MDGs Data on sub-Sahara African
Achievements released in time for G8 Summit
The UN has released a mid-term report on how African
countries are doing in pursuit of the Millennium Development
Goals. The report was timed to coincide with the G-8
Summit in Germany.
World Environment Day Festivities
in Norway Open with Appeal for Planetary Care
A church service on Sunday
at the Arctic Cathedral in
Tromso, Norway started the festivities for World Environment
Day this year. The benedictions were given in Norwegian,
Inuit and Xhosa. The
sermon was read by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. “The
future of our fragile, beautiful planet home is in our
hands. We are stewards of God’s creation.”
A report issued by the UN Environment Programme
(UNEP) says the melting of the glaciers will have global
impact, raising sea levels by 20 to 80 centimeters this
century and affecting the availability of fresh water
from the spring thaw of snow and ice.
Head of Human Rights calls
for ending impunity for sexual violence in DRC
The
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for ending
the impunity of perpetrators of sexual violence in the Great
Lakes region of Africa. Returning from a 12-day tour
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi,
Louise Arbour focused especially on the DRC and the gender
violence that has accompanied the conflict there.
“The level of sexual violence in
its intensity is pretty surprising and appalling.”
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UN Secretary-General Lays a Wreath
in Honour of Fallen Peacekeepers
The
United Nations personnel around the world commemorated
the
International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May. At UN
Headquarters in New York, the Secretary-General participated
in a wreath laying ceremony where he said that the burden
of peacekeeping is borne by individuals. This year's
commemoration honoured 107 peacekeepers from 46 different
countries who lost their lives in 2006 while serving
the United Nations. "The wreath we lay today
will not be here forever. But the memory of all those
who have died will always be with us."
Peacekeepers
Share Thoughts on International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Several peacekeeping operations
are in Africa. Some of the UN peacekeepers who 
participate in these operations talked about their work
and sent messages on the occasion of the Day. They included
Major Samuel Njoroge, serving with the UN Mission in
Ethiopia and Eritrea."Whenever
we wear those berets in the mission area, you can see
the people feel comfortable. They feel safe when peacekeepers
are there."
Two Kenyan Peacekeepers
Talk about UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Major Njoroge and Corporal Fatuma Abdi, a female peacekeeper
from Kenya serving with the UN Mission in Ethiopia and
Eritrea, talk to Stella Vuzo of UNMEE Radio about pecekeeping
work.
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Tenth anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide: Why did the genocide happen? Why was the
UN unable to prevent the killings or stop the massacres?
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