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Melting Ice Will Affect Hundreds Of Millions
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 1:30 pm | United Nations
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide will be affected by melting snow covers, ice and glaciers, according to a new United Nations report released ahead of tomorrow’s celebrations for World Environment Day. More >>
Timor-Leste: UN Bolsters Security After Shootings
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 1:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste is stepping up electoral security in the eastern city of Viqueque after two people were fatally shot over the weekend. More >>
Somalia: Call to Cease Holstilities
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 11:28 am | United Nations
The United Nations and other members of a group supporting peace and reconciliation efforts in Somalia today called on all parties to agree to an immediate cessation of hostilities and protect civilians in the war-ravaged country. More >>
Strengthened Management Planned for UNDP
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 10:48 am | United Nations
A senior official from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today outlined a series of measures from financial disclosure to standardizing information available on the Internet to improve management at the agency. More >>
UN Positioned to Push on Climate Change
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 10:16 am | United Nations
As the only global forum, the United Nations is uniquely positioned to forge a common approach to combating climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Africa Off-Track on Global Anti-Poverty
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 10:16 am | United Nations
Despite faster growth and strengthened institutions, Africa remains off-track to meeting the world’s shared goals for fighting poverty in all its forms, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today, urging international support for the ... More >>
Kuwait Invasion Victim Justice Urged
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 12:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today urged justice for the victims of Iraq’s 1990 invasion and subsequent occupation of Kuwait. More >>
Diplomatic Quartet Calls On Both Sides
Friday, 1 June 2007, 5:19 pm | United Nations
The Middle East diplomatic Quartet issued a wide-ranging statement today calling on Israel and the Palestinians to work constructively to create an environment where there can be progress towards Palestinian statehood that is consistent with previous ... More >>
Hariri Assassination Tribunal
Friday, 1 June 2007, 5:18 pm | United Nations
The Security Council agreed today that the special tribunal set up to try the suspected killers of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri will enter into force on 10 June unless Lebanon ratifies the tribunal itself before that date. More >>
House Calls To Vaccinate Afghan Newborns
Friday, 1 June 2007, 5:16 pm | United Nations
Joining forces with the Afghan Government, two United Nations agencies are conducting their final round of house calls to vaccinate newborns and their mothers against tetanus in the capital, Kabul. More >>
UN Agency Urges Measures To Prevent Forest Fires
Friday, 1 June 2007, 5:15 pm | United Nations
A United Nations agency today urged countries to invest more in fire preparedness and prevention. “Countries need to enhance collaboration, share their knowledge and increasingly target people, who are the main cause of fires, through awareness-raising ... More >>
UN Agency Honours Artwork On Climate Change
Friday, 1 June 2007, 5:14 pm | United Nations
Raising awareness of the dangers posed by climate change, the United Nations environment agency has recognized three children for their artistic depictions of the phenomenon. Eleven-year old Charlotte Sullivan of the United Kingdom took first prize in the ... More >>
Land In Afghanistan Donated To Mine Victims
Friday, 1 June 2007, 5:14 pm | United Nations
Land in Afghanistan that is now free of mines has been donated to the brave workers who were injured while clearing those deadly weapons from the area, the United Nations said today. More >>
Joint UN-Haitian Efforts Against Gang Violence
Friday, 1 June 2007, 5:13 pm | United Nations
Endorsing the recent efforts of the Haitian Government and the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the impoverished Caribbean country to tackle gang violence and reform the national police, the Security Council today called for further measures to improve ... More >>
UN Team Heads To Lebanon To Assess Border Security
Friday, 1 June 2007, 5:12 pm | United Nations
A five-member United Nations team is heading to Lebanon next week to assess the monitoring of the country’s border with Syria. More >>
Sexual Violence in DRC/Burundi
Friday, 1 June 2007, 11:54 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official today said that she was appalled by the level of sexual and gender-based violence she found in Africa’s Great Lakes region, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Burundi. More >>
Aid for Hundreds of Thousands in Somalia
Friday, 1 June 2007, 10:49 am | United Nations
Aid has been distributed to more than 90 per cent of the nearly 400,000 people displaced by recent fighting in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, though considerable humanitarian difficulties persist, the United Nations said today. More >>
Rising Confidence in Peacekeeping
Friday, 1 June 2007, 10:33 am | United Nations
The Military Adviser to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), who is retiring today, said that coping with burgeoning new mandates in recent years has boosted the success of UN operations overall. More >>
Calls for Reforms on Cambodia Rights
Friday, 1 June 2007, 10:32 am | United Nations
A United Nations envoy today welcomed legal reforms in Cambodia, expressing hope that their long-awaited adoption will begin to redress unjust court proceedings and other violations of human rights in the Southeast Asian country. More >>
Call for Stamping Out Workplace Smoking
Friday, 1 June 2007, 10:32 am | United Nations
As World No Tobacco Day is celebrated today, the United Nations World Health Organization ( WHO ) called for stamping out smoking in the workplace to protect people from second-hand fumes. More >>
