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Support for Use Of Diverse Media For Outreach
Sunday, 6 May 2007, 5:44 pm | United Nations
Representatives of United Nations Member States today urged the world body to keep using a wide array of media and languages to deliver its message of peace, development and rights to the peoples of the world, as the UN Committee on Information continued ... More >>
Disarmament in Full Swing in DR Congo
Friday, 4 May 2007, 10:41 am | United Nations
Progress is being made in disarmament efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the notorious leader of one of the Central African country’s largest militias announced that 500 more of his fighters will surrender their weapons this week, the ... More >>
Cyprus Problem Requires a Local Solution
Friday, 4 May 2007, 12:46 am | United Nations
No plan to resolve the Cyprus problem will be successful in the long run unless it is a local one in which every person in both communities feels their voice has been heard and they understand the ramifications of what is proposed, the head of the ... More >>
Nine Solutions To Save Patients’ Lives
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 4:53 pm | United Nations
Since mistakes made in health care affect one out of every 10 patients in the world, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a new programme called “Nine patient safety solutions” to reduce the harm done to people during ... More >>
‘No Progress’ In Lebanon
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 10:24 am | United Nations
Lebanon’s key political forces have made no progress in ending their deadlock over the ratification of a planned special tribunal to try the suspected killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the United Nations Legal Counsel said today after briefing ... More >>
Graduates Of UN Skills Programme In Liberia
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 7:38 pm | United Nations
Graduates of a United Nations skills training programme in Liberia, where the world body is working to help consolidate stability as the country recovers from conflict, should use their training to become more self-reliant, the senior UN military official ... More >>
Côte D’ivoire: Former Rebels Into National Army
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 7:36 pm | United Nations
Welcoming the willingness of former rival parties to fully implement the peace deal in Côte d’Ivoire, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the West African country participated in a ceremony marking the official integration of former rebels ... More >>
Deep Concern Over Casualties In Somali Capital
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 7:33 pm | United Nations
Twelve United Nations experts united to voice their deep concern today about the recent violence in the Somali capital Mogadishu, where hundreds of people have been killed in the latest clashes and hundreds of thousands forced to flee in recent months. More >>
3 Prominent Special Envoys On Climate Change
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 7:31 pm | United Nations
The first woman Prime Minister of Norway, the former President of Chile, and the President of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly were today named Special Envoys for Climate Change by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has made ... More >>
Refugee Agency to Return to Baghdad
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 11:43 am | United Nations
To better serve the urgent needs of the 2 million Iraqis who have fled their home regions to other areas of the violence-torn country, the United Nations refugee agency has decided to again station international officials in Baghdad, UN High Commissioner ... More >>
More Multilingual UN Website Urged
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 11:42 am | United Nations
Delegates attending the United Nations Committee on Information meeting in New York today called for new measures to make the world body’s website more thoroughly multilingual. More >>
UN Must Continue Working Closely W Congo
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 11:02 am | United Nations
After returning from a weeklong visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today that the UN must continue its partnership with the two countries in helping ... More >>
Attack on Darfur Aid Personell Condemned
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 11:00 am | United Nations
The United Nation’s top humanitarian official in Sudan today strongly condemned the hijacking of two of the Organization’s vehicles by unknown armed men in strife-torn West Darfur, along with the abduction of six aid workers who were later released. More >>
Need For Urgent Solution To Darfur Crisis
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 4:54 pm | United Nations
Voicing grave concern over the dire humanitarian and security situation inside Darfur, an international meeting involving the United Nations, the African Union (AU), Sudan and 14 other countries or regional organizations has stressed the need to find a ... More >>
Indoor Air Pollution Takes Heavy Toll On Health
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 4:53 pm | United Nations
Indoor air pollution from solid fuels used for cooking and heating are to blame for almost 5 per cent of deaths and disease, affecting mostly women and children, in 21 of the most heavily impacted countries, the United Nations World Health Organization ... More >>
Khmer Rouge Trials Welcome Breakthrough On Fees
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 4:51 pm | United Nations
International judges at the United Nations-backed trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders, accused of mass killings and other horrific crimes during the late 1970s, today welcomed Cambodia’s decision to reduce " target="_blank">fees for international ... More >>
Sanctions Work Best When There Are Carrots
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 4:47 pm | United Nations
Sanctions Work Best When There Are Carrots And Not Just Sticks, Says Ban Ki-Moon More >>
Major Policy Push To Promote Energy Efficiency
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 4:10 pm | United Nations
Delegates to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development meeting in New York today proposed a wide range of measures aimed at helping to bring modern energy services to the poor, reduce energy waste and cut climate change-causing greenhouse ... More >>
Recent Timor-Leste Election Was ‘Free And Fair’
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 4:08 pm | United Nations
Recent Timor-Leste Election Was ‘Free And Fair’ And Reflected The Will Of Voters: UN More >>
Calls to Nepal Maoists on Return of IDPs
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 11:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office in Nepal today called on the country’s Maoists to allow internally displaced persons ( IDPs ), forced to flee during the decade-long civil war, to return safely to their homes, pointing out that past agreements also ... More >>
