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September 21, 2010

United Nations Call Afghan Poll A Success

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KABUL, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The top United Nations diplomat in Afghanistan said on Sunday it was too early to describe the country's parliamentary election as a success until final turnout figures are established and all complaints are heard. [...]

October 08, 2010

Poor Countries Neglect Mentally Ill: UN Agency

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The United Nations agency launched guidelines for primary care doctors and nurses to treat patients debilitated by depression and psychosis as well as [...]

October 08, 2010

Sudan Launches Manhunt For Kidnapped UN Staffer

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EL FASHER, Sudan Sudanese forces were conducting a manhunt in the north Darfur state capital El Fasher on Friday after gunmen kidnapped a UN staffer [...]

September 21, 2010

Has The U.N. Made The World A Better Place? | KOSU Radio

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The United Nations set an ambitious goal for 2015 ? to end extreme poverty and improve the lives of billions of people worldwide. As the U.N. General Assembly meets in New York City, the world body's eight Millennium Development Goals [...]

October 09, 2010

Security Council Seat Comes With 'symbolic' Power

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A successful bid to join the United Nations Security Council could be a feather in Canada's cap, though it would not give Ottawa greater influence on the [...]

September 21, 2010

DEACON FOR LIFE: United Nations Attacks Conscientious Objection To ...

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?Last June the same pair of UN officials pushed through the Human Rights Council an ideologically-driven pro-abortion report with the aim of attaching legalized abortion to the Millenium Development Goals. [...]

October 08, 2010

UN Climate Chief Urges Grassroots Movement

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TIANJIN, China The United Nations' climate change chief on Thursday urged people around the world to join in a "global work party" this weekend that is [...]

October 08, 2010

Trade Can Help Spur Shift To Green Economy, Says Top UN Official

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7 October 2010 Trade is a vital tool in transitioning to a green economy, a senior United Nations official said today, underlining the importance of [...]

October 08, 2010

Sea Cow, Origin Of Mythical Mermaid, Threatened With Extinction, UN Warns

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Man-made threats pose the greatest risk to the gentle sea cow, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said, summing up a meeting this week in Abu Dhabi, [...]

October 09, 2010

UN: War Crimes, Genocide Tribunals Hindered By Staffing Woes

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Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, the tribunals' two presidents explained that the courts' policy of offering only short-term contracts [...]

October 09, 2010

Over 1 Million Somalis Affected By Expulsion Of Aid Organizations, UN Reports

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Earlier this month, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that some 410000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the violence-wracked [...]

October 09, 2010

UN Delegation Presses Sudan To Allow A Referendum And Avert A New Civil War

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The diplomats, including the American ambassador to the United Nations, Susan E. Rice, had earlier toured southern Sudan to monitor preparations for the [...]

October 09, 2010

UN Seeks More Security For Workers In Sudan After Abduction

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Khartoum, Sudan (AHN) - A day after unidentified gunmen kidnapped an employee of United Nations, UN envoys called on the Sudanese government to take more [...]

October 09, 2010

U.N. Chief Says Nobel Peace Award Shows Rights Focus

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo underscores growing concern around the world [...]

October 09, 2010

South Sudan President Calls For Deployment Of UN Troops At North

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US Ambassador to UN, Suzan Rice, and South Sudan President Salva Kiir in Juba 7 Oct. 2010 (photo by Lomoyat) President Salva Kiir urged the visiting high [...]

October 09, 2010

UN Backs Initiative To Reduce Child And Maternal Deaths In Zimbabwe

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8 October 2010 In an effort to curb child and maternal mortality rates in Zimbabwe, the United Nations and the World Bank are supporting a $700 million [...]

October 08, 2010

Ecuador: Recent Unrest Highlights Need For Press Freedom, Accurate Reporting ...

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7 October 2010 An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of Ecuador to guarantee the right to freedom of expression and [...]

October 08, 2010

UN Urges Increased Protection For Haitian Refugees

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Photo: AP Responding to criticism of the United Nations-directed humanitarian response in Haiti, a UN spokesperson has urged increased protection for [...]

September 21, 2010

United Nations Statistics Division


The Statistics Division is responsible for the collection and dissemination of economic and social statistics and the provision of assistance to Member [...]

September 21, 2010

Compendium - Occupational Groups


20 Jul 2007 [...] For additional information on the UN recruitment process and information security, please refer to the following links: Frequently Asked [...]

September 21, 2010

UNDP | United Nations Development Programme


Strives to reduce poverty; increase literacy; create jobs; enhance technical cooperation between industrialized and non-industrialized nations; protect the [...]

October 08, 2010

United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organization


5 Oct 2010 [...] Encourages international peace and universal respect by promoting collaboration among nations. Conducts studies, facilitates knowledge [...]

October 08, 2010

Colombia, Is Eight Votes Away In The Council Of The UN Security ...


Colombia is the only candidate from Latin America that aspires to inherit the square in Mexico will open at the end of this year and is also close to achieving the 128 votes it needs to do (192 countries make up the UN). [...]

October 09, 2010

The Bold Pursuit...: Who Stole The Cookie? How The UN Is Robbing ...

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Through its resolutions for the past 65 years, the UN has endeavored to stealpiece by piece, cookie by cookiethe freedoms that we have assumed are protected by our Constitution. Just as in the children's sing-along, all members of the [...]

September 21, 2010

Talabani Participates In Meetings And Delivers A Speech At The ...

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Co-President Jalal Talabani, during the meetings of the International Socialist Organization, held in New York yesterday, when will the next few hours the word Iraq in the meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations in its [...]


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