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=33026&Cr=palestin&Cr1= Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Tens of thousands of Palestinian refugee children in United Nations schools in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria have been clicking away with flip cams to create the region's first ever online video yearbook to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33009&Cr=iraq&Cr1= Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations and Iraq have agreed on the basics of a new development partnership to strengthen Iraqi governance, social services and economic growth over the next five years. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33015&Cr=lebanon&Cr1= Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The military chief of United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon today met separately with Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss the security situation in the south of the country. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33004&Cr=iraq&Cr1= Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced the hope today that Iraq would move forward on holding national elections slated for January after the Presidency Council's decision to veto the electoral law. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33003&Cr=palestin&Cr1= Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Nearly 250,000 Palestinians in 83 communities on the West Bank are at risk of heightened violence in so-called "price tag" revenge attacks that Israeli settlers may launch against a large-scale attempt by Israel to evacuate outposts it considers illegal, a United Nations report warned today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32990&Cr=palestin&Cr1= Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored the Israeli Government's decision today to expand Jerusalem's Gilo settlement, stressing that it was built on Palestinian territory occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32967&Cr=palestin&Cr1= Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Israel should end the blockade of Gaza, cease evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes, and ensure that the rights of children are respected and that all allegations of torture and ill-treatment are promptly investigated and perpetrators prosecuted, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in an annual report released today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32964&Cr=iraq&Cr1= Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST With upcoming Iraqi elections marking a crucial step on the road to stability, the United Nations must redouble its long-term commitment to a country that is still threatened by both insurgents and potential conflict between the central government and the Kurdish region, the top UN official for Iraq warned today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32960&Cr=iraq&Cr1= Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations food agency today launched a school feeding programme in Iraq, providing some 172,000 children with a free daily snack to help boost attendance and learning in eight of the country's poorest districts. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32944&Cr=Yemen&Cr1= Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations refugee agency reported today that an increasing number of civilians are fleeing embattled Sa'ada province in northern Yemen as the fighting between Government troops and Al Houthi rebels rages on.