United Nations Radio - Today's News http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english 2008 UN Home en Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:05:20 GMT Secretary-General welcomes President Obama's plan for Afghanistan http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86796.html UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed the new United States plan for Afghanistan announced by President Barack Obama on Tuesday evening. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:14:02 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86796.html UN mission critical to US strategy in Afghanistan: Rice http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86790.html The US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, says the UN Mission in Afghanistan, known as UNAMA, will play a vital role in President Obama's plan for increased engagement in the country. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:47:08 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86790.html Better integrated AIDS response needed in Pacific http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86805.html An independent Commission on AIDS in the Pacific says HIV cannot be managed in isolation; it should be considered in the overall development context of the region. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:21:44 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86805.html WHO says tobacco control misses tobacco chewing women in Cambodia http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86802.html The United Nations health agency says that tobacco control programmes that focus on cigarette smokers miss a huge number of women, who chew tobacco in Cambodia. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:50:40 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86802.html UN says economic recovery efforts need to be sustained http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86775.html The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, says that since the second quarter of the year there have been important signs of economic recovery, but there are still grave concerns that this recovery will be short-lived and will not be sustained. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:13:46 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86775.html UN expert welcomes decriminalization of defamation in Maldives http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86771.html The United Nations independent expert on freedom of opinion and expression has welcomed the decriminalization of defamation in the Maldives. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:03:25 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86771.html UN experts say Maguindanao massacre must be start of reform in Philippines http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86766.html Two United Nations independent experts say the massacre of civilians in November in Maguindanao province in Southern Philippines, should be seen as a watershed moment for reform in the Philippines. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:43:51 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86766.html UN officials call for combating modern forms of slavery http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86763.html UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today that contemporary forms of slavery remain a grave and unresolved problem across all continents. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:09:04 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86763.html Developing countries agree to work on reducing tariffs among each other http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86749.html Developing countries participating in the Global System of Trade Preferences on Wednesday adopted a decision paving the way for tariff reductions for exports within this group of nations. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:59:57 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86749.html On World AIDS Day UN calls for end to discriminatory laws http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86670.html World AIDS Day this year is being marked under the theme "universal access and human rights". Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:20:21 EST http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/86670.html