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New global soil database can help tackle climate change, food insecurity - UN
A new database on the world's soils offers insights that can be helpful in addressing climate change and food production, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
A new database on the world's soils offers insights that can be helpful in addressing climate change and food production, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
DR Congo: UN voices alarm at rising number of prison deaths
Human rights officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have expressed serious concern about the living conditions in the Mbuji Mayi central prison, where at least 26 prisoners have died from severe and acute malnutrition since February.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Human rights officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have expressed serious concern about the living conditions in the Mbuji Mayi central prison, where at least 26 prisoners have died from severe and acute malnutrition since February.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Efforts to help Myanmar cyclone victims still in relief phase, says top UN official
The operation to help people affected by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar is still in the relief phase, despite recent significant progress, the top United Nations humanitarian official stressed today as a new report assessing the disaster's impact was released.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The operation to help people affected by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar is still in the relief phase, despite recent significant progress, the top United Nations humanitarian official stressed today as a new report assessing the disaster's impact was released.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
DR Congo: displaced people resume return to their homes in north with UN help
Displaced people today began returning to their homes in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the help of the United Nations refugee agency.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Displaced people today began returning to their homes in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the help of the United Nations refugee agency.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
UN joins reference group aiding Zimbabwe mediation process
The United Nations has agreed to join a reference group on Zimbabwe, set up by the President of South Africa who has been leading the mediation process to resolve the continuing political crisis in Harare.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The United Nations has agreed to join a reference group on Zimbabwe, set up by the President of South Africa who has been leading the mediation process to resolve the continuing political crisis in Harare.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
WTO chief says members ‘within reach of a major step' toward new trade deal
The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) today said he was convinced that the organization's member states would be able to reach agreements on international trade, as this week's meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee got under way this morning.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) today said he was convinced that the organization's member states would be able to reach agreements on international trade, as this week's meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee got under way this morning.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Secretary-General appeals for calm between Cambodia and Thailand
Expressing concern over the recent escalation of tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on both sides to peacefully resolve the situation.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Expressing concern over the recent escalation of tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on both sides to peacefully resolve the situation.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Spanish TV presenter becomes Goodwill Ambassador for UN refugee agency
The prominent Spanish television presenter Jesús Vázquez has been appointed as the latest Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The prominent Spanish television presenter Jesús Vázquez has been appointed as the latest Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
UN war crimes tribunal prosecutor welcomes arrest of Radovan Karadžić
The chief prosecutor of the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to try those responsible for atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s has welcomed today’s arrest of the former Bosnian Serb political leader and notorious fugitive Radovan Karadžić.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The chief prosecutor of the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to try those responsible for atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s has welcomed today’s arrest of the former Bosnian Serb political leader and notorious fugitive Radovan Karadžić.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Security situation relatively calm in Darfur after recent attacks - UN mission
The security situation in Darfur was relatively calm again over the weekend, the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) to the strife-torn Sudanese region - where eight blue helmets have been killed this month - reported today.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The security situation in Darfur was relatively calm again over the weekend, the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) to the strife-torn Sudanese region - where eight blue helmets have been killed this month - reported today.
UN News Centre – Jul 21, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
