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UN Agencies Urge End to Piracy
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 10:42 am | United Nations
Piracy off the cost of Somalia is threatening commercial shipping and fishing while impeding the delivery of humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands of Somalis, the heads of the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) and the International ... More >>
Meeting to Focus on Counter-Terrorism
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 10:42 am | United Nations
Sixteen West African countries are set to meet with donors at a United Nations-hosted meeting tomorrow to discuss a more targeted and regional approach to strengthening their ability to fight terrorism both within their borders and across the region. More >>
Restrictions Hurting Gaza’s Economy
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 10:39 am | United Nations
The continued closure or restrictions of border crossings is threatening the Gaza Strip’s economic sustainability, forcing most factories to close or operate at reduced capacity and depriving farmers of key export income, United Nations relief ... More >>
Floods in Myanmar Prompt UNICEF Relief
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 10:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) has begun distributing emergency supplies such as medicines, clothing, cooking utensils and water purification tablets in Myanmar in the wake of flooding that has struck the centre of the country. More >>
Dr Congo: UN Envoy Deplores Murder
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 10:37 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has condemned yesterday’s murder of a local politician in the far east of the country, saying it seems to be part of an emerging pattern of assassinations of political ... More >>
Refugees Crossing Gulf of Aden Halted
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 10:36 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees ( UNHCR ) has used a halt in the annual flow of Somali boatpeople travelling across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen to draw attention to their plight and call for more action to help those who endure such ... More >>
UN Food Agency Launches Programme
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 12:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) in Nepal is launching a $49 million programme to assist over 1.2 million people who continue to struggle daily with the effects of the recently ended 11-year conflict between the Maoists and the Government. More >>
UN Rushes Aid to Thousands
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 12:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations is rushing vital emergency supplies – including plastic sheeting, blankets, cooking sets, jerry cans, sleeping mats and mosquito nets – to thousands of people affected by flooding in northern Sudan. More >>
Top UN Envoy Condemns Suicide Blast
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 12:59 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan has expressed his outrage over today’s terrorist attack in Uruzgan province resulting in several deaths and injuries, stating that such utter disregard for innocent lives is “staggering” and makes a “mockery” ... More >>
Lebanese-Israeli Peace Threatened
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 12:56 am | United Nations
Lebanon is mired in a debilitating political crisis, facing continuing attacks aimed at undermining its sovereignty and territorial integrity, which makes it harder to fully implement the Security Council resolution ending last year’s war between ... More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Urges Immediate Action
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 12:56 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged immediate and effective action to aid the plight of the world’s 200 million migrants, characterizing the phenomenon of migration as “one of the great global challenges of our century.” More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Pledges UN Support
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 3:40 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has assured Guinea-Bissau of the world body’s support in organizing and monitoring the parliamentary elections to be held next year in the small West African country, which has witnessed rising political ... More >>
UN Envoy Urges Security Council to Act
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 3:06 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today urged the Security Council to quickly draw up a roadmap for determining the status of the province, which the world body has administered since NATO troops drove out Yugoslav forces amid inter-ethnic fighting ... More >>
UN Nuclear Inspectors to Revisit DPRK
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 3:05 pm | United Nations
Inspectors from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) will return to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to monitor the shutdown and eventual abandonment of the Yongbyon nuclear facilities, it was announced today. More >>
UN Force Commander Meets With Officials
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 3:04 pm | United Nations
The Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL ) met today with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to discuss recent violence in the region. More >>
Liberia, UN Mission Achieve Key Target
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 1:31 pm | United Nations
More than 3,500 officers have now graduated from Liberia’s Police Academy as part of United Nations-backed efforts to improve the rule of law in the West African country and help the nation rehabilitate after more than a decade of brutal civil war. More >>
Security Council Deplores Deadly Attack
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 1:04 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today condemned last week’s suicide car bombing near a popular tourist site in Yemen that claimed the lives of nine people, stressing the need to bring the sponsors as well as the perpetrators of all terrorist attacks to justice. More >>
UNESCO Chief Deplores Murder
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 10:27 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the latest killings of journalists in Iraq -- two staff members of a Baghdad television network and an employee of a newspaper in the northern ... More >>
Refugee Agency Teams With Committee
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 10:00 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency is joining forces with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in their second "Giving is Winning" campaign aimed at collecting sportswear for distribution to refugees and displaced people around the world. More >>
Ban Meets With Portuguese Leaders
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 9:57 am | United Nations
Continuing an official visit to numerous European capitals, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stopped in Lisbon, Portugal, to meet with the country’s leaders. More >>
