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31 October 2006

Today's Features

Greenhouse Gases on the Rise
Women's Participation in Peacemaking Found Still Lacking as UN Marks 6th Anniversary of Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace and Security

Today's News

Annan Welcomes North Korea's Pledge To Return To Six-Party Talks
Situation of Children in Sudan's Darfur Region
WFP Wraps Up Humanitarian Operations in Lebanon
UN Mideast Envoy Concerned About Arms Smuggling Across Lebanese Border
Security Council Urges Disbanding Of Militias In Lebanon
Africa's Economy Continues to Grow at More Than 5 Per Cent: Annan

30 October 2006

Women

Indigenous Women Take a Stand Against Violence
Singing to Save Children's Lives in Ghana
Slavery in the Modern World

Today's Features

Youth Leaders Search for Answers at Global Youth Leadership Summit
UN Mission Satisfied with Sunday's Runoff Presidential Elections in the DRC

Today's News

Annan Urges Youth to Join Efforts to Realize Millennium Development Goals
Counting Begins In Congo After Largest- Ever Election Operation By UN
UN Warns of Rise in Global Warming Gases
Wide Differences Among Countries and Regions in Reducing Hunger: FAO
North Korea's Nuclear Test a Matter of Deep Concern to the IAEA: Elbaradei

27 October 2006

Today's Features

Selecting the UN Secretary-General: a Historical Perspective
Protecting Human Rights While Combating Terrorism

Today's News

UNHCR to Resume Transfer of Somali Refugees to Camps in Kenya
UN Official Urges New Efforts to Protect Women
Pronk to Return to Sudan until the End of the Year: UN
UN Mission Reinforces Security for Sunday's Poll in DRC
Annan Concerned About Increasing Violence in Run up DRC Vote
More People Experiencing Hunger Every Year: Ziegler

Caribbean News

St. Vincent and the Grenadines expresses disappointment over the suspension of the Doha Round of trade talks:
Guyana says CARICOM attaches high priority to issues concerning women:
Suriname warns that the development of children is often inhibited by poverty, lack of education and other ills:
Jamaica says there can be no justification for the forced recruitment of children as soldiers:
Trinidad and Tobago says the UN Department of Pubic Information has a critical role to play in telling the UN story:

UN Calling Asia

HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA AND MYANMAR: the situation is deteriorating in these two troubled nations, according to the UN rights experts who continue to be barred from entering the countries

LISTEN TO UN PROGRAMS IN:
Bangla: Jati Shongher Protidhoni
Hindi: AntarRashtriya Patrika
Indonesian: Fokus Fokus Kita
Urdu: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama

Perspective

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN: The UN Secretary-General has just released two separate reports which for the first time cover the full range and scale of violence against a majority of the world's population - a violence that is committed mostly behind closed doors and often socially approved. This program explores why there is so much resistance from both men and women and even governments to recognize that violence against women and children is a violation of human rights, that it is discrimination and that it is an illegal act that should be punished accordingly.

26 October 2006

Today's Features

UN Human Rights Expert Concerned About Food Aid in North Korea
UN Officials and Diplomats Agree that Elections in Cote d'Ivoire Must Take Place in 2007

Today's News

Shortage of Donations Impacting Sahrawi Refugees in Algeria: WFP
General Assembly Still Deadlocked on Filling Non-Permanent Seat on Security Council
UN Officials Encouraged by Support for Resolution to Promote Free Elections in Cote d'Ivoire
Women's Associations Can Be Powerful Forces for Peace: Mayanja
UN Human Rights Expert Warns Against Suspending Rights in Fighting Terrorism

UN and Africa

DRC Prepares for Run-off Elections
Africans Risk Their Lives to Get to Yemen
UN Blue Helmets Patrol Cote d'Ivoire/Liberia Border

25 October 2006

Today's Features

Study Uncovers Need for More Efficient Tools to Diagnose Tuberculosis
Congolese People Count Down to Presidential Run-Off on Sunday

Today's News

Head of Climate Change Convention Calls for New Climate Compact to Combat Global Warming
UNIFIL Concerned by Israeli Air Violations in South Lebanon
FAO Conference Seeks to Speed development through communication
Escalating Violence Leaves Six Dead in Timor Leste: UN
WHO Says Inadequate Screening Hurts TB Control Efforts

24 October 2006

Today's Features

New Peace Makers Web Site Invites Peacemakers to Share their Knowledge
Security Council Battle of the Ballots:voting to Resume on Security Council Seat for Latin America

