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Occupied Arab Territories in Political Turmoil;
 Haiti says the resumption of official international aid cannot be considered a long-term strategy for the country; Jamaica warns of the critical situation in Haiti because of instability, and lack of sustained assistance; The Bahamas calls for a lasting peaceful settlement to the conflict in the Middle East; The president of the general Assembly appeals to States to observe the Olympic Truce during the Athens Games; Jamaica welcomes progress in reducing the digital divide
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UN Human Rights Commissioner Sends Monitors to Sudan The UN Human Rights Commissioner is sending eight observers to three regions of the troubled Darfur region in Sudan. Two of the observers will be in Khartoum to liaise with the government and two in each region. The Office of the Human Rights Commissioner hopes that all the eight observers will be deployed within the next few days. Human Rights spokesman, Jose Diaz. "We will be looking at how the international force that is going to be deployed there can help protect the monitors. Of course, they are going to be deployed in a sovereign country and it is the primary responsibility of the authorities of that country to ensure the security of our observers" Jose Diaz, Spokesman
for the UN Human Rights Commissioner.
Thousands of Sudanese Refugees Pour Into Breidjing Camp in Chad Thousands of Sudanese refugees continue to arrive at Breidjing camp in Chad. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR says there are already over 30,000 refugees at the camp which was originally for 25,000 people. UNHCR spokesperson, Jennifer Pagonis says that the agency has transferred some refugees from the border to the camp:
Ms. Pagonis says
some refugees from Breidjing may be moved to another camp.
WHO Announces End of Ebola Outbreak in Southern Sudan
"But it seems that this virus resides in the rain forest on the African continent and in the western Pacific. So it's quite a mystery for the scientific community where is this reservoir and how it appears" Ms. Chaib says
what is important is that the agency knows how to contain the fever.
The United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan says that the goal of nuclear disarmament
is still a long way off. In a message to mark the dropping by the
United States of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, he notes that
tens of thousands of nuclear weapons remain in arsenals around the
world. The Secretary-General warns that the continued existence of
nuclear stockpiles leaves a shadow of nuclear war hanging over the
world. He says this is particularly so given the existence of clandestine
networks dealing in nuclear materials and the prospects of terrorists
with extreme ambitions gaining access to these materials.
Lang Applauds Drive Against Malaria in Tanzania
UN Country Team Calls For Support of Sports Among Youth in Somalia The United Nations Country Team for Somalia has called on the international community to support sports initiative among the youth in Somalia as an effective tool to promote peace-building. The team issued a statement as four Somali youth are about to return from a two-week summer football camp from Real Madrid Football Club of Spain. A senior United Nations official in Nairobi has said the scholarships from Real Madrid have given the four Somali boys a chance of a lifetime to develop their skills and meet counterparts at peace. The four young men were selected from teams that competed for a Peace Cup in football tournaments organized by UN agencies working in Somalia.
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"Thousands
more refugees have made their own way to the camp, and these spontaneous
arrivals are continuing unabated. Every day some 200 refugees are
being registered at Beridjing leading to even more overcrowding and
stretching services to the limit"
The
World Health Organization, WHO, has announced the end of the Ebola
outbreak in southern Sudan. The health agency says that Saturday will
mark the forty-second day since the last person identified as infected
with the haemmorrhagic fever died in June. WHO spokesperson, Fadela
Chaib says the natural reservoir of the Ebola is still unknown despite
expensive studies:
Chinese
virtuoso pianist Lang Lang has praised Tanzania for its efforts against
malaria. On his first visit to the country as a goodwill ambassador
for the UN Children's Fund, he said Tanzania is a shining example
of what governments and local communities could do to fight the disease.
Malaria kills more than one million people every year, most of them
less than five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. Lang Lang is in
Tanzania to learn more about what is being done to combat malaria.