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Calls For All ChildrenTo Be Educated Together
Thursday, 22 March 2007, 4:19 pm | United Nations
Children with disabilities have the right to an inclusive education and Member States must increase efforts to ensure that all children, regardless of differences, learn together, the United Nations independent expert on the right to education said today. More >>
UN Probe Into Murder Of Former Lebanese PM
Thursday, 22 March 2007, 4:18 pm | United Nations
The United Nations probe into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has made good progress over the past three months, the head of the commission told the Security Council today, highlighting an increasing number of interviews ... More >>
Eritrea Expels UN Mine Clearance Chief
Thursday, 22 March 2007, 4:18 pm | United Nations
Eritrea has expelled the head of the United Nations mine clearance team in the east African country for what it called “repeated violations of Eritrean laws and regulations” in the latest action against the UN mission set up to monitor the ceasefire that ... More >>
Sierra Leone: Media Code for Elections
Thursday, 22 March 2007, 10:46 am | United Nations
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, with assistance from the United Nations, the National Election Commission of Sierra Leone and other civil society groups has agreed on a media code of conduct to guide the electoral campaign leading to presidential ... More >>
Call to Back Migrant Worker Treaty
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 3:31 pm | United Nations
The United Nations independent expert on the rights of migrants today called on UN Member States to ratify the international treaty that seeks to protect the almost 200 million migrant workers around the world against abuse. More >>
Darfur: UN Seeks New Sites For IDPs
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 3:03 pm | United Nations
Camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region are almost at full capacity due to a continuing influx of people fleeing violence, with 30,000 people uprooted last month alone, the United Nations reported today. More >>
Haiti: UN Restores Provincial Library
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:53 pm | United Nations
A provincial library in north-eastern Haiti has been resurrected thanks to funding by the United Nations peacekeeping mission, just one of the many so-called Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) that it is carrying out to improve community life in the impoverished ... More >>
DPR Korea Faces Potential Food Crisis
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:49 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon views the establishment of the new Palestinian government as “an important and positive step forward” and wants to encourage that process, his spokesperson emphasized today at a press briefing in New York. More >>
DPR Korea Faces Potential Food Crisis
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:47 pm | United Nations
A potential food crisis faces the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) with serious flooding last year leading to a possible shortfall of 1 million to tonnes of grain, a fifth of total food requirement for 2007, according to an update by the ... More >>
UN Appeals For Urgent Funds To Feed Thousands
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:44 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme WFP is appealing for vital funds to boost its operations in eastern Sri Lanka to ensure basic supplies for over 155,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in need of immediate aid after being uprooted by intensified ... More >>
Peacekeepers Renovate School In Liberia
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:43 pm | United Nations
Over 200 Liberian students will benefit from a school facility recently rehabilitated by United Nations blue helmets, officials from the world body’s peacekeeping mission there said today. More >>
International Meeting On Iraqis Forced To Flee
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:42 pm | United Nations
The humanitarian crisis facing millions of Iraqis who have been forced from their homes will be dealt with at an international meeting being convened by the United Nations refugee agency, which has invited 192 Governments, 65 international organizations ... More >>
Drive Down Cost Of Remittances To Rural Families
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:40 pm | United Nations
The United Nations agency dedicated to eliminating rural poverty has launched a global initiative to try to reduce the cost of remittances services, where workers living in foreign countries send money back to their families, to rural households. More >>
UN Agency Moves Chadian Refugees Deeper Into Sudan
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:39 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency is helping to move hundreds of Chadians from a volatile border area to a camp deeper in Sudan at the refugees’ own request because of ongoing insecurity. More >>
UN Watchdog Helps Bangladesh Protect Prized Goats
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations atomic watchdog agency seeks to curb nuclear proliferation and stop weapons of mass destruction from falling into the hands of terrorists, right? More >>
Congolese Massacre Survivors Resettle In US
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:37 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has helped a first group of 35 Congolese who survived a massacre that killed 160 of their fellow countrymen in Burundi to start a new life in the United States, the vanguard of some 500 others who will head to US cities ... More >>
Thailand: Social Progress, But Challenges Remain
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:37 pm | United Nations
Thailand has made significant progress in improving the situation of children and women in recent years, including nutrition, school attendance, access to safe water and sanitation, and coverage of essential health services, but remaining disparities ... More >>
Sierra Leone: Acting Registrar
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:17 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone ( SCSL ), set up to bring to justice those responsible for the worst crimes during the country’s brutal civil war, announced today that it has appointed an experienced Dutch practitioner of international ... More >>
Hariri Probe Expects to Reach Theory
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 2:16 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations probe into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says in a new report that his team expects to develop a “unifying factual theory” behind the crime in the next three months or so, and points to ... More >>
Pact to Preserve Diversity in Force
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 1:14 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-backed international treaty to preserve the rich diversity of the world’s means of cultural expression, including its many languages, from the dangers of globalization has entered into force. More >>