Today's News

Averting HIV Epidemics in Asia-Pacific Countries
UN Expert on Torture Insists on Access to Prisons and Detainees
UN Human Rights Expert Concerned about the Right to Food in North Korea
In a message for UN Day, Annan warns much still needs to be done

23 October 2006

Today's Features

Report Predicts Palestinian Economy Could Collapse Next Year
Political Freedoms Continue to Decline in Myanmar: Human Rights Rapporteur

Today's News

WHO/UNICEF call for increased vaccine supply in case of influenza pandemic
More viral outbreaks of bird flu in 2006 than any previous year: Nabarro
Urgent action needed to avert Palestinian economic collapse: UNCTAD
Negative turn of events in Cote d'Ivoire in past three months: Annan
Special envoy in Sudan headed to New York for consultations: UN

UN in Transition

Secretary-General Designate Ban Ki-moon plans to resolve challenges facing the international community by using his experience "as a harmonizer" to find common ground among divergent views. In a joint interview with UN Radio and Dawn Daily of Pakistan, Mr. Ban Ki-moon promised to support the resumption of six-party talks to resolve the issue of the Democratic Republic of Korea's nuclear programme.

20 October 2006

Women

Scientists Worry About an Emerging Form of Exploitation
Ms. Universe Launches the "Get Tested-It's in Fashion" AIDS Awareness Tour
Is War Making Husbands More Violent?
 International Women's Tribune Center

Today's Features

Security Council Wants Eritrea to Remove its Troops from the Temporary Security Zone: Eritrea Responds
UN Force Commander Reports Significant Progress in Lebanon since End of Conflict

Today's News

UN Suspends Refugee Repatriation to South Sudan
Human Rights Institutions to Focus on Migration at Bolivia Gathering
Liberia Needs to do More for Diamond Embargo to be Lifted
GA suspends voting for Latin American seat on Security Council
UNHCR Concerned about Smuggling Across the Perilous Gulf of Aden

Caribbean News

The General Assembly postpones further voting for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for Latin America and the Caribbean
St. Lucia says promoting sustainable tourism is the cornerstone of its approach to developing the industry
A top regional media official calls for a stronger working relationship between the media and the tourism sector
CARICOM welcomes progress made in key priority areas of the New Partnership for Africa's Development

19 October 2006

Today's Features

Investment in Agriculture for Food Security
Child Soldiers

Today's News

Curbing Coastal Pollution Can Aid in Recovery of Damaged Coral Reefs: UNICEF
Overall Malnutrition Levels in Darfur Stabilized in 2006: UN
Annan Recommends a Final Extension for Elections in Cote d'Ivoire
Considerable Progress Being Made in Lebanon: Pellegrini
Problem of Israel and Palestine at the Heart of MidEast Conflict: De Soto

UN Calling Asia

UN Secretary-General designate Ban Ki-Moon receives advice on his new job
North Korea sanctions: despite voting for them, some UN Security Council Members express reservations

LISTEN TO UN PROGRAMS IN:
Bangla: Jati Shongher Protidhoni
Hindi: AntarRashtriya Patrika
Indonesian: Fokus Fokus Kita
Urdu: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama

UN and Africa

Poverty Exposes Children To Violence in Africa
Mozambique Fights Poverty by Investing in Agriculture
TV and Radio Station Gives Somalis a Voice In Mogadishu

18 October 2006

Today's Features

Harvesting and Trafficking in Human Eggs: an Emerging Form of Exploitation of Women
How Cartoons Can Draw Us Closer to Achieving World Peace

Today's News

NGOs Campaign for Arms Trade Control Treaty
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Visits Haiti
UNICEF Sees Stark Disparities in Child Well-Being in Former Soviet and Eastern European States
Security Council Urges Eritrea to Remove Troops From Zone with Ethiopia

17 October 2006

Today's Features

Declaration on Rights of the World's Indigenous Peoples Discussed by the General Assembly
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Today's News

OCHA Appeals for $35 Million for Somali Refugees in Kenya
UNICEF Says Lebanese Children Going Back to School Face Trauma
General Assembly Committee Debates Declaration on Indigenous Issues
UNRWA Says Sanctions Are Impoverishing Palestinians in Occupied Lands
UN Marks International Day for Eradication of Poverty

