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Social Comm'n Calls for Action on Jobs
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 3:32 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Commission for Social Development opened its annual session today in New York with a call for the adoption of policies that will ensure that economic growth generates employment to help fight poverty. More >>
$85 Million to Life-Saving Programmes
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 2:49 pm | United Nations
In the first of two annual instalments, the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund ( CERF ) will provide almost $85 million to help 15 countries cope with underfunded emergencies, the Organization’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ... More >>
All Sides Must End Deadly Violence
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 10:48 am | United Nations
Expressing deep concern over deadly violence in the south-eastern Terai region of Nepal, the top United Nations human rights official today said it was “imperative” for all sides to stop the clashes, which have claimed at least 23 lives, caused countless ... More >>
Bird Flu: UN Urges Greater Support
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 9:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today expressed confidence in the United Kingdom’s ability to respond adequately to an outbreak of bird flu at a commercial turkey farm, but warned that greater support was needed to help countries ... More >>
UN Tribunal Jails Croatian Journalist
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 9:53 am | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced a Croatian journalist to three months in jail after he published the names and personal details of confidential witnesses who had testified in one of its cases. More >>
Ian Martin To Head The UN Nepal Mission
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 9:48 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the Security Council that he intends to appoint Ian Martin of the United Kingdom as his Special Representative and Head of the UN Political Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), his spokesperson announced ... More >>
Indonesia: UN Agencies Step Up Food, Health Aid
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 9:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today started providing immediate food aid to some of the worst-affected flood victims in the Indonesia capital, Jakarta, where at least 40 people have been killed and 340,000 others driven from their homes ... More >>
Countries Face Tough Decisions On Cancer Vaccine
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 9:44 am | United Nations
With vaccines against the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer, a disease that kills more than 250,000 women each year, now on the market, the United Nations health agency today stressed the tough decisions countries face before making the ... More >>
UN-Assisted Returns To Southern Sudan Reach Home
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 9:40 am | United Nations
Three days after leaving the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the first batch of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return to their homes in the country’s south as part of a major joint operation involving the United Nations are expected to reach their ... More >>
Kosovo: Ban Ki-Moon To Meet With Top UN Officials
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 9:38 am | United Nations
Kosovo: Ban Ki-Moon To Meet With Top UN Officials On Province’s Future Status More >>
Action Needed Now To Mitigate Future Disasters
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 9:35 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 7 2007 12:00PM Seeking to counter the potentially catastrophic impact of global warming, a United Nations body entrusted with mitigating natural disasters, such as cyclones, tsunamis and earthquakes, today called on Governments to speed ... More >>
UN-Approved Global Pact Opens For Signature
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 9:33 am | United Nations
Almost 60 countries have signed a global treaty that outlaws enforced disappearances and allows victims’ families the right to learn the truth about what happened after the pact – approved by the United Nations General Assembly last year – was officially ... More >>
Liberia: UN Hands Over School
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 12:35 am | United Nations
In its latest moves to help the Liberian Government fulfil its pledge of free and compulsory primary education as well as providing young adults with work skills, the United Nations mission has handed over a three-classroom complex built by its ... More >>
UN Promote Development in Arab States
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 12:33 am | United Nations
A new United Nations-backed programme, bolstered by the public and private sector, was launched today to allow Arab States to achieve sustainable development in the face of both opportunities and risks posed by globalization. More >>
UN Anti-Drugs, Anti-Crime Agency
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 4:32 pm | United Nations
The world is turning increasingly to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC ) for help in the fight against illegal drugs, corruption, terrorism and other crimes, with the latest figures indicating that demand for the Office’s specialist ... More >>
UN Peacebuilding Commission
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 4:31 pm | United Nations
War-ravaged countries suffering from destabilizing factors such as poverty and lack of good governance can benefit from the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, officials told the General Assembly today. More >>
Development, Drugs Focus of Talks
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 3:55 pm | United Nations
Marking the first official meeting with a head of State at United Nations Headquarters in New York since taking office on 1 January, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe today. More >>
Hariri Murder Tribunal Awaits Approval
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 3:41 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today signed an agreement with Lebanon setting up a Special Tribunal to prosecute the suspected killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his hopes that the Government will ratify it in line with ... More >>
UN Agencies Boost Ties
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 3:05 pm | United Nations
Just days after a landmark United Nations report showed unequivocally that the world is warming due to human activities, the two main UN agencies focusing on the environment and poverty today committed themselves to working closer than ever in helping developing ... More >>
Pledge to Stop Recruiting Child Soldiers
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 3:03 pm | United Nations
Almost 60 countries today committed themselves to putting an end to the unlawful recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts wherever they occur, one of a series of measures known as the Paris Principles, agreed at a two-day conference ... More >>
