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World Should Embrace New Biodiversity Target
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 10:32 am | United Nations
Arguing that environmental degradation could undermine progress in reaching global anti-poverty goals, a senior United Nations official today urged action in support of an international target for cutting biodiversity loss. More >>
India Changes From Aid Recipient Into Major Donor
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 10:29 am | United Nations
Once a country just on the receiving end of international assistance, India is playing an increasing and important role in assuring food security for South Asia, particularly in Afghanistan, a senior official of the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ... More >>
Extension Of Security Force’s Mandate: Afghanistan
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 10:22 am | United Nations
The Security Council today extended for another year the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, which has been beset by an increasing number of terrorist attacks in recent months. More >>
George Clooney To Address UN Council On Darfur
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 10:19 am | United Nations
Nobel Laureate and United Nations Messenger of Peace Elie Wiesel, along with actor George Clooney will address the Security Council on the crisis in Darfur during a closed-door session officials with the world body announced today. More >>
International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 10:15 am | United Nations
Trade Unions Call on UN High Level Dialogue (HLD) on Migration to deliver on migrant workers' rights and consultations with trade unions on global migration policy More >>
Immunization Drive In Afghanistan
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 10:03 am | United Nations
A newly launched United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) immunization campaign in Afghanistan aims to reduce child measles mortality by 90 per cent and to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. More >>
UN Force Commander Briefs Lebanese PM
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 9:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations military commander in Lebanon today briefed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on the latest troop movements in the south of the country, while Israeli forces continued their withdrawal as stipulated by the Security Council resolution ... More >>
Statistics Show Migration As A Dynamic Force
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 9:54 am | United Nations
As preparations for the upcoming first-ever session of the General Assembly on migration and development take shape, national, regional and global statistics made available by the United Nations draw a complex picture of the movement of people between countries ... More >>
Annan Calls For More Flexibility In Kosovo Talks
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 9:51 am | United Nations
Expressing disappointment over the lack of common ground during the past few months of talks over the future of the United Nations-run province of Kosovo, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for “more flexibility” from both the Serbian and Kosovo ... More >>
UN Food Agency Battles Landslides To Reach Hungry
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 9:47 am | United Nations
As part of a major operation to feed tens of thousands of flood survivors in Nepal, the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) has battled bad weather and landslides to help an estimated 8,150 people in the western Banke District. More >>
30 Countries Expected To Carry Out Treaty Actions
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 9:43 am | United Nations
Thirty countries are expected to sign and ratify international treaties at an upcoming annual United Nations event designed to spur participation in these pacts, the UN Legal Counsel said today. More >>
Congo's Leading Presidential Candidates To Meet
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 9:37 am | United Nations
Three weeks after supporters of the two leading presidential candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) clashed in the streets of Kinshasa, the two politicians have finally agreed to meet face to face, the UN mission in the country reported today. More >>
UN Sends Clean Up Team To Cote D'Ivoire
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 10:31 am | United Nations
Côte D’ivoire: UN Sends Team To Help Coordinate Response To Deadly Toxic Waste Crisis More >>
Universal Religious Values Animate UN’s Work
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 10:27 am | United Nations
Observing that universal religious values animate the work of the United Nations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that men and women of faith are crucial to the world body. More >>
Nato Forces Should Do More To Curb Drug Trade: UN
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 10:24 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC ) today called for a robust military action by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces to destroy the opium industry in southern Afghanistan. More >>
UN Agencies Offer Emergency Help As Floods Strike
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 10:20 am | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies are rushing to provide emergency assistance, including food, clothes and bedding, to nearly 26,000 people left homeless or otherwise stricken by floods that have followed almost four weeks of torrential rains in Niger ... More >>
Environmentally Friendly Shrimp Farming Measures
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 10:15 am | United Nations
Some 50 countries attending a United Nations meeting on aquaculture have welcomed a series of non-binding international principles for responsible shrimp farming which offer guidance on how to reduce its environmental damage while boosting its ability ... More >>
Côte D’ivoire: UN Investigates Toxic Waste Dumping
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 10:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) is investigating reports that toxic waste dumped last month around Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire’s biggest city, and already linked to the deaths of at least three people, may have been illegally exported from ... More >>
Sudan Will Be Held Responsible For Darfur
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 9:57 am | United Nations
The leadership of the Sudanese Government may be held collectively and individually responsible for what happens to the people of Darfur if they allow the African Union (AU) mission there to leave and then refuse access to United Nations peacekeepers, ... More >>
UN Refugee Agency To Help South Sudanese Return
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 9:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today announced that it will soon operate a convoy to help some 400 South Sudanese refugees begin their journey home from the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
