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The American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center hopes to resolve an additional 17,000 requests in the next three years.
Each day, tracing specialists at the American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center work tirelessly to help families learn the fate of loved ones lost
Kenya: Security Council voices concern over continued post-election violence
Despite the announcement of progress in negotiations between the Government and the opposition, the Security Council today expressed its concern over the continued violence in Kenya
Timor-Leste: UN envoy decries political attacks, hails government response
A senior United Nations envoy today decried attempts on the life of the President of Timor-Leste, who was wounded yesterday in a shooting, and the Prime Minister
Kosovo: UN envoy speaks out against attacks by Serb fringe groups
While the situation on the ground in Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia on Sunday, remains calm overall, the United Nations mission there reported violent attacks
We 'cannot wait' to end violence against women
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today kicked off a multi-year global campaign bringing together the United Nations, governments and civil society to try to end violence against women
Drug-resistant tuberculosis on the rise, UN health agency says
The study, entitled "Anti-Tuberculosis Drub Resistance in the World," is the largest ever on the scale of drub resistance and is based on information collected between 2002 and 2006
Ten confirmed dead in UN helicopter crash in Nepal
The flight, which left the Maoist cantonment site at Sindhuli and was bound for the capital, Kathmandu, crashed in Ramechhap district on Monday afternoon.
Women unite to defend their rights
On 8 March, International Women's Day, women across the world will take to the streets to express their commitment to the defence of human rights, often at great risk to their safety.
Miriam Makeba visits rape survivors in Congo (DR)
Singer and activist Miriam Makeba says women survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo face a "triple tragedy" of physical, psychological and social damage, undermining the country's attempts to improve living conditions.
Philipppine Cities Show the Way to Dynamic Development
Since the World Bank introduced its Cities Development Project in the country in 1999, Philippine cities have become the hub of creative development activities
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World Bank to Help Protect Cultural Heritage in China's Gansu Province
Important cultural and natural assets, including relics documenting the spread of Buddhism along China's Silk Road, will be restored and conserved as part of a new, $38.4 million sustainable tourism project approved today by the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors
Hundreds of Tibet protesters arrested in Nepal
Over 400 people were arrested in Nepal on Monday as the authorities clamped down on peaceful demonstrations against Chinese human rights abuses in Tibet.
World must not forget Somalia, urges UN agency as humanitarian crisis worsens
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today called on Somalia's international partners to bolster their efforts to alleviate the suffering in the strife-torn East African nation
FAO expects rice production to rise by 1.8 percent in 2008
Sizable production increases are expected in all the major Asian rice producing countries, especially Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand
Secretary-General Ban hails entry into force of treaty on disability rights
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, after the required twentieth country
Final UN report before historic polls in Nepal warns of violence, intimidation
The joint report by the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR-Nepal) finds that while campaigning has been peaceful in many constituencies
Nepal election preparations 'in good order' – UN envoy
The preparations for Thursday's Constituent Assembly polls in Nepal are in good order, despite some serious acts of violence and violations of human rights
UK deportation policy questioned by court
The UK government's policy of "deportation with assurances" was called into question on Wednesday by decisions of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in two key cases
Ban Ki-moon calls on Russians to take greater UN role
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Russians to expand their country's already substantial partnership with the United Nations in tackling the range of global challenges
Poorest countries' cereal bill continues to soar, governments try to limit impact
The cereal import bill of the world's poorest countries is forecast to rise by 56 percent in 2007/2008. This comes after a significant increase of 37 percent in 2006/2007, FAO said today
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