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UN: Return of Refugees Start April
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:52 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced today that the voluntary repatriation of up to 40,000 Congolese from neighbouring Zambia will begin at the start of April after the end of the current rainy season. More >>
Bangladeshis to Benefit from Water Plan
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:46 pm | United Nations
Thirty million people across impoverished Bangladesh, a country where 100 children die each die from diarrhoea, are set to benefit from a five-year multi-million dollar water and sanitation scheme, funded jointly by the British and Bangladeshi Governments ... More >>
Guinea: UN Human Chief Calls for Probe
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:44 pm | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today called for an independent investigation into reports that security forces killed dozens of unarmed protestors in Guinea since the start of a nationwide strike two weeks ago. More >>
Third of Global Food Aid 'Wasted'
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:42 pm | United Nations
One third of the global food aid budget, or some $600 million annually, is wasted due to conditions tying it to processing and shipping by national carriers of donor countries, and such in-kind aid should be replaced by cash payments that boost production ... More >>
Murder of Turkish Editor Deployed
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:41 pm | United Nations
An independent United Nations expert on freedom of opinion has added his voice to the chorus of condemnation over the murder of the editor of the Turkish Armenian-language weekly Agos, Hrant Dink, known for his critical work on a specific period of the ... More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Kicks Off First Foreign Trip
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:39 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today began his first overseas trip since becoming the world's top diplomat, meeting in Brussels with European Union (EU) High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, with ... More >>
Sahara: UN 'Dire Food Situation'
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:37 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies were today beginning a 12-day mission to assess the "dire food situation" of some 90,000 Sahrawi refugees in western Algeria, where they sought shelter from the conflict between Morocco, which claims the Western Sahara Territory, ... More >>
Lebanon: Toxic Debris From Israel War
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:35 pm | United Nations
Lebanon needs urgent international support to clean up widespread pollution caused by last summer's war between Israel and Hizbollah, including a variety of toxic and health-hazardous substances as well as unexploded cluster bombs, the United Nations ... More >>
UN Envoy Calls on Iraqis to pull back
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:32 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Iraq today called on its political and religious leaders to do all in their power to "save the country from sliding further into the abyss of sectarianism" after yesterday's bombings in Baghdad which killed or injured ... More >>
Troops Clear House Used by Gang Membe
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:31 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers launched an operation early this morning in Cité Soleil, an inner-city neighbourhood of the capital Port-au-Prince, to occupy a house that had continually been used by armed gangs to conduct criminal activities and to fire ... More >>
Colombia: UN Refugee Agency Pledges Aid
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today pledged funding and other aid to one of its key partners in Colombia whose premises were burned down over the weekend, apparently in an arson attack. More >>
Security Council Concerned at Tension
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:29 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today expressed unease at the continuing tension between Abkhaz separatists and Georgian authorities but said there were also some positive developments in recent months, namely the resumption of joint United Nations patrols in the Kodori ... More >>
UN Aid Mission Discusses Assistance
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 11:50 am | United Nations
United Nations officials travelled to Somalia’s war-ravaged capital of Mogadishu today to discuss aid and other issues with representatives from the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which ousted Islamist groups with Ethiopian help. More >>
Concern at Aerial Bombing Raids Darfur
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 11:05 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told the Sudanese Government he is deeply concerned about its recent wave of aerial bombardments inside Darfur and that he expects a swift inquiry into last Friday’s incident in which 20 people, including five United ... More >>
Funds Needed for Millions Devastated
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 10:08 am | United Nations
Only 7 per cent of the total funds needed to allow millions to recover from destructive typhoons that have struck the Philippines since last September have been received, the United Nations and its partners announced today. More >>
'Media Make a Difference!'
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 9:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on young people under 25 to submit a one-minute video highlighting such issues as protecting children against abuse and promoting healthy lives, for its “Media Magic Make a Difference!” video ... More >>
UN Ethiopian-Eritrean Peacekeeping Mission
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 9:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations mission monitoring the ceasefire that ended the border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 2000 should be extended for another six months as the stalemate in the peace process shows no sign of ending, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says ... More >>
UN Political Mission In Nepal To Help Build Peace
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 1:57 pm | United Nations
New York, Jan 23 2007 The Security Council today established a United Nations political mission in Nepal to oversee the peace process in the tiny Himalayan country, following an historic agreement reached last November by the Maoists and Government aimed at ... More >>
Call For Member States To Contribute More Officers
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 1:55 pm | United Nations
United Nations Police Adviser Mark Kroeker has called on Member States to provide more police officers to peacekeeping missions, stressing that nothing is more important for countries emerging from conflict than providing “qualified and compassionate ... More >>
Outbreaks Of Bird Flu Are Reported
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 1:51 pm | United Nations
Despite fewer bird flu outbreaks in the first weeks of this year versus 2006, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO today strongly advised countries to remain on high alert and cooperate with international organizations as the deadly ... More >>
