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UNHCR staff unloading food items for people affected by flooding in northern Colombia

Colombia: UN refugee agency steps up aid to flood-affected communities

31 December 2010
The United Nations refugee agency is boosting its efforts to provide emergency assistance to thousands of Colombians affected by recent flooding that has been called the worst natural catastrophe in the country’s history by its leader.
Flood victims gather around their meal at a tent camp in Quetta, Balochistan Province, Pakistan

Millions of Pakistanis still in need of post-flood assistance, say UN officials

31 December 2010
Millions of Pakistanis are still in need of assistance as they recover from the floods that inundated large portions of the country during what was one of the most challenging years for the South Asian nation, two senior United Nations officials stated today.
Indigenous Baka children in the Republic of Congo often do not go to school because of discrimination

UNICEF hails new law on rights for indigenous children in Republic of Congo

31 December 2010
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today hailed a new law granting children in the Republic of Congo belonging to indigenous populations a legal basis to access health, education and protection.
Special Envoy Y.J. Choi (right) speaks with injured pro-Alassane Ouattara supporters in Abidjan

Any attack on new Côte d’Ivoire leader will be repulsed, top UN envoy warns

31 December 2010
The United Nations today warned Côte d’Ivoire’s outgoing president that it would “repulse and defeat” any attack by his partisans on the headquarters of his internationally recognized successor, and that he himself would be held personally accountable for human rights abuses.
Special Representative Karin Landgren

Ban appoints Karin Landgren of Sweden as new UN envoy for Burundi

31 December 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today named Karin Landgren of Sweden as his new envoy for Burundi, where she will head the scaled-down United Nations operation tasked with helping the Central African nation consolidate peace and development.
Special Representative for Sudan Haile Menkerios holds press conference in Khartoum (File Photo)

Sudan: UN envoy lauds courage of both sides ahead of independence vote in South

31 December 2010
The top United Nations official in Sudan today praised the leaders of both North and South for their close cooperation ahead of the southern region’s referendum on independence, the culminating stage of the accord that ended 20 years of civil war between the two.
UNAMID peacekeepers patrol the Kalma Camp for internally displaced people in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan

Darfur mediation team voices commitment to peace negotiations

31 December 2010
Members of the Darfur mediation team, including the United Nations, the African Union and Qatar, today stated their continued commitment to negotiations aimed at achieving peace in the strife-torn Sudanese region.
Injured civilians at a clinic

UN condemns deadly roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan

30 December 2010
The United Nations envoy in Afghanistan has strongly condemned today’s roadside bombing in the southern province of Helmand that reportedly killed 14 civilians and wounded many others, including children.
A Haitian boy suffering from acute diarrhoea is fed an intravenous rehydrating solution at St. Nicholas Hospital

UN urges massive campaign in Haiti to boost cholera prevention measures

30 December 2010
United Nations humanitarian officials are calling for “massive mobilization activities” in Haiti to promote prevention and early treatment in the cholera epidemic which has already killed more than 2,760 people and infected over 130,000 others, nearly 71,000 of whom were hospitalized.
Photo: Hysilvinia

Food security efforts in Bangladesh to receive UN support for another year

30 December 2010
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has decided to extend its country programme in Bangladesh until the end of 2011 to provide support to 2.1 million hungry, vulnerable and malnourished people in the South Asian nation.