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Programme To Curtail Spread Of HIV In Brazil
Monday, 12 March 2007, 9:27 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies and the Brazilian Government today launched a ground-breaking programme aimed at stemming the ‘feminization of HIV,’ raising awareness about the disease and helping women become less vulnerable to it. More >>
Great Lakes Region Must Take Ownership
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:14 am | United Nations
The 11 countries of Africa’s Great Lakes region, which has been mired in deadly conflict for the past decade, must take control of implementing an historic pact that could pave the way for peace and prosperity, the top United Nations envoy to ... More >>
Chad: Security Situation Hampering UN Relief
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:13 am | United Nations
The security situation in eastern Chad has deteriorated during the past week, hampering efforts by United Nations humanitarian agencies to help up to 105,000 internally displaced persons IDPs and more that 230,000 refugees who have fled the fighting ... More >>
Removal Of Buffer Wall In Cypriot Capital
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:12 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Cyprus today warmly welcomed as “of great symbolic significance” the removal by Greek Cypriots of a wall at the southern end of Ledra Street in Nicosia, the capital, part of the more than 40-year-old buffer zone dividing ... More >>
UN Calls For Security Agreements For Maoists
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:11 am | United Nations
UN Envoy In Nepal Calls For Security Agreements For Maoists As First-Phase Report Signed More >>
Efforts To Aid 2 Million Uprooted Iraqis
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:10 am | United Nations
With an estimated 2 million Iraqis now seeking shelter in nearby countries and another 1.9 million internally displaced, the United Nations refugee agency is sending a senior official for a week-long mission to the region to strengthen its protection ... More >>
UN Refugee Chief To Visit Colombia, Ecuador
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:09 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Guterres will pay a week-long visit next week to Ecuador and Colombia, the country with the largest population of concern to his agency, with some 3 million people uprooted by more than 40 years ... More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Urges Ambitious Action
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:08 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the European Union (EU) decision to establish targets for energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources in the battle against global warming, saying the moves can help put the world’s ... More >>
Hope For Meeting On Iraq To Lead To Stability
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:08 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed the hope that tomorrow’s Baghdad meeting of key players in the Iraqi conflict would help to stabilize the violence-wracked country. More >>
Repatriation Corridors To Be Opened For Sudanese
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:07 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency is set to open two new repatriation corridors from western Ethiopia to south Sudan to pave the way home for thousands of Sudanese who fled two decades of civil war that uprooted some 4.5 million people overall. More >>
Timor: Former Minister Sentenced To Jail
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 3:39 pm | United Nations
United Nations police officers in Timor-Leste and local colleagues increased their numbers on the streets of Dili, the capital, today in connection with the conviction of former interior minister Rogerio Lobato for arming civilians in the deadly violence ... More >>
Role Of Women In Conflict Prevention
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 3:38 pm | United Nations
Reasserting how crucial women are in preventing and resolving conflicts and in peacebuilding, the United Nations Security Council today called on Member States and the Secretary-General to bolster efforts to empower women and increase their representation in decision-making. More >>
Kosovo: Roma Return to New Homes
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 10:36 am | United Nations
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today announced that after nearly eight years in makeshift camps, a number of Roma families have begun to return to south Mitrovica thanks to a combined UN and non-governmental organization ... More >>
Somalia Best Chance in Years for Peace
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 10:35 am | United Nations
Although the challenges ahead are enormous, Somalia may now have the best chance in years to find a long-term solution to the conflicts that have left it without a functioning government since 1991, provided its warring factions engage in dialogue, ... More >>
Uganda: Police Invasion of High Court
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 9:31 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office in Uganda has called on the Government to fully respect the independence of the judiciary after the intrusion of armed police at the High Court in Kampala, the capital, condemning it as a “blatant interference ... More >>
DR Congo: Grave Abuses by All Sides
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 9:29 am | United Nations
Summary executions, enforced disappearances, mass arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment and torture of civilians for their political affiliations as well as rape continued at an alarming rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a climate of ... More >>
Arrest Of Over 30 Women Activists
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 4:19 pm | United Nations
The United Nations human rights chief today expressed strong concern over Iran’s arrest of at least 31 women activists during a peaceful gathering in the capital Tehran at the weekend, and urged the authorities to adhere to all international rights ... More >>
UN Official Says Parties Must Cease All Fighting
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 3:39 pm | United Nations
As the Security Council met today in closed session on the situation in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, a senior United Nations envoy told reporters that the parties must cease all fighting and improve conditions for the delivery of relief ... More >>
New Commissioner Takes Over UN Police In Kosovo
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 3:38 pm | United Nations
A veteran British police officer with wide experience in international law enforcement took over as the new United Nations police commissioner in Kosovo today after his predecessor was asked to resign following the deaths of two people in a clash with ... More >>
UN Nuclear Watchdog Again Urges ‘Timeout’
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 3:37 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency has again called for a “timeout” on the Iranian nuclear issue to allow for talks, with Iran suspending uranium enrichment and the international community suspending sanctions over a programme that Tehran ... More >>
