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Palestinian Poverty Numbers Soaring,
Sunday, 26 November 2006, 12:47 am | United Nations
More than 1 million Palestinians, or one in four inhabitants of the occupied territories, are now mired in deep poverty as living standards deteriorate dramatically following the economic boycott of the Palestinian Authority this year, according to a United ... More >>
1.16 Million Newborns Die Each Year - Africa
Sunday, 26 November 2006, 12:45 am | United Nations
Each year at least 1.16 million newborns die in sub-Saharan Africa within the first 28 days of life, making the region the world’s most dangerous to be born in, yet more than two thirds of these infants could be saved with low cost, low tech action, ... More >>
Official Holds Talks With Officials In Pakistan
Sunday, 26 November 2006, 12:42 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations counter-terrorism official held meetings with senior Pakistani officials in Islamabad today covering a range of critical issues in a bid to help the country better respond to the scourge. More >>
Afghanistan Could Return To Being A Failed State
Sunday, 26 November 2006, 12:40 am | United Nations
Painting a grim picture of increased Taliban violence, growing illegal drug production and fragile State institutions in Afghanistan, the head of last week’s Security Council mission to the strife-torn country warned today it faced becoming a failed ... More >>
Cyprus: UN Envoy Detonates Last Mines In Campaign
Sunday, 26 November 2006, 12:37 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Cyprus today helped trigger the last mines of a two-year campaign to clear the area of Nicosia, the capital, of explosives left over from decades of conflict More >>
More Than 22,000 Africans Shipped To Yemen
Sunday, 26 November 2006, 12:35 am | United Nations
More than 22,000 people have risked their lives to cross the Gulf of Aden in rickety smugglers’ boats from Somalia to Yemen this year, the United Nations refugee agency reported today More >>
More Needed To Spur Ugandan Rebels To Peace
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 3:04 pm | United Nations
UN Aid Chief Says More Needed To Spur Ugandan Rebels To Take Steps Towards Peace More >>
Legal Assistance Centre For Burmese Refugees
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:56 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today opened the first of seven legal assistance centres for tens of thousands of Burmese refugees living in neighbouring Thailand with the aim of providing justice to the victims of violent crimes that plague the border camps. More >>
Displaced Chadians Afraid To Return Home
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:53 pm | United Nations
At least 15,000 Chadians who fled their homes over the past three weeks because of deadly violence close to the border with Darfur are still too afraid to return to their villages because armed groups remain in the area, where some who went back ... More >>
Iran Takes Steps 'In Right Direction'
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:48 pm | United Nations
Iran has agreed to a request by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to provide access to materials related to its uranium enrichment activities, but cooperation is still too limited for any determination regarding its nuclear ambitions, the head ... More >>
Hybrid Force In Darfur A ‘Turning Point’
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:46 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that the Sudanese Government’s agreement in principle last week to a hybrid United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping force inside Darfur could become “a turning point” in stemming the spiralling ... More >>
Liberia’s Judiciary Must Be Strengthened
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:44 pm | United Nations
Liberia’s Judiciary Must Be Strengthened To Stamp Out Rape And Other Crimes: UN Expert More >>
Children Endure Widespread Violence At Work
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:41 pm | United Nations
New York, Nov 23 2006 4:00AM Millions of children face systemic violence in their workplaces, ranging from physical or verbal abuse to sexual harassment, rape and even murder, according to a landmark new report from the United Nations’ International ... More >>
UN Joins Campaign To Fight Violence Against Women
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Nov 24 2006 4:00PM >From bride burning and sexual violence as a weapon of war to genital mutilation, date rape and child marriage, gender-based violence will be the focus of a United Nations-backed 16-day-long campaign being launched ... More >>
Fluoride In Drinking Water Causing Health Problems
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:36 pm | United Nations
Excessive amounts of fluoride in drinking water are exposing millions of people around the world to risks ranging from often crippling skeletal problems to milder dental conditions, according to a report released today by the United Nations World Health ... More >>
Human Rights Council Should Broaden Its Focus
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:34 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced the hope that the new United Nations Human Rights Council, a major reform he had sought, would broaden its work from just considering the Palestinian-Israeli issue so as to avoid the perception of unfairness. More >>
Security Council Backs Special Tribunal
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:30 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today gave its support to the establishment of a special tribunal to try those alleged responsible for last year’s assassination of then Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others in a massive car bombing in Beirut. More >>
Using IT To Boost Development - UN
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 2:28 pm | United Nations
Service-oriented information and communication technology (ICT), website evaluation, multilingual websites, accessibility and Internet broadcasting are all topics being discussed at the third annual Web for Development (Web4Dev) Conference being held ... More >>
Peacekeepers In Lebanon Find Unauthorized Arms
Thursday, 23 November 2006, 3:33 pm | United Nations
New York, Nov 20 2006 9:00PM The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL ) has discovered a cache of unauthorized missiles, rocket launches and “significant” amounts of ammunition in its field of operation, the seventh incident of its type ... More >>
Donors Must Spend More On Universal Education
Thursday, 23 November 2006, 3:26 pm | United Nations
New York, Nov 20 2006 9:00PM Countries should spend 4 to 6 per cent of national income on education, and donors need to raise predictable and long-term financing to reach the $11 billion required annually to achieve universal primary education, adult literacy ... More >>
