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19/08/2008
Fifth Anniversary of the Baghdad Bombing

The UN in Lebanon today observed the fifth anniversary of the Iraq bombing. In their offices, the Commission’s staff stood a minute of silence to pay tribute to their colleagues who fell while fulfilling their duties. The suicide bombing that targeted the UN headquarters in Baghad on ...

12/08/2008
Youth and Climate Change: Time for Action

International Youth Day (IYD) gives the world an opportunity to recognize the potential of youth, to celebrate their achievements, and plan for ways to better engage young people to successfully take action in the development of their societies. It presents a unique opportunity for all stakeholders ...

08/08/2008
Olympic Truce

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all those who are at war to observe the Olympic Truce. The Truce calls for a worldwide cessation of all hostilities for the duration of the Games. “Let them lay down their weapons, if only temporarily, so that humanity can lay claim to gold even ...

07/08/2008
UN Addresses Three Challenges at G-8 Summit

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon relays great importance to three challenges that require the world’s urgent attention, they are: the food crisis, climate change and progress on the anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Those issues ...

05/08/2008
Lebanese-Palestinian Youth: Toward Culture of Peace

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) organized a Summer School entitled: “Getting together Lebanese and Palestinian Youth: Toward a Culture of Peace” during the month of July 2008. The Summer School that was held in collaboration with the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies ...

31/07/2008
Combating HIV-AIDS

While there have been significant gains in preventing new HIV infections in a number of heavily-affected countries and reducing the number of AIDS-related deaths, the epidemic is far from over in any part of the world, said UNAIDS 2008 Report on global AIDS epidemic that was launched in New York ...

25/07/2008
2006 Hostilities Further Depleted Lebanon’s Vulnerable Environment

The World Bank has recently published an Economic Assessment of the Environmental Degradation in Lebanon that was directly caused by the July-August 2006 hostilities. The study estimated the overall cost of environmental degradation at US$729 million, or about 3.6 percent of GDP in 2006. It ...

17/07/2008
Ban Encouraged by Prisoner Exchange Says it’s Just the Beginning

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed Wednesday’s long-anticipated prisoner exchange between Israel and the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah, following months of United Nations-backed mediation efforts. Ban's spokesperson said the UN Chief is looking forward to witnessing ...

11/07/2008
“Family Planning: It’s a Right; Let’s Make it Real”

More than 140 countries worldwide will observe World Population Day on Friday 11 July by emphasizing the importance of family planning for the wellbeing of families, communities and nations, and by underlining the need to further integrate such services into national development plans. The theme ...

26/06/2008
Your Life… Your Community… No Place for Drugs

The 26th of June is declared by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) as an International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The slogan of this year’s anti-drugs campaign is “Do drugs control your life? Your Life. Your Community. No Place for drugs.” The ...

23/06/2008
The Real UN

Detractors often call the United Nations a “talking shop,” home to 192 nations and where, it’s memorably been said, “no issue is too small to be debated endlessly.” But the real UN, almost invisible to the general public, is an action-oriented UN. This real UN ...

19/06/2008
Protect Refugees

The United Nations General Assembly declared 20 June as World Refugee Day in 2001, and since then it has been celebrated around the world each year as a salute to the spirit and courage of the world's refugees. This year, events around the world will focus on the fundamental need for protection. ...

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