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  • June 2008

    • UN Chief Urges 50% Boost in Food Production

      Bloomberg  |  Jun 3, 08 7:23 AM CDT

      UN Chief Urges 50% Boost in Food Production

      (Newser) - UN chief Ban Ki-Moon today called for a 50% rise in world food production by 2030 to fight starvation and civil unrest as the population grows. He spoke at the World Food Security conference in Rome, where world leaders are working to address the highest commodity prices in decades. Such high prices have prompted global riots. “The threats are obvious to us all,” Ban said. More »

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      United Nations  • food prices  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Rome  • starvation  • food production  • world food summit

    • UN Head: Drop Policies That Up Food Prices

      Washington Post  |  Jun 2, 08 8:44 AM CDT

      UN Head: Drop Policies That Up Food Prices

      (Newser) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will plead with world leaders at a food summit in Rome tomorrow to suspend trade restrictions, agricultural taxes, and other price controls that have helped create the highest food prices in 30 years, reports the Washington Post . Ban will also urge the US and other countries to phase out subsidies for food-based biofuels, such as ethanol, which have added to the spike in food costs. More »

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      United Nations  • food  • food prices  • agriculture  • farmer  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Robert Zoellick

  • May 2008

    • China Says Toll May Hit 80,000

      Reuters  |  May 24, 08 2:27 PM CDT

      China Says Toll May Hit 80,000

      (Newser) - Up to 80,000 people may have been killed in Sichuan earthquake, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said today, suggesting that hopes of rescuing any of the approximately 20,000 people listed as missing are just about extinguished. The revision came as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited some of the hardest hit regions. Moon praised China’s recovery efforts, Reuters reports, drawing an unspoken contrast with neighboring Burma’s sluggish cyclone response. More »

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      China  • China earthquake  • death toll  • Ban Ki-Moon

    • Burma Agrees to Accept All Aid

      Bloomberg  |  May 23, 08 5:34 AM CDT

      Burma Agrees to Accept All Aid

      (Newser) - Burma has agreed to let international disaster relief workers into the country to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, Bloomberg reports. The junta's about-face came after  UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who flew in yesterday, met the nation's  reclusive military leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe. The UN hopes to ramp up operations in the Irrawaddy Delta, where over a million cyclone survivors are thought to be in urgent need of assistance. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • relief  • Ban Ki-Moon  • military junta  • disaster zones  • Irrawaddy Delta  • aid workers  • Than Shwe

    • Burma Relents on Foreign Docs, Aid Workers

      BBC  |  May 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT

      Burma Relents on Foreign Docs, Aid Workers

      (Newser) - Two and a half weeks after cyclone Nargis hit, Burma finally agreed today to allow foreign medics and disaster experts into the battered country, reports the BBC—but only from ASEAN member nations. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon also plans to jet to Burma on Wednesday to bring additional pressure to bear to speed relief to save thousands of children from starving to death. More »

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      United Nations  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • Ban Ki-Moon  • military junta  • World Food Program  • Irrawaddy Delta  • Yangon  • aid workers  • Than Shwe  • Save the Children  • ASEAN

    • Rain Lashes Cyclone Survivors, UN Lashes Junta

      BBC  |  May 13, 08 6:47 AM CDT

      Rain Lashes Cyclone Survivors, UN Lashes Junta

      (Newser) - Two more American relief planes were scheduled to take off for Burma today, but the nation's military junta came in for another UN pounding for refusing to allow more desperately needed supplies to cyclone-stricken regions. "We are at a critical point. Unless more aid gets into the country very quickly, we face an outbreak of infectious diseases that could dwarf today's current crisis," said Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • junta  • aid  • relief  • Ban Ki-Moon

    • Burmese Junta Still Blocking Cyclone Aid

      Washington Post  |  May 9, 08 4:52 AM CDT

      Burmese Junta Still Blocking Cyclone Aid

      (Newser) - Emergency supplies for some 1.5 million Burmese desperately in need of help are ready to be flown into the cyclone-stricken regions—but the military junta is still blocking delivery. Only two UN planes have been allowed to land in Burma. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tried unsuccessfully to telephone Burma's top general to make a personal appeal to allow more relief supplies to get through, reports the Washington Post . More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • disease  • Cyclone Nargis  • junta  • Ban Ki-Moon  • hunger  • Irrawaddy Delta  • emergency aid  • World Food Program  • Save the Children

  • April 2008

    • S. Africa Blocks Sending UN Envoy to Zimbabwe

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 30, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      S. Africa Blocks Sending UN Envoy to Zimbabwe

      (Newser) - A closed-door session of the Security Council failed to make progress on Zimbabwe after South Africa led a successful effort to block a plan to send a UN envoy to Harare. The US, Britain, and France pushed for dispatching an observer—and for a moratorium on arms sales. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, meanwhile, blasted Zimbabwe's failure to announce election results. More »

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      United Nations  • Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • South Africa  • Security Council  • Ban Ki-Moon

    • UN Ready to Tackle Hunger

      BBC  |  Apr 29, 08 10:52 AM CDT

      UN Ready to Tackle Hunger

      (Newser) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is putting together a task force to deal with an "unprecedented" world crisis that's left 100 million without enough food, the BBC reports. Ban also called on donors to follow through on pledges for the World Food Program, saying only 62% of the $755 million needed has been promised—and only $18 million delivered. More »

