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UN Calls For Release Of BBC Journalist
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 1:20 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations body mandated to protect press freedom today called for the release of a BBC journalist abducted in the Palestinian Gaza Strip three weeks ago, deploring the proliferation of hostage-taking involving media professionals. More >>
UN War Crimes Tribunal Upholds Jail Sentence
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 1:19 pm | United Nations
A former Bosnian Croat special forces soldier lost his appeal today at the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia over the 20-year jail sentence he received for his role in the multiple murder, rape and torture of Bosnian Muslim ... More >>
Strengthen Ties With Gulf States And Muslim World
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 1:16 pm | United Nations
After wrapping up a weekend trip to Baghdad to find ways to bolster humanitarian support for the millions uprooted by the conflict in Iraq, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR is in Bahrain today, as part of a mission to the ... More >>
UN Agency Warns Bird Flu Still Threatens Lives
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 1:13 pm | United Nations
Although there have been fewer outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that the disease continues to spread to new areas in countries where it has not been ... More >>
UN Sends Aid, Experts To Solomon Islands
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 1:12 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund has pre-positioned emergency medical supplies to help thousands of people in the Solomon Islands while experts from the world body are poised to travel to the region in response to an earthquake and resulting tsunami ... More >>
Nepal Envoy Welcomes Establishment Of Government
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 1:11 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Nepal today hailed the establishment of the country's interim Government, while emphasizing that many challenges lie ahead as preparations continue for elections aimed at cementing the democratic transition in the Himalayan ... More >>
Africa Must Not Be Left Behind in Devpmt
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 10:21 am | United Nations
The world will not achieve the series of anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) if the poorest countries in Africa are left behind, a United Nations envoy has told a conference of the continent’s finance, planning and development ... More >>
Deadly Militia Attack on Chadian Village
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 10:21 am | United Nations
A deadly weekend attack on two villages in south-eastern Chad, possibly carried out by Janjaweed militias from Sudan’s neighbouring Darfur region, has forced at least 2,000 people to flee their homes and seek safety in nearby camps, the United Nations ... More >>
Murder of 5 AU Peacekeepers in Darfur
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 9:59 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today led United Nations condemnation of the murder of five African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Darfur, saying it illustrates the need to send a hybrid UN-AU force to the war-torn Sudanese region and announcing plans ... More >>
SG Encouraged by Will of Arab Leaders
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 9:59 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon returned to United Nations Headquarters in New York today from a tour of the Middle East and said he was “encouraged by the very active support and determined will of Arab leaders” in tackling a variety of problems ... More >>
UN-Backed Carbon Trading Plan on Track
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 9:57 am | United Nations
An essential tool in efforts to reduce global warming gas emissions is on track for completion with testing in the coming months of a mechanism allowing countries that cut emissions below their targets to sell surplus allowances to others that have ... More >>
Lauren Bush, WFP Launch Initiative
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 12:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) and its Honorary Spokesperson Lauren Bush today launched a new initiative aimed at helping feed poor schoolchildren around the world while creating greater awareness of global hunger. More >>
Jobs Crucial to Development Goals
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 12:12 am | United Nations
Job creation will be vital in efforts to reach the ambitious Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – a set of targets to slash a host of social ills, such as extreme poverty, by 2015, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today. More >>
Myanmar: Discrimintn to Muslim Minories
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 12:11 am | United Nations
A group of United Nations human rights experts today called on the Government of Myanmar to address discrimination against members of the Muslim minority in North Rakhine state. More >>
Thousand Flee Fighting in Mogadishu
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 12:10 am | United Nations
With almost 100,000 people having fled Somalia’s capital over the past two months because of deadly fighting, the United Nations today repeated its call for all sides in the conflict to end the suffering and allow emergency assistance to get through ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Call for Halt to Lethal Force
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 12:09 am | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Zimbabwean Government to immediately halt its use of lethal force against unarmed political activists. More >>
Zimbabwe: Call for Halt to Lethal Force
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 12:09 am | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Zimbabwean Government to immediately halt its use of lethal force against unarmed political activists. More >>
DR Congo: UN Agencies Step Up Aid
Sunday, 1 April 2007, 8:18 pm | United Nations
Following several days of violence in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Government forces and guards of former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba, United Nations agencies are providing assistance to people in Kinshasa as ... More >>
Investment By Developing Asian Economies
Sunday, 1 April 2007, 8:17 pm | United Nations
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa by developing Asian economies is on the rise and could potentially reach much higher levels through a shift from commodities to industrial products, according to a new United Nations report which details methods ... More >>
UN Agency Issues New Locust Warning For Africa
Sunday, 1 April 2007, 8:15 pm | United Nations
In a new offensive against locusts, the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called on countries in northeast Africa to intensify surveys and control operations against the crop-devouring insects, particularly on the Red Sea coast ... More >>
