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Cote d’Ivoire: UN relief official reviews situation nine months after poll violence
January 16, 2012 – 9:37 pm | No Comments
Cote d’Ivoire: UN relief official reviews situation nine months after poll violence

Cote d’Ivoire: UN relief official reviews situation nine months after poll violence Assistant Secretary-General Catherine Bragg. UN Photo/Evan Schneider A senior United Nations relief official is in Côte d’Ivoire to assess the humanitarian situation after the bloody post-electoral crisis that rocked the country early last year and draw international attention to remaining challenges. Catherine Bragg, […]

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UN urges achieving sustainable energy for all as International Year kicks off
January 16, 2012 – 9:28 pm | No Comments
UN urges achieving sustainable energy for all as International Year kicks off

UN urges achieving sustainable energy for all as International Year kicks off Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the opening ceremony of the World Future Energy Summit 2012 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. UN Photo/Evan Schneider As the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All kicked off today, United Nations officials called on governments, the […]

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UN partners with European Commission to promote ‘climate-smart’ agriculture
January 16, 2012 – 9:04 pm | No Comments
UN partners with European Commission to promote ‘climate-smart’ agriculture

UN partners with European Commission to promote ‘climate-smart’ agriculture A woman farmer The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Commission are teaming up to help Malawi, Viet Nam and Zambia transition to a “climate-smart” approach to agriculture. The €5.3 million project announced today seeks to make changes in farming systems that […]

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WHO Director-General addresses the Executive Board
January 16, 2012 – 8:15 pm | No Comments
WHO Director-General addresses the Executive Board

WHO Director-General addresses the Executive Board Dr Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras Report by the Director-General to the Executive Board at its 130th Session  16 January 2012 Mister Chairman, distinguished members of the Executive Board, excellencies, ambassadors, representatives of the diplomatic […]

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South-bound but stranded in Sudan
January 16, 2012 – 7:03 pm | No Comments
South-bound but stranded in Sudan

South-bound but stranded in Sudan After waiting for over a year to go to South Sudan, some southerners have set up home in abandoned train carriages at Khartoum’s Shajara railway station. KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 16 (UNHCR) – At first glance it looks like a junkyard, strewn with piles of broken furniture, rusty metal beams and doors ripped off […]

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UN chief urges Syrian President to stop killing his own people
January 15, 2012 – 8:58 pm | No Comments
UN chief urges Syrian President to stop killing his own people

UN chief urges Syrian President to stop killing his own people Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses high-level meeting on Reform and Transitions to Democracy in Beirut. UN Photo/Evan Schneider Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed his call on the Syrian leadership to end the ongoing bloodshed in the country, stating that the era of one-man rule and the […]

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At Abu Dhabi forum, Ban calls for ensuring clean energy future for all
January 15, 2012 – 8:52 pm | No Comments
At Abu Dhabi forum, Ban calls for ensuring clean energy future for all

At Abu Dhabi forum, Ban calls for ensuring clean energy future for all Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (2nd right) with participants at the Second Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi. Photo: UN Photo/Evan Schneider Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called on participants at a forum in Abu Dhabi to help advance the […]

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Concluding its work, UN refugee agency closes office in Timor-Leste
January 13, 2012 – 10:38 pm | No Comments
Concluding its work, UN refugee agency closes office in Timor-Leste

Concluding its work, UN refugee agency closes office in Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste (left), presents gifts to UNHCR’s James Lynch at a ceremony marking the closure of the refugee agency’s office in Dili. Photo: UNHCR/K.McKinsey The United Nations refugee agency has closed its office in the Timor-Leste capital, Dili, after more than 12 years, a […]

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UN agency seeks solution for long-term refugees in eastern Sudan
January 13, 2012 – 10:34 pm | No Comments
UN agency seeks solution for long-term refugees in eastern Sudan

UN agency seeks solution for long-term refugees in eastern Sudan High Commissioner António Guterres with Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees in Shagarab I camp, eastern Sudan. Photo: UNHCR/A.Awad The head of the United Nations refugee agency has praised efforts to find a lasting solution for tens of thousands of long-term refugees in eastern Sudan, most of […]

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Supermodel and UN advocate Gisele Bündchen backs access to energy in Kenya
January 13, 2012 – 9:49 pm | No Comments
Supermodel and UN advocate Gisele Bündchen backs access to energy in Kenya

Supermodel and UN advocate Gisele Bündchen backs access to energy in Kenya UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Gisele Bündchen. Photo: UNEP Supermodel and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Gisele Bündchen has visited Kenya to experience firsthand the reality of energy poverty and to see how lives are being transformed in the East African country by making sustainable energy […]

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