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Calls for Greater Afghanistan Efforts
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 11:52 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today called on both the international community and the war-torn country’s Government to increase efforts to promote reconstruction and bring lasting stability to the “place of hope and challenge.” More >>
Darfur Force ‘Long Way' Off
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 1:07 pm | United Nations
There is still “a long way to go” before the United Nations and the Sudanese Government can resolve their differences over the situation in the war-torn Darfur region and the proposed speedy deployment of a hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping ... More >>
Sri Lankan Teas in Corporate Compact
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 1:06 pm | United Nations
A Sri Lankan company introduced two new “ethical” teas of the Ceylon variety today, the first products ever to be jointly branded with the United Nations Global Compact to promote responsible corporate citizenship around the world by including ... More >>
Device Could Revolutionize Bird Flu Detection
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 9:40 am | United Nations
A $1,000 mobile testing device no bigger than a small portable television that could revolutionize the fight against bird flu and many other livestock diseases by saving vital time in identifying the source of outbreaks and so increase the chances of ... More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Confers On Palestinian Unity Cabinet
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 9:38 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held a conference call today with his key international partners in efforts to broker a Middle East peace to discuss a joint approach to the new Palestinian unity government between the Fatah and Hamas ... More >>
UNICEF Gears Up To Boost Afghan Education
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 9:36 am | United Nations
With more than 6 million Afghan children returning to school this week in grades 1 to 12, the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has set itself a target of enrolling 400,000 more girls in basic education, providing learning materials to 5.4 million ... More >>
Secretary-General Condemns Terrorist Chlorine Bomb
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 9:36 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the recent multiple terrorist bombings using chlorine gas in Iraq which wounded or sickened more than 350 people. More >>
UN Bans Two Vendors Following Internal Investigati
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 7:46 pm | United Nations
Two vendors registered to sell goods to the United Nations – Cogim, S.p.A. and Avicos Insurance Company – have been removed from the Organization’s roster following an internal investigation, a spokesperson for the world body said today. More >>
Italy: Effort To Attract More Female Officers
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 7:45 pm | United Nations
UN Police Workshop In Italy Is Latest Effort To Attract More Female Officers Into The Force More >>
Conquering Hunger Key To Peace
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 7:45 pm | United Nations
Conquering hunger is critical to peace and prosperity, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has told United States officials, urging stepped-up efforts to address the global problem. More >>
UN Human Rights Mission To Darfur Presents Report
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 7:44 pm | United Nations
Sudanese Government forces, allied Janjaweed militias and rebel groups are guilty of serious human rights abuses and violations of international law in Darfur, where murders, rapes, acts of torture and arbitrary arrest occur with chilling frequency, ... More >>
Iraq Should Not Execute Ex-Vice President
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 7:43 pm | United Nations
After this week’s dismissal of Iraqi former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan’s appeal against the death penalty imposed by the country’s High Tribunal, an independent United Nations legal expert called on the Government to not carry out the execution, ... More >>
Afghanistan Mission Urges Release Of Journalist
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 7:41 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today joined a growing chorus of official calls for the release of journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo and his Afghan colleagues. More >>
There Is No Cure For Aids, UN Agencies Say
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 7:41 pm | United Nations
Responding to the emergence of a claimed new cure for AIDS in the Gambia, the main United Nations agencies dealing with the pandemic today issued a call for ‘evidence-based’ responses to the disease. More >>
Masked Gunmen Attack UN Convoy In Gaza Strip
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 4:03 pm | United Nations
Masked gunmen ambushed and opened fire on a three-vehicle United Nations convoy in the Gaza Strip today shortly after it left the crossing point with Israel carrying a senior official of the main UN agency for Palestinian refugees, but all the passengers ... More >>
UN Refugee Chief Wraps Up Visit To Colombia
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 4:01 pm | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres today wraps up a four-day visit to Colombia, which has one of the largest populations of concern to his agency with some 3 million people uprooted by more than 40 years of fighting ... More >>
UN Refugee Agency Approaches Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 3:59 pm | United Nations
After reports that the Sri Lankan authorities have forcibly returned many internally displaced people (IDPs) who fled fighting, the United Nations refugee agency today said that it had received the Government’s assurances that the agency will be “fully ... More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Wants Mission Extension In Liberia
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 3:56 pm | United Nations
Despite numerous successes made in Liberia to bolster peace and further economic progress, the impoverished West African country still faces many obstacles including poverty, high unemployment and incapacitated public services, United Nations Secretary-General ... More >>
New Security Raid On Palestinians In Iraq
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 3:46 pm | United Nations
In the latest of a long series of expressions of alarm over the fate of Palestinian refugees in Iraq after the ouster of Saddam Hussein, the United Nations refugee agency today voiced deep concern over a raid by Iraqi security forces this week in Baghdad, ... More >>
UN Mission Welcomes Code Of Conduct
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 3:42 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste ( UNMIT ) today welcomed the signing of a code of conduct for next month’s presidential election, saying it will help with efforts to ensure that the polls are free and fair. More >>
