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Serbian Province’s Final Status Talks
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 4:30 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Kosovo today briefed the Council of Europe on latest developments in deciding the final status of the Albanian-majority Serbian province that the world body has run since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 ... More >>
All-Female Police Unit Arrives In Liberia
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 4:28 pm | United Nations
For the first time in the history of United Nations peacekeeping, an all-female Formed Police Unit (FPU) arrived today in Liberia to join the world body’s operation as it works to strengthen the rule of law and maintain peace in the West African country. More >>
Continuing Restructuring Consultations
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 3:22 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will hold further talks next week with Member States about his plans to restructure the political and security departments of the United Nations Secretariat to ensure they are as effective as possible at delivering their ... More >>
Extended Mission to Ethiopia And Eritrea
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 3:22 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today extended the mandate by six months of the United Nations peacekeeping mission monitoring the ceasefire that ended the border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 2000, but cut the number of blue helmets as it voiced frustration ... More >>
More Blue Helmets to Protect Haitians
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 11:30 am | United Nations
The first of 350 Nepalese soldiers, all of whom are expected to be deployed by early March, began arriving in Haiti this week to participate in the United Nations peacekeeping mission known as MINUSTAH. More >>
UN, Credit Suisse Feed Schoolchildren
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 11:10 am | United Nations
Credit Suisse, a global financial services group, will invest $1.5 million in United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) projects that will assist 19,000 schoolchildren in Sri Lanka, the agency announced today in Geneva. More >>
Call for Talk on Palestinian Unity
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 11:09 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all Palestinian parties to quickly resume dialogue for national unity after the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza to end a civil conflict that has seen more than 40 people killed in Palestinian-on-Palestinian ... More >>
Relief as Thailand Stops Deportation
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 10:28 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed relief that Thai authorities have delayed the deportation of scores of Lao Hmong refugees to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic after a group barricaded themselves in the centre where they were being ... More >>
World Tourism Marks Another Record Year
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 9:36 am | United Nations
World tourism registered yet another record last year with 842 million arrivals, a higher than expected growth rate of 4.5 per cent in spite of adverse factors such as the Israeli-Hizbollah war in Lebanon and the terrorist threats to trans-Atlantic ... More >>
Darfur: UN Launches Supplementary Appeal
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 9:34 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today launched a $19.7 million supplementary appeal to fund protection and aid for up to 2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan’s Darfur region uprooted by fighting between government troops and rebels ... More >>
Iraq: Help Urged Fleeing Palestinians
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 9:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today issued yet another appeal to the international community, including neighbouring and resettlement countries, to help find a “humane solution” for Palestinians fleeing persecution inside Iraq. More >>
Ban Ki-Moon on Guinea-Bissau
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 9:21 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the end to a political dispute in Guinea-Bissau after a former leader reportedly left United Nations offices where he had been seeking protection. More >>
Call for Haitians to Seize Opportunity
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 2:27 pm | United Nations
Haiti has made solid progress in rebuilding its economy and restoring the rule of law but serious obstacles remain in the country, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping operation there said today. More >>
UN Agency Concerned at Thai Deportation
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 1:49 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has expressed concern over Thailand’s decision to deport 16 Lao Hmong to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic without screening them to see if they needed international protection, and has repeated its offer to ... More >>
UN Helps Liberia Shore Up Rule of Law
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 11:53 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Liberia has pledged the Organization’s continued support to promoting the rule of law through improved correctional facilities in the West African country which is rebuilding after a devastating 14-year civil war ... More >>
UN Marks Holocaust Day As Constant Reminder
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 11:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations today marked the annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust with an urgent appeal that the remembrance of the millions of Jews and others murdered by the Nazis serve to prevent new massacres, ... More >>
UN Nuclear Watchdog Proposes ‘Timeout’
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 11:07 am | United Nations
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/News/2007/iran_timeout.html">calling for a “timeout” on the Iranian nuclear issue, with Iran suspending uranium enrichment and the international community suspending sanctions over a programme that Tehran says is for producing ... More >>
Murder Deplored As Assault On Democracy
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 10:57 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today called on authorities to step up protection for all parliamentarians following the assassination of the first legislator since the new National Assembly was inaugurated over two years ago. More >>
Israel: Ban Ki-Moon Deplores Suicide Bombing
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 10:54 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned in the strongest possible terms the Palestinian suicide bombing which killed three people and wounded another at a bakery in the Israeli town of Eilat and called for swift action by Palestinian ... More >>
UN Support To Consolidate Peace In Congo
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 10:52 am | United Nations
The United Nations will stand by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as it consolidates peace, but ultimately future stability lies in the hands of the Congolese people, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told parliamentarians in the capital, Kinshasa. More >>
