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UN
remembers staff on
five-year anniversary of
Baghdad attack
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 The
United Nations will
continue supporting the
government and people of
Iraq, United Nations
Under-Secretary-General
for Political Affairs B.
Lynn Pascoe
said today in op-ed
marking the five-year
anniversary of the attack
on the UN headquarters in
Baghdad.
Pascoe writes, "Some
have called August 19,
2003 the 'end of
innocence' for the UN,
proof that the world body
could no longer feel safe
behind its iconic blue
flag and noble intentions
alone."
The suicide bombing killed
the Secretary-General's
Special Representative for
Iraq Sergio Vieira de
Mello and 21 others. More
than 150 were also injured
in the attack.
Read
the op-ed
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Sudan's North-South
accord fragile despite
recent progress
 Peace
in Sudan remains fragile
despite progress on the
2005 peace agreement
which ended the
country's long-running
north-south civil war, a
senior United Nations
official has said.
Ashraf
Jehangir Qazi,
the Secretary-General's
Special Representative
for Sudan, reported to
the Security Council
that implementation of
the Comprehensive
Peace Agreement remains
on track, although it
remains behind schedule.
"Ultimate success,
however, will require
the parties to realize
that peace can only be
consolidated through the
full implementation of
the Abyei road
map," he stressed.
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UN agency supplying
food to Georgians in
wake of recent fighting
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 The
UN World Food Programme (WFP)
is responding to an urgent
request from the Georgian
Government by sending food
to the town of Gori.
"We understand the
food situation in Gori has
now become
desperate," said Lola
Castro, WFP's Georgia
Country Director.
The agency airlifted
nearly 100 tons of
high-energy biscuits and
sugar that have reached
some 18,000 people in and
around the Georgia capital
of Tbilisi
The UN High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR)
estimates that close to
115,000 people have been
uprooted from their homes
since heavy fighting began
nearly two weeks ago.
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UN
agency helps women pedal
for peace in Uganda
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 The
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
is contributing more than
500 bicycles to women in
northern Uganda as part of
its campaign to curb
sexual and gender-based
violence and to enhance
female participation in
the local peace process.
Some 516 bikes have been
donated to women in four
districts in the region,
the scene of two decades
of conflict between
government forces and the
rebel Lord's Resistance
Army.
The bicycle program is
part of UNDP's larger
sexual and gender-based
violence program which has
trained more than 700
women in peacebuilding,
negotiation and conflict
resolution skills.
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UN
agency helping to green
the Beijing Olympic
games
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Toyota
joins UN initiative to
cut greenhouse gas
emissions
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 Toyota's
European branch has joined
the Climate Neutral
Network (CN
Net), a United
Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)
initiative bringing
together organizations who
have pledged to
significantly reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
Toyota Motor Europe is the
first car manufacturer to
join CN Net, a web-based
network pooling the
resources of governments,
local authorities, private
companies and individuals
to make large cuts to
their carbon footprints or
even neutralize them.
As the world's largest car
maker, Toyota has sold
more than 1.5 million
hybrid cars worldwide.
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| Calendar |
August 19
UN observes the five-year
anniversary of the
terrorist attack that
struck the UN headquarters
in Baghdad killing 22
staff members and injuring
more than 150.
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New
UN
Agency Reports
Here is a sample
of UN agency reports
recently published:
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