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UN: Deadly Attack On Bus In Iran Condemned
Thursday, 15 February 2007, 9:36 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the deadly bombing in Iran that killed at least 18 people and wounded many more, reiterating that no cause can justify “terrorist violence.” More >>
Attacks in Iraq Draw Condemnation
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 3:29 pm | United Nations
Urging Iraq and its people to resist any efforts to promote sectarian violence, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the latest deadly attacks in the continuing bloodshed that has engulfed the country. More >>
UN-Aided Return of Displaced Persons
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 2:20 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-assisted return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their homes in southern Sudan’s Blue Nile state is stepping up as the area rebuilds in the wake of the long-running north-south civil war. More >>
Haiti: Area Wracked by Gang Violence
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 1:25 pm | United Nations
Some of Haiti’s poorest people can now go about their daily business free from the fear of being terrorized by armed gangs following a large-scale United Nations security operation in the Boston area of the Cité Soleil quarter of Port-au-Prince, ... More >>
Guinea: Looters Plunder 450 Tons of Food
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 1:21 pm | United Nations
Looters in Guinea have stolen nearly 450 metric tons of food aid destined for school children and the poorest communities in the impoverished West African country, which has been shaken by a month of strikes and deadly clashes between Government forces ... More >>
UN-Backed Tsunami Warning System
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 11:23 am | United Nations
Some 45 million people living along the coasts of Europe will benefit from a new life-saving United Nations-backed project to provide early warnings of an impending tsunami, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported ... More >>
UN Welcomes Deal On Non-Nuclear Korean Peninsula
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 10:37 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly welcomed the nuclear agreement reached at six-party talks in Beijing, describing it as the first step towards a non-nuclear Korean Peninsula and urging all sides to “sustain the current ... More >>
Appeal For Over $60 Million To Protect Congolese
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 10:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) today launched a $62 million drive to help over a million people who have been forced to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – both those who became internally ... More >>
UN Condemnation Of Terrorist Bus Bombings
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 9:59 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced outrage at this morning’s terrorist bombing of two commuter buses in Lebanon, calling for an end to impunity and urging the country’s people to maintain national unity despite the recent series of assassinations and ... More >>
Challenges Remain Despite Progress In Middle East
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 9:57 am | United Nations
A convergence of positive factors, including a new Palestinian unity Government and the first political talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in six years, have the potential to help restore calm and re-energize efforts to achieve a two-State ... More >>
People Smuggling Claims At Least 30 More Lives
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 9:54 am | United Nations
At least 30 migrants drowned yesterday when the boat smuggling them from Somalia capsized off the Yemeni coast, and the death toll may be as high as nearly 80, with the illicit shipping of people across the Gulf of Aden soaring in recent weeks, the ... More >>
UN Urges Preventive Steps Against Dengue
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 9:52 am | United Nations
The entire Latin America region needs to take preventive measures to prepare for what promises to be a “difficult year” for dengue fever following an outbreak of the mosquito-borne infection in Paraguay, United Nations health officials have ... More >>
UN Envoy Cautiously Optimistic On Timor-Leste
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
A day after briefing the Security Council on the need for continued international support for Timor-Leste, the United Nations envoy to the country today said he was cautiously optimistic about its future ahead of this year’s landmark elections, ... More >>
UN Health Project To Benefit 5 Million In Korea
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 9:45 am | United Nations
Some 5 million people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are benefiting from a five-year $20-million United Nations health project funded by the Republic of Korea to improve the health of women and children. More >>
Warning On Execution of Former Iraqi VP
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 12:18 am | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert today added his voice to the chorus of officials calling on Iraq to not proceed with the planned hanging of former vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan, saying his trial was so “marred by serious irregularities” ... More >>
Liberia: UN-Sponsored Conference
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 3:53 pm | United Nations
A one-day conference sponsored by the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) will be held in New York this week to discuss how to reverse the damage done to Liberia’s education system as the West African country seeks to rebuild after a devastating ... More >>
UN, African Union Envoys Arrive In Sudan
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 3:51 pm | United Nations
The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Darfur and his African Union (AU) counterpart have arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on their joint five-day mission to try to re-energize the stalled peace process in the war-torn region. More >>
More Police Needed For Timor-Leste Polls
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 3:49 pm | United Nations
Highlighting the “fragile” security situation in Timor-Leste, the top United Nations envoy to the impoverished nation today reiterated Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call for more international police during this year’s elections, the first to be ... More >>
Kosovo: Autopsies Will Be Performed On Protesters
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 3:46 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Kosovo announced today that autopsied are being performed on the bodies of two protesters who died after a violent demonstration in the province’s capital, Pristina, at the weekend. More >>
5,000 Iraqis Queue Outside UN Refugee Office
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 3:44 pm | United Nations
More than 5,000 Iraqis, fearful of being deported under Syrian immigration regulations, queued up outside the United Nations refugee agency office in Damascus today to register. More >>
