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Myanmar Seizes UN Food for Cyclone Victims and Blocks Foreign Experts
By SETH MYDANS BANGKOK — The military leaders of Myanmar seized a shipment of United Nations food aid on Friday intended for victims of a devastating ...
United Nations to resume aid shipments to Burma
The United Nations announced it will resume shipments of humanitarian aid to Burma on Saturday. The announcement came just hours after suspending the ...


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  • Sudan cuts ties with Chad after rebel attack
    Fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) ride in the back of a vehicle through the bush following a meeting between Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the movement, and United Nations-African Union Special Envoys for Darfur Jan Eliasson and Salim Ahmed Salim at an undisclosed location in Sudan's Western Darfur region in this handout picture, April 18, 2008. REUTERS/Stuart Price/Albany Ass
    - 05/11/08 at 05:50PM


  • Scotland to be 'named and shamed' by UN over child welfare failures
    SCOTLAND will be "named and shamed" in a damning report to a United Nations watchdog for its failure to improve child welfare and tackle teenage pregnancies – five yea
    - 05/11/08 at 05:31PM


  • Sierra Leone: Socio-Economic Situation 'Hopeful,' Security Council Told
    Sierra Leone's prospects of moving forward and boosting its socio-economic situation is "hopeful," a senior United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council today.
    - 05/11/08 at 05:00PM


  • Overcrowded ferry sinks off Haiti, killing 11
    An overcrowded ferry sunk off Haiti's southern coast, killing at least 11 people, United Nations and Haitian authorities said Sunday.
    - 05/11/08 at 04:29PM


  • Keep trying to get desperately needed aid into Myanmar
    More than a week ago, a 12-foot wall of water inundated the coastal plains of Myanmar and created a path of devastation to the capital city of Yangon, leaving thousands dead and thousands more missing or homeless. Unfortunately, the resistance of Myanmar's military junta to help from international aid workers is threatening the lives of still more. Relief workers know from experience that it is e
    - 05/11/08 at 02:23PM


  • Report: Myanmar Pushes Voting, Not Relief
    With shipments from the United Nations World Food Program undelivered, the junta Saturday pushed a get-out-the-vote campaign amid a...... More
    - 05/11/08 at 01:44PM


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    The treatment of persons rescued at sea: conclusions and recommendations from recent meetings and expert round tables convened by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (PDF; 48 KB) Source: Office of the UN High ...
    - Sun, May 11


    Burma Update: May 11, 2008
    United Nations Aid Agencies: Myanmar Tropical Cyclone Nargis Flash Appeal 2008. News from Burmese Media. Independent Mon News Agency: Burmese Authorities Cheat and Threaten to Get ‘Yes’ Vote Shan Herald Agency for News: Shans against ...
    - Sun, May 11


    Encyclopedia of the Nations
    The Encyclopedia of the Nations is a complete source for detailed information about one hundred ninety three countries in the world, information about the United Nations and the associated agencies, and World Leaders. ...
    - Sun, May 11


    Decoding policy choices and motives in the Greece-FYROM name dispute
    In March 1947 "Mark Ethridge, American representative on the United Nations Balkans Commission of Inquiry, has moved to extract from representatives of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria a clear answer to Greek charges that their countries are ...
    - Sun, May 11


    A Tale of Two Americans Vying to Head the World Food Program ...
    UNITED NATIONS, October 27 -- The four-person short list to replace Jim Morris as head of the UN World Food Program includes Tony Banbury, a Democrat who worked in the Bush Administration for a year before rejoining the UN system and ...
    - Sun, May 11


    Customs delays hold up aid distribution Aid agencies have been ...
    Aid agencies have been able to deliver assistance to 276000 people so far, but are facing difficulties getting customs clearance for supplies, according to a United Nations official. Richard Horsey, spokesperson for the UN’s Office for ...
    - Sun, May 11


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