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UN War Crimes Tribunals Urge Help
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 10:30 am | United Nations
Senior officials from United Nations war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia today called for efforts to capture a number of infamous fugitives known to be hiding from justice in different countries. More >>
Rocket Attack From Lebanon On Israeli Town
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 10:30 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly deplored the rocket attack launched from southern Lebanon at the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, calling it the most the serious violation of the Blue Line since the end of last year’s war in ... More >>
Agreement Between Burundian Government And Rebels
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 10:28 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement between Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza and Agathon Rwasa, leader of the Palipehutu-National Liberation Forces (PALIPEHUTU-FNL), to implement the ceasefire deal they reached last year. More >>
War Crimes Tribunals Officials Urge Help
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:52 am | United Nations
Senior officials from United Nations war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia today called for efforts to capture a number of infamous fugitives known to be hiding from justice in different countries. More >>
West Bank Warehouse Attacked
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency tasked with helping Palestinian refugees says its operations in the Gaza Strip have returned to their levels before the recent outbreak of deadly fighting, but a warehouse on the West Bank housing stocks of the UN World Food Programme ... More >>
African Women’s Efforts Thwarted
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:49 am | United Nations
The rampant gender-based discrimination hampering African women’s success in business must be tackled through policy and programmes, according to a new study by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). More >>
UNICEF Calls for Increased Efforts
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) marked the Day of the African Child today by calling on governments, communities and families to boost efforts to prevent child trafficking. "Globally, an estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year, ... More >>
‘Granny Power’ Can Propel Development
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
Grandmothers are a large untapped renewable resource for maternal and child nutrition, health and development, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. More >>
UN Official Issues Ringing Denunciation
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:47 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today sounded a ringing denunciation of Taliban terrorism in Afghanistan, decrying the group’s atrocities as crimes against humanity and Islam while urging a concerted international response to the violence. More >>
UN Official Issues Ringing Denunciation
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:45 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official today sounded a ringing denunciation of Taliban terrorism in Afghanistan, decrying the group’s atrocities as crimes against humanity and Islam while urging a concerted international response to the violence. More >>
UN And African Union Agree to Strengthen
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:44 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council and its African Union (AU) counterpart today agreed to bolster their collaboration in addressing conflict and building peace. More >>
Quartet Concerned at Palestinians
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:43 am | United Nations
Members of the diplomatic Quartet -- the United Nations, European Union, Russian Federation and United States -- today voiced "deep concern over the welfare and security of all Palestinians, especially those in Gaza, whose lives have been most seriously ... More >>
UN Committed to Facilitating Middle East
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:40 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern about deteriorating conditions in the Middle East while pledging the full support of the United Nations for facilitating the peace process and providing relief aid in the region. More >>
Sudan Accepts UN-African Force for Darfu
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:39 am | United Nations
Sudan's Government has agreed to support unconditionally the deployment of a hybrid United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in the Darfur region following talks in Khartoum with a delegation of the Security Council, which said that it would ... More >>
Central African Government, Rebels Sign
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 12:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Central African Republic (CAR) and the country’s major rebel group have signed an agreement that will allow some child soldiers in the northeast – the scene of fierce fighting in recent months ... More >>
UN-Led Talks on Western Sahara
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 12:54 am | United Nations
Talks carried out under United Nations auspices on Western Sahara began today outside of New York, with the participation of representatives of the parties – Morocco and the Frente Polisario – along with neighbours Algeria and Mauritania, a spokesperson ... More >>
UN Nuclear Watchdog Agency Team to Visit
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 12:53 am | United Nations
In response to an invitation from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to visit the country for talks, the head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) said today that he is dispatching a team to Pyongyang next ... More >>
Partnership to End Poverty
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 12:52 am | United Nations
Tackling global poverty requires a concerted effort by governments of developed and developing countries supported by the private sector, civic groups, the media and other players on the international scene, United Nations General Assembly President ... More >>
Partnerships in Hiv/Aids Work Discussed
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 12:51 am | United Nations
More than 1,500 participants from around the world are exchanging lessons learned from their efforts to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and to care for sufferers at a four-day United Nations-backed meeting in Rwanda. More >>
Investment Vital for Transport
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 12:48 am | United Nations
Long-term financial assistance is critical to establishing efficient transport systems that can connect the world’s poorest landlocked countries to countries with coastlines, the United Nations advocate for those States told a conference today. More >>
