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1. U.N. Security Council Reacts to Afghan President's Re-election November 07, 2009 The United Nations Security Council said Friday it looks forward to working with the newly re-elected government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.In a statement issued after a briefing by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the council called on Mr. Karzai to improve security, promote good governance and fight corruption and the narcotics trade.  Mr. Ban visited Afghanistan earlier this week.Also on Friday, Mr. Ban said only 200 U.N. staff members would be temporarily relocated either within Afghanistan or abroad after last week's Taliban attack on a U.N. guest house in the capital, Kabul... (read more)

2. UN to Relocate 600 Staff After Afghan Attack November 05, 2009 The United Nations says it will temporarily relocate at least 600 of its international staff members in Afghanistan because of security concerns. An Afghan policeman stands guard as firefighters are seen in the back ground as the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, 28 Oct 