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UN food relief agency to hand out rice to displaced people in southern Philippines

19 April 2007
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced plans to provide emergency relief for more than 42,000 people displaced from their homes on the troubled island of Jolo in the southern Philippines, where there have been deadly clashes over the past week between Government forces and the Moro National Liberation Front.

UN rights expert calls on Philippines to amend or repeal anti-terrorism law

12 March 2007
While acknowledging that the Philippines needs to take effective measures to prevent and counter terrorism, an independent United Nations expert today called on the new congress to be elected this Spring to amend or repeal entirely a recently signed anti-terrorism law which could adversely affect human rights.

UN expert on of extrajudicial executions visits Philippines

12 February 2007
An independent United Nations human rights expert is on a 10-day visit to the Philippines to investigate the issue of extrajudicial executions.

Philippines: UN offers full support following deadly typhoon

1 December 2006
The United Nations today offered full support to the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Durian, in which 198 people are so far confirmed dead and 260 missing, with more than 25,000 others affected by floodwaters that have reportedly reached 10 feet in some areas.

UN food agency launches campaign to bolster peace in Philippine island of Mindanao

14 July 2006
More than 2 million deprived people on the war-ravaged southern Philippines’ island of Mindanao are benefiting from a $27-million aid operation launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week in support of Government effort to end the long-standing conflict with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

UN assessment team arrives in Philippines after last week’s deadly landslide

20 February 2006
Following the deadly landslide in the Philippines, where almost 1,400 people are still missing, the United Nations coordinating unit said today that a UN assessment team had now arrived in the country and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) had mobilized an additional $100,000 to help the victims.

Annan saddened by Philippines landslide disaster; UN sends team

17 February 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today offered his condolences to those affected by a landslide in the Philippines that may have buried up to 2000 people, and announced that a UN assessment team is being sent to the region to find out how best to alleviate the suffering.

UNESCO deplores ‘tragic frequency’ of murder of journalists in Philippines

17 March 2005
Condemning the murder of two more Philippine journalists in just over two weeks, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today deplored the “tragic frequency” with which journalists are assassinated in the southeast Asian country.
Boy with bag of food relief in ravaged town of Infanta

With diseases looming, UN launches flash appeal for Philippines flood victims

15 December 2004
With communicable diseases including malaria and diarrhoea threatening the lives of 3.6 million victims of recent storms and landslides in the Philippines, the United Nations today launched a $6.4 million flash appeal to meet the emergency needs of the most vulnerable for the next three months.
UNESCO head Koïchiro Matsuura

UNESCO voices alarm at escalating violence against journalists in Philippines

6 December 2004
Condemning the second murder of a Philippines reporter in a week - and the 11th this year - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has voiced alarm at the escalating violence against journalists in the southeast Asian country, calling it a direct attack on democracy.