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UN Hails US Rights Trads, Voices Concern
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 4:36 pm | United Nations
Affirming the continuing leadership role of the United States in security and human rights, an independent United Nations expert has criticized some measures taken by the country to fight terrorism, after completing a ten-day fact finding visit. More >>
UN Awards Medals To Personnel Who Served for Peace
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 3:03 pm | United Nations
At a medal ceremony today posthumously honouring United Nations personnel who died last year while working in missions around the world, the top peacekeeping official grieved the loss while urging greater efforts to end violent conflicts. More >>
Measures To Bring Rights Violators To Justice
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 3:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council and the world body’s top human rights official today urged the Government of Burundi to take steps toward consolidating peace, including by bringing the perpetrators of abuses to justice. More >>
UN Refugee Agency Briefs German Foreign Minister
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 3:01 pm | United Nations
Ahead of next week’s “Group of Eight” Summit, the Foreign Minister of Germany has received a briefing on the situation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan from officials of the United Nations agency dealing with their plight. More >>
Asian Media Pledge Greater Response To Aids
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 3:00 pm | United Nations
Over 130 representatives from the region’s leading television, radio, print and electronic media gathered at the conference in Kuala Lumpur on 28 May, according to the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, which helped to organize the event. More >>
Dollar Crash Must Be Averted To Sustain Growth
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 2:53 pm | United Nations
In order for current world economic growth rates to continue, it is crucial to keep the United States dollar from falling rapidly while also avoiding a recession, says a United Nations report released today. More >>
New Guidelines To Boost Hiv Testing & Counselling
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 2:52 pm | United Nations
Aiming to boost access to much-needed HIV treatment, care and prevention services, two United Nations agencies today jointly issued new guidance on testing for and counselling about the virus. More >>
Panel Suggests Trade Restriction on Fish
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 1:44 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization ( FAO ) today announced that an expert panel it convened is supporting trade restrictions on sawfish and the European eel. More >>
Cambodia: Project to Help Rural Poor
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 1:43 pm | United Nations
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ) has announced that it will support a new $11.5 million development project in Cambodia aimed at helping the rural poor.“The project will not only boost incomes, it will also lay ... More >>
Climate Focus of Upcoming Conference
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 1:06 pm | United Nations
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have helped to expand the debate about climate change beyond the scientific community to the global mainstream, the author of a key United Nations report on the issue said today. More >>
Hundreds of Sudanese Flee to CA Repblic
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 1:06 pm | United Nations
Some 1,500 Sudanese refugees have sought refuge in a single town in the Central African Republic (CAR), claiming that Sudanese Government forces and armed militias attacked their town two weeks ago, a United Nations spokesperson said today. More >>
Increasing Access to Finance Services
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 1:05 pm | United Nations
A United Nations group has issued a series of key messages targeted at encouraging different audiences to boost access to financial services – from opening bank accounts to taking out loans to buying insurance – to the poor. More >>
Ban Condemns Massacre in DR Congo
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 1:04 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned in the strongest possible terms the recent massacre of civilians in the war-ravaged east in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling on those responsible to be brought to justice. More >>
Refugee Agency Saddened by Deaths
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 1:04 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today said it was extremely concerned over a violent clash between Bhutanese refugees and Indian police, and expressed its sadness at the death of one Bhutanese and the injury of several others. More >>
Call For Young Tio Become Committed World Citizens
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 10:34 am | United Nations
The success of the United Nations depends not just on international officials but “committed world citizens everywhere,” Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today. More >>
SC May Vote on Hariri Tribunal Resolutn
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 10:13 am | United Nations
The President of the United Nations Security Council today said the 15-member body may move Wednesday to vote on a draft resolution on a planned special tribunal to try the suspected killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. More >>
Concern at Gaza Ceasefire Breakdown
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 10:13 am | United Nations
The Security Council voiced grave concern today at the breakdown of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the subsequent rise in violence across the troubled region. More >>
Global Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 5:03 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency today called for the development of a new global security system in which nuclear weapons are obsolete. More >>
Donors Needed to Sustain Peace In Burundi
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 4:57 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today urged Burundi’s development partners to sustain the positive momentum in country as its Government and people struggle to emerge from devastating civil turmoil. More >>
Call For Action To Save Boat People Off Malta
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 4:56 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today called attention to the plight of over 50 people - including possibly a number of asylum-seekers - last seen aboard a boat off the south coast of Malta, and urged countries in the region to try to find them. More >>
