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Life Expectancy In Sub-Saharan Africa Down
Friday, 10 November 2006, 3:28 pm | United Nations
Life Expectancy In Sub-Saharan Africa Is Lower Now Than 30 Years Ago: UN Index More >>
Kenya: UN Official Deplores Deadly Slum Violence
Friday, 10 November 2006, 3:26 pm | United Nations
Voicing deep concern at the continuing escalation of violence and rising death toll in the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya, a senior United Nations official today called for calm and urged all involved to work together to find a peaceful and lasting solution. More >>
Blueprint For Sweeping UN Overhaul
Friday, 10 November 2006, 3:24 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed a high-level coherence panel’s report on revamping the organization’s development, humanitarian and environment portfolio, calling it ambitious yet realistic. More >>
UN’s Top Political Officer Meets Myanmar Ministers
Friday, 10 November 2006, 3:22 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations political officer arrived in Myanmar today where he emphasized the need for progress, including the release of political prisoners, in talks with Government ministers, a UN spokesman said. More >>
Farming Partnership Wins World Bank’s Green Award
Friday, 10 November 2006, 3:20 pm | United Nations
A United Nations-backed partnership that has made the first attempt ever to provide a framework for responsible shrimp farm management has won the World Bank’s 2006 Green Award. More >>
Sri Lanka: Call for All Sides to Protect Civilians
Friday, 10 November 2006, 1:36 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations relief official today called on all sides in the conflict between the Sri Lankan Government and Tamil separatist rebels to protect civilians after an army artillery bombardment yesterday hit a school sheltering 1,000 internally ... More >>
Climate: Calls for Preventive, Adaptive Steps Now
Friday, 10 November 2006, 10:44 am | United Nations
With a major United Nations conference on climate change underway in Nairobi, Kenya, amid new ominous reports on the global dangers involved, Secretary-General Kofi Annan is calling for urgent action now in both the preventive and adaptive fields before ... More >>
G-8 Must Lead Combat of Water, Sanitation Crisis
Friday, 10 November 2006, 10:43 am | United Nations
The Group of Eight (G-8) developed nations should spearhead an urgent global action plan to resolve the world’s growing water and sanitation crisis, which causes nearly two million child deaths every year and holds back countries’ development, especially ... More >>
Annual Call For End To US Embargo Against Cuba
Friday, 10 November 2006, 10:23 am | United Nations
For the 15th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly called on the United States to end its commercial, economic and financial embargoes against Cuba that began more than 46 years ago. More >>
England Cricketers Go Out To Bat Against Hunger
Friday, 10 November 2006, 10:19 am | United Nations
The England and Wales cricket team is now batting and bowling against global hunger in the latest partnership between sports players and the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) to draw attention to the plight of the 400 million chronically ... More >>
Lebanese Army Deploys In More Territory
Friday, 10 November 2006, 10:16 am | United Nations
The Lebanese army today began deploying troops in one of the last positions that Israel still occupied in the south of the country after this summer’s war with Hizbollah, the United Nations peacekeeping mission reported. More >>
Israel, Palestinians Urged to Return to Talks
Friday, 10 November 2006, 9:47 am | United Nations
The Security Council met in open session today to discuss the latest deadly violence in the Gaza Strip, with a senior United Nations official calling on Israel to review the implications of its military actions, on the Palestinians to take the critically ... More >>
OPEC Boosts Myanmar’s Edible Oil Sector
Friday, 10 November 2006, 12:12 am | United Nations
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund for International Development has boosted Myanmar’s edible oil sector with $12.3 million loan to increase production, the United Nations food agency announced today. More >>
IIC Hearings Start - Move Against Impunity
Friday, 10 November 2006, 12:10 am | United Nations
Hearings began today to determine whether a former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accused of recruiting child soldiers will be the first person tried before the International Criminal Court (ICC), in a case which United ... More >>
Reform In Bosnia And Herzegovina - UN
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 3:30 pm | United Nations
The international community should continue to hand over responsibility for reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina to its leaders despite the magnitude of the challenges involved as the country emerges from the devastation of inter-ethnic bloodshed, the ... More >>
Congo Presidential Contenders Will Accept Results
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 2:12 pm | United Nations
Leading Congolese presidential contenders President Joseph Kabila and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba are committed to supporting an independent commission tallying the votes from last month’s runoff between them, the United Nations Mission in ... More >>
Calls for Oman to Do More for Trafficking Victims
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 2:09 pm | United Nations
While Oman has made some progress in helping combat the global problem of human trafficking, it needs to do more to follow-up on international obligations, an independent United Nations expert has said after completing a five-day fact-finding mission to the Sultanate, ... More >>
SC Members Discuss How to Move Forward on Darfur
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 2:08 pm | United Nations
As officials today voiced concern about a build-up of government troops in Darfur, Sudan, Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed with members of the Security Council next steps to address the situation in the troubled region. More >>
Globalization Must Be Harnessed to Curb Hunger
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 11:56 am | United Nations
Globalization is an economic and social reality that must be managed if it is to become an effective tool to fight hunger, the head of the United Nations food agency has said. More >>
Refugee Chief Urges Shift of Focus for Returnees
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 11:43 am | United Nations
The international community must forge a plan to better ensure safety for people who return after fleeing their homes as the movement of populations becomes the 21st century’s key question, the United Nations’ refugee agency chief has told the ... More >>
