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Sierra Leone Elections on Track
Friday, 11 May 2007, 10:34 am | United Nations
Calling preparations for the upcoming national elections in Sierra Leone a “remarkable success,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the international community to remain engaged in helping the West African country continue its recovery ... More >>
Timor-Leste: SG Encouraged by Run-Off
Friday, 11 May 2007, 10:33 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that he was “greatly encouraged” by yesterday’s peaceful presidential run-off election in Timor-Leste, the tiny nation that gained independence from Indonesia in 2002. More >>
Media, Religion Must Overcome Mistrust
Friday, 11 May 2007, 10:32 am | United Nations
With an epidemic of mistrust of the “other,” along with rising terrorism and other inter-group violence, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the General Assembly today called on the media, religions and individuals ... More >>
Emergency Aid to Flood Ravaged Uruguay
Friday, 11 May 2007, 10:31 am | United Nations
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced today that it is sending an emergency cash grant of $30,000 to Uruguay to aid victims of flooding, the worst the country has seen in half a century. More >>
Sudanese Aerial Attacks In North Darfur
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 5:59 pm | United Nations
Expressing deep concern about reports of a series of deadly aerial bombardments across North Darfur state during the past three weeks, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the Sudanese Government to halt all attacks and comply with the peace agreements ... More >>
Swiss Physicist New Rector Of UN University
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 5:45 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today named Konrad Osterwalder, a Swiss physicist, as the new Rector of the United Nations University UNU , which serves as the world body’s think tank. More >>
Tribunal Reverses Genocide Convictiction
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 5:31 pm | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today overturned a former Bosnian Serb army commander’s conviction for complicity to commit genocide against Muslims at Srebrenica in July 1995, but upheld other convictions for his ... More >>
UNICEF Helps 60,000 Children Receive Schooling
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 5:30 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has provided educational kits to jump start the educations of 60,000 school pupils in six flood-ravaged provinces of Zambia. More >>
Meeting On Question Of Palestine
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 5:24 pm | United Nations
In a bid to spur action on Middle East peace, a United Nations Committee is slated to open its African Meeting on the Question of Palestine today in Pretoria, with support from the South African Government. More >>
Winners Of North Pole Race Pledge Funds
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 5:24 pm | United Nations
Two intrepid young Britons have won an Arctic sprint to the magnetic North Pole which they say should boost their chances of raising $495,000 for the United Nations refugee agency. More >>
First Regional Seismic Risk Reduction Centre
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 5:22 pm | United Nations
Three and half years after a massive earthquake killed more than 26,000 people in the ancient city of Bam, Iran, a regional centre to reduce the damage from such seismic threats was launched in the country today by the Government and the United Nations ... More >>
Climate Change And Development
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 4:06 pm | United Nations
New York, May 9 2007 5:00PM Climate change, industrialization, air pollution and the need to boost clean energy supplies for developing countries are urgent global challenges that must be addressed in concert, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said ... More >>
Trial Of Former Liberian Leader
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 1:34 pm | United Nations
UN-Backed Court In Sierra Leone Unveils Start Date For Trial Of Former Liberian Leader More >>
Pakistan Donates $5 Million To UN Refugee Agency
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 1:34 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced today that it will receive $5 million from Pakistan to help Afghan refugees return to their homeland. More >>
Food Distribution In Somali Capital
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 1:23 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme WFP today announced that it has distributed aid to 16,000 people in the most ravaged districts of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, which has suffered the worst fighting seen there in 16 years. More >>
UN Mourns Death Of Murdered Staff Member
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 1:22 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today mourned the death of a murdered staff member, vowing to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice. More >>
Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 1:21 pm | United Nations
Energy indicators for sustainable development represent an important component in national planning, says a new report analyzing results in seven countries that was issued today by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations ... More >>
Run-Off in Timor-Leste Incident-Free
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 11:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste said that today’s presidential run-off election in the small island country which gained independence from Indonesia in 2002 proceeded smoothly and peacefully. More >>
SG Urges Peaceful Solution on Palestine
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 11:58 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a peaceful and negotiated two-state solution as the UN Committee opened the UN African Meeting on the Question of Palestine today in Pretoria with the South African Government’s support. More >>
Experts Join UN Anti-Narcotics Panel
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 11:22 am | United Nations
Five new experts from three continents have joined the 13-member independent body monitoring the implementation of United Nations drug control conventions, which began its latest session today in Vienna. More >>
