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Mid East Schools Must Be Zones of Peace
Friday, 13 April 2007, 10:52 am | United Nations
Completing a three-day fact-finding mission to Lebanon, the United Nations envoy for children in armed conflict today called on all sides in the Middle East to respect international humanitarian law and ensure schools are “zones of peace” where ... More >>
UN Continues Aiding Tsunami-Hit Solomons
Friday, 13 April 2007, 10:42 am | United Nations
Relief efforts in the Solomon Islands following last week’s deadly tsunami are being hampered by the lack of access to the more remote regions, the United Nations humanitarian arm warned today, with some areas still not yet reached by emergency ... More >>
Trade Liberalization May Harm Poorest
Friday, 13 April 2007, 10:38 am | United Nations
The results of renewed negotiations aimed at liberalizing international trade might hurt rather than help the world’s poorest countries unless those nations are given the necessary leeway to protect their food security and essential development needs, ... More >>
SG Profoundly Moved by Professionalism of UN Staff
Friday, 13 April 2007, 12:50 am | United Nations
Marking his first three months in office, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told staff at United Nations Headquarters in New York and around the world that he has been “profoundly moved” by their professionalism and commitment, his spokesperson ... More >>
Somali Fighting Intensifies, Concern for Civilians
Friday, 13 April 2007, 12:49 am | United Nations
With fighting in Somalia is at its heaviest since the outbreak of war over a decade ago, the top United Nations humanitarian official today voiced deep concern over the dire situation in the war-torn country where civilians fleeing the capital, Mogadishu, ... More >>
Pilot Scheme To Harmonize Development Efforts
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:57 pm | United Nations
The United Nations and the Government of Rwanda have officially announced that the central African country will participate in the “One UN” pilot programme which seeks to better coordinate development activities nationally. More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Urges Global Action Against Terror
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:56 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against the deadly blasts that rocked Algeria, calling the “deplorable” attacks further evidence of the need for concerted global action to fight terrorism. More >>
UN Meeting On Aid To Iraqis Forced To Flee
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:56 pm | United Nations
Preparations Build For UN Meeting On Aid To Iraqis Who Have Been Forced To Flee More >>
Afghan Returnees From Pakistan Tops 3 Million
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:55 pm | United Nations
The number of Afghans helped by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to return from Pakistan since 2002 has passed the 3-million mark, but the agency warned today that 2 million other Afghans remain in exile in the neighbouring ... More >>
Malnutrition Challenges Child Survival In Niger
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:53 pm | United Nations
With malnutrition responsible for more than half of all deaths of children under five in Niger -- a country where 20 per cent never reach their fifth birthday -- the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is warning that recent gains in lowering ... More >>
Mitigate Worst Effects Of Climate Change
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:52 pm | United Nations
Ban Ki-Moon Urges States To Act Decisively To Mitigate Worst Effects Of Climate Change More >>
Probe Of Sexual Violence, Disappearances In Darfur
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:51 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today called for investigations into widespread sexual violence during attacks by Sudanese Government forces and allied militia in Darfur as well as the disappearance of over a dozen men allegedly ... More >>
Bosnian Serb Who Raped And Tortured Muslims Jailed
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:50 pm | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced a former Bosnian Serb soldier and de facto military policeman to 15 years in prison for raping and torturing Muslim women and girls in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina ... More >>
UN Contribute Additional Support To Darfur
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:50 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Sudan UNMIS today told officials from the country’s Government and the African Union (AU) that the world body will be sending additional support for African troops in the war-torn Darfur region. More >>
Refugees Drown In Doomed Bid To Reach Yemen
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:48 pm | United Nations
At least 34 people fleeing Somalia across the Gulf of Aden drowned after being forced overboard by their smugglers in deep waters off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said today, citing its own information as well as reports from survivors ... More >>
Ki-Moon To Visit Italy, Switzerland, Qatar, Syria
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:47 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will head to Europe and the Middle East next week for an official visit that will include stops in Italy, Switzerland, Qatar and Syria as well as meetings with numerous leaders and the Pope, a spokesman for ... More >>
Attacks In South-East Chad Worse Than Feared
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:47 pm | United Nations
Following last month’s brutal attacks in south-eastern Chad, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that the humanitarian situation is far worse than it had initially estimated, with between 200 and 400 killed and ... More >>
British Pair Race To North Pole
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:46 pm | United Nations
Race To North Pole Begins With British Pair Aiming To Raise Funds For UN Refugee Agency More >>
Calls For Renewed Commitment To World’s Poor
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:45 pm | United Nations
UN Food Agency Head Takes Office, Calls For Renewed Commitment To World’s Hungry Poor More >>
Calls For ‘Global Partnership Against Genocide’
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:44 pm | United Nations
Thirteen years after some 800,000 Rwandans were murdered by their compatriots in an orchestrated criminal campaign, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for “a global partnership against genocide” and pledged to strengthen United Nations ... More >>
