AFGHANISTAN / PEACE CAMPAIGN
Afghan celebrities, civil society representatives, and UN staff launch the 2009 'What Are You Doing for Peace in Afghanistan?’ campaign which runs up to International Peace Day on 21 September. UNAMA
Afghan celebrities, civil society representatives, and UN staff launch the 2009 'What Are You Doing for Peace in Afghanistan?’ campaign which runs up to International Peace Day on 21 September. UNAMA
Building on the success of the six-month-long Child Health Days initiative that began late last year, UNICEF and the WHO kick off the second round of a campaign to reach every Somali community with a life-saving package of essential services for children and women. UNICEF
Sadiq Al-Mahdi, the head of the Umma Party is in Juba to discuss the upcoming elections with Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). The 74-year-old Umma party leader is to talk about the terms of coexistence, if South Sudan decides for independence and about the fraternal relationship between North Sudan and South Sudan. UNMIS
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for faster work on a new climate treaty to fend off what he said could be economic disaster and a rise in sea levels of up to 2 metres (6.5 ft) by 2100. UNTV