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Amid ongoing tensions, UN urges Sudanese parties to prevent further violence
Ban says he would be 'deeply honored' to serve second term as UN Secretary-General
Three decades on, global AIDS response showing results, says UN report
Secretary-General appoints UN official to lead change management team
World food prices set to remain high into next year, says UN report
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June 6 

 

Russian Language Day  

 

United Nations Climate Change Conference, organized by the

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), begins in Bonn, Germany through June 17.  

 

The 2011 annual session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) begins at UN headquarters through June 17.

 

The Security Council holds a debate on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In the afternoon, it will be briefed on the recent Council mission to Africa.

 

June 7

 

The Security Council holds a debate on the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on international peace and security.

 

June 8

 

World Oceans Day

 

The Security Council receives a briefing on and holds a meeting on Sudan and the International Criminal Court (ICC). At 12:30 p.m., it holds a meeting with troop contributing countries on the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

 

June 9

 

The Security Council adopts a resolution on the Resolution 1929 Panel of Experts. It receives a briefing and holds consultations on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). The Council also holds consultations the DRC Sanctions Committee.

 

June 10

 

The Security Council adopts a resolution on the Panel of Experts on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 

  

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UN Headlines  

AFRICA

 

DR Congo: UN official calls for more aid to remote eastern areas

 

Somalia: UN envoy proposes setting benchmarks to move Somalia to next political phase

 

AMERICAS

 

Haiti: Better prepared for hurricane season, UN official says

 

Venezuela: UN official urges probe into murder of journalist

 

Honduras: Ban welcomes decision to reinstate Honduras into Organization of American States

 

Central America: UN voices concern at targeting of prosecutors and rights defenders in Central America

 

ASIA PACIFIC

 

Australia: UN agency presses for proper safeguards for children being sent from Australia

 

Japan: Radiation monitoring continues near damaged nuclear plant, UN reports

 

Japan: Underestimated tsunami hazard for nuclear sites, UN expert group finds

 

Sri Lanka: UN expert calls on Government to probe executions captured on video

 

EUROPE 

 

Serbia: War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic transferred to UN tribunal for trial

 

Poland: Should hold referendum on plan for first nuclear power station - UN expert

 

Spain: UNESCO and soccer club team up to 'imagine peace'

 

MIDDLE EAST

 

Syria: 'Very likely' had an unreported nuclear plant, UN agency chief says 

 

Iraq: UN envoy welcomes national human rights conference

 

Bahrain: Secretary-General stresses human rights during meeting with top Bahraini officials

 

Yemen: UN refugee agency voices alarm at increasingly bloody violence

 

WORLD

 

Deadly E. coli outbreak caused by rare strain of bacterium, UN confirms

Ban re-appoints Edmond Mulet to senior UN peacekeeping post

 

UN hands out awards for innovative tourism projects

 

UN expert warns of rising governmental restrictions in Internet information flows

 

UN urges leaders to harness extraordinary benefits of forests

 

Three decades on, global AIDS response showing results - UN report

 

UN releases guidebook to help countries access climate financing markets

 

Secretary-General presses for bold measures to meet development goals

 

UN officials call for political will to put world on path to green economy

 

Public-private partnerships can bring affordable clean energy to poor - UN

UN Reports  

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

 

IAEA Expert Mission to Japan - Preliminary Summary

 

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

 

AIDS at 30: Nations at the Crossroads

 

Chronic care of HIV and noncommunicable diseases: How to leverage the HIV experience

 

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

 

Opportunity in Crisis: Preventing HIV from early adolescence to young adulthood

 

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

 

Report on the World Manufacturing Production

 

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UN Peacekeepers Continue to Work in Disputed Abyei

May 27, 2011 - Displaced persons are transported to a safe area by a UN helicopter in Abyei, Sudan. United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) forces work on the ground in the main town of the disputed Abyei area on the border of Sudan and newly independent South Sudan. UN Photo/Stuart Price

 

Amid ongoing tensions, UN urges Sudanese parties to prevent further violence

 

The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has called on the Sudanese parties to defuse tensions in Abyei and Southern Kordofan state, following the recent fighting in those areas, and to prevent any further escalation of violence.

 

UN Peacekeepers on Patrol in Abyei

May 30, 2011 - Zambian peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) walk in front of an armored patrol in the volatile region of Abyei, central Sudan. United Nations military observers and peacekeeper patrols have been steadily expanding their reach throughout the Abyei area in a concerted drive to increase patrol and observation activities. UN Photo/Stuart Price

Violence and looting broke out in Abyei, a town contested by both north and south Sudan, after the northern troops took control of the area last month, displacing an estimated 45,000 people.