16 October 2006

Today's Features

World Food Day 2006: Investing in Agriculture for Food Security
UN Secretary-General Designate Ban Ki-moon

Today's News

Secretary-General's Envoy Visits North Darfur in Sudan
UNICEF Lebanese Government Launch Back To School Campaign
Secretary-General Is Concerned About Eritrean Incursion into Security Zone
On World Food Day FAO Stresses Importance of Investment in Agriculture
UN Secretary-Designate Urges North Korea to Comply With Security Council Resolution

13 October 2006

Women

A New Report on Violence Against Women
Women NGOs on the North Korean Nuclear Test
Trafficking as a Human Rights Issue

Today's Features

Secretary-General Designate Ban Ki-Moon Meets the Press
Standing Up for Millennium Development Goals
Palestinian Child Deaths Nearly Double That of 2005

Today's News

Shortage of Funds Forces WFP to Stop Feeding Angolans
Pioneers of Microfinance Movement Are Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Violence Forces Thousands of Iraqis to Leave Their Home
UNICEF Concerned about Impact of Sanctions on North Korean Children
Security Council is Set to Vote on Sanctions on North Korea on Saturday
Ban Ki-moon Appointed New Secretary-General

UN Calling Asia

North Korea: UN Ambassador Pak Gil Yon explains why DPRK is building up its nuclear arsenal
Malaysia: One-Stop Centers provide victims of domestic violence multiple services under one roof

LISTEN TO UN PROGRAMS IN:
Bangla: Jati Shongher Protidhoni
Hindi: AntarRashtriya Patrika
Indonesian: Fokus Fokus Kita
Urdu: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama

12 October 2006

Today's Features

The UN Peacebuilding Fund Is Launched
Study Calls for Prevention of Violence against Children

Today's News

General Assembly Takes Up the Issue of Malaria
Forgotten Emergencies Receive a Boost from Central Emergency Response Fund
Security Council Continues Discussions on DPR Korea Nuclear Test
General Assembly Scheduled to Appoint New Secretary-General on Friday

Caribbean News

Caribbean nations to table a resolution in the General Assembly on the Bicentenary of the act abolishing the slave trade
CARICOM states express concern over drug trafficking through the region
The Bahamas reiterates its commitment to regional global security and the UNGlobal Counter Terrorism Strategy
Dominica says South-South cooperation is especially important in contributing to its development
CARICOM urges UN Member States to offer unconditional support to the International Criminal Court

UN and Africa

UN Human Rights Office Calls for Independent Probe into Attacks in Darfur
Jan Egeland Says World Must Pressure Sudan to Accept UN Force
UN Envoy Sees Hope for Democracy in the Gambia

11 October 2006

Today's Features

Study Provides Picture of Nature, Extent and Causes of Violence against Children
On International Day for Disaster Reduction, UN Calls for More Commitment to Reduce the Impact of Natural Disasters

Today's News

More Than 250 Disasters Recorded by End of August: Egeland
UN Report Shows Most Member States Without Laws to Protect Women from Violence
UN Launches Peace-Building Fund to Help Countries Emerging from Conflict
Egeland Says Aid to North Korea Should Continue
Annan Says DPRK Actions Complicate an Already Difficult Security Situation

10 October 2006

Today's Features

Public Service Providers and Government Institutions Join Forces in Combating Violence Against Women
Civil Society Reacts to Reported North Korean Nuclear Test

Today's News

More Somali Refugees Pour into Kenya
UNHCR to Move Thousands of Sudanese Refugees Deeper into Chad
UNICEF Remains Concerned About Cluster Bombs in Lebanon
Congolese Armed Forces Remain Main Human Rights Violators in DRC: UN
China Says North Korea Should Face "Some Punitive Actions"
Security Council Continues Discussion on US Draft

9 October 2006

Women

New Manual on Fighting Trafficking in Persons
How Micro-Credit Improves the Lives of Rural Women in Kenya
Making Clean Water and Sanitation a Development Priority

Today's Features

Humanitarian Crisis in The Central African Republic
The IAEA Urges a Negotiated Solution in the Aftermath of Nuclear Test by North Korea

Today's News

North Korea Warns the Danger of Nuclear War Increasing Daily
IAEA Deeply Regrets North Korea's Reported Nuclear Test
China Says Door to Diplomatic Solution in North Korea's Test Still Open
North Korea's Nuclear Test Aggravates Regional Tensions: Annan
Security Council Condemns North Korea's Nuclear Test
Annan Welcomes Security Council's Nomination of Next UN Chief
Council Members React to Nomination of South Korean to be Next UN Chief
Security Council Nominates South Korean to be Next Secretary-General

