Central African Republic faces critical moment in bid to recover from conflicts – UN
15 December 2009 – International assistance is vital to prevent the Central African Republic (CAR) from falling back into political crisis and potential new fighting as it prepares for elections next year after a decade of violence and conflict between Government and rebel forces, the top United Nations official for the country warned today.
Facing funding shortfall, Burundi’s election needs international support – UN
10 December 2009 – The Security Council today called on the international community to support the preparation of elections in Burundi next year after the top United Nations official in the small Central African country warned that a lack of funding was challenging the “significant advances” already made after decades of ethnic and factional war.
UN-backed anti-drug centre opens in Central Asia to curb flow of Afghan heroin
09 December 2009 – A United Nations-backed intelligence sharing centre for Central Asian countries on the front line of the battle against drug trafficking from Afghanistan opened in Kazakhstan today, just a day after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council called for greater global cooperation in the war on narcotics.
As drug trafficking undermines peace and security, UN calls for global measures
08 December 2009 – The Security Council today called for greater international cooperation in fighting drug trafficking, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon terming it a leading threat to global peace and security.
UN peacebuilding body ready for expanded role, Security Council told
25 November 2009 – The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) – tasked with marshalling resources to support recovery and development efforts in countries emerging from conflict – could be put to greater use by the world body, the Security Council was told in a briefing today.
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.
New UN projects seek to speed up progress on global anti-poverty goals
12 November 2009 – Ninety new United Nations development projects will be launched over the next three years, a top official said today, to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at slashing a host of social ills, including extreme hunger and poverty, infant and maternal mortality, and lack of access to education and health care – all by 2015.
DR Congo and UN launch stabilization and recovery fund
09 November 2009 – The United Nations and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have launched a fund to help the vast country recover from years of devastating civil war that ended earlier this decade, and continuing strife in its eastern provinces that has displaced more than a million people.
