medical supplies United Nations agencies have rushed emergency aid to tens of thousands of Nepalese hit by floods and landslides, responding rapidly to the Government's request for ... More >>
Zimbabwe: UN Food Agency Seeks Urgent Funds
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) appealed today for $118 million to assist over three million Zimbabweans facing severe food shortages caused by a poor harvest and worsening economic turmoil in the southern African nation. More >>
Asian Experts Take Part In UN Meeting On Trade
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:42 am | United Nations
Experts from government, academia and the private sector have gathered today in the Chinese city of Kunming for a United Nations-sponsored meeting set up to identify ways to encourage greater trade within the Asia-Pacific region. More >>
Work Needed To Reintegrate Returning Refugees
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:40 am | United Nations
The international donor and humanitarian community must work even more intensively to ensure that Afghan refugees returning home are able to resume a normal life, with the lack of land, shelter and jobs posing a very long-term challenge for which there ... More >>
First Charges Issued By Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia set up to try Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other horrific crimes during the late 1970s has issued its first charges against a member of the notorious group. More >>
Sierra Leone: UN Radio Expands Coverage
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:36 am | United Nations
Radio broadcasts on Sierra Leone’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections will be considerably enhanced thanks to the recruitment of 40 new reporters covering the polling process, the United Nations Integrated Office in the country (UNIOSIL) ... More >>
Secretary-general Departs For 2-day Visit To Haiti
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:34 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon departed New York today for a two-day visit to Haiti, where he will meet with Government officials, as well as representatives from churches, civil society and the private sector. More >>
Surge In DR Congo Gorilla Killings Sparks Concern
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:32 am | United Nations
The head of the UNESCO sounded the alarm today over the fate of mountain gorillas living in a national park in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after another four were found slaughtered late last month. More >>
