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Sec Council Concern at Lebanon Violence
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 1:37 pm | United Nations
The Security Council and the United Nations human rights chief today added their voices to mounting UN concern over the fate of civilians caught in the fighting between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam gunmen at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern ... More >>
IAEA Circulates Report on Iran to SC
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 1:35 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today circulated his latest report regarding Iran to the Security Council. More >>
Timor-Leste Congratulated on Elections
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 10:22 am | United Nations
While expressing concerns over the still-volatile security situation in Timor-Leste, the United Nations Security Council today lauded the Timorese people for holding credible presidential elections and Jose Ramos-Horta for his victory. More >>
Top UN Human Rights Official to Rwanda
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 10:21 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official is heading today to Rwanda on the final leg of her 12-day mission to Africa's Great Lakes Region, which previously took her to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Burundi. More >>
Diplomats for Sec Council Refrom Named
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 10:20 am | United Nations
General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa has appointed the ambassadors of Chile and Liechtenstein to conduct consultations with United Nations Member States on how to move forward on reform of the 15-member Security Council. More >>
Mission To Nepal And Bhutan
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 5:28 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR arrived in Nepal today at the start of a four-day visit which will also take him to Bhutan. More >>
Abduction Of Health Workers In Central African Rep
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 1:08 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today strongly condemned the capture of two international health workers in the increasingly unstable northwestern region of the Central African Republic (CAR), urging their immediate release. More >>
UN Agencies Assist Flood-Stricken Maldives
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 1:08 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies are providing much-needed assistance to the Maldives, which is suffering from the effects of two days of wave swells last week which have impacted at least 35 islands in 13 atolls in the Indian Ocean nation. More >>
Iraq: Killing Of Two Journalists
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 1:07 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending freedom of the press has condemned the murder of two Iraqi news journalists who were ambushed and shot dead as they made their way home from work last week in Baghdad. More >>
Winners Of UN-Backed Media Prize
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 1:06 pm | United Nations
An indigenous group in Malaysia, nomadic children in China and an HIV-positive couple in India are the focus of stories that have won United Nations prizes for media that depicts the quest to meet UN-backed development goals in the Asia-Pacific region. More >>
Footballer Dedicates Final To Hungry Children
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 1:05 pm | United Nations
When the Brazilian midfielder Kakà takes to the field tomorrow night to battle for one of soccer’s most glittering prizes, the United Nations World Food Programme WFP ambassador will dedicate his participation to the plight of the world’s estimated ... More >>
Ban Deplores Violence at Lebanon Camp
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 11:42 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led mounting United Nations concern today about the continuing deadly clashes between the Lebanese army and Fatah el-Islam gunmen at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, urging all sides to avoid more bloodshed. More >>
Ban Vows to Fight HIV Stigma
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 11:22 am | United Nations
Describing his meeting with HIV-positive United Nations staff yesterday as one of the most moving experiences of his life, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has vowed to step up efforts to eliminate the stigma that still surrounds AIDS sufferers in ... More >>
Counter-Terrorism Assessments
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 11:20 am | United Nations
By the end of May 2007, assessments of counter-terrorism measures taken by all 193 United Nations Member States will have been presented to the Security Council committee that monitors the global fight against the menace, its chairman said today. More >>
UN-Backed Prize for Biodiversity
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 10:25 am | United Nations
Five community groups from the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Latin America won the United Nations-backed Equator Prize today for their initiatives to alleviate poverty while conserving local biodiversity. More >>
SG Dispatches Middle East Envoy
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 10:13 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is dispatching his new Middle East envoy Michael Williams to the region for consultations after a week of deadly violence involving intra-Palestinian clashes, Israeli military operations and Palestinian rocket attacks. More >>
Ban Urges Completion of Decolonisation
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 10:12 am | United Nations
Strategies should be found for determining the future of each of the world’s 16 remaining territories that are not yet self-governing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a United Nations seminar on decolonization in the Caribbean today. More >>
Refugee Agency Praise in New Novel
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 10:12 am | United Nations
The author of the acclaimed international best-seller “The Kite Runner” has praised the United Nations refugee agency in his new novel, calling his work as a Goodwill Envoy one of the most rewarding and momentous experiences of his life. More >>
Probe Into Central African Republic
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 12:59 am | United Nations
Acting on a referral by the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR), the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today announced an investigation into alleged crimes - especially widespread rape - committed there in 2002 and 2003, ... More >>
Calls For Health Investments In Asia-Pacific
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 12:59 am | United Nations
Ministers from across the Asia-Pacific region -- where relative wealth has not translated into health investments -- today heard calls at a United Nations meeting in Kazakhstan for more government spending on medical care in order to combat poverty. More >>
