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Haiti: Humanitarian Aid Will Be Needed Until 2011

Scoop NZ: World: 11 hours ago
Nearly two months after Haiti was struck by a catastrophic earthquake, the top United Nations official there says the country is moving towards recovery and reconstruction but will need continued urgent humanitarian relief for at least the next 12 ... ...read article

Food Aid Bypasses Somalia’s Needy, U.N. Study Finds

New York Times : International: 11 hours ago
As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted to a web of corrupt contractors, Islamist militants and local U.N. staff, according to a report. ...read article

Turkey to send up to 160 riot police to Haiti

Zaman Online : News: 11 hours ago
Turkey will boost the police force in Haiti to help local authorities maintain security in the quake-hit country, UN officials told reporters on Monday. ...read article

Nigeria urged to end impunity after massacre

IOL : Africa: 11 hours ago
The United Nations, the United States and Human Rights Watch have urged Nigerian authorities to ensure that those responsible for the weekend attacks on three Christian villages are brought to justice. ...read article

Ban honours UN's Haiti 'heroes'

BBC : Americas: 11 hours ago
Ban Ki-moon pays tribute to the 101 UN staff who died in the Haiti quake, as President Preval seeks US support for the economy. ...read article

Manuel chosen for high-level UN job

IOL : South Africa: 11 hours ago
Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel has been named to serve on the United Nations Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. ...read article

Food Aid Bypasses Somalia’s Needy, U.N. Study Finds

IHT: Frontpage: 12 hours ago
As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, Islamist militants and local U.N. staff, according to a new report. ...read article

UN alarmed – drugs are health disaster for developing world

Panorama.am: 12 hours ago
Failure to harness drugs could unleash a health disaster in the developing world, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime warned today, underscoring that poor nations ... ...read article

Half of Food Aid to Somalia Is Diverted, Report Says

IHT: Frontpage: 14 hours ago
As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, Islamist militants and local U.N. staff, according to a new report. ...read article

UN seeking critical funding for tens of thousands of Congo refugee

UN : UNHCR: 14 hours ago
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UNHCR seeks US$20 million to help tens of thousands of Congolese refugees

UN : UNHCR: 14 hours ago
The UN refugee agency appeals for some US$20 million to help it meet the needs of tens of thousands of Congolese refugees in the Republic of Congo. ...read article

Deutsche Bank urges private sector leadership on climate

EurActive: 14 hours ago
Much more initiative by the private sector will be required to take the UN climate negotiations forward after the weak Copenhagen Accord agreed in December, Mark Dominik, vice president of Deutsche Bank Group, told EurActiv in an interview. ...read article

Ulster Unionists to oppose devolution deal

ITN : Britain: 14 hours ago
The Northern Ireland Assembly is braced for a tense stand-off after the Ulster Unionist Party declared it will reject policing deal.Related Stories Policing powers deal 'unacceptable' says UUP Action against Saddam 'vital' to UN authority Ulster ... ...read article

Swede appointed to head UN police force

The Local: 14 hours ago
Swedish police officer Ann-Marie Orler has been appointed as the United Nation's top cop, the world body's secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon confirmed on Monday. ...read article

Soltanieh rejects bilateral meeting with US envoy

Irna: 14 hours ago
Vienna, March 9, IRNA -- Iran's ambassador to the UN Offices in Vienna Ali Asghar Soltanieh said here on Tuesday that no meeting has taken place between the Iranian and the US delegations. ...read article

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