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Estimates on 2.5 Million with AIDS
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 9:54 am | United Nations
New more accurate 2006 estimates indicate that HIV affects approximately 2.5 million people in India, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) said today, hailing progress in dealing with the epidemic while warning against complacency. More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Names Top Aides
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 9:52 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today named the Ambassador of Mali to the United Nations as his top aide dealing with the world's most vulnerable countries and appointed a veteran information technology professional from the Republic of Korea as the world ... More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Condemns Attack
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 9:52 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned "in the strongest terms" the bomb attack which killed and wounded hundreds of Iraqis in the north, and urged the country's leaders to work for peace. More >>
UN Official Urges Rights-Based Approach
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 9:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief has called on States to ensure that strategies to achieve the world’s shared anti-poverty goals be grounded in the internationally recognized human rights to which all countries have subscribed. More >>
Shortage of Supplies Halts Construction
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 9:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency tasked with helping Palestinian refugees has announced that it has halted construction on all of its building projects in the Gaza Strip because restrictions at the crossing points with Israel have led to a shortage of ... More >>
Bosnian Muslim Army Chief Facing Trial
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:38 am | United Nations
The former head of Bosnian Muslim forces during the Balkan wars of the 1990s went on trial today at the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on charges that include murder, rape and torture. More >>
UN Envoy Congratulates Political Parties
Saturday, 7 July 2007, 2:56 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today congratulated the country's political parties for their democratic conduct following the parliamentary election held at the end of last month. More >>
UN-Backed Operation Resettles Eritreans In US
Saturday, 7 July 2007, 2:54 pm | United Nations
Some 700 ethnic Kunama refugees from Eritrea are getting a new start in the United States thanks to a United Nations-backed operation that is flying them there after years of exile in northern Ethiopia. More >>
Summit Adopts Declaration On Responsible Practices
Saturday, 7 July 2007, 2:53 pm | United Nations
Hundreds of business leaders attending a United Nations meeting in Geneva today pledged to comply with labour, human rights, environmental and anti-corruption standards in a wide-ranging declaration on making globalization more beneficial to the world's ... More >>
Kosovo’s Progress Could Falter
Friday, 6 July 2007, 11:26 am | United Nations
Kosovo’s overall progress towards building a functioning economy and establishing democratic institutions of self-government has been encouraging, but those advances could soon unravel unless the Serbian province’s future status is determined, Secretary-General ... More >>
Duchess of York Dedicates New School
Friday, 6 July 2007, 10:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations today dedicated a newly constructed school in Liberia at a ceremony attended by Sarah, the Duchess of York, who called for continued attention to the country as it solidifies stability after years of conflict. More >>
Migiro Urges Comprehensive Approach
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:51 am | United Nations
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today called for a more broad-based effort to tackle the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls. More >>
Biofuel Demand Driving Up Prices
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:50 am | United Nations
Increased demand for biofuels is leading to changes in agricultural markets that could drive up global prices for many farm products, according to a new United Nations-backed report. More >>
UN’s Darfur Envoy Arrives in Sudan
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:49 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy tasked with re-energizing the peace process in the violence-wracked Darfur region has arrived in Sudan for fresh talks on how to kick-start political negotiations between the parties to the conflict. More >>
UN Mission Endorses Call for Inquiry
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire has announced its support for any international inquiry into last week’s deadly rocket attack on a plane carrying the country’s Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro. More >>
Ban Calls on Global Compact Leaders
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:28 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged action on climate change and other shared international concerns in an address to the Global Compact Leaders Summit -- a gathering in Geneva of business leaders, government ministers, and heads of civil society groups ... More >>
UN Warns of Possible Locust Infestation
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) has warned that swarms of desert locusts from East Africa are expected to cross the Indian Ocean and could reach India and Pakistan within days, creating a potentially dangerous situation ... More >>
Newly Established Forum Vital
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:23 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed to governments, United Nations organizations, civil society, parliaments, the private sector and academia to make the most of a newly established forum to advance the world’s shared anti-poverty goals, including ... More >>
UN War Crimes Tribunal Concerned
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has expressed concern to authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina about the circumstances surrounding the recent escape from a local jail of a man serving a 20-year sentence for the rape ... More >>
UN's Top Rights Official Concerned
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 3:39 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today voiced concern at the recent decision by a military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to acquit all defendants of killings, torture and other abuses that occurred during an operation ... More >>
