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Hybrid Darfur Force Will Protect Lives Of Women
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:29 am | United Nations
The newly authorized hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur can serve as a major step towards saving the lives of vulnerable women and girls in the violence-wracked Sudanese region, the head of a UN women's institute said ... More >>
Tajikistan: UN Closes Office Of Peacebuilding
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:27 am | United Nations
The flag was lowered for the last time yesterday over the United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace Building (UNTOP), ending the world body's 15-year political presence in the Central Asian country, first to help halt a civil war that killed over 50,000 ... More >>
UN Emergency Fund Provides $40M For 16 Crises
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:24 am | United Nations
The top United Nations humanitarian official today announced a grant of $40 million from the world body’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide life-saving support in 16 so-called forgotten crises around the world. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Endorses Kosovo Status Initiative
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:21 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed an agreement to have a troika comprised of the European Union, Russian Federation and United States lead further negotiations on the future status of Kosovo, the Serbian province administered by the United Nations ... More >>
UN Radio: Today's News Update From The UN
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 5:57 pm | United Nations
UN Radio News Update: Security Council Authorizes Peacekeeping Force for Darfur - Secretary-General Deplores Killings of Two Korean Hostages by Taliban - New British Prime Minister Urges Efforts to Meet the Millennium Goals - British Prime Minister ... More >>
Security Council OKs UN-Africa Force To Darfur
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 5:22 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today approved the creation of a hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to quell the violence and instability plaguing the Darfur region of Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and two million ... More >>
UN & Partners Step Up Somalia Contacts
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 11:55 am | United Nations
The UN and its international partners in the search for peace in Somalia plan to step up their contacts with the country's National Reconciliation Congress in an effort to bring stability to a faction-riven land. More >>
UN Calls On Guatemala To Back Armed Groups Probe
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 11:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations today reiterated its call on Guatemala to "seize this opportunity" to set up a proposed independent body to investigate illegal armed groups in the Central American country on the eve of a vote in the national legislature tomorrow. More >>
UN Secretary-General On Anti-poverty Targets
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 11:46 am | United Nations
Stating that the world was "seriously off track" to reaching some of its shared anti-poverty goals by the target date of 2015, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for urgently stepped-up efforts to achieve the objectives on time. More >>
Decisive Global Action Needed On Climate Change
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 11:43 am | United Nations
Top United Nations officials joined leading experts today in urging decisive action on a global scale to combat the challenges posed by climate change. More >>
UN Literacy Conference Kicks Off In Beijing
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 11:35 am | United Nations
UNESCO is holding a conference in Beijing starting today to help tackle illiteracy in East Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific, where women make up nearly seven out of every 10 people who cannot read and write. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Condemns Killing Of Korean Hostages
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 6:07 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against the recent killing of two South Korean nationals abducted in Afghanistan nearly two weeks ago, calling for the safe return of the remaining detainees, including several women. More >>
UN Welcomes Support For Cyprus De-mining Projects
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 6:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) today lauded the signing of a €4 million contract between the European Commission (EC) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to clear remaining mines inside the buffer zone patrolled by the ... More >>
Music Serves As Tool In Sierra Leone Elections
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 4:30 am | United Nations
If music be the food of love, then it can also serve to promote peaceful elections in a country recovering from a disastrous decade-long civil war. More >>
Too Many Children In Niger Still Face Malnutrition
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 4:27 am | United Nations
As the impoverished West African country of Niger enters the "lean season," when food from the last harvest runs out, too many children are still at risk of malnutrition despite much progress made over the past two years, the United Nations Children's ... More >>
Ban-ki Moon To See Rehabilitation Efforts In Haiti
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 4:23 am | United Nations
When Ban Ki-moon arrives in Haiti for a 24-hour tour, he will witness efforts by the United Nations in the fields of security, the economy and the judiciary that have fostered progress since the last visit by a Secretary-General to the impoverished ... More >>
UN Force Sharpens Skills With Live Fire Training
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 11:37 am | United Nations
The Field Artillery Group, part of the Quick Reaction Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) carried out a major live fire training exercise today to hone its skills and expertise. More >>
UN: Govt Soldier Convictions In DR Congo Welcomed
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 11:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today welcomed the conviction by a Congolese court of nine Government soldiers for killing 31 unarmed civilians last year. More >>
Nepal: UN Election Monitors To Start Second Visit
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 11:29 am | United Nations
United Nations election monitors will this week begin their second visit to Nepal as part of the world body's efforts to support the staging of Constituent Assembly polls there later this year. More >>
UN Welcomes Start Of Ivory Coast Disarmament
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 11:24 am | United Nations
UN officials in Côte d'Ivoire welcomed a "flame of peace" ceremony held there today to officially launch the disarmament process by setting fire to weapons handed over by rebels. More >>
