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New Deputy Secretary-General Takes Oath
Tuesday, 6 February 2007, 12:05 am | United Nations
Former Tanzanian Foreign and Development Minister Asha-Rose Migiro was sworn in today as Deputy Secretary-General, making her the third ever and the second woman to fill the post, and she vowed to advance the work and increase the cohesiveness of the ... More >>
UN Condemning Rising Violence in Iraq
Monday, 5 February 2007, 8:36 am | United Nations
Reacting against rising bloodshed in Iraq, the senior United Nations envoy there today called on the country's people to display the far-sighted leadership needed to find a way out of the current crisis. More >>
Head Of UN Refugee Agency Travels To Middle East
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 2:17 pm | United Nations
With the exodus from strife-torn Iraq now the largest population movement since Palestinians were displaced after the creation of Israel in 1948, the head of the United Nations refugee agency today left for a mission to the Middle East focussed on strengthening ... More >>
Call For Radical Change To Save Environment
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 2:13 pm | United Nations
The international community must take the lead in reversing human-induced ecological damage, an “issue of central importance to our common future,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has made climate change a top priority, today ... More >>
Legendary Italian Composer Performs At UN
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 2:09 pm | United Nations
Renowned Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone performed a concert this evening at the United Nations entitled “Message for Peace” in support of the Organization’s global work. More >>
UN Refugee Agency Closes Some Tanzanian Camps
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 2:08 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency plans to close three camps in Tanzania by the middle of this year, driven by dwindling numbers of refugees as the security situation across Africa’s Great Lakes region continues to improve. More >>
UN Humanitarian Arm Vows To Stay In Darfur
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 2:06 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 2 2007 8:00PM Despite the recent alarming surge in the number of violent attacks against relief workers in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, United Nations humanitarian officials pledged today to continue their work across the area, ... More >>
Middle East Quartet Endorses Latest Peace Talks
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 2:01 pm | United Nations
Voicing deep concern at the explosion of intra-Palestinian violence, the diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East today called for Palestinian unity while offering its backing for United States efforts to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, ... More >>
Africa Looms Large On Security Council Agenda
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 12:53 am | United Nations
Africa, particularly the crises in Somalia and Sudan’s strife-torn region of Darfur, will again dominate the Security Council’s work programme for February, although other world hotspots will also be addressed, along with thematic debates on the issue ... More >>
UN Technical Visit To Somalia
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 3:47 pm | United Nations
Renewing its support for the planned deployment of African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia, the Security Council today called for the rapid dispatch of a United Nations technical mission to assess security needs in the war-wracked country. More >>
Afghanistan: UN Concern At Human Rights Abusers
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 3:45 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official voiced concern today that the national stability plan passed by Afghanistan’s lower house of Parliament this week could lead to past serious human rights violations going unpunished, undermining efforts ... More >>
DR Congo: UN Sends Team To Western Region
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 3:42 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is immediately sending multi-disciplinary team to the western area of the vast country where a new outbreak of violence has caused heavy loss of life and numerous injuries. More >>
Long-Term Iraqi Refugee Gains Australian Visa
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 3:40 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Australia’s decision to grant a permanent visa this week to an Iraqi refugee whom it had detained on the Pacific island nation of Nauru for five years. More >>
New Report Should Spur Speedy Global Action _ UN
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 3:38 pm | United Nations
A new expert report confirming the existence of global warming and asserting that it is likely driven by human activities should eliminate any doubt that speedy and decisive action is needed in response, the senior United Nations climate change official ... More >>
Kosovo: Unveiling Final Status Proposal
Friday, 2 February 2007, 4:40 pm | United Nations
The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Kosovo’s future status process Martti Ahtisaari will officially present his proposal on the Serbian province’s final status to the Serbian Government and Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian-led provisional authorities ... More >>
Agency Launches 'Urban Farming' Campaign
Friday, 2 February 2007, 4:39 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) is launching a programme to promote urban farming across the developing world as projections show that the number of city dwellers in those countries will continue to surge dramatically. More >>
Sudan: End Recruitment of Child Soldiers
Friday, 2 February 2007, 4:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations envoy on children and armed conflict and the deputy head of the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) have urged all parties in Sudan to commit to ending child recruitment and to immediately release any children associated with their forces. More >>
UN Mission Stresses Need For Victims’ Rights
Friday, 2 February 2007, 2:44 pm | United Nations
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan today stressed the need for the rights of victims of the country’s past 25 years of conflict to be at the heart of national reconciliation and any efforts to grant impunity. More >>
Resolving Darfur Conflict Will Help Entire Sudan
Friday, 2 February 2007, 2:39 pm | United Nations
Painting a generally grim picture of the two years since the signing of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which ended 21 years of civil war between the north and the south, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says resolving the conflict in ... More >>
50 Arrested In Timor-Leste
Friday, 2 February 2007, 2:37 pm | United Nations
Continuing efforts to improve security in Timor-Leste, more than 100 United Nations Police officers, backed by troops from the International Security Forces (ISF), have arrested around 50 gang members from two neighbourhoods in the capital Dili, and ... More >>
