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Actor Forest Whitaker to be named Goodwill Ambassador by UNESCO
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Actor Forest Whitaker to be named Goodwill Ambassador by UNESCO
The United Nations cultural and education agency will next week designate the award-winning Hollywood actor Forest Whitaker as a Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation in recognition of his commitment to using cinema to promote humanitarian ideals.Read Full Article ...
 
Iraq: UN agency launches literacy and life skills programme
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Iraq: UN agency launches literacy and life skills programme
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today announced the launch of a literacy and life skills training programme for 6...
 
Africa's children deserve more protective environments, UNICEF says
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Africa's children deserve more protective environments, UNICEF says
African governments need to provide "more protective environments" to keep children safe and free from harm and exploitation, the United Nations Children's Fun...
 
Global effort leads to increase in female UN police worldwide
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Global effort leads to increase in female UN police worldwide
More and more countries are getting behind a United Nations initiative designed to boost the number of female police serving in peace operations, with women no...
 
UN spotlights role of midwives in improving maternal and children's health
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
UN spotlights role of midwives in improving maternal and children's health
The United Nations is set to unveil a report highlighting the vital work of midwives in ensuring that millions of women and newborn children do not die needles...
 
Security Council votes to separate Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions lists
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Security Council votes to separate Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions lists
The Security Council today voted unanimously to split sanctions it has imposed on Al-Qaida and those against the Taliban, creating two lists of individuals and...
 
Ban recommends six-month extension of UN force in Golan Heights
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Ban recommends six-month extension of UN force in Golan Heights
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the Security Council extend the mandate of the United Nations force monitoring the ceasefire between Israel ...
 
Sudan: UN condemns harassment of its peacekeepers in Southern Kordofan
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Sudan: UN condemns harassment of its peacekeepers in Southern Kordofan
The United Nations today strongly condemned the detention and abuse by the Sudanese armed forces of four UN peacekeepers who were on patrol in Kadugli, the mai...
 
Niger: UN official vows to help country overcome socio-economic challenges
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Niger: UN official vows to help country overcome socio-economic challenges
The United Nations representative for West Africa today offered the world body's support to strengthening the democratic institutions in Niger, according to a ...
 
Ban presses for continued support for poverty reduction in Central African Republic
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Ban presses for continued support for poverty reduction in Central African Republic
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated the need for international organizations to continue supporting the poverty reduction efforts of the Central Afr...
 
Disaster survivors in Haiti and Pakistan benefit from proceeds of UN football match
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Disaster survivors in Haiti and Pakistan benefit from proceeds of UN football match
Hundreds of youths who survived last year's massive earthquake in Haiti and more than 1,000 women displaced by floods in Pakistan will benefit from funds raise...
 
Effective partnerships vital for tackling non-communicable diseases, UN officials stress
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Effective partnerships vital for tackling non-communicable diseases, UN officials stress
Top United Nations officials today stressed the need for governments, the private sector and civil society to work together and more effectively to address can...
 
In Brazil, UN chief set to confer with national leaders
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
In Brazil, UN chief set to confer with national leaders
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is set to meet Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota and members of the national Parliam...
 
Secretary-General hails Uruguay's contribution to UN peacekeeping
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Secretary-General hails Uruguay's contribution to UN peacekeeping
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today thanked Uruguay for being one of the largest contributors to United Nations peacekeeping worldwide.Read Full Article ...
 
UN agency signs accord with Asian countries on fighting drugs and crime
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
UN agency signs accord with Asian countries on fighting drugs and crime
The United Nations and a group of Asian countries have signed an accord to promote cooperation in fighting drug trafficking, organized crime, human trafficking...
 
Bahrain frees three women arrested for protesting at UN offices in Manama
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Bahrain frees three women arrested for protesting at UN offices in Manama
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said today that it has received information that three Bahraini women who had been taken into custody for takin...
 
Citing reports of abuses, UN human rights office urges probe into Syria
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Citing reports of abuses, UN human rights office urges probe into Syria
The United Nations human rights office has called for a thorough probe into the allegations of widespread abuses committed by Syrian authorities during their v...
 
UN-backed meeting aims to eradicate torture in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
UN-backed meeting aims to eradicate torture in Latin America and the Caribbean
Human rights experts and government officials from 11 countries today began a United Nations-backed meeting aimed at eradicating torture from Latin America and...
 
Iraq should keep regulating private military and security firms, say UN experts
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Iraq should keep regulating private military and security firms, say UN experts
While the number of incidents involving private military and security companies in Iraq has decreased in recent years, the Government should continue to regula...
 
More must be done to overcome obstacles in providing aid - UN official
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
More must be done to overcome obstacles in providing aid - UN official
Aid workers and peacekeepers face a range of security and logistical challenges as they assist the most vulnerable, but there are steps they can take to improv...
 
‘Made in Gaza': UN school students make Formula 1-type car to race in Europe
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
‘Made in Gaza': UN school students make Formula 1-type car to race in Europe
A Formula 1-style car built by students in a United Nations-run school in Gaza from mainly recycled parts is getting ready to enter the Formula Student auto ra...
 
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