http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed UNifeed enables news providers to cover important global issues by offering timely broadcast-quality video from throughout the UN system. 2005-2008 United Nations en http://www.unmultimedia.org/GUI/lbl/lgo_UNIFEED_EN.jpg http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14794.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14794.html They fled violence in Iraq and became stranded in the desert. Until recently, that was the lot of several hundred Palestinian refugees. But some of them have found a creative way to change their lives for the better. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14799.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14799.html The Security Council adopts a resolution extending the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14798.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14798.html A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) says that drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is now at record levels with Asia bearing the brunt of the epidemic and calls for better diagnosis of the disease. FILE http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14797.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14797.html UNICEF and partners in Guinea are producing and distributing chlorine to households to purify water in an effort to stop cholera, which can be lethal. World Water Day is Monday 22 March. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14796.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14796.html Head of UN office on drugs and crime (UNODC) Antonio Maria Costa says that in today's world conflicts take place within rather than between nations and are fought with light rather than heavy weapons. "Africa, the arms smugglers most profitable market, suffers the largest numbers of casualties because of it." UNTV / FILE http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14793.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14793.html UNICEF along with the government of Niger install a water distribution system to provide direct access to potable water for the 1,100 inhabitants of Chinwaghari village to reduce the prevalence of waterborne diseases like diarrhoea, among children. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14791.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14791.html The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy says, "we must not underestimate" the importance and the complexity of initiating a political process of reconciliation and reintegration in Afghanistan. UNTV / FILE http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14790.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14790.html The top UN drug and crime official and Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom oversee the destruction of some 6,000 illegal firearms at the launch of a national programme to fight organized crime in a country where one in ten have a weapon. UNODC http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14787.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14787.html The UN mission in Timor-Leste hold a memorial service to honor and bid farewell to the deputy head of the mission Takahisa Kawakami. UNMIT http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14784.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14784.html While most schools in Port-au-Prince remain closed following January's earthquake, one university in the city reopens its faculty of medicine to continue training new doctors desperately needed in the country. MINUSTAH http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14783.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14783.html Sudan's upcoming elections have been described as one of the most complex for many first-time voters. The National Elections Commission is making voter education one of its priorities and hopes to reach various groups of would-be voters in both urban and rural areas. UNMIS http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14782.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14782.html A new report by a group of UN experts recommends that the Security Council urge Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to initiate an independent investigation into the food distribution programme in Somalia. The report claims that humanitarian officials diverted food aid for military use. FILE http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14781.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14781.html A new report from the World Bank warns that countries in Europe and Central Asia could face an energy crunch in the next five to six years due to increasing demand for heat and electricity and falling supplies. WORLD BANK http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14780.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14780.html Choi Young-jin, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire tells the Security Council that the political impasse in the country has seriously weakened the electoral momentum and that it is, "quite regrettable" to see the elections once again delayed. UNTV / FILE http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14778.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14778.html Nepalese children speak up about the important role nutrition plays in a child's and ultimately in a country's development. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14776.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14776.html UN human rights rapporteur for Myanmar calls for reform of Myanmar's national legislation, judiciary system and armed forces. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14773.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14773.html UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tells the General Assembly that although many countries have achieved "remarkable progress" on the Millennium Development Goals five years from the target date of 2015, "the challenge is still immense." UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14772.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14772.html A month ahead of the elections, Sudan's National Election Commission starts transporting millions of ballot papers to various states in the country. UNMIS http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14771.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14771.html The first of a series of new camps following the international rules of construction are available for the internally displaced in Haiti. MINUSTAH http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14770.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14770.html Jacques Diouf, head of the Food and Agriculture Organization, kicks off spring planting season to promote national food production, rural employment and reforestation in Haiti. FAO http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14768.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14768.html HIV positive pregnant women receive "mother to baby packs" containing antiretroviral drugs and antibiotics in Lesotho where almost one in four people is infected with HIV. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14765.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14765.html UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tours a camp that is home to tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) on a one-day visit to Haiti ahead of an international donors' conference. MINUSTAH http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14763.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14763.html UN HIV/AIDS prevention campaign targeting river transport users in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches 8,000 people and distributes 36,300 condoms in ports stretching from Kinshasa to Mbandaka. MONUC http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14758.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14758.html UNICEF reports that the number of reported cases of gender-based violence in Cote d'Ivoire increased 149 percent between 2007 and 2008, and the victims, mostly women and girls, have experienced sexual violence at least once in their life-time. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14757.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14757.html The new UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, arrives in Kabul and reaffirms that organization's commitment to "assist with both the stability and social economic improvement" of the country. UNAMA http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14756.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14756.html Latest World Bank report on Africa says that the failure of public servants to deliver goods or services paid for by the governments, which is pervasive in the continent, is having a disproportionate effect on the poor. WORLD BANK        http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14750.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14750.html Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Haiti for the second time since it was struck by a catastrophic earthquake in January. Says that the country is "beginning to transition from emergency relief to early recovery and reconstruction". http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14744.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14744.html UNICEF continues to set up schools in tents throughout Port-au-Prince following January's devastating earthquake which destroyed 90 percent of the schools leaving two million children deprived of their education. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14740.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14740.html Sweden's home furnishing retailer IKEA raises more than US $6 million to support UNICEF's "Schools for Africa" campaign in six countries. Niger is one on the world's poorest countries with one of the lowest education rates. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14747.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14747.html US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deliver remarks in honor of the 15th anniversary of the UN world conference on women in Beijing. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14745.