8 September 2010
News Reports and Sound Bites

UN spotlights the empowering effect of boosting women's literacy
08/09/2010
One in six adults that's over 790 million people, the majority of whom are women, can still not read or write, according to the head of the UN's ...
Secretary-General urges Rwanda to continue peacekeeping role
08/09/2010
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the President of Rwanda to continue contributing to United Nations peacekeeping operations.
Ban Ki-moon is disturbed by threats to burn the Quran
08/09/2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is deeply disturbed by reports of a small religious group which plans to burn copies of the Quran.
Flood disaster in Pakistan is getting bigger: UN humanitarian chief
08/09/2010
The disaster in Pakistan, already one of the largest crises in the world, is increasing, according to the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, ...
08/09/2010
116th meeting on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
- English
08/09/2010
116th meeting on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
- Floor
08/09/2010
Special event on the occasion of International Literacy Day 2010 –– “Literacy: An essential foundation for development”
Special Event - Floor
08/09/2010
Briefing by Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
Spokesperson's Daily Briefing - Floor
08/09/2010
Security Council President on Liberia
Press Encounter - Floor


