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Ki-Moon Hails Power-Sharing Govt In N Ireland
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 12:28 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed news of the formation of a new power-sharing government in Northern Ireland involving politicians from the British province’s Protestant and Roman Catholic communities. More >>
Worsening Tensions in Pakistani Region
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 12:24 am | United Nations
The United Nations has suspended its operations and closed its offices in the Tehsil Bagh area of Pakistan for two weeks amid mounting concerns at a series of recent attacks against humanitarian workers operating in the region. More >>
Free E-Course on Malnutrition
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 12:05 am | United Nations
The causes and nature of malnutrition are the focus of a free e-learning course launched today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) with the aim of improving the collection, analysis and dissemination of food security information. More >>
Climate Change Must Be Tackled At Int'l Level
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 11:53 am | United Nations
Climate change is no longer a matter for scientific debate, but has become a question to be solved at the international political level, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s three new Special Envoys on the issue said today, pledging to use their experience ... More >>
Ethiopia-Eritrea: Restraint Urged
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 11:51 am | United Nations
Voicing concern over increased friction between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which have hit a stalemate in efforts to resolve their border dispute, the United Nations Security Council today called on both Horn of Africa countries to refrain from violence. More >>
Media Pros Adopt Security Decleleration
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 11:51 am | United Nations
Some 200 media professionals from around the world have adopted a declaration laying the ground for a wide range of measures to improve the safety of journalists and punish crimes against them at a meeting convened by the United Nations Educational, ... More >>
Logistics in place for 2nd round of Timor Election
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 11:49 am | United Nations
Dili, Timor-Leste –The distribution of polling material across Timor Leste’s 13 districts continues today with the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) providing logistical support to the national authorities charged with ... More >>
UNMIT confident that election will be free & fair
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 11:47 am | United Nations
Dili: The United Nations Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) is confident that the second round for the presidential election to be held tomorrow will be peaceful. More >>
Ban Ki-moon Delivers Message To Timorese
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 11:31 am | United Nations
The Secretary-General -- Message On The Eve Of The Second Round Of Presidential Elections In Timor-Leste 9 May 2007 More >>
UNICEF Lauds Price Slashing Of 16 AIDS Medicines
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 11:14 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF ) hailed a joint new initiative by a UN-backed drug purchasing consortium and former United States President Bill Clinton’s foundation which will slash the prices of 16 AIDS treatments in developing countries, ... More >>
Stronger Taliban, Al-Qaida Sanctions
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 10:30 am | United Nations
United Nations Member States are asked to share information more widely, run Interpol fingerprints through their own police databases, and pursue other measures to strengthen strictures on the Taliban and Al-Qaida in a report released today by the Security ... More >>
Haiti: Major Gang Leader Arrested
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 10:26 am | United Nations
A long-hunted Haitian gang leader accused of assassinations, kidnappings and extortion was arrested today in a joint operation by Haitian National Police and United Nations peacekeepers in Cité Soleil, the notorious slum area in the capital, Port-au-Prince. More >>
Haiti Workplace Aid to Strengthen
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 10:25 am | United Nations
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) and its main partner in Haiti have agreed to cooperate on fighting the epidemic in the country’s workplaces, a UN spokesperson announced today. More >>
UN Gears Up Security In Timor On Eve Of Elections
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 9:08 am | United Nations
On the eve of the second round of presidential elections in Timor-Leste, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the small country is shoring up security measures with the expectation that the polls will be peaceful. More >>
Experts: Bioenergy Must Be Considered
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 12:17 am | United Nations
As the demand for biofuels surges with over one billion people living without access to electricity, a new United Nations report released today cautions that the world’s energy needs must be met in a sustainable and environmentally sound manner. More >>
Talks In Saudi Arabia On Aid To Iraq
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 2:55 pm | United Nations
Just back from the official launch of the International Compact on Iraq, a five-year plan for peace and development, the top United Nations envoy on the issue today said he will travel to Riyadh to discuss aid to the war-torn country with Saudi officials. More >>
Deaths Of Peacekeepers In Sinai
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 2:53 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was ‘saddened’ to learn of the deaths of nine members of the independent peacekeeping force in the Sinai, a United Nations spokesperson said today. More >>
Reconciliation Agreement Between Sudan And Chad
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 2:53 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the latest agreement between Chad and Sudan aimed at calming tensions in the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur and the eastern area of the neighbouring country. More >>
Deadly Clash At UN-Run School In Gaza Strip
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 2:52 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern over yesterday’s violent clash outside a school in the Gaza Strip operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA in which one person was ... More >>
Concern Over Deportation Of Afghans From Iran
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 2:50 pm | United Nations
Reporting that some 44,000 people have been returned to Afghanistan from Iran as illegal immigrants since 21 April, the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) today called on the Governments of the two countries concerned to make sure ... More >>
