http://www.webremixed.info/ Aggregation of tags: international-organizations Webremixer http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200002.html The deteriorating security situation in Somalia poses a serious threat to the delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of desperate people in the Horn of Africa country, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned in his latest report to the Security Council today. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:32:46 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200002.html 2008-11-20T05:32:46Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191016.html Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his concern at new acts of piracy off the Somali coast this week amid reports of a series of attacks or attempting hijackings in recent days in a region already notorious for the practice. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:48:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191016.html 2008-11-19T21:48:21Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191011.html Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all sides to the Darfur conflict to refrain from hostilities as the United Nations tries to verify "troubling reports" of aerial bombings by Sudanese military forces and renewed fighting in recent days across the war-torn region. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:28:03 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191011.html 2008-11-19T21:28:03Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190995.html MONUC has markedly stepped up its military presence in North Kivu, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC, Alan Doss told on 19 November 2008, during the weekly press conference. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:55:40 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190995.html 2008-11-19T20:55:40Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190994.html In advance of Universal Children's Day, celebrated on 20 November each year, at the MONUC weekly press conference of 19 November 2008, Congolese children transmitted their demands to members of Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:55:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190994.html 2008-11-19T20:55:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190993.html A plan to redeploy humanitarian agencies to Dungu, in Haut-Uélé territory 800 kilometres to the north of Kisangani, is being considered to allow aid to reach 34,000 internally displaced refugees in the area. It follows a series of attacks, looting and abduction of children carried out by Ugandan fighters from the Lords Resistance Army, (LRA). Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:55:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190993.html 2008-11-19T20:55:38Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190938.html Detainees kept in police custody in Equatorial Guinea are victims of systematic torture, and prisoners suffer inhuman conditions, an independent United Nations human rights expert said in a press statement today, blaming a break down in the country's judicial system. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:35:59 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190938.html 2008-11-19T19:35:59Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190796.html Experts in vulcanology, natural resources and disaster prevention are gathering today in the Comoros for the start of a United Nations-sponsored conference examining how the Indian Ocean archipelago can better manage and promote the active volcano that dominates the main island in the chain. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:19:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190796.html 2008-11-19T16:19:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190795.html THE World Bank says it is willing to provide the Central Statistics Office with US$200 000 to assist the Government's data collection arm to come up with timely and credible figures for the prompt implementation of pertinent policies. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:17:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190795.html 2008-11-19T16:17:38Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190757.html Four delegates from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), yesterday paid a courtesy call on members of the National Assembly at the office of the speaker, Fatoumata Jahumpa-Ceesay and also on Ismaila Sambou, SoS for Local Government, Lands and Religious Affairs at his office in Banjul. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:07:04 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190757.html 2008-11-19T15:07:04Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190650.html With just one in 25 Liberians having access to a toilet, most use the nearest bush or beach, unwittingly committing what the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) calls "the riskiest sanitation practice". Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:09:33 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190650.html 2008-11-19T14:09:33Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190649.html Heavy rains have displaced thousands and damaged crops in eastern and northern Uganda, but officials are optimistic an emergency will be avoided as better weather is predicted. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:09:30 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190649.html 2008-11-19T14:09:30Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190594.html The World Bank Group President, Robert Zoellick, has described the $100 billion yearly amount spent on overseas aid as a drop in the ocean. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:35:47 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190594.html 2008-11-19T13:35:47Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190552.html Angolan minister of Agriculture, Afonso Pedro Canga, said in Gaberone, Botswana, that Angola hás been giving its greatest contribution to guarantee food security in the southern region of the continent, in the framework of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:45:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190552.html 2008-11-19T12:45:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190296.html International Trade Union Confederation, an amalgam of workers in five continents, yesterday set agenda for Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and urged him to bring to bear the value of the trade union movement in his activities and policy pronouncements. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:50:23 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190296.html 2008-11-19T10:50:23Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190282.html President, Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), Mr Ganiyu Sanni, has described Nigeria as divinely favoured with abundant deposit of crude oil and gas, which account for over 90 per cent of her total export revenue and not less than 30 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:50:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190282.html 2008-11-19T10:50:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190197.html Alan Doss, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, outlined efforts to address the crisis in North Kivu Province this afternoon, including diplomatic efforts by the new Special Envoy, the redeployment of forces to the east of the country, the request for an additional 3,000 peacekeepers and plans to create a separation zone between the belligerent parties. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:10 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190197.html 2008-11-19T10:00:10Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190196.html The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today expressed hope that the Security Council will shortly approve a request for 3,000 additional troops to buttress blue helmets already on the ground in the country's east, the scene of fierce recent conflict. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:58:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190196.html 2008-11-19T09:58:21Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190089.html The last defendant in a six-man trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Elie Ndayambaje, Tuesday strongly denied that he assisted his co-accused, former Rwandan Colonel in charge of civil defence in Butare prefecture, South Rwanda, Alphonse Nteziryayo, to train the militia and distribute weapons used during the 1994 genocide. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:41:49 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190089.html 2008-11-19T07:41:49Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190046.html THE Global Fund has approved a two-year grant of $8m (about sh13.7b) for the fight against tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:12:12 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190046.html 2008-11-19T07:12:12Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190031.html The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) recently opened a documentation centre at the Gasabo Judicial Palace, the seat for the Gasabo Tribunal of Higher Instance. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:28:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190031.html 2008-11-19T06:28:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190022.html During a press conference held at the head office of the Tunisian Central Bank, the Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr Dominique Strauss Kahn said that Tunisia will witness "a strong economic growth, in spite of the world financial crisis which will affect in different degrees all countries". He also added that Maghrebi countries which are not oil producers are capable of overcoming the consequences of this crisis, "with a minimum of damage". Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:21:20 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190022.html 2008-11-19T06:21:20Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190010.html The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, has warmly welcomed the outcomes of the meeting of G20 leaders in Washington at the weekend. