Ban to continue efforts for international panel to probe flotilla incident
The urgency of addressing the situation in Gaza in the aftermath of the flotilla incident is among matters at the forefront of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's concerns.
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UN launches $70 million humanitarian appeal for Kyrgyzstan
The United Nations and its partners launched a humanitarian Flash Appeal on Friday to assist more than one million people displaced by violence in Kyrgyzstan.
Africa's needs to be UN chief's top priority at G20 meeting
Africa's needs and potential will be among the Secretary-General's top priorities at the forthcoming G20 summit.
INDONESIAN #22: FOKUS FOKUS KITA
In this programme: Korea unveils its Green Growth Plan. At a week long UN gathering in Korea, over 60 nations in Asia and the Pacific signed a declaration promising to adopt green growth strategies in order to spur economic growth. Two years into their five year green growth plan, Korea is leading the transition to [...]
WHO and UNICEF concerned about measles outbreak in Africa
UN agencies are warning that a steep increase in cases of measles in Eastern and Southern Africa could reverse recent gains in reducing deaths from this highly contagious disease.
UNCTAD urges Africa's trading partners to help it diversify exports
A new report on Africa's trading patterns warns that the continent's growing economic interactions with large developing countries, including China, India, and Brazil, have not helped the continent export value-added goods.
UN RADIO CLASSICS
UN Radio began broadcasting from a makeshift studio in New York in 1946, sharing the UN message with the peoples of the world. It’s had an extraordinary history, shedding light on some of the most important historic milestones, charting transitions from wars to peace, from colonies to independent states and from the Cold War to [...]
UN Daily News 18 June 2010
News and features from United Nations Radio.
Meet Nezia Munezero: Former refugee and future human rights defender
Nezia Munezero is a young woman on a mission. The daughter of Burundians who fled their homeland in 1972, Nezia lived in Rwanda, Congo and Tanzania before settling in the United States eight years ago. Her status as a former refugee has fuelled her dream of studying International Human Rights Law to ensure that other [...]
Concern for those trapped in Osh and Jalal Abad: OCHA
The situation in southern Kyrgyzstan remains fragile with sporadic violence.
Promoting the rights of children with disabilities in developing countries
The Millennium Development Goals represent the international community’s plan to promote development and end extreme poverty. The second Millennium Development Goal is universal primary education for all children. But many disabled children born in rural areas of developing countries have no access to education because of their disability. They are also prone to maltreatment and [...]
On World Refugee Day, UN warns that many displaced unable to return home
In the last decade, around a million refugees were able to return voluntarily to their homes every year.
UN seeks to increase police women at its peacekeeping mission
More than 13,000 police officers from around the world are serving at UN peacekeeping and political missions. But less than 10 per cent of them are women. The UN is working to increase the number of women police officers in the field. As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon points out, these professionals bring a special dimension [...]
WFP reopens office in northern Sri Lanka destroyed by fighting in 2008
The World Food Programme has reopened its office in Kilinochi in northern Sri Lanka, which was closed since September 2008, when its building was destroyed by heavy aerial and ground bombardment during the height of Sri Lanka's recently concluded conflict.
Barbados hails the ILO’s recommendations on the development of HIV/AIDS in the world of work
Barbados’ Minister of Labour, Ms. Yvonne Byer-Suckoo, told the ILO’s 99th International Labor Conference in Geneva that successive governments there have placed HIV/AIDS as a priority on the national agenda and as a result of this commitment the National HIV/AIDS Programme of Barbados has reaped many successes. The ILO says the HIV/AIDS programme would provide [...]
UNHCR investigates UK's mistreatment of Iraqi asylum seekers
United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says it was investigating the possible mistreatment of Iraqi asylum seekers by British immigration officials.
Uneasy calm lingers over southern Kyrgyzstan: ICRC
An uneasy calm has been lingering over southern Krygyzstan for the past three days.
Up to a million people likely to be affected by Kyrgyz crisis
Up to 1 million people will be affected by the crisis in the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan region.
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