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  • Sexual Violence

    South Africa Must Tackle Sexual Violence: UN

    The United Nations human rights chief expressed her shock and deep sadness at the rape, mutilation and murder of a 17-year-old woman in South Africa, and urged a more comprehensive approach to tackling the “pandemic of sexual violence” in the country. “There is a need...

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    Ban Ki-Moon Pledges Support to Qatar

    Panel of global leaders gathered in Qatar National Pavilion at Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development to discuss food security in dry land nations, according to a statement issued Saturday by Qatar National Food Security Programme. “We want to say that we live in a...

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  • annan

    Syrian Violence Continues Despite Peace Promise

    Despite Syrian Government’s commitment to UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to withdraw troops by April 10, state violence continues in Syria. The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations (UN) and the League of Arab States, Kofi Annan (pictured above) stressed the escalation of violence...

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    Syria Accepts Kofi Annan’s Peace Plan

    After a long dilly-dallying during the past few days, it’s said that the Syrian rulers have accepted the peace formula offered by the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (pictured above). The Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad has finally agreed to withdraw its troops and...

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  • bnews

    Mali Crisis: Leaders Condemn the Coup

    The members of the UN Security Council strongly condemn the forcible seizure of power from the democratically elected Government of Mali by some elements of the Malian armed forces. They call on these elements to ensure the safety and security of President Amadou Toumani Touré...

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    Human Rights Violations during Congo Elections: UN

    A UN report released today details serious human rights violations, including killings, disappearances and arbitrary detention, committed in Kinshasa by Congolese and security forces in the context of the 2011 presidential and legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Earlier human rights organization...

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    UN World Anthem to Welcome 7 Billion People

    Performed by more than 50 musicians from 13 countries, “United” commemorates United Nations Day and marks the beginning of a week-long countdown to 31 October, when the world population is projected to reach 7 billion. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will release a world...

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    Bigwigs Urge Bold Israel Response Beyond UN Vote

    Top Israeli cultural figures participated in OneVoice Israel’s event outside Tel Aviv’s Independence Hall on Thursday to encourage a bold Israeli response beyond this week’s anticipated UN showdown.  People crowded Rothschild Boulevard to hear several Israel Prize laureates, including Joseph Aggasi, Yehuda Bauer and David...

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  • onevoice

    OneVoice for Palestinian Statehood Bid at the UN

    OneVoice Palestine’s youth activists unveiled their ambitious online and on the ground campaign on Thursday in support of the fast-approaching Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations. OneVoice Palestine launched a campaign, entitled “We have a homeland, we want a state,” in partnership with...

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  • shark

    Shark Populations Dwindle; Face Extinction

    A decade after members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) approved an international plan to conserve sharks, a new analysis finds that it has yet to be fully implemented. With 30 percent of all shark species now threatened or near threatened...

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    Skype Offers New Software to Help UN Workers

    Humanitarian workers in the most remote parts of the world will soon have a new and low-cost way to communicate with colleagues, friends, and families thanks to partnership between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and communications software company Skype. Skype has developed...

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  • africa

    Population of African Cities to Triple: UN

    The population of African cities is set to triple over the next 40 years, warns UN-Habitat’s new report: The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets. It was released Tuesday, Nov. 23 in Bamako, Mali, during the 3rd African Ministerial Conference...

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