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Appeal To Help Southern Sudanese Return Home
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 3:36 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today launched a $56.1-million appeal to help more than 125,000 southern Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) return home this year and reintegrate into their communities in a region where two decades ... More >>
68,000 Hungry Children Face Cut In UN Food
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 3:35 pm | United Nations
Up to 68,000 young children in Mauritania, already threatened by malnutrition, will have their rations reduced or cut completely at the most critical time of the year unless substantial new contributions are forthcoming, United Nations World Food Programme ... More >>
Somalia: Ship Hijacking Hinders UN Effort
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 3:34 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that it is facing increasing difficulties in contracting ships to deliver urgent food aid to hungry Somalis following the hijacking of one of its chartered vessels, now in its 10th day, off the coast ... More >>
Fish In High Seas In Danger Of Depletion
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 3:33 pm | United Nations
Although the percentage of fish stocks assessed as depleted or on the verge of depletion has remained steady over the past 15 years, several species fished on the high seas outside the reach of national jurisdictions are in danger of overexploitation, the ... More >>
Indonesia; Team To Arrive Soon
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 3:31 pm | United Nations
Expressing his sadness at a deadly earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra today, killing up to 100 people and injuring over 70 others, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated the world body’s offer of emergency help, while an inter-agency ... More >>
SG Urges DPRK Cooperation in UN Audit
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 2:48 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to help facilitate an external audit of the world body’s funds and programmes there. More >>
Push for Protection of Ozone Layer
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 2:47 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) has applauded the findings of a new study that calls for a “parallel push” to fight climate change and also to decrease chemicals harming the ozone layer which shields the Earth from harmful ... More >>
Action Urged for Gender Equality
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 10:30 am | United Nations
Convening a special meeting of the General Assembly on gender equality and the empowerment of women, the 192-member body’s president today emphasized that these goals are the responsibility of all people, and achieving them will benefit society as a whole. More >>
Cricket World Cup in War on HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 9:39 am | United Nations
When the top cricketers from across the planet come out to bat and bowl in the Cricket World Cup opening in the West Indies on Sunday, they will also be taking aim at HIV/AIDS in a United Nations campaign focusing on issues facing children and young people ... More >>
Outrage After Bombs Kill Iraq Pilgrims
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 9:38 am | United Nations
Condemning blasts in Iraq today targeting Shi’as on a religious pilgrimage, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the country’s leaders to use their influence to protect civilians and promote dialogue among all communities. More >>
SG Praises Ghana on 50th Anniversary
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 12:28 am | United Nations
As Ghana marks its 50th anniversary today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the West African country, one of the first to attain independence, for serving as an example for freedom movements across the continent and also for ... More >>
Top UN Mgmt Official Outlines Priorities
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 2:47 pm | United Nations
Describing the United Nations Department of Management as the “backbone” of the world body, the top UN management official today outlined her priorities for the coming year, namely implementing reforms to improve the organization’s efficiency ... More >>
Timor Fugitive Responsible for Violence
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy in Timor-Leste has said fugitive Timorese Major Alfredo Reinado and his followers, who are accused of involvement in last year’s deadly violence that rocked the tiny nation, bear ultimate responsibility for the weekend ... More >>
Signing between rival leaders in Côte d’Ivoire
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:35 am | United Nations
Welcoming the signing of an agreement between rival leaders in Côte d’Ivoire, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the parties to implement “in full and in good faith” the accord in the West African country that has been divided ... More >>
UN Uses Sport As Tool For Peace
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:34 am | United Nations
Giving a modern twist to the biblical injunction to beat swords into ploughshares, the United Nations is urging Liberians to replace mortars with footballs in an innovative Sports for Peace programme to promote reconciliation and development in the formerly ... More >>
UN Praises Arab States for Generosity
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:32 am | United Nations
Praising Arab states for their traditional generosity toward displaced people, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR) António Guterres has urged them to take a more active role in his agency’s work and called for international solidarity ... More >>
Opium Production Could Rise Yet Again, UN Reports
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:31 am | United Nations
Opium production in Afghanistan, a $3-billion-a-year trade accounting for more than 90 per cent of the world’s illegal output, could rise again this year after a nearly 60 per cent increase in 2006, due to the ousted Taliban using the trade in the raw ... More >>
UN: Stalemate Over Iran’s Nuclear Programme
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:28 am | United Nations
Lacking “the necessary level of transparency and cooperation,” the United Nations atomic watchdog agency reiterated yet again today that it could not provide assurances that Iran’s nuclear programme is solely for the peaceful purpose of generating ... More >>
Hand Hygiene Cuts Healthcare Infections
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:04 am | United Nations
With some 1.4 million people suffering from health care-associated infections at any given time, United Nations health officials are urging Latin America and Caribbean countries to join a global effort to improve hand hygiene and related practices in ... More >>
SG’s Emissary Meets With Saudi King
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 10:56 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s special advisor on efforts to consolidate peace and pursue political, economic and social development in Iraq met with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah over the weekend for talks that focused on a range of regional issues ... More >>