6 October 2006

Today's Features

ASEAN Parliamentarians Welcome the Engagement of the Security Council on Myanmar
The Progress of Pakistan One Year After Deadly Earthquake

Today's News

Security Council Urges North Korea to Drop Plans to Test a Nuclear Bomb
IOM Sends Relief Aid to People Displaced By Fighting in Afghanistan
More Somalis Flee Into Kenya As Islamists Advance to More Towns
Former U.S. President Bush Says More Is Needed For Pakistan Earthquake
UNHCR Chief Is Concerned About Displaced and Migrants
UN Secretary-General Welcomes Sudan's Acceptance of AU and UN Help

Caribbean News

CARICOM States Call For a Resumption of the Doha Round of Trade Talks
A Caribbean Forum on Effective Disaster Management Outlines a Roadmap for Reducing Disaster and Getting Ready for Them
Dominica Says Recent Global Events Relating to Trade Have Not Been Encouraging
Antigua and Barbuda Outlines Its Strategy of Economic Diversification
St. Kitts-Nevis Says Regional Leaders Have Moved to Ensure the Developmment of Their Citizens
Trinidad and Tobago Says Global Peace and Security Is Threatened by Failure to Change Trade, Economic and Financial Relations

UN Calling Asia

South Korean candidate expected to get top UN job
North Korea unsettles world with nuclear test plan
Australia calls for immediate ban on bottom trawling

LISTEN TO UN PROGRAMS IN:
Bangla: Jati Shongher Protidhoni
Hindi: AntarRashtriya Patrika
Indonesian: Fokus Fokus Kita
Urdu: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama

5 October 2006

Today's Features

Unprecedented Surge in UN Peacekeeping Operations
Human Rights Violations on Both Sides of the Recent Lebanon Conflict

Today's News

Threat of Heroin Overdose Higher Due to Strong Afghan Opium Crop: UN
WHO Challenges World to Improve Air Quality
Annan Reminds Cote d'Ivoire Leaders of Need to Protect Foreigners
Annan Warns Darfur at a Critical Stage
US Calls Emergency Meeting of Security Council to Discuss Sudanese Letter
Guehenno Rejects Sending UN Peacekeepers to Sudan Without Government Permission

UN and Africa

UN Presses for Deployment of Peacekeepers in Darfur
Liberia Needs Continued Support to Promote Human Rights, Says UN expert
UN official Warns that Violence Undermines Stability in Central African Republic

4 October 2006

Today's Features

Dumping of Toxic Waste in Cote d'Ivoire Contrary to Basel Convention on Hazardous Waste
Sigourney Weaver Joins Appeal for a Ban on High Seas Bottom Trawling

Today's News

UN Peacekeeping Forces Likely to Reach 140,000: Guehenno
China Urges Restraint in Response to North Korea's Planned Nuclear Test
Annan Shares Global Concern Over North Korea's Planned Nuclear Test
Security Council Working on Firm response to North Korea's Planned Test
Israel Critical of Report on Rights Violations
Israel and Hezbollah Guilty of Violating Humanitarian Law: UN Experts

3 October 2006

Today's Features

Moving Closer to the Selection of a New Secretary-General
UNODC Issues Guidelines on Preventing HIV Transmission Within Prisons and Providing Treatment for Prisoners Living with HIV/AIDS

Today's News

Guinea-Bissau's Socio-Economic Situation Remains Dire: UN
WMO Warns of Expanding Hole in Ozone Layer Over the Antarctic
UNHCR Concerned About Internally Displaced in Afghanistan
Palestinian Children Bearing the Brunt of Unrest
UN Human Rights Expert Wants to Assess Countries Record in War on Terror
Security Council Continues Effort to Elect New Secretary-General

2 October 2006

Today's Features

World Habitat Day - Cities as "Magnets of Hope"
The UN Prepares to Support African Union Peacekeepers in Darfur

Today's News

Annan Calls for Partnership to Manage Urban Growth
UNIFIL Confirms Israeli Withdrawal from Southern Lebanon
Top UN Disarmament Official Calls for Higher Priority for Disarmament
Annan Urges Genuine Collective Security Among Central African States
EU Plans Joint African Strategy to Achieve Millennium Development Goals