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      United Nations  • Ban Ki-Moon  • hunger  • World Food Programme

    • End Malaria Deaths by 2010: UN

      BBC  |  Apr 25, 08 12:43 PM CDT

      End Malaria Deaths by 2010: UN

      (Newser) - The world must take action now to end malaria deaths—currently at 1 million per year—by 2010, UN chief Ban Ki Moon said today. "We have the resources and the know-how, but we have less than 1,000 days" to meet the goal, said Ban on the first World Malaria Day. The main push will be to provide bed nets and sprays to all of Africa, BBC reports. More »

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      United Nations  • Africa  • disease  • Ban Ki-Moon  • malaria  • mosquito

    • UN Aid to Gaza Blocked by Israeli Embargo

      BBC  |  Apr 24, 08 6:19 AM CDT

      UN Aid to Gaza Blocked by Israeli Embargo

      (Newser) - The United Nations announced today that it will have to suspend its humanitarian aid program in the Gaza Strip because of the Israeli fuel blockade. The UN can't distribute food or collect sewage in the Hamas-controlled territory now that its fuel supply has run out. A Security Council meeting was held to discuss the crisis, but American, British, and French ambassadors walked out when a Libyan representative compared Gaza to a Nazi death camp. More »

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      Israel  • United Nations  • Gaza  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Gaza blockade

    • More Notables Stay Away From Beijing Olympics

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 11, 08 11:17 AM CDT

      More Notables Stay Away From Beijing Olympics

      (Newser) - The controversy around the Olympic flame continued as Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate, announced she was dropping out of the torch relay. Maathai was to carry the torch this weekend in Tanzania but pulled out in protest of China's human rights record. Maathai also told the Los Angeles Times that she supports fellow Nobelist Desmond Tutu's call for a boycott of the opening ceremony. More »

  • March 2008

    • Israel Vows to Press Offensive

      BBC  |  Mar 2, 08 6:00 AM CST

      Israel Vows to Press Offensive

      (Newser) - In the face of blistering UN condemnation, defiant Israeli officials vowed to continue the Gaza offensive as five more people were killed in an air strike on the offices of the Hamas prime minister today. "Israel has no intention of stopping the fight against the terrorist organizations even for a minute," said Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after the UN decried the "excessive" force of the offensive. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Ehud Olmert  • Gaza  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Gaza City

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Kenya Upheaval Could Reach 'Catastrophic Levels'

      Reuters  |  Jan 31, 08 11:29 AM CST

      Kenya Upheaval Could Reach 'Catastrophic Levels'

      (Newser) - Kenya's political turmoil continues to wreak havoc, and it is "threatening to escalate to catastrophic levels," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. After the killing of another member of Raila Odinga's opposition party yesterday, the country faced renewed violence, Reuters reports. The death toll has reached 850 since late December as political disputes have opened old territorial conflicts. More »

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      United Nations  • protests  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Kenyan elections  • Kofi Annan  • ethnic violence  • Kenya's economy

    • Israeli Court to Rule on Gaza Blockade

      Haaretz (Israel)  |  Jan 24, 08 7:49 AM CST

      Israeli Court to Rule on Gaza Blockade

      (Newser) - Israel's highest court will conduct an emergency hearing Sunday on suits filed by Palestinian organizations over the blockade that has cut Israeli shipments of fuel and gas to Hamas-controlled Gaza. The border to Egypt remains open, reports Haaretz , after militants in the Gaza Strip blasted open the fence and thousands streamed into Egypt to replenish supplies. The Israeli defense ministry insists that fuel shipments are unnecessary now that resources are flowing over the Egyptian border. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Ehud Olmert  • Gaza Strip  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Shimon Peres  • Tzipi Livni  • Gaza Egypt border

  • December 2007

    • Last-Minute US Compromise Saves Bali Talks

      Reuters  |  Dec 15, 07 6:00 AM CST

      Last-Minute US Compromise Saves Bali Talks

      (Newser) - The Bali climate summit averted failure at the eleventh hour today when the US capitulated under sharp criticism and agreed to further talks to forge a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol in 2009 that will include the US and developing nations. The deal came after the US dropped opposition to a proposal that wealthy nations help developing countries reduce pollution. To assuage the US, mandatory and specific carbon limits were dumped from a proposal by the European Union. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Bush administration  • climate change  • United Nations  • Al Gore  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Kyoto Protocol  • Bali

    • UN Chief Issues Urgent Plea for Warming Battle Plan

      Reuters  |  Dec 12, 07 3:55 AM CST

      UN Chief Issues Urgent Plea for Warming Battle Plan

      (Newser) - Citing a "desperate urgency," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon environmental ministers from over 120 nations to forge a new battle plan against climate change by 2009. The new treaty would attempt to improve on the Kyoto Protocol by including every country, and serve as a "roadmap to a more secure climate future," said Ban, who called such action the "moral challenge of our generation." More »

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      global warming  • United Nations  • United States  • carbon emissions  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Kyoto Protocol  • Bali

  • November 2007

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