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14745.html UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Director-General Irina Bokova visits Haiti to witness the country's largely destroyed cultural heritage now threatened by vandalism, looting and illicit art trafficking. UNESCO http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14743.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14743.html UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams expresses concern over the recent "rhetoric and brinkmanship" between Israel and Lebanon which he says, contravenes the spirit of Resolution 1701 and could lead to renewed confrontation. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14742.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14742.html Out of the 117,000 displaced from the Democratic Republic of Congo at this refugee camp in Congo, nearly 80 percent are women and children. The demand for education is high, especially for primary school children. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14739.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14739.html Thousands in Somalia flee the latest clashes in Mogadishu which continues to claim civilian lives. So far this month 60 people, mostly civilians, have reportedly been killed and another 120 have been injured. UNHCR http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14738.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14738.html The closure last month of the Al-Tanf refugee camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border ends one of the sorriest chapters in the post-war story of Iraq's refugee community. Since 2006the camp had housed as many as 850 Palestinian refugees who fled sectarian strife in Iraq. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14736.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14736.html UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefs reporters on his visit to the Middle East calling the mood amongst Palestinians 'gloomy' and warning that Gazans risk "de-development" due to the blockade. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14735.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14735.html A mass registration exercise for Haitians displaced by the January 12 earthquake is rolling out across Port-au-Prince's most congested settlements, as part of a major strategic push to ensure safe shelter before the rains. MINUSTAH http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14734.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14734.html UNICEF appoints Lionel (Leo) Messi, FC Barcelona and Argentina national team soccer star as a global Goodwill Ambassador. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14731.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14731.html UN Chief says his newly sworn-in Special Representative for Sexual Violence Margot Wallström will be a "powerful and constructive voice" in addressing "this most grave human rights issue." http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14729.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14729.html Co-chair of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Gareth Evans urges world leaders "to get serious about bringing the Test Ban Treaty info force" without "new players adding to the problem by acquiring weapons for themselves." CTBTO http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14727.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14727.html Timor Leste's President Jose Ramos Horta calls the human rights crises in Myanmar and North Korea "the gravest" in the world. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14724.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14724.html Observers from the European Union Commission arrive in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to be in the country as observers at Sudan's first elections in 24 years. UNMIS http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14721.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14721.html Twelve criminals are arrested in a joint operation between MINUSTAH and the Haitian national police in Cite Soleil, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Port-au Prince. Over 5,000 inmates escaped from the main prison during the earthquake. MINUSTAH http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14720.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14720.html Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces a comprehensive, independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) procedures and processes while standing by the findings of the IPCC's 2007 Fourth Assessment Report, which contains "a very small number of errors" but none that "challenge its main conclusions." UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14719.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14719.html Newly appointed commissioner general of the UN relief and works agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) Filippo Grandi tells reporters that Israel's decision to build 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem is "not helpful" for the Middle East's "desperately needed climate of trust." UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14718.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14718.html Laborers in northern Bangladesh sacrifice a day's wages to have their children vaccinated against measles. They will be among the 20 million who have been vaccinated against measles during the two-week campaign. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14717.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14717.html The UN special rapporteur on torture says almost no country can claim to have eliminated torture in law and in practice and recommends that a reformed UN should include a world court on human rights.UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14715.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14715.html Haiti's main film producer and director along with MINUSTAH set up a movie screen in a tented camp in Port-au- Prince so that earthquake survivors can enjoy films and music. MINUSTAH http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14714.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14714.html Acting head of the UN Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmond Mulet confirms that there have been incidents of attacks against women in some of 900 IDP camps in the country, saying it's, "extremely difficult" to provide security in all of the camps. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14713.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14713.html The UN World Health Organization (WHO) issues new guidelines for malaria treatment, marking the first time the agency has released guidance on procuring safe and effective medicines to treat the disease.FILE http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14710.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14710.html UN staff and family members of the 101 personnel who perished in the Haiti earthquake gather in New York for a ceremony to honour the victims and to commemorate the single greatest loss the world body has suffered in its history. UNTV / MINUSTAH / FILE http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14704.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14704.html UN chief in Iraq Ad Melkert comments on the, "historic character of the election day" following the announcement of a 62 percent voter turnout despite reports of violence in the country. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14703.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14703.html UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow visits western Chad as UNICEF and partners launch a massive campaign to immunize 85 million children in West and Central Africa against polio. UNICEF http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14702.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14702.html Canada's Governor General Haitian born Michaëlle Jean is on a two-day visit to Haiti. Thirty-five women graduate from an economic development program designed to reduce violence in at-risk areas of Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14701.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14701.html Briefing on her recent trip to Haiti, new head of police for peacekeeping operations Anne-Marie Orler says the camps are difficult to patrol. With 70 percent of the population illiterate, MINUSTAH will begin reaching out via radio and other verbal means to advise women on how to protect themselves from sexual violence in the camps. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14700.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14700.html UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres tours areas in the Central African Republic where tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes, calling it the site of one of the world's forgotten crises. UNHCR http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14698.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14698.html Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voices concern about the situation in the Nigerian city of Jos, where inter-religious violence has once again taken a deadly toll, calling it an, "appalling loss of life." UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14697.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14697.html Indigenous women displaced by the armed conflict in Colombia continue to be the victims of sexual and domestic violence. UNHCR http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14694.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14694.html A UN human rights expert says that the use of full body scanners at airports following the Christmas day terrorist attempt was more of a political response than a carefully designed security measure. UNTV http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14691.html http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/14691.html Iraqi election officials have announced that the estimated turnout for Sunday's parliamentary election was 62 percent. Nearly 19 million Iraqis were eligible to vote. Counting is under way in 50,000 polling stations across the country. UNTV