For upcoming events please consult our Briefing and Events Calender for January - June 2009
18 June, NGO Briefing The Ozone Layer and Climate Change
11 June, NGO Briefing Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals
4 June, NGO Briefing For Peace and Development: Disarm Now! Preparing for Mexico: New Perspectives on Human Development and Disarmament
28 May, NGO Briefing Women in Peacekeeping: the Power to Empower In Observance of International Day of Peacekeepers (29 May 2009)
21 May, NGO Briefing May I Ask a Question, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict?
14 May, NGO Briefing Forced Labour: The Cost of Coercion
7 May, NGO Briefing The Potential of Media: Dialogue, Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation In Observance of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2009)
30 April, NGO Briefing Biodiversity - the basis for human well-being: Celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010
23 April, NGO Briefing Towards the End of the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries In Observance of World Malaria Day 2009
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Women’s centres re-open in Darfur with help from AU-UN mission 2 July – Female internally displaced persons (IDPs) will again be able to learn job skills, take literacy classes and receive awareness programmes on reproductive health after the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) helped reactivate women’s centres at an IDP camp in the Sudanese region. FULL STORY >>
Ban discusses Myanmar during talks with Singapore’s leaders 2 July – The situation in Myanmar and the global economic crisis topped the agenda today when Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks with Singapore’s leaders on the latest stop of his international trip. FULL STORY >>
Independent UN rights expert criticizes seizure of aid boat by Israeli forces 2 July – An independent United Nations human rights expert today denounced what he described as “the unlawful naval seizure” by an Israeli gunboat of a ship carrying medicine and reconstruction material for the people of Gaza. FULL STORY >>
Progress in West Africa remains fragile, despite positive trends – UN report 2 July – While West Africa has witnessed some positive trends recently, including the holding of peaceful elections, progress in the region remains fragile and faces a number of threats, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a report published today. FULL STORY >>
New UN report spotlights challenges to rural development in Western Balkans 2 July – Economic development in the rural areas of several nations in the Western Balkans is being hindered by challenges related to agriculture, climate change and migration, according to a new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Bank. FULL STORY >>
DR Congo: UN mission speaks out against latest prison break 1 July – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deplored the second prison break in the country in less than one month. FULL STORY >>
Pakistani returnees receive first food rations from UN agency 1 July – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has started providing regular food rations to families returning home to tribal areas in Pakistan’s northwest that they had fled after the upsurge in violence in the region over the past year. FULL STORY >>
UN agency announces start of clinical trial for river blindness drug 1 July – The United Nations health agency today announced the launch of a clinical trial in three African countries for a drug that could help eliminate the debilitating illness commonly known as river blindness, which threatens over 100 million people across the continent. FULL STORY >>
Myanmar should release all political prisoners, Ban says ahead of visit 30 June – Myanmar should release all political prisoners, including the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today ahead of a planned visit to the Asian country for talks with the leadership on key issues. FULL STORY >>
Implementation of peace process in eastern DR Congo a ‘mixed bag’ – UN envoy 30 June – Although strides have been made in implementing the peace process in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – ending the deadly conflict there between the Government and a militia – the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region said today that progress remains slow. FULL STORY >>