 

On June 3, the Security Council called on the Sudanese government to withdraw immediately from Abyei, stating that its military presence in the area constitutes "a serious violation" of previous agreements.

 

UNMIS said that looting is continuing in Abyei despite assurances from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) that they would stop it.

 

"We urge the SAF to uphold its commitment and intervene to stop these criminal acts," the mission said in a statement.

 

The latest violence comes just weeks before Southern Sudan formally separates on July 9 from the rest of the country, following a referendum held in January.

 

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Ban says he would be 'deeply honored' to serve second term as UN Secretary-General

 

Ban Ki-moon has announced that he has formally offered to serve a second consecutive term as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

 

Secretary-General Announces Run for Second Term Mr. Ban told a press conference at UN headquarters in New York on June 6 that he has sent a letter to the member states of the General Assembly and Security Council in which he has offered himself for consideration to continue to lead the UN.

 

"It has been an enormous privilege to lead this great organization. If supported by the member states, I would be deeply honored to serve once more," he said.

 

United States President Barack Obama issued a statement this morning voicing his support for Mr. Ban's candidacy.

 

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Three decades on, global AIDS response showing results, says UN report
 

The global response to AIDS has achieved significant results since the first case was reported 30 years ago, with a record number of people having access to treatment and rates of new HIV infections falling by nearly 25 percent, the United Nations says in a new report.

 

Michel Sidib�, UNAIDS Executive Director

June 3, 2011 - Michel Sidib�, UNAIDS Executive Director at a press conference on AIDS at 30: Progress of nations, held at UN headquarters in New York City. UNAIDS Photo/B. Hamilton

"AIDS at 30: Nations at the crossroads," released on June 3 by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), comes ahead of a three-day high-level event at UN headquarters next week focusing on efforts to combat the epidemic.

 

"We have come a long way," added Michel Sidib�, the Executive Director of UNAIDS. Highlighting the report's findings, he noted that about 6.6 million people were receiving antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries at the end of 2010, a nearly 22-fold increase since 2001.

 

Also, a record 1.4 million people started life-saving treatment in 2010 - more than any year before - and at least 420,000 children were receiving antiretroviral therapy at the end of 2010, a 50 per cent increase since 2008.

 

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Secretary-General appoints UN official to lead change management team
 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he has appointed a senior United Nations official to spearhead efforts to implement a reform agenda aimed at streamlining and improving the efficiency of the world body.

 

Assistant Secretary-General Atul Khare will lead the Change Management Team (CMT) at the UN, working with both departments and offices within the Secretariat and with other bodies in the UN system and the 192 member states.

 

Announcing the appointment, Mr. Ban said the CMT is tasked with guiding the implementation of a reform agenda at the UN that starts with the devising of a wide-ranging plan to streamline activities, increase accountability and ensure the Organization is more effective and efficient in delivering its many mandates.

 

Mr. Ban said the CMT - which will work under the direction of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro - would prove particularly vital as the UN works to strengthen its performance at a time of budgetary constraints and rapid global change.

 

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World food prices set to remain high into next year, says UN report
 

Citing dwindling stocks and only small production increases for the majority of crops, a new United Nations report released today says world food prices are likely to remain high for the rest of this year and into 2012.

 

World's FarmersThe biannual Food Outlook published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) states that the next few months will be critical in determining how the major crops will fare this year, according to a news release issued by the Rome-based agency.

 

FAO's monthly food price index showed that global food prices, which earlier this year soared to levels seen during the 2007-08 food crisis, dropped by one percent in May.

 

Declines in the prices of cereals and sugar were responsible for the slight decrease in the May index, says FAO, adding that this offset increases in meat and dairy prices.

 

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Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) in Sudan

Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) in Sudan

June 1, 2011 - A woman participates in a reintegration program held at the National Service Camp in Nyala (South Darfur). Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration constitute an integral part of post-conflict peace consolidation in Sudan. The work is undertaken by the United Nations/African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran

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Electric Cars at UN as General Assembly Meets on Green Economy 

Electric Cars at UN as General Assembly Meets on Green Economy

June 2, 2011 - Electric cars are parked at United Nations headquarters in New York City in a campaign to work towards supplying sustainable electricity to billions of people. The UN General Assembly convenes a thematic debate on: "Green Economy: A Pathway to Sustainable Development". UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

 


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