http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2008, 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=27459&Cr=food&Cr1=crisis Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is helping poor farmers to boost their agricultural production in Swaziland, one of many countries suffering as a result of the global food crisis. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27455&Cr=Sudan&Cr1=Aid Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The Sudanese Government today signed an agreement with United Nations agencies operating in the country on a four-year aid plan covering peacebuilding, governance and the rule of law, employment, education and health care as well as other services. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27433&Cr=climate&Cr1=change Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST A new database on the world's soils offers insights that can be helpful in addressing climate change and food production, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27420&Cr=food&Cr1=crisis Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Urgent changes in global agricultural policies are needed to meet the threats of soaring food and energy prices, the United Nations General Assembly President said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27419&Cr=Viet+Nam&Cr1= Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Climate change, the global food and energy crisis, economic development and United Nations reform were among the highlights of wide-ranging discussions between General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim and Viet Nam's Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27413&Cr=Somalia&Cr1= Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Attacks on aid workers and threats to ships delivering food aid to Somalia, coupled with the effects of drought and poor harvest, have left millions in the strife-torn nation in need of urgent aid, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27408&Cr=water&Cr1=sanitation Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Despite recent progress, more than 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation, while nearly 1.2 billion people defecate without sanitary facilities, posing a major health threat to their communities, according to a report released today by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27404&Cr=Myanmar&Cr1= Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST With Myanmar's main planting season drawing to a close next month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today that urgent aid is needed to help small farmers in the country's rice bowl, which was devastated by Cyclone Nargis. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27401&Cr=Iraq&Cr1= Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today that it has restored a permanent international staff presence in Baghdad for the first time since a suicide bomb attack on the world body's Iraq headquarters in 2003 left 22 dead and 150 wounded. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27398&Cr=health&Cr1=emergen Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking to expand the role it plays in responding to emergencies, one of the agency's senior officials said today in New York.