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Decimation Of Journalists In Iraq
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:03 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations body mandated to protect press freedom today called for new measures “to counter the decimation” of media professionals in Iraq following the murder of two more Iraqi journalists. More >>
UN Official Completes Mission To Sudan
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:01 am | United Nations
After holding “positive” meetings with Government officials in Sudan, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today wrapped up a five-day trip to the country, where he was initially unable to enter a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) ... More >>
President Abbas Is Ready For Middle East Peace
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:01 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today in Ramallah offered full support for plans by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for achieving Statehood, and stressed that the current critical juncture opens a window of opportunity for peace in the ... More >>
20,000 Afghan Flood Victims Receive Aid
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:00 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies are stepping up relief efforts for flood victims across Afghanistan, with assistance already on its way to nearly 4,000 families, or some 20,000 people. More >>
UN-Backed Police Station To Patrol Dili
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:00 am | United Nations
A ceremony was held today in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, establishing the United Nations-backed Bairro Pite Police Post to bring a permanent law enforcement presence to the most troubled areas of the city which has seen ongoing gang violence. More >>
Sign Of Hope In Ugandan Conflict
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:48 pm | United Nations
Welcoming a recent meeting between the Ugandan Government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which has waged a brutal rebellion in the country’s north for two decades, the Security Council today expressed hope that peace talks could soon resume. More >>
Iraqis Topped Asylum Seekers In 2006, UN Reports
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:47 pm | United Nations
Iraqis fleeing their strife-torn homeland regained the top spot among asylum seekers in the world’s 50 industrialized countries last year for the first time since 2002, rising 77 per cent over 2005 to 22,200, but the overall trend in applications by ... More >>
UN Peacekeepers Bring In Fresh Water For Haitians
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:46 pm | United Nations
It may be a mere drop in the ocean, but for 160 children in a Haitian orphanage it meant much more when United Nations peacekeepers delivered 9,000 litres of clean, fresh water: it meant that they were not alone in the battle against poverty and ... More >>
UN Launches Emergency Aid Response
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:46 pm | United Nations
Calling it “a major humanitarian crisis,” the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching emergency action to provide immediate aid to women and children in the northeast of the Central African Republic (CAR) who have been driven from ... More >>
Plan To Prevent Nuclear Proliferation
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:45 pm | United Nations
Pushing ahead with efforts to set up a multinational framework for uranium enrichment to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation and the possibility of their falling into the hands of terrorists, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency is exploring with ... More >>
Developing Countries’ Access To Bird Flu Vaccine
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:44 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization WHO today reported further progress towards ensuring access to vaccines for developing countries in the event of a human bird flu pandemic and other vaccine-related aspects of pandemic preparedness, including ... More >>
UN Health Agency Adds 4 TB Drugs To List
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:44 pm | United Nations
UN Health Agency Adds 4 TB Drugs To Pre-Qualified List, Easing Access To Treatment More >>
UN Regrets Withdrawal Of Romanian Police
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:43 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Kosovo today asked Romania to make available police officers it had withdrawn, despite a request that they be kept there for a few more weeks, should they be needed in the probe into the deaths of two people ... More >>
Security Council Extends UN Mission In Afghanistan
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:43 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan UNAMA by another year, welcoming the mission’s recently expanded presence in the provinces and voicing concern at the harm caused by the ... More >>
Need To Help People Of Southern Sudan
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:42 pm | United Nations
The international community must do more to help the people of Southern Sudan, especially the hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) now returning to their homes following the end of the civil war two years ago, the United Nations ... More >>
Appeal For Halt To Fighting In DR Congo
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:42 pm | United Nations
With sporadic fighting continuing in capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for a complete halt to all violence threatening civilians, who have received assistance from the UN mission in the country ... More >>
Call For Pact On Economic And Social Rights
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:41 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council today called on all remaining countries that have not signed and ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) to do so, and to ensure that those rights are implemented without ... More >>
SC To Vote Tomorrow On Iran’s Nuclear Programme
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:40 pm | United Nations
The Security Council is set to vote tomorrow afternoon regarding possible further sanctions against Iran because of its nuclear programme, the president of the 15-member body said today, adding that the Iranian Foreign Minister will attend the discussions ... More >>
Attempt On Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister’s Life
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:40 pm | United Nations
One day after meeting in Baghdad with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam Z. Al-Zubai, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against the attempt on his life, wishing him a speedy recovery and conveying condolences to those killed ... More >>
Ki-Moon Urges Immediate Cessation Of Hostilities
Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:39 pm | United Nations
As fighting flared in Somalia, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and steps towards an inclusive political process that can lead to genuine national reconciliation. More >>
