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UN expert urges Russia to pick up pace of protecting rights of indigenous people
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Monday, 23 August 2010
UN expert urges Russia to pick up pace of protecting rights of indigenous people
Although the Russian Government has made "important steps" to protect the rights of its indigenous people, a United Nations independent human rights expert today urged the country to accelerate progress.Read Full Article ...
 
UN agencies gearing up operations ahead of Kyrgyz winter
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Monday, 23 August 2010
UN agencies gearing up operations ahead of Kyrgyz winter
United Nations agencies are gearing up efforts to ensure that hundreds of thousands of people affected by the recent violence in Kyrgyzstan have enough food an...
 
Lack of funds may force UN agency to cut food aid in Central African Republic
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Monday, 23 August 2010
Lack of funds may force UN agency to cut food aid in Central African Republic
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that it may have to cut its feeding programme in the Central African Republic (CAR), where tens of t...
 
UN seeks more helicopters to fly aid to marooned flood survivors in Pakistan
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Monday, 23 August 2010
UN seeks more helicopters to fly aid to marooned flood survivors in Pakistan
An estimated 800,000 people affected by the catastrophic floods in Pakistan can only be reached by helicopter, the United Nations reported today, appealing for...
 
Top UN envoy deplores deadly attack on Somali hotel
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Monday, 23 August 2010
Top UN envoy deplores deadly attack on Somali hotel
The top United Nations envoy for Somalia has strongly condemned today's attack on a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, which reportedly killed at least 30 civili...
 
UNICEF brings safe drinking water to displaced families in Tajikistan
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Monday, 23 August 2010
UNICEF brings safe drinking water to displaced families in Tajikistan
More than 3,000 people displaced by last year's severe flooding and mudslides in southern Tajikistan now enjoy the benefits of safe drinking water, thanks to t...
 
Urgent solutions needed for Bosnia's displaced, says UN advocate Angelina Jolie
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Monday, 23 August 2010
Urgent solutions needed for Bosnia's displaced, says UN advocate Angelina Jolie
Hollywood actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie used her recent visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina to call for practical and urgent steps ...
 
UN voices outrage at mass rape by rebels in eastern DR Congo
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Monday, 23 August 2010
UN voices outrage at mass rape by rebels in eastern DR Congo
The United Nations is dispatching a senior staff member to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as senior officials express outrage at the recent rape an...
 
Experienced Senegalese general appointed adviser to UN peacekeeping operations
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Monday, 23 August 2010
Experienced Senegalese general appointed adviser to UN peacekeeping operations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye as military adviser for United Nations peacekeeping operations.Read Full Article ...
 
Troubled camp for displaced in Darfur focus of talks between UN, AU officials
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Monday, 23 August 2010
Troubled camp for displaced in Darfur focus of talks between UN, AU officials
The situation in one of the largest camps for people uprooted by the conflict in the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur has topped talks between top United ...
 
NEWSMAKER: UNESCO chief stresses key role in dealing with globalization
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Monday, 23 August 2010
NEWSMAKER: UNESCO chief stresses key role in dealing with globalization
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has a vital role to play in ensuring that globalization is not a two-speed proces...
 
Number of Somalis needing humanitarian aid falls, UN agency reports
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
Number of Somalis needing humanitarian aid falls, UN agency reports
The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Somalia has eased this year, with the number of people needing aid falling by 25 per cent to 2 million, the United Nati...
 
Tragedy of slavery should give rise to respect of cultural diversity - UN
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
Tragedy of slavery should give rise to respect of cultural diversity - UN
Marking the day dedicated to the remembrance of the tragedy of the slave trade and the abolition of servitude, the head of the United Nations agency tasked con...
 
Thousands displaced as massive floods in Pakistan spread to the south - UN
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
Thousands displaced as massive floods in Pakistan spread to the south - UN
The massive floods in Pakistan have spread to the southern province of Sindh, where hundreds of thousands of people are on the move after evacuating their inun...
 
Former Spanish mayor nominated as next chief of UN urban housing agency
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
Former Spanish mayor nominated as next chief of UN urban housing agency
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today nominated a former mayor of Barcelona as the next head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting environmentally a...
 
UN Human Rights Council mission on flotilla incident departs for Turkey, Jordan
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
UN Human Rights Council mission on flotilla incident departs for Turkey, Jordan
The United Nations Human Rights Council's international independent fact-finding mission of high-level experts looking into the Gaza flotilla incident on 31 Ma...
 
UN enables athletes to know their carbon footprint at Youth Olympics
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
UN enables athletes to know their carbon footprint at Youth Olympics
More than 3,600 teenage athletes from across the world have a chance to become more environmentally aware as part of a United Nations social responsibility ini...
 
UN confirms reported gang rape of women by rebels in DRC Congo
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
UN confirms reported gang rape of women by rebels in DRC Congo
A United Nations human rights team has confirmed that members of two armed groups in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) raped more tha...
 
Lebanon: UN envoy holds talks with Government minister
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
Lebanon: UN envoy holds talks with Government minister
The top United Nations envoy to Lebanon met today with a senior Government minister as he continues his efforts to promote stability and dialogue within the Mi...
 
UN aid agencies responding to cholera outbreak in West Africa
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
UN aid agencies responding to cholera outbreak in West Africa
An outbreak of cholera in the three neighbouring West African countries of Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger has infected nearly 4,000 people and killed more than 26...
 
UN environment agency stresses that Nigerian oil assessment is not yet complete
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Sunday, 22 August 2010
UN environment agency stresses that Nigerian oil assessment is not yet complete
An assessment of the environmental impact of oil spills across Ogoniland and the Niger Delta regions in Nigeria is not yet complete, the United Nations Environ...
 
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