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:16 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190010.html 2008-11-19T06:00:16Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190007.html The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is trying to confirm reports received from various sources that Sudanese military planes bombed an area in the war-torn region in recent days. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:52:52 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190007.html 2008-11-19T05:52:52Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190006.html Health systems on the continent are riddled with inadequate policies, strategies, lack of institutional capacity, poor scientific review mechanisms and weak funding for research in the public and private sector, said Luis Sambo, regional director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Africa. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:50:28 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190006.html 2008-11-19T05:50:28Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190001.html The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with authorities in Burundi to better protect the country's albino children in the wake of a brutal crime in which a six-year-old girl was shot and dismembered, apparently in the mistaken belief of some locals that the body parts have magical qualities. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:43:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190001.html 2008-11-19T05:43:21Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181206.html President Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday showered praises on his wife, First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma, for her sustained campaign to reduce the deaths of women due to child-bearing-related circumstances during the launch of a two-day seminar focusing on the role of traditional and religious leaders in maternal mortality reduction. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:55:14 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181206.html 2008-11-18T22:55:14Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181199.html Member of the board, council on health research for development, COHRED based in Switzerland Monday said the influence of international sources distorts national health agendas. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:55:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181199.html 2008-11-18T22:55:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181181.html The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Rule of Law, Ms. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, has commended the UN Mission in Liberia - UNMIL - Filipino military for their significant contributions to Liberia in its recovery efforts and urged them to uphold their duty to care for the Liberian people. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:19:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181181.html 2008-11-18T22:19:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181164.html Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro leaves for Ethiopia today to attend the second meeting of the Africa Commission, focusing on the creation of jobs to further economic growth in Africa. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:06:05 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181164.html 2008-11-18T22:06:05Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181143.html The International Criminal Court (ICC) today "announced its decision to reverse its earlier suspension of the trial of Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, accused of recruiting child soldiers to serve in his militia. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:54:40 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181143.html 2008-11-18T20:54:40Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181141.html The first suspect to face war crimes charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) - Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo - is now scheduled to go on trial next January. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:51:12 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181141.html 2008-11-18T20:51:12Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181088.html Dr. Gladys Ashietey, Deputy Minister of Health, has said the lack of access to medicines has contributed to millions of deaths and untold suffering in Africa. She said "The burden falls particularly on the poor, women and children. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:30:50 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181088.html 2008-11-18T18:30:50Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181031.html Anambra State government has signed a Memoranda of Understanding(MoU) with the United States Agency for International Development(USAID) and Olams Nigeria Ltd for the rehabilitation and revitalisation of the Omor Rice Mill. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:51:46 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181031.html 2008-11-18T17:51:46Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181018.html The Mozambican government signed an agreement with the African Development Bank (ADB) in Maputo on Monday under which the ADB will grant 90 million US dollars during the period 2008-2010 for poverty reduction programmes. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:35:25 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181018.html 2008-11-18T17:35:25Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181017.html President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali received on Tuesday Mr Dominique Strauss Kahn, the Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The meeting focused on the situation of the Tunisian economy and the Maghrebi economic integration. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:33:49 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181017.html 2008-11-18T17:33:49Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180937.html The World Health Organisation, WHO, has disclosed that more than 1.71 million Nigerians above 15 years in the 2000 survey are diabetic. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:56:57 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180937.html 2008-11-18T16:56:57Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180882.html The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is increasing its food distributions in the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a bid to reach almost 100,000 people uprooted by the conflict. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:00:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180882.html 2008-11-18T16:00:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180773.html The World Food Programme (WFP) said it has signed on Thursday a unique agreement with SDTV (Societe Djiboutienne De Gestion Du Terminal Varaquer) to enhance its handling of food commodities through the port of Djibouti. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:18:25 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180773.html 2008-11-18T14:18:25Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180772.html African ministers in charge of forced displacement matters in the continent on Tuesday adopted an historic draft African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:18:24 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180772.html 2008-11-18T14:18:24Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180769.html In the midst of the most serious global financial crisis in a century, a new report on monetary and financial integration in Africa will be released this week by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) jointly with the African Union. The report finds that "African countries are experiencing enormous difficulties in achieving the desired macroeconomic convergence criteria set by Regional Economic Communities (RECs)". Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:10:18 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180769.html 2008-11-18T14:10:18Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180761.html An influx of asylum-seekers fleeing violence in Somalia to the refugee camps in Dadaab in north-eastern Kenya is causing overcrowding that could lead to a humanitarian crisis, UN officials have warned. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:42:30 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180761.html 2008-11-18T13:42:30Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180757.html UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for a doubling of international troops deployed to eastern Chad. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:38:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180757.html 2008-11-18T13:38:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180619.html Human rights should not only be enshrined in every country's constitution, but they must be made real in order to safeguard the rights of citizens, said Dr Purna Sen, Head of Human Rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:57:26 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180619.html 2008-11-18T11:57:26Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180585.html Rwanda has jumped 17 places to sixth position in statistics capacity and data collection on the continent, making it the best in the East African region, according to Africa's STATS league 2007. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:50:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180585.html 2008-11-18T11:50:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180579.html The Ministry of Health is to embark on a polio immunisation programme, targeting about half a million Rwandese children, at the Rwanda-DR Congo border in order to prevent trans-border infections. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:50:13 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180579.html 2008-11-18T11:50:13Z