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Archive (9 December 2009)

UN / CERF WRAP (02:43) (9 December 2009) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that in the short time since its formation, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has become "an established part of the humanitarian architecture", using $340 million in 45 countries last year alone to help "millions of people in need". UNTV / FILE

SOMALIA / SURGEONS (01:12) (9 December 2009) - World Health Organization's surgeons strive amid incessant violence and intensifying humanitarian crisis to help train local doctors save lives and care for the local population in war-torn Somalia. WHO

UN / LE ROY (03:15) (9 December 2009) - Commenting on the five Rwandan peacekeepers killed in Darfur over the weekend, peacekeeping head Alain Le Roy tells reporters that investigations are going on and added that the morale among peacekeepers was still high. UNTV / FILE

GENEVA / US BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (01:40) (9 December 2009) - Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Taucher unveils the new Obama administration's policy on biological weapons. UNTV

UN / HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ADVANCER (03:09) (9 December 2009) - On the occasion of this year's Human Rights Day (10 December), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls on people around the world to rally in defense of those targeted by ethnic strife, hate speech, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination. UNTV / FILE

UN / SMOKE-FREE LAWS (01:42) (9 December 2009) - The latest report on the global tobacco epidemic by the WHO says that only 5.4 percent of the world's population was covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws in 2008, up from 3.1 percent in 2007. WHO / FILE