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Melbourne to Host Sixty-Third United Nations DPI/NGO Conference August 2010

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Kiyo Akasaka, and Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith, have jointly announced that the sixty-third United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) Conference will be held in Melbourne, Australia, from 30 August to 1 September 2010. The United Nations DPI/NGO C...
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Human Rights Day: Friday, 10 December 2010; All States and interested organizations were invited by the General Assembly in 1950 to observe 10 December as Human rights Day ([more] More News

World Water Day: Monday, 22 March 2010; Water is the source of life and the link that binds all living beings on this planet. It is connected directly to all our United Nations goals: improv... [more] More News

Human rights situation in DPR Korea is bleak, independent UN expert says: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

No indication Myanmar will release prisoners ahead of elections - UN rights expert: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

Head of UN agriculture agency helps launch Haitis spring planting season: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

One billion could miss sanitation goal without boost to efforts, say UN agencies: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

Social media envoys to post and tweet for malaria control, UN official says: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

UN envoy welcomes peace pact between Somali Government and rebel group: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

UN human rights group looking into 200 cases of enforced disappearances: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

Cyprus: UN envoy refutes media claims of call for special summit: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

Ban mourns death of deputy head of UN peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

Nearly 8 million Afghan children to benefit in latest UN polio vaccination drive: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

Visiting Haiti, Ban pledges that world will remain at its side: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

UN-backed global conference on trade in endangered species begins: Tuesday, 16 March 2010; More News

Melbourne to Host Sixty-Third United Nations DPI/NGO Conference August 2010: Wednesday, 17 February 2010; United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Kiyo Akasaka, and Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Step... [more] More News

Join the UN's call to action against nuclear weapons: Monday, 31 August 2009; Give YOUR support to the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation campaign, by signing the We Must Disarm Declaration. This campaign is a lead up to... [more] More News

International Year of Biodiversity - 2010 Focus The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the... >> Read more...	International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures The year 2010 will be celebrated as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Culture.The goal of the International Year c... >> Read more...
Africa - 2010 Focus Africa is the only region in the world to have been singled out for priority treatment by the General Assembly. In 2010, the Unite... >> Read more...	Disarmament, Peace & Security - 2010 Focus Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons review conference. Disarmament, Peace and Security resources ... >> Read more...
End Violence Against Women - 2010 Focus The Secretary-General's campaign, "UNiTE to end violence against women" was launched in 2008 and continues to 2015. The campaign ... >> Read more...	HUMAN RIGHTS - 2009 Focus Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other related forms of intolerance: these are problems that occur on a daily basis ... >> Read more...

Global UN Conference in Malaysia The date for the next Global UN Conference in Malaysia has changed. It will now ... >> Read more...	Millenium Development Goals With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Deve... >> Read more...	Latest Press Releases and Conferences Latest UN Press Releases and transcripts of Press Conference can be found here .... >> Read more...
UN Partners on Climate Change The Climate Change Gateway provides easy access to the reports of the Intergover... >> Read more...	UN Development Programme launches a new website The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Multi Country Office based in ... >> Read more...	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) "Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers"The wor... >> Read more...
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009 Year-end Update While the Asia-Pacific region is leading the global economic recovery, with the ... >> Read more...	Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict The UN Fact-Finding Mission led by Justice Richard Goldstone has released its lo... >> Read more...	Ten stories the world should hear more about In today's densely-packed information environment, the United Nations tries to e... >> Read more...
Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Australia Report The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms... >> Read more...	UN Channel on YouTube United Nations Television has a channel on YouTube. The channel broadcasts progr... >> Read more...	News Quiz Take a minute to test your knowledge of the events, issues and people making the... >> Read more...