Asia Pacific

UN monitoring situation in south-eastern Bangladesh following recent violence

2 March 2010
The United Nations system in Bangladesh is closely monitoring the situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region, which has been the scene of recent violence between different ethnic groups, and stands ready to assist those in need, a spokesperson for the world body said today.
School children in Mongolia

Mongolia: UN airlifts emergency supplies to children amid severe winter

2 March 2010
As temperatures in western Mongolia continue to hover around -40 degrees Celsius, the United Nations is sending woolen blankets, warm footwear, hygiene kits and other emergency supplies to nearly 4,000 school-age children living in poor rural areas of the country.
Girls learn to read in Bubel village in Orissa, India

UNICEF supports children in eastern India against early marriage

1 March 2010
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is supporting a new anti-child marriage movement in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, where nearly half of all girls become child brides and one-third become teenage mothers even though the legal marriage age is 18.

UN condemns deadly attack in Afghan capital

26 February 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations mission in Afghanistan have strongly condemned today's attacks in Kabul which caused the death and injury of many Afghan and foreign residents and for which the Taliban claimed responsibility.
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UNESCO

Head of UN agency defending press freedom deplores killing of Pakistani journalist

26 February 2010
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending the freedom of the press today deplored the killing of Pakistani journalist, Ashiq Ali Mangi, who may have been targeted for his coverage of a local feud between two ethnic groups.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar: Ban disappointed by denial of Aung San Suu Kyi’s release

26 February 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced disappointment that the continued appeal against her house arrest in Myanmar by prominent pro-democracy and opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was rejected again.
Benazir Bhutto.

Independent UN probe into Bhutto killing wraps up latest visit to Pakistan

26 February 2010
The independent United Nations commission charged with examining the facts and circumstances behind the December 2007 assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto has completed its latest visit to the country, a spokesperson for the world body announced today.
Ceremony marking the resumption of primary responsibilities for police operations in Timor-Leste by the PNTL

Security Council extends UN mission in Timor-Leste for another year

26 February 2010
The Security Council today extend for another year the mandate of the United Nations mission working to promote peace, stability and development in Timor-Leste.
Karin Landgren, Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal

Nepal: UN stresses its need for impartiality in Government request for Maoist data

25 February 2010
The top United Nations envoy in Nepal today discussed with the Government its request for confidential data on Maoist army personnel, stressing the world body’s need to maintain impartiality in backing the peace process that ended more than a decade of civil war between Maoist rebels and the former monarchy.
A boy brings dead sheep to the pile of carcasses in Southgobi aimag, Mongolia.

UN cash-for-work scheme to help Mongolian herders amid livestock disaster

25 February 2010
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is developing a cash-for-work programme in Mongolia under which herders will earn income to clear and bury the carcasses of the over 2 million livestock that have perished nationwide amid a particularly harsh winter.