http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2009, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33060&Cr=school+feeding&Cr1= Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST 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. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33051&Cr=HIV&Cr1=AIDS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The trend in new HIV infections around the world has slowed markedly over the past eight years, according to a United Nations report released today, which also notes that more people than ever before are living with the virus. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33042&Cr=undp&Cr1= Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Republic of Korea signed plans today for a new policy centre and trust fund, marking a shift in their 40-year partnership to reflect the country's status as an emerging donor to development. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33032&Cr=road+safety&Cr1= Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST With traffic accidents causing the deaths of more than one million people every year, more than malaria or diabetes, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged greater efforts to better protect the millions upon millions who travel the world's roads every day. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33030&Cr=indonesia&Cr1= Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Hospitals, clinics and other health services for thousands of Indonesians need urgent aid after two earthquakes ravaged west Sumatra in September, with the goal of enabling them to better withstand future emergencies, the United Nations health agency said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33025&Cr=food+security&Cr1= Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Libya have agreed on a $71 million programme to boost cooperation over the next five years to strengthen food security and sustainable development in the country. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33008&Cr=horn+of+africa&Cr1= Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST 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. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33002&Cr=hunger&Cr1= Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The three-day United Nations summit on world food security wrapped up in Rome today with its host lamenting that it produced neither measurable targets nor specific deadlines for ending a scourge that afflicts more than 1 billion people around the planet. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33001&Cr=tajik&Cr1= Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST 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). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32981&Cr=hunger&Cr1= Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST As the number of chronically hungry people tops one billion, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on ordinary citizens to mobilize through the "Billion for a Billion" campaign to end hunger.