UN News Centre - Top Stories http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2008, UN News Centre 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 UN food agency steps up aid to cyclone-stricken Myanmar http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26628&Cr=myanmar&Cr1= Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that its food aid has reached more than 27,000 people in the areas of the Irrawaddy delta hit hardest by Cyclone Nargis, which left a path of death and destruction after striking Myanmar last week. Ban Ki-moon sounds alarm on violence in outskirts of Sudanese capital http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26627&Cr=darfur&Cr1= Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EST United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced grave concern over the fighting spurred by attacks by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces that has broken out on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. UN Peacebuilding Commission delegation kicks off visit to Burundi http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26626&Cr=burundi&Cr1= Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EST A delegation from the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) &#8211 established in to help countries recovering from war from sliding back into conflict &#8211 began a six-day mission to Burundi to assess how to help the small Central African nation rebuild. UN-backed network linking global developing countries&#39 fisheries reaches 25-year mark http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26625&Cr=fish&Cr1= Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The FishInfoNetwork (FIN), a United Nations-organized network linking fisheries in developing countries, has reached its 25-year mark. UN appeals for $187 million to aid Myanmar cyclone victims http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26621&Cr=myanmar&Cr1= Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations today appealed for $187 million to help provide humanitarian relief to some 1.5 million people severely affected by the recent cyclone in Myanmar for the next six months. Ban Ki-moon &#39deeply concerned&#39 at continuing violence in Lebanon http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26619&Cr=leban&Cr1= Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Secretary-General has expressed his deep concern at the continuing violence in Lebanon and has called on all parties to exercise restraint. Secretary-General urges US business leaders to help fight global poverty http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26616&Cr=atlanta&Cr1= Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged members of the business community in the United States city of Atlanta to help the United Nations in its efforts to combat global poverty, arguing that this is good for the world and the bottom line. Killing of Kenya staffer second loss this week for UN food agency http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26611&Cr=kenya&Cr1= Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has spoken out against the murder of the head of its office in north-western Kenya who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, the second such killing of the agency’s staff this week. Top UN official in Asia-Pacific joins call for urgent access to Myanmar http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26608&Cr=Myanmar&Cr1= Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Echoing calls on the Myanmar authorities to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid in the wake of the deadly cyclone which has left some 1.5 million people in need, the top United Nations official in the region today urged the Government to act quickly to avert an even worse tragedy. UN-backed scheme targets inequality in Nepal’s rural communities http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26609&Cr=Nepal&Cr1= Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations rural development arm announced today that it is providing $4 million towards a project that aims to tackle the exclusion of groups such as women, dalits and indigenous peoples in rural communities in Nepal. Though making ‘very good progress,’ Africa still faces challenges, says UN official http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26624&Cr=africa&Cr1=agriculture Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Africa is making "very good progress," but must tackle challenges in areas including transportation, infrastructure and water, a senior United Nations said today, as the annual Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) is under way in New York. More than 100 States review global pact on nuclear weapons control - UN http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26620&Cr=nuclear&Cr1= Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Over 100 States took part in a two-week meeting seeking to pave the way towards the review of the United Nations-backed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which forms the foundation of the world’s nuclear non-proliferation regime.