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Attacks Targeting Schools And Staff Increasing
Sunday, 29 April 2007, 1:57 pm | United Nations
Deliberate political or military violence targeting education systems, from the assassination or abduction of teachers and students to the bombings and burnings of schools and universities, has jumped dramatically in a number of countries around the world, ... More >>
UN Agencies Send Aid Convoy To Troubled Northeast
Friday, 27 April 2007, 1:46 pm | United Nations
Three United Nations agencies have sent a seven-truck relief convoy from the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR) to the troubled northeast of the country, where recent rebel attacks on villages and clashes with Government forces have displaced ... More >>
Last Staff Prepare To Depart
Friday, 27 April 2007, 1:45 pm | United Nations
As auditors comb through the records of United Nations activities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) following on a request from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Development Programme (UNDP) documents are being secured ahead of ... More >>
Calls For World’s Assistance To Somalia
Friday, 27 April 2007, 1:43 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his grave concern about the intensified violence in Somalia, and called on the world to step up its assistance to the war-torn East African nation. More >>
UN Mourns Loss
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:58 am | United Nations
The United Nations today mourned the death of Dirk Jan Bruinsma, the Deputy Secretary-General of the world body’s Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), who passed away at age 56 in The Hague, Netherlands, on 22 April following a brief illness. More >>
Marking 21 Years Since Chernobyl
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:58 am | United Nations
Marking 21 Years Since Chernobyl, Ban Ki-Moon Says World Cannot Forget Loss And Pain More >>
Blue Helmets In Haiti Return School
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:57 am | United Nations
Brazilian peacekeepers working with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti MINUSTAH have handed back to local authorities in a notorious district of the capital a school that was seized from drug gangs earlier this year. More >>
Issue Of Statelessness In Central Asia
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:57 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has completed a two-day workshop on curbing statelessness in Central Asia, where the disbanding of the Soviet Union and civil wars have resulted in thousands of people not having a fixed nationality. More >>
UN Refugee Chief Spotlights Water Access
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:54 am | United Nations
Visiting camps in the west of Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region that are home to thousands of Chadians fleeing conflict in their own neighbouring country, the United Nations refugee chief has pledged to step up efforts to improve local access to water in ... More >>
UN Refugee Chief Spotlights Water Access
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:54 am | United Nations
Visiting camps in the west of Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region that are home to thousands of Chadians fleeing conflict in their own neighbouring country, the United Nations refugee chief has pledged to step up efforts to improve local access to water in ... More >>
After Meeting Top Officials In DR Congo
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:53 am | United Nations
United Nations Deputy-Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro has wrapped up her visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where she met with top leaders and conveyed a message about the world body’s support for the country as it moves to ... More >>
Casualty Figures Continue To Climb In Iraq
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:52 am | United Nations
Large-scale indiscriminate killings and targeted assassinations continue to impede efforts to bring lasting stability and security to Iraq, according to the latest United Nations human rights report released today on the strife-torn country, where ... More >>
Security Council’s Balkans Mission In Belgrade
Friday, 27 April 2007, 9:46 am | United Nations
A Security Council delegation on a fact-finding mission to the Balkans today made a stop in Belgrade to meet with leaders there as the 15-member body deliberates the future of Kosovo, the ethnic Albanian-majority province of Serbia that has been run ... More >>
UN Envoy To Alliance Of Civilizations
Friday, 27 April 2007, 12:01 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed the former Portuguese president Jorge Sampaio as the first United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, the international initiative set up in 2005 to promote reconciliation between religions, ... More >>
Talks On Human Rights In Peace Process
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 1:44 pm | United Nations
Teams from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal today participated in a series of meetings with members of political parties, civil society and local authorities in three districts across the country to discuss ... More >>
Renewed Violence Undercutting Diplomatic Efforts
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 1:42 pm | United Nations
Diplomatic initiatives to rejuvenate the Middle East peace process are making some progress, but they are being undermined by the deteriorating security situation on the ground, the United Nations political chief told the Security Council today, urging ... More >>
Attack Against Human Rights Defenders In Myanmar
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 11:21 am | United Nations
Two independent United Nations human rights experts issued a statement today voicing deep concern about last week’s attack against rights defenders in Myanmar, calling on authorities in the Asian country to conduct a thorough investigation. More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Wraps Up Visit To Kyrgyzstan
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 11:16 am | United Nations
Welcoming the steps taken to develop a strong civil society in Kyrgyzstan while calling for further progress on the treatment of women and detainees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today concluded wo-day visit to ... More >>
Palestinian Refugees Hurt In Blaze At Camp
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 11:16 am | United Nations
Fire swept through a refugee camp in the no-man’s-land near the Syrian-Iraqi border last night, injuring 28 Palestinians and destroying the tents and personal possessions of seven families, the United Nations refugee agency reported today, calling this ... More >>
DR Congo: Violent Clashes Displace Many Thousands
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 11:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme WFP the UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR rushing aid to mitigate the suffering of tens of thousands of people forced to flee their homes after an outbreak of fighting in north-eastern Democratic Republic ... More >>
