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=27878&Cr=haiti&Cr1= Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST Hurricane Gustav has forced some 6,300 people from their homes in Haiti, where torrential rains pounded the deforested southern peninsula of the country earlier this week, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27875&Cr=india&Cr1= Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his sadness upon hearing of the death and property damage caused by devastating flooding - the worst in five decades - in Bihar state, in India's north-east. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27873&Cr=zimbabwe&Cr1= Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed Zimbabwe's announcement on lifting the suspension of field operations of aid agencies, which have a vital role in the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the southern African nation. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27871&Cr=georgia&Cr1= Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations refugee agency says that some 2,300 people from villages in the buffer zone between the Georgian town of Gori and the breakaway region of South Ossetia have registered in Gori as internally displaced people. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27865&Cr=india&Cr1= Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is helping to alleviate the situation in Bihar state in north-eastern India, where 1.4 million people have been affected by severe flooding. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27862&Cr=georgia&Cr1= Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The overall situation in and around Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia remains tense, senior United Nations officials warned the Security Council today during a meeting on the latest developments in the Caucasus country. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27856&Cr=afghan&Cr1=refugee Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The top United Nations refugee official today wrapped up a three-day visit to Pakistan, during which the Government agreed to revise a plan for the repatriation of the nearly 2 million remaining Afghan refugees in the country that was due to end next year. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27851&Cr=haiti&Cr1=minustah Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST United Nations officials in Haiti are working with local authorities across the south of the impoverished Caribbean country to help bring relief after Tropical Storm Gustav pummelled the nation with torrential rains and heavy winds. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27850&Cr=south+africa&Cr1=xeno Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations is assisting foreigners displaced by xenophobic violence which swept South Africa earlier this year to return to their home countries. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27838&Cr=pakistan&Cr1= Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations food agency today announced the launch of a joint venture with the employees of industrial giant Unilever, who will donate a percentage of their pay to help combat child hunger in Pakistan.