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UN Grieves For Slain Colleagues And Children
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 11:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan today expressed grief over the killing of five of its workers in a roadside bomb blast and also for the deaths of four children and the wounding of four others in a separate explosion at a school. More >>
Deepening Crisis In Central African Republic
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 11:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme WFP today appealed for increased international donor support to avert a deepening humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), where hundreds of thousands of people displaced by war and civil conflict ... More >>
Calls For Support To Help Millions Of Iraqis
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 11:00 am | United Nations
Hundreds of concerned participants from governments, aid organizations and United Nations bodies gathered in Geneva today at a conference organized by the UN refugee agency in a bid to find ways to address the humanitarian crisis facing millions of ... More >>
Streamlining The UN Is A Win-Win Step
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 10:57 am | United Nations
Streamlining The UN Is A Win-Win Step For Rich And Poor States – Secretary-General More >>
Plight Of Urban Poor Spotlighted By Ki-Moon
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 11:46 am | United Nations
Observing that this year half the world’s population lives in towns and cities for the first time in history, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for more efforts to mitigate the plight of the urban poor, who are among the ... More >>
Uganda: Cessation Of Hostilities Extension
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 9:27 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the extension of a cessation of hostilities between the Ugandan Government and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), and voiced hope that resumed talks will lead to a comprehensive settlement to the conflict ... More >>
UN Condemns Killing of African Union Officer
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 9:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Sudan UNMIS today spoke out against the weekend killing of an African Union (AU) soldier serving with the AU peacekeeping force in Darfur (AMIS) – the latest in a series of attacks prompting calls for all sides to improve ... More >>
UN: Benefits And Perils Of Bioenergy
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 9:25 am | United Nations
Specialists from around the world are meeting at the headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO in Rome today to discuss bioenergy production and the opportunities and dangers that the industry poses, especially for food security ... More >>
Tourism Threatens Galapagos Islands
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 8:50 am | United Nations
After a fact-finding mission to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, a team from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) today confirmed serious threats to the World Heritage site caused by encroachment by invasive ... More >>
Sanctions Against DPRK on Track
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 12:23 am | United Nations
The implementation of sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK), imposed last October after the country claimed to have conducted a nuclear test, is on track, the head of the Security Council’s sanctions committee ... More >>
Tetanus Target of Sierra Leone Campaign
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 12:21 am | United Nations
Sierra Leone launched a week-long national campaign against tetanus today in which the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) is funding the provision of a vaccine to over 1 million women and almost 100,000 children to combat the potentially deadly ... More >>
UN Help For AU Darfur Mission
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 12:21 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed Sudan’s announcement confirming that it accepts the entire “heavy support package” of troops, police officers, civilian staff and equipment which the United Nations will provide to the African Union (AU) ... More >>
Top UN Envoy Condemns Attacks
Monday, 16 April 2007, 11:59 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Iraq today strongly condemned today’s attacks in Baghdad on the Al-Sarrafiya Bridge and at the Iraqi Parliament, calling on the country’s authorities to apprehend those behind the acts and bring them to justice. More >>
Iraq: UN Envoy Decries Latest Bombings
Monday, 16 April 2007, 12:28 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Iraq today condemned weekend bombings which targeted hundreds of civilians in the country and called on the authorities to prosecute those responsible for the attacks. More >>
UN Offices Mark Anniversary Of Rwandan Genocide
Monday, 16 April 2007, 12:12 am | United Nations
United Nations offices in Nairobi and Geneva this week held solemn ceremonies marking the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda , paying tribute to the memory of the 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus who died at the hands of Hutu ... More >>
SG Urges Release of Missing British Journalist
Monday, 16 April 2007, 12:07 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today called for the immediate and unconditional release of the British journalist Alan Johnston, who was abducted in Gaza one month ago. More >>
Improving Conditions In Southern Sudan
Monday, 16 April 2007, 12:03 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme WFP announced today that it will gradually switch operations in southern Sudan from emergency relief to long-term recovery after projecting that demand for its aid will fall by almost a fifth this year as the region ... More >>
Nepal: Olympic Gold Medalists Toss Volleyballs
Monday, 16 April 2007, 12:01 am | United Nations
Three members of Japan’s gold medal-winning volleyball team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics have visited a camp in eastern Nepal to share their skills and knowledge of the game with refugees from Bhutan in an initiative backed by the United Nations ... More >>
UN Peacebuilding Commission Visiting Burundi
Friday, 13 April 2007, 10:56 am | United Nations
An eight-member delegation from the newly established United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) – created to prevent countries emerging from civil war and other conflicts from sliding back into bloodshed – is currently visiting Burundi in a ... More >>
Crops Worldwide Threatened by New Wheat Fungus
Friday, 13 April 2007, 10:55 am | United Nations
Warning that a virulent new wheat-killing fungus called wheat stem rust could destroy harvests across the globe, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today said that it has partnered with other organizations to fight the spread of ... More >>
