News Topic - United Nations

UN refugee agency provides aid to more than 40,000 Somalis who fled capital
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided aid to more than 40,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia who live in precarious conditions in dozens of makeshift settlements west of the capital, Mogadishu.
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Veteran Finnish diplomat named winner of prestigious UNESCO peace prize
The former Finnish president and current United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari was named today as the winner of the annual peace prize of the Organization's cultural agency.
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Nepal: recent elections ‘only a milestone' in peace process, says Ban Ki-moon
Despite last month's landmark Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal, the South Asian nation still has a long way to go in completing the peace process, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report made public today.
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UN undeterred in facing challenges, Secretary-General tells future leaders
The United Nations must not be deterred by the threat of terrorism and the challenge of limited resources from trying to meet its responsibilities, such as curbing climate change, promoting peace and encouraging economic development around the world, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told students.
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Growing violence in eastern Chad alarms UN refugee agency
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is voicing deep concern about the escalating violence inside eastern Chad, where two gendarmes guarding a refugee camp were shot dead earlier this week and an increasing number of vehicles have been hijacked by bandits.
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UN sustainable development forum ends with call for more investment in research
The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) wrapped up its annual session today by emphasizing the need for ramping up investment in research and development in innovative and sustainable agricultural technologies and infrastructure in poor countries.
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Controversial aid efforts discussed at private lunch hosted by Canada
UNITED NATIONS - Canada risks being pulled into a growingcontroversy over UN hopes for a global conference on Myanmar afterprivately hosting a luncheon for mainly Western ambassadors whoincluded organizing such an event in their talks.
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UN says world economy will only grow by 1.8 percent
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. says the world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and will grow by only 1.8 percent in 2008....
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Security Council wants UN peacekeepers in Somalia
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling for a U.N. political presence in conflict-wracked Somalia for the first time in years and setting conditions for the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers....
AP  –  May 16, 2008 12:28 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Clashes lead UN to pull staff from Sudan oil area
Associated Press - May 15, 2008 7:33 PM ET KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The United Nations says it has evacuated 250 civilian staff from a town near Sudan's oil fields after three days of clashes...
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