http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2012, 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=41197&Cr=HIV&Cr1=AIDS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Asia-Pacific nations at a United Nations meeting in Bangkok have agreed to boost cooperation and to develop regional accountability mechanisms and financing modalities to accelerate progress towards global HIV/AIDS commitments. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41193&Cr=fao&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Global food prices rose overall last month for the first time in six months, demonstrating the volatility of international food markets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41188&Cr=horn+of+africa&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The rap star Curtis Jackson, known as 50 Cent, was able to see first-hand the food crisis in the Horn of Africa region during a field visit to Somalia and Kenya this week that was hosted by the United Nations food relief agency. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41174&Cr=South+Sudan&Cr1= Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Two United Nations agencies warned today that millions of people in South Sudan are facing worsening hunger and called for urgent action to improve food security through adequate food aid and projects to boost agricultural production. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41169&Cr=libya&Cr1= Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A new United Nations food voucher scheme aims to help vulnerable families in the Libyan port city of Benghazi get the food they need while also boosting the local economy in the wake of the conflict that wracked the country last year. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41147&Cr=HIV/AIDS&Cr1= Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Although the Asia-Pacific region has witnessed widespread gains in combating the spread of HIV, experts at a United Nations meeting were told today that the epidemic is still outpacing the region's efforts against new infections. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41142&Cr=cancer&Cr1= Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Early diagnosis is the key to reducing the nearly eight million deaths caused by cancer across the globe annually, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, stressing the importance of screening programmes for healthy people to detect the disease promptly for easier treatment. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41134&Cr=vaccin&Cr1= Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41133&Cr=somalia&Cr1=famine Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The UN declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia today, but warned that the crisis in the Horn of Africa is not over and requires continued efforts to restore food security and help people resume normal lives. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41104&Cr=agriculture&Cr1= Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST India is receiving a loan of nearly $90 million from the United Nations to improve agricultural livelihoods in the small north-western state of Uttarakhand, one of the poorest areas in the country.