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A beneficiary of WFP's school meals programme in Bolivia

School meals key to feeding and educating most vulnerable children – UN report

24 November 2009
Health

The introduction of free meal programmes not only ensures children are fed, but are crucial to keeping the poorest and most vulnerable in school while providing a boost to learning and health, according to a United Nations report released today.

A group of forcibly displaced people in north Yemen.

UN official calls for increased assistance to nations ravaged by conflict and disaster

28 October 2009
Humanitarian Aid

On the heels of a four-nation trip to see first-hand the damage caused by conflict and natural disasters, the top United Nations humanitarian official today appealed for international support to help these countries recover and rebuild.

Senior UN officials urge donors to fund feeding schemes for one billion hungry

16 October 2009
Economic Development

Urging world leaders to boost efforts to help the record number of hungry people around the world, top United Nations officials today underscored the need to prioritize immediate food aid for the one in six of the global population who are malnourished.

More people die from suicide annually than from violent acts – UN health official

10 September 2009
Health

Around 1 million people die of suicide every year, more than by any other type of violence, including armed conflict, an official from the United Nations health agency noted today, stressing the need for greater efforts to tackle this preventable cause of death.

Ambassador Zahir Tanin

UN General Assembly on verge of negotiating Security Council reform

13 February 2009
UN Affairs

On-going work on reshaping the size and membership of the Security Council and making the vital organ of the world body more democratic is finally heading for serious negotiations, the Ambassador to the United Nations for Afghanistan, Zahir Tanin, told the press today.

Ban declares recruitment, use of child soldiers as ‘unacceptable’

12 February 2009
Peace and Security

On the occasion of Red Hand Day which seeks to mobilize people worldwide to bring an end to the forced recruitment and use of children as soldiers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stated that the practice violates human decency and must be eradicated.