Need to probe human rights violations in Western Sahara
UN and Africa – a weekly 10-minute radio programme on political, social, economic and other developments related to Africa.
Home » 21 Apr 2011
Entries posted on “21 Apr 2011”
Russia is urged to ratify convention on rights of people with disabilities
Russia has been urged by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Fighting in Abidjan condemned by UN
Fighting in the Yopougon and Abobo neighbourhoods of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire has been condemned by the United Nations mission in the country, UNOCI.
UN chief stresses need for nuclear security and disaster risk reduction
Nuclear security and disaster risk reduction must be “watchwords” going forward, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in Kiev as he concluded his visit to Ukraine.
UN Daily News 21 April 2011
News and features from United Nations Radio.
Human activities risk destruction of life-sustaining nature
There are potentially irreversible changes in the planet’s ability to sustain progress that has been made in economic development.
Tourism as the leveller
NARRATOR: Tourism has always been seen by the Government of Bermuda as the leveller. So says Premier Pamela Cox. She told the 12th Sustainable Tourism Conference, organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organization that determined efforts were needed to revive the hospitality sector on all fronts. These included airlift, increased public and private transportation infrastructure to [...]
Chernobyl accident close to Tennis star Maria Sharapova’s heart
Tennis champion and UN Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, Maria Sharapova, says that the areas affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in Ukraine have the potential to rebuild.
Bold and decisive steps needed to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Bold steps are needed to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to the head of political affairs at the United Nations, Lynn Pascoe.
Improve relationship with Mother Earth now as “time is running short”
NARRATOR: The world’s current economic growth model – characterized by extreme production and consumption, slashed forests, and polluted air and water supplies – was operating at nature’s expense and, while it was not too late to change course and improve our relationship with Mother Earth, “time is running short.” That’s what Deputy Secretary-General Asha- Rose [...]
More earthquakes are “unfortunately” expected in Haiti in the future
NARRATOR: Fifteen months after the 12 January 2010 earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, the top United Nations (UN) earthquake expert in Haiti briefed journalists in New York on best practices to reduce risks from future seismic events. Eric Calais, a geophysicist working with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Haiti explained that the island sits on the [...]
Progress is made in fighting malaria
Progress has been made in fighting malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa where the number of people who have received nets to prevent mosquito bites has increased from 5 per cent in 2000 to 76 per cent today.
Migrants in Libya fleeing to Misrata for evacuation
Over 3,100 Migrants have now been evacuated from the besieged Libyan port city of Misrata according to the International Organization for Migration. IOM says the number of migrants arriving in the city seeking evacuation was growing by the day. Patrick Maigua reports from Geneva.
“No Excuses Campaign” to fight domestic violence and abuse
A new animated campaign to stop domestic violence and abuse was just launched at the United Nations. The cheeky public service announcements are the brainchild of Firdaus Kharas, the Chairman of Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift. Kharas, who has had a long association with the UN, tells Julie Walker about his No Excuses Campaign. [...]
IAEA teams assist Japan in monitoring radiation from Fukushima
Shortly after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan triggered the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) dispatched teams of radiation monitoring experts to assist the Japanese authorities. The main purpose of these missions was to carry out environmental monitoring between 20-80 kilometres from the Fukushima accident [...]
South African Ambassador discusses Western Sahara
The Security Council is discussing the renewal of mandate of the United Nations mission in Western Sahara known as MINURSO which is monitoring a ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front which fought after Spain’s colonial rule of the territory ended in 1976. Thousands of Sahrawis are refugees in camps in Algeria and have not been [...]
Replanting a Cambodian forest for peace and the environment
In the 1990s, a Buddhist monk from Cambodia started re-planting Prey Koki forest, a forest that had been destroyed by US bombing during the Viet Nam war and then further destroyed by logging companies. The monk’s interest at first was to create a place to meditate. But as time went on, he realized that his [...]
Concern over rape and sexual violence in Libya
The UN’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict says women in Libya have been suffering at the hands of men, as fighting in the North African country continues. Margot Wallström calls it the latest in a long list of examples of sexual abuse endured by women in conflict situations around the world. Young, ambitious, [...]
Loading the player ...
CONNECT
