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UN report on human rights violations in DR Congo to be released next month
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
UN report on human rights violations in DR Congo to be released next month
The report documenting the most serious human rights violations committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003 will be made public on 1 October, the United Nations announced today.Read Full Article ...
 
Darfur: UN-AU envoy meets with World Bank officials
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Darfur: UN-AU envoy meets with World Bank officials
The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur today called for World Bank assistance to ensure that the "dividends of peace...
 
Afghanistan: UN moves quickly to immunize 1.5 million children from polio
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Afghanistan: UN moves quickly to immunize 1.5 million children from polio
The United Nations is moving swiftly to vaccinate 1.5 million children after a polio case was detected in an area of north-eastern Afghanistan which had been f...
 
UN agency warns of tragedy unfolding in southwest of flood-hit Pakistan
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
UN agency warns of tragedy unfolding in southwest of flood-hit Pakistan
The United Nations refugee agency today called for boosting relief efforts in the flood-hit province of Balochistan in south-western Pakistan, where some 2 mil...
 
UN agency helps stave off hunger and save farms in southern Bolivia
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
UN agency helps stave off hunger and save farms in southern Bolivia
The United Nations food aid agency has stepped in to help in southern Bolivia's El Chaco region, where a long dry spell has decimated maize harvests, threateni...
 
UN-backed anti-corruption academy inaugurated in Austria
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
UN-backed anti-corruption academy inaugurated in Austria
An anti-corruption academy co-sponsored by the United Nations opened today in Austria with the aim of filling the rising global need for training, research and...
 
UN humanitarian efforts more organized and better funded - outgoing relief chief
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
UN humanitarian efforts more organized and better funded - outgoing relief chief
The way the United Nations responds to natural and man-made emergencies has improved greatly in recent years, says the world body's outgoing humanitarian chief...
 
Ban ‘encouraged' by start of direct peace talks between Israelis, Palestinians
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Ban ‘encouraged' by start of direct peace talks between Israelis, Palestinians
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is "very much encouraged" that direct peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders have been launched today and ca...
 
Recent border skirmish tops UN talks with Israeli, Lebanese military officials
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Recent border skirmish tops UN talks with Israeli, Lebanese military officials
The investigation by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon was the focus of today's talks with Israeli and Lebanese senior military officials toda...
 
UN human rights chief joins condemnation of deadly West Bank attack
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
UN human rights chief joins condemnation of deadly West Bank attack
The United Nations human rights chief today added her voice to the chorus of condemnation of the killing of four Israeli citizens in the West Bank this week an...
 
Darfur: UN-AU envoy meets with World Bank officials
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Darfur: UN-AU envoy meets with World Bank officials
The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur today called for World Bank assistance to ensure that the "dividends of peace...
 
UN urges finalization of voters list in Côte d'Ivoire
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
UN urges finalization of voters list in Côte d'Ivoire
The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) today called for the finalization of the voters' list to ensure that electoral process was proceeding acc...
 
UN political chief encourages Somali Government to do more for its citizens
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
UN political chief encourages Somali Government to do more for its citizens
The United Nations political chief has voiced his solidarity with the people of Somalia during a one-day visit to the Horn of Africa nation, and encouraged its...
 
World cannot afford worsening disasters, warns UN climate change chief
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
World cannot afford worsening disasters, warns UN climate change chief
The world cannot afford escalating disasters of the kind recently witnessed in Pakistan and Russia, the top United Nations climate change official said today, ...
 
Peacekeeping and disarmament focus of Ban's talks with Austrian officials
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Peacekeeping and disarmament focus of Ban's talks with Austrian officials
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with senior Austrian officials today in Vienna and discussed a range of issues, including peacekeeping and disarmament.Read F...
 
UN committee welcomes resumption of direct talks between Israelis, Palestinians
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
UN committee welcomes resumption of direct talks between Israelis, Palestinians
A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights today welcomed the recent decision by Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct talks with the aim of resolvi...
 
Ban condemns West Bank shooting of four Israelis
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Ban condemns West Bank shooting of four Israelis
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of four Israeli citizens in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday, just days before Israeli and Pales...
 
Falls represent a deadly public health problem, UN warns
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Falls represent a deadly public health problem, UN warns
Falls are a major public health problem across the world with an estimated 424,000 fatalities occurring each year, making it the second leading cause of uninte...
 
Senior UN official urges the world to increase funding to combat HIV/AIDS
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Senior UN official urges the world to increase funding to combat HIV/AIDS
The head of the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has reiterated the need for the international community to provide an additional $10 billion to help...
 
Global aid needed to help Pakistan avoid losing wheat crop, says UN agency
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Global aid needed to help Pakistan avoid losing wheat crop, says UN agency
Without urgent global assistance to save the upcoming wheat-planting season in Pakistan, the food security of millions in the flood-hit nation is at risk, the ...
 
UN-civil society forum issues call to action to improve health of millions worldwide
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
UN-civil society forum issues call to action to improve health of millions worldwide
Civil society representatives from more than 70 countries wrapped up a United Nations forum today with an urgent call to action to improve the health of millio...
 
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