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Despite rhetoric, Israel and Lebanon aspire to peace, says UN official

UN : Security Council: 1 day ago
In spite of the inflammatory rhetoric heightening tensions between Israel and Lebanon, a senior United Nations official today said that both sides do hope for an end to hostilities. ...read article

UN-backed Middle East Quartet condemns Israeli plans to expand settlements

UN : Security Council: 1 day ago
The United Nations-supported diplomatic group seeking to promote peace in the Middle East today condemned Israeli moves to expand settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory of East Jerusalem. ...read article

Helen Clark: Meeting Development Challenges in the 21stCentury

UN : UNDP: 1 day ago
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UN plays down risk of renewed Lebanon-Israel strife (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Mideast Conflict: 2 days ago
AFP - A top UN official on Friday played down risk of renewed fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah but urged the two sides to refrain from further "inflammatory" words. ...read article

US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting (AP)

Yahoo! News : Politics: 2 days ago
AP - A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion ... ...read article

Syria: Capoeira brings joy to displaced Iraqi children

UN : UNICEF: 2 days ago
AL-TANF REFUGEE CAMP, Syria, 12 March 2010 - The closure in February of the Al-Tanf refugee camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border ends one of the most painful chapters in the post-war story of Iraq's refugee community. ...read article

'Beyond School Books' - Podcast #22: Learning to be leaders in Uganda

UN : UNICEF: 2 days ago
NEW YORK, USA, 12 March 2010 - This year, UNICEF's flagship Humanitarian Action Report - launched in February - estimates that at least 1.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Uganda due to droughts, flooding, internal ... ...read article

Chile: Amidst aftershocks, an appeal for aid to children

UN : UNICEF: 2 days ago
NEW YORK, USA, 12 March 2010 - A 6.9-magnitude tremor shook Chile yesterday, just before the inauguration of the country's new President. Severe enough to trigger a tsunami alert, it was the worst of the many aftershocks that have kept Chileans on ... ...read article

Haiti: Field Diary - A family reunited after the earthquake

UN : UNICEF: 2 days ago
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 12 March 2010 - On assignment as a UNICEF photographer in Haiti, I had the pleasure of meeting five-year-old Sterling Vincent - a child who had been separated from her family in the aftermath of the 12 January earthquake. I ... ...read article

Clinton Urges Women to Continue Building on Advancements

Voice of America : USA: 2 days ago
She speaks on final day of UN Commission on the Status of Women ...read article

Actress Şoray becomes UNICEF goodwill envoy

Zaman Online : News: 2 days ago
Turkish actress Türkan Şoray officially became the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Turkey goodwill ambassador at a ceremony held in İstanbul on Friday. ...read article

(Video) The Tap Project: A Hope For Life With Clean Water

PSFK: 2 days ago
Droga5 has developed an equally hopeful and heart-wrenching spot for The Tap Project - an agency-originated idea and now UNICEF initiative - painting a picture for what having access to plentiful, clean running tap water can mean to the daily lives ... ...read article

Burma election laws a 'setback'

BBC : Asia Pacific: 2 days ago
The US calls Burma's new election laws a setback for dialogue, as a UN envoy condemns 'gross' human rights violations. ...read article

Q&A: A Vietnamese Catholic's journey from boat person to bishop

UN : UNHCR: 2 days ago
Former Vietnamese refugee Vincent Nguyen was recently ordained as Canada's youngest Catholic bishop and the first of Asian descent. He talks about his experiences. ...read article

Somalia - Thousands fleeing deadly clashes in Mogadishu

UN : UNHCR: 2 days ago
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