School meals key to feeding and educating most vulnerable children – UN report
24 November 2009 – The introduction of free meal programmes not only ensures children are fed, but are crucial to keeping the poorest and most vulnerable in school while providing a boost to learning and health, according to a United Nations report released today.
Israeli-Palestinian peace moves at ‘deep and worrying impasse,’ UN official warns
24 November 2009 – With no Israeli-Palestinian negotiations underway, no agreed terms of reference for such talks, and Israel’s refusal to freeze settlements posing a key challenge, a senior United Nations official today called for “immediate actions on the ground” to prevent Middle East peace efforts from unravelling.
Ban lauds new report on ways to boost development cooperation with Africa
23 November 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today lauded a new report which outlines steps to be taken by Africa and its development partners to help lift millions of people across the continent out of poverty.
Kidnappings, attacks threaten to undercut UN-AU efforts in Darfur – Ban
23 November 2009 – Increased threats to international staff in Darfur, including “extremely alarming” kidnappings, ongoing military action by Chad, Sudan and rebels, and Government limits on peacekeepers’ movements continue to hamper efforts to stabilize the Sudanese area torn apart by nearly seven years of war, says a new report by the United Nations chief.
Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 years after treaty – UN officials
20 November 2009 – The Convention on the Rights of the Child has become the most widely accepted human rights treaty in history, but 20 years after its adoption, much more remains to be done to turn its promises into reality for millions worldwide, top United Nations officials said today.
Ban urges lawmakers to work with UN to pull developing countries out of recession
19 November 2009 – National parliaments are key allies of the United Nations in its efforts to haul the world’s most vulnerable people out of the global economic crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told an international gathering of lawmakers in New York.
Spain doubles aid for UN food operation in Horn of Africa
19 November 2009 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a boost today for its emergency relief efforts feeding millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, with the announcement of a $112 million donation from Spain.
SEAL THE DEAL: climate change aggravates gender inequality – UN
18 November 2009 – Although melting glaciers, rising sea levels and polar bears may be the faces of climate change, women – who bear the brunt of global warming – are on the front lines of its ravages.
Access to food still difficult for vulnerable Tajik families, reports UN
18 November 2009 – The 2009 harvest in Tajikistan is exceptionally good, but access to food remains difficult for vulnerable families in the Central Asian nation, according to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
UN, partners launch $13 million appeal for flood victims in El Salvador
18 November 2009 – The United Nations and its partners launched a $13 million Flash Appeal for El Salvador today to provide immediate aid for six months to 75,000 victims of Hurricane Ida, covering food, shelter, water and sanitation, education, agriculture and early recovery.
