Positive news from United Nations
Annan signs new policy to protect UN whistleblowersNew York City - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has signed a new whistleblower protection policy, to take effect on Jan. 1, aimed at ensuring that the world body functions in an open, transparent and fair manner, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. |
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First UN-organized repatriation of southern Sudan’s refugees gets under wayKakuma, Kenya - A white bull was slaughtered, children sang and danced, women ululated and men pounded drums in celebration as a group of South Sudanese refugees went home over the weekend in the first repatriation organized by the United Nations refugee agency for those who fled the 21-year-long civil war in southern Sudan. |
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UN Launches $500 Million Emergency Relief FundUnited Nations - The U.N. General Assembly approved the establishment Thursday of a new $500 million emergency fund aimed at providing swift relief following natural disasters. |
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Kyoto Protocol strengthenedWorld - Critics damn it for a long list of reasons and it has been declared dead several times, but the Kyoto Protocol emerged stronger than ever after the Montreal conference on climate change that ended on Saturday. |
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Iraq: UN commends countrywide participation in inclusive electionsNew York, NY - The United Nations today commended the Iraqi people for their active nationwide participation in yesterday�s elections, congratulated the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) for the conduct of the poll, and pledged its continued support on the path to peace and democracy in the strife-torn country. |
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UNICEF gives school supplies to hundreds of thousands of Liberian childrenLiberia - The United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF) has been distributing educational supplies to some 2,000 Liberian public schools, benefiting nearly half a million students in the post-election West African country where civil conflict raged for 14 years. |
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UN Vote Urges Fishing Limits to Protect TurtlesWorld - The UN General Assembly urged governments and fisheries management groups on Monday to take urgent steps to protect endangered sea turtles and sea birds from an indiscriminate fishing technique. |
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UN launches education programme for thousands of former combatants in LiberiaMonrovia, Liberia - The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia today launched a programme to provide formal education to 20,000 disarmed former combatants as part of efforts to reintegrate into the mainstream the West African country's former belligerents who ended their civil conflict in 2003. |
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United Nations outlines plans to clean toxic sites in IraqNew York City, NY - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced plans to clean up an industrial site in Iraq believed to hold several tons of an acutely toxic compound that is lethal at a dose of less than one gram. |
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UN Moves to Protect Children in Armed ConflictNew York City - The U.N. Security Council has adopted a resolution aimed at protecting children caught up in armed conflict. |
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