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World Bank's funding of renewable and efficient energy projects up 87 per cent
The World Bank's funding for renewable and efficient energy projects in developing countries rose 87 per cent during the past year to nearly $2.7 billion, reflecting the growing interest and demand for environmentally-friendly sources of power.
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The World Bank's funding for renewable and efficient energy projects in developing countries rose 87 per cent during the past year to nearly $2.7 billion, reflecting the growing interest and demand for environmentally-friendly sources of power.
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Darfur: 189 police advisers arrive to support joint UN-African Union mission
A total of 189 police advisers from 12 countries, including 17 female officers, have arrived in Darfur to join the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation (UNAMID), which is trying to quell the deadly fighting and humanitarian suffering that have raged since 2003 in the western Sudanese region ... more »
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A total of 189 police advisers from 12 countries, including 17 female officers, have arrived in Darfur to join the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation (UNAMID), which is trying to quell the deadly fighting and humanitarian suffering that have raged since 2003 in the western Sudanese region ... more »
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African women to benefit from new UN gender equality project
Women in five African countries will gain new access to resources and services at the local level through gender-responsive planning, programming and budgeting under an $8 million, three-year United Nations programme announced this week.
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Women in five African countries will gain new access to resources and services at the local level through gender-responsive planning, programming and budgeting under an $8 million, three-year United Nations programme announced this week.
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UN envoy calls for ‘surge' of peacekeepers in DR Congo in face of new violence
The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today asked for additional peacekeepers beyond the nearly 19,000 uniformed personnel already there to prevent the vast country from slipping back into "horrendous" conflict.
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The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today asked for additional peacekeepers beyond the nearly 19,000 uniformed personnel already there to prevent the vast country from slipping back into "horrendous" conflict.
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UN mission in Kosovo reopens court at centre of dispute
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today reopened the courthouse in north Mitrovica, which ceased operations after it was stormed and occupied on 14 March by a mob of opponents to Kosovo's independence.
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The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today reopened the courthouse in north Mitrovica, which ceased operations after it was stormed and occupied on 14 March by a mob of opponents to Kosovo's independence.
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States pledge at UN to tackle special needs of landlocked poor nations
The General Assembly today wrapped up a special high-level meeting with Member States renewing the pledge made five years ago to help the world's 31 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) overcome the problems caused by their lack of territorial access to the sea and their remoteness and isola ... more »
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The General Assembly today wrapped up a special high-level meeting with Member States renewing the pledge made five years ago to help the world's 31 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) overcome the problems caused by their lack of territorial access to the sea and their remoteness and isola ... more »
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UN health agency calls for extra $8 million to help aid operations in Ethiopia
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for an additional $8 million to fund its humanitarian preparedness and response operations in Ethiopia, where prolonged drought has left hundreds of thousands of the Horn of Africa country's poorest people at serious risk of malnut ... more »
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The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for an additional $8 million to fund its humanitarian preparedness and response operations in Ethiopia, where prolonged drought has left hundreds of thousands of the Horn of Africa country's poorest people at serious risk of malnut ... more »
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Japan to send military officers to U.N. in Sudan
Reuters - Japan will send two army officers to Sudan, probably this month, to take part in a United Nations operation monitoring a peace agreement that ended Africa's longest-running civil war, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
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Reuters - Japan will send two army officers to Sudan, probably this month, to take part in a United Nations operation monitoring a peace agreement that ended Africa's longest-running civil war, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
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UN seeks new fight against Somali pirates
AP - A proposed U.N. resolution calls on all countries with a stake in maritime safety to send military ships and aircraft to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, according to a draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
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AP - A proposed U.N. resolution calls on all countries with a stake in maritime safety to send military ships and aircraft to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, according to a draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
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More violence in Pakistan; U.N. children to leaveReuters - The United Nations has ordered children of its international staff to leave Pakistan after raising its security level following a suicide attack on the Marriott hotel in the capital, a U.N. official said on Thursday.
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