The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is re-locating about 600 international following last week's brazen attack on a UN compound which killed five international UN workers. From the UN News Center:
From the UN News Center:
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak was deported from the airport in Harare yesterday. Prime Minister (and Robert Mugabe's top political rival) Morgan Tsvangirai invited Nowak to his office in Harare yesterday. But upon arriving at the airport, Nowak was detained by immigration officials and forced on the next plane back to South Africa.
Here is the story, as told from Nowak's point of view:
Hear ye, Hear ye! In all seriousness, this is yet another example of the new administration's commitment to working mulit-laterally in pursuit of American--and global--interests at the United Nations.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release October 19, 2009
The World Food Program suffered a devastating loss last week in Pakistan. But their work continues elsewhere. Via the UN News Center, the WFP is still hard at work in one of the world's most dangerous places: Somalia.
The office of the coordinator of humanitarian affairs is asking for $74 million dollars to provide humanitarian releif to the Philippenes in the wake of Typhoon Ketsana. John Holmes, the UN's top humanitarian official, said the typhoon killed almost 300 people and badly damaged or destroyed almost 40,000 houses. 300,000 people still live in emergency evacuation centers. From the UN News Center:
The unnecessary loss of lives today in the apparent suicide bombing of the World Food Program office in Islamabad, Pakistan, is deeply saddening. The bombing, which killed five WFP employees and injured several more, is a tragic reminder of the incredible risks and sacrifices that humanitarian aid workers face every day while working in difficult and often dangerous conditions.
From the UN News Center:
Visiting Iraqi refugees living in Damascus, the capital of neighbouring Syria, Ms. Jolie said yesterday that it was clear that many people will not be returning home for some time and will need continued support.