http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2009, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33321&Cr=financial+crisis&Cr1= Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for greater collective action as he marked International Solidarity Day during a year when the global financial and economic crisis may have pushed as many as 100 million people into poverty, and as the world faces challenges stemming from climate change to food insecurity. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33312&Cr=afghan&Cr1= Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations warned today that insecurity and corruption continue to disrupt humanitarian efforts to the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan, hindering delivery of food and other forms of aid this winter. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33286&Cr=burundi&Cr1= Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST United Nations humanitarian agencies are providing emergency supplies and other forms of assistance to Kenyan Government officials as they respond to an outbreak of cholera in the northwest of the country that has left at least 26 people dead. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33262&Cr=malaria&Cr1= Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The global drive to eradicate malaria is beginning to show dividends, with more than a third of the most affected African nations slashing the number of cases of the deadly infection by half, according to a new United Nations health agency report released today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33212&Cr=mdg&Cr1= Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST An international roster of football stars meet SL Benfica of Portugal in Lisbon next month in a United Nations ‘Match Against Poverty,' with soccer greats Ronaldo of Brazil and Zinédine Zidane of France playing on the same side for the first time in a symbolic demonstration of the urgency of working together to fight the global scourge. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33197&Cr=malaria&Cr1= Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations official leading efforts to tackle malaria is visiting Nigeria and Kenya this week, the two nations which together account for one third of the estimated 1 million deaths worldwide from the deadly disease. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33192&Cr=food+prices&Cr1= Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Global food prices are on the rise again, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, with the agency's Food Price Index registering four straight months of increases. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33189&Cr=tobacco&Cr1= Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The vast majority of the world's population is still exposed to the harmful effects of second-hand smoke, responsible for 600,000 premature deaths annually, despite the ban on smoking in public places being extended to seven more countries last year, a United Nations report warns today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33188&Cr=somalia&Cr1= Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST War-torn and drought-ravaged Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis with no funding so far raised or pledged for next year for food, water, sanitation, health and other vital needs and the potential that the situation could spill over into a major regional crisis for its neighbours, senior United Nations officials warned today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33177&Cr=tuberculosis&Cr1= Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST A change of strategy for treating patients suffering from tuberculosis has cured 36 million people worldwide and saved up to 8 million lives over the last decade and a half, according to data released today by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).