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Ban Ki-Moon to Depart on Two-Week Visit
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 11:46 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will depart this weekend for a two-week trip to Europe that will take him to Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and the United Kingdom, a spokesperson for the world body announced today. More >>
UN to Deploy Heavy Support to Darfur
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 12:36 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations peacekeeping official said today that the world body is stepping up its preparations for the heavy support package to the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan, while efforts are under way to establish a hybrid UN-African Union force. More >>
Africa And Asia Population to Double by 2030
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 12:03 am | United Nations
The population of African and Asian cities will double by 2030, adding 1.7 billion people, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says in a new report which calls for addressing rising urbanization by helping the poor. More >>
Peacekeeping Capacity Boost Approved
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 12:01 am | United Nations
The General Assembly’s budget committee has approved a set of proposals to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations to mount and sustain peacekeeping operations at a time when the number of blue helmets deployed around the world is the highest in ... More >>
Secretary-General Offers UN Assistance
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 11:58 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pledged to support national efforts to provide emergency assistance to survivors of recent storms across South Asia, which have resulted in several hundred deaths in India and Pakistan. More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Urges Ratification
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 11:15 am | United Nations
Marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other United Nations officials today roundly denounced the practice and called on all countries to ratify the international treaty that bans it. More >>
Children Are Hit Hardest by Economy
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 11:02 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) says it is deeply concerned about increased suffering for everyday Zimbabweans, particularly children, as a result of grave economic problems facing the southern African country. More >>
French Soccer Star Meets Liberian Youth
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 10:11 am | United Nations
A United Nations-backed initiative has brought French international football star Lilian Thuram to Liberia, where he encouraged thousands of youth to actively pursue peace. More >>
UN Hands Out Public Service Awards
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 9:59 am | United Nations
From introducing an e-voting initiative in Switzerland to establishing a performance contracts scheme in Kenya, government departments, agencies and public bodies from 14 countries have won this year’s United Nations Public Service Awards. More >>
Global Drug Abuse Rates Holding Steady
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 9:58 am | United Nations
The production, trafficking and consumption of most illegal drugs remained steady last year, and law enforcement agencies are becoming more successful in their fight against the scourge, according to a United Nations report released today. More >>
UN Can Benefit from Global Forum
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 9:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations stands to benefit from the results of a meeting on good governance bringing together elected officials, experts, business leaders and representatives of civil society groups, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro told participants ... More >>
UN Food Agency Signs Agreement
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 9:37 am | United Nations
The Untied Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) has signed a deal, lasting until the year 2010, to aid indigenous communities which live isolated from the modern world and were relatively unknown until recently in Ecuador’s northern border region. More >>
Agreement Should Synchronize Actions
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 12:25 am | United Nations
A new agreement between the Security Council and its African Union (AU) counterpart will allow the two bodies to better harmonize their actions in the interest of international peace and security, the Council heard today. More >>
Security Council Spotlights Nexus
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 10:59 am | United Nations
The exploitation of natural resources from diamonds to timber can trigger or fuel conflicts but their effective management can also contribute to post-conflict recovery, the Security Council said today. More >>
Southern Afghanistan, Opium Production
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 10:58 am | United Nations
Afghanistan continues to monopolize the global industry in illegal opium and is increasingly capable on its own territory of processing the poppy into heroin and morphine, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warned today. More >>
UN Mission Welcomes Announcement
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 9:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Nepal ( UNMIN ) today welcomed the unveiling of a date – 22 November – for the Himalayan country’s Constituent Assembly elections, calling it a critical step forward in the peace process. More >>
Paris Talks Generate Momentum
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 9:49 am | United Nations
A high-level meeting in Paris bringing together over a dozen countries concerned about the situation in the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan has helped generate additional momentum towards ending the suffering of the people there, Secretary-General ... More >>
Dr Congo: UN Bolsters Security Measures
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is taking measures to help the authorities bolster security in the country’s troubled eastern provinces of North and South Kivu, a spokesperson for the world ... More >>
Council, Ban Ki-Moon Condemn Attack
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 9:12 am | United Nations
The Security Council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have strongly condemned yesterday’s bomb attack in southern Lebanon that killed six UN peacekeepers and seriously wounded two others. More >>
Gaza: UN Aid Official Condemns Attack
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 9:11 am | United Nations
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory has condemned today’s rocket attacks that led to the closure of the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. More >>
