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=27473&Cr=UNESCO&Cr1= Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Women's rights ministers from 11 countries across Africa's Great Lakes region are gathering today in Kinshasa for a United Nations-organized conference to take steps to set up a regional research and documentation centre on women's rights. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27409&Cr=Child&Cr1=Conflict Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Protecting children in armed conflict is a moral issue, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today, calling for increased action to safeguard young people caught up in violence. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27350&Cr=DPRK&Cr1= Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Trucks bearing food and medicine from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have begun a difficult four-day journey over mountain roads to deliver supplies to youngsters in the isolated provinces in the north-east of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27343&Cr=unfpa&Cr1= Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Family planning is a critical element to improving maternal health, one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) or global targets world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015, senior United Nations officials said today, urging that women everywhere have access to this vital service. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27331&Cr=Timor&Cr1= Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Family planning, a human right that allows parents to make informed decisions about the size of their families and to determine the spacing of children, is vital to the overall development of Timor-Leste and to reducing poverty in the tiny nation, United Nations officials said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27254&Cr=Afghan&Cr1= Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The ongoing violence in Afghanistan is taking a heavy toll on the nation's children, who continue to be the victims of attacks, recruited and used as combatants and sexually abused, the United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict said today at the end of a five-day visit. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27242&Cr=family&Cr1=planning Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today called on the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations to prioritize population issues in its discussions of climate change and food security. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27188&Cr=afghan&Cr1= Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations advocate for the protection of children caught up in armed conflict will leave tomorrow for a six-day visit to Afghanistan during which she will launch a system to monitor and report on violations of child rights in the battle-scarred nation. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27173&Cr=afghan&Cr1=child Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Children held in detention in Afghanistan continue to face violations of their rights, including maltreatment and lack of access to education and health services, according to a United Nations-backed study which highlights the need to ensure better protection for young people in conflict with the law. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27169&Cr=children&Cr1=health Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST Millions of children worldwide have been protected from iodine deficiency, which is the single greatest cause of preventable mental retardation, but many more are still at risk, according to a report released today by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).