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UN Experts Urge to Facilitate Food Aid
Friday, 13 July 2007, 9:25 am | United Nations
With insecurity, massive displacement and piracy hampering efforts to delivery food aid to Somalis suffering from malnutrition, two independent United Nations experts today urged international action to address the problem. More >>
UN Agency Honours Turkish PM
Friday, 13 July 2007, 9:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has conferred its highest award, the Agricola Medal, on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his contribution to agricultural and social development in Turkey. More >>
UN Scheme to Keep Tabs on Diversity
Friday, 13 July 2007, 9:21 am | United Nations
The United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) today launched an over $8 million initiative to monitor conservation efforts to protect the world’s biological diversity. More >>
UN Scheme to Keep Tabs on Diversity
Friday, 13 July 2007, 9:21 am | United Nations
The United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) today launched an over $8 million initiative to monitor conservation efforts to protect the world’s biological diversity. More >>
Secretary-General to Meet US President
Friday, 13 July 2007, 9:21 am | United Nations
Darfur, climate change and United Nations reform will be on the agenda when Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds talks next week in Washington with United States President George W. Bush, Mr. Ban’s spokesperson announced today. More >>
Security Council Receives Hariri Report
Friday, 13 July 2007, 9:20 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today sent to the Security Council the latest report of the independent commission charged with investigating the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and many other killings in the Middle Eastern ... More >>
UN Convention on Disability Rights
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 2:01 pm | United Nations
United Nations officials say the global treaty to protect the rights of the world’s estimated 650 million people with disabilities could take effect by early next year after Qatar this week became the 100th country to sign the landmark pact. More >>
Top UN Official Appeals for Aid
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 11:38 am | United Nations
The top United Nations humanitarian official today called for international assistance to help Lesotho which is facing its worst food crisis, with 400,000 people – or a fifth of the population of the small southern African nation – in need of emergency ... More >>
Planned Continuation of Sahara Talks
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 11:36 am | United Nations
The Security Council today welcomed news that United Nations-sponsored talks on Western Sahara between Morocco and the Frente Polisario, along with neighbours Algeria and Mauritania, are set to resume next month, voicing hope that “substantial negotiations” ... More >>
Migiro Urges Greater Support
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 11:29 am | United Nations
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today called for greater international support to Guinea-Bissau and other African nations emerging from conflict, following a visit to the small West African nation last week. More >>
UN Workshop Calls for Better Treatment
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 11:26 am | United Nations
Africa’s pastoralists deserve year-round attention from Governments and policymakers, and not just in the aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster, a United Nations official told a workshop convened in Kenya to help preserve the nomadic herders’ ... More >>
UN Thrives on Global Challenges
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 11:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations is entering an era when it can prosper because the world’s major challenges have become so complex that individual countries cannot resolve them on their own, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
UN Agency Hails Resumption of Delivery
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 9:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that, following forced suspension in May due to insecurity, food delivery has resumed along the southern ring road – a major artery linking Kandahar to the western province of Herat and ... More >>
UN Officials Urge Male Involvement
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 9:26 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) marked World Population Day today by calling for greater participation by men in maternal health to reduce the number of women who die each day in childbirth ... More >>
UN Summit Aims to Harness Technology
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 9:25 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have strongly endorsed a summit to be held later this year aiming to boost information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in Africa to ... More >>
Human Rights Chief Speaks Out
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 1:00 pm | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today spoke out against the reported stoning last week of a man in Iran and urged the country not to execute his companion or any other person in the same unlawful manner. “I am extremely ... More >>
Attacks on Aid Workers Threaten Relief
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 11:33 am | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian chief warned today that increasing attacks on aid workers in Darfur are jeopardizing relief efforts, and called for an immediate end to violence in the strife-torn region of Sudan. More >>
Rising Organized Crime in Guinea-Bissau
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 11:33 am | United Nations
Voicing concern about the “alarming increase in organized crime, drug trafficking and the proliferation of illicit small arms in Guinea-Bissau,” the Security Council today called on the international community to step up its efforts to bolster the ... More >>
Migiro Stresses Civil Society’s Key Role
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 11:26 am | United Nations
Engaging with civil society has become crucial to the work of the United Nations, helping the world body to promote its agenda on issues ranging from peace and security to human rights and humanitarian assistance, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro ... More >>
UN Reports Improvements in Pakistan
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 10:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency, which has shipped thousands of relief supplies to areas in Pakistan devastated by floods in late June, today reported that conditions are improving there but serious challenges remain. More >>
