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UN Agency Welcomes Release Of Hijacked Aid Ship
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:39 pm | United Nations
Calling on authorities to take action to curb piracy in Somali waters, the United Nations World Food Programme WFP hailed the release of a hijacked ship used for carrying food aid which had been hijacked in February off the coast of the semi-autonomous ... More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Calls For Elimination of Landmines
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 7:38 pm | United Nations
Hailing the positive steps made towards curbing landmines, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Member States to continue efforts to eliminate the weapons and provide assistance to victims on the occasion of the International Day dedicated ... More >>
Idol Star Spotlights Afghanistan
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 12:20 am | United Nations
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador and singer Clay Aiken is currently on his first visit to Afghanistan, aiming to raise awareness about the hope and promise he has seen in the young people of the war-torn country. More >>
Tribunal Transfers Bosnian Serb Convict
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 12:15 am | United Nations
A senior security and intelligence officer in the Bosnian Serb army who was sentenced to 20 years’ jail for his role in the 1995 massacre of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica will serve the rest of his sentence in Finland after being ... More >>
Opposition Figure Leaves DR Congo
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 12:09 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has helped former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose guards were involved in deadly fighting last month with the Congolese army, to leave the country safely today ... More >>
Heritage Sites at CLimate Change Risk
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 11:26 am | United Nations
Some of the world’s most renowned natural and cultural sites, from the Great Barrier Reef to Kilimanjaro National Park to the city of Venice, are at serious threat from climate change, according to a report released today by the United Nations Educational, ... More >>
UN Teams Up With FIFA Ahead of World Cup
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 11:25 am | United Nations
Ahead of the soccer World Cup in South Africa in 2010, the United Nations tourism agency is teaming up with FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) to help promote development, including eliminating poverty and supporting sustainable ... More >>
Mission to Support Haiti Local Elections
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 11:24 am | United Nations
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti ( MINUSTAH ) has announced plans to provide security and logistical support to the Caribbean country’s Provisional Electoral Commission when it holds local mayoral and municipal elections later this ... More >>
Bloody Weekend in Afghanistan, Floods
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 10:36 am | United Nations
The United Nations today condemned separate bloody weekend attacks in Afghanistan, resulting in the killing of seven civilian de-miners and the deaths of six Canadian soldiers belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), ... More >>
UN Democracy Fund to Review Progress
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 10:34 am | United Nations
The Advisory Board of the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), established to promote and consolidate new and restored democracies with financial and technical help, will meet tomorrow to review the Fund’s progress after its first year of activities ... More >>
Solomons: Continued as 5500 Displaced
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 10:34 am | United Nations
After a deadly tsunami struck the Solomon Islands one week ago, the United Nations continues to provide aid and technical assistance in the wake of the natural disaster which has displaced at least 5,500 people in the South Pacific nation, the world ... More >>
Disaster Assessment Team to Madagascar
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 10:33 am | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian arm has dispatched a five-member disaster assessment and coordination team to Madagascar, where relief operations are under way after the sixth cyclone of the season struck the island nation last week. More >>
Timor-Leste: UN Reports Calm ahead of Elections
Monday, 9 April 2007, 7:59 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today reported that the capital, Dili, and surrounding areas remained calm as presidential campaigning officially ended ahead of Monday's historic elections in the impoverished country. More >>
Afghanistan: Un Envoy Condemns Journalist's Murder
Monday, 9 April 2007, 3:32 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today spoke out against the killing of Afghan journalist Ajmal Naqshbandi, who had been abducted by Taliban extremists early last month, calling for action to apprehend the perpetrators. More >>
UN: Registering Satellites Important
Friday, 6 April 2007, 3:19 pm | United Nations
Registering satellites and other objects launched into outer space, along with the status of the five United Nations treaties covering outer space, were among the main issues discussed during a 11-day meeting in Vienna under the auspices of the UN Committee ... More >>
UN Police Adviser Supports Local Forces
Friday, 6 April 2007, 3:17 pm | United Nations
With the demand for United Nations police officers and all peacekeepers at record highs, the quality of personnel recruited must be maintained as their role in building national police capacity is more important than ever, the world body’s top police ... More >>
Georgia: Rocket Attacks A Set Back - Ban
Friday, 6 April 2007, 3:15 pm | United Nations
Last month’s rocket attacks in Georgia’s upper Kodori valley were “a major setback” to efforts to bring peace to the northwest of the country, but there have been other welcome signs of progress recently between the Georgian and Abkhaz sides, ... More >>
UN: DR Congo Opposition Forces Disarm
Friday, 6 April 2007, 3:13 pm | United Nations
After clashing violently with Government troops in the capital Kinshasa last month, opposition forces and their dependents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) currently under United Nations protection have disarmed, the world body’s Department ... More >>
UN Readies for Corp Citizen Gathering
Friday, 6 April 2007, 3:12 pm | United Nations
More than 700 business leaders and hundreds of top representatives from government, labour and civil society are expected to attend the Global Compact Leaders Summit in Geneva in July, which will be the largest ever gathering convened by the United ... More >>
UN: Support Sought To End Darfur Crisis
Friday, 6 April 2007, 3:10 pm | United Nations
The United Nations, the African Union (AU) and the Sudanese Government will participate in a technical-level meeting on Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to finalize the measures for the UN “heavy support package” to the AU peacekeeping ... More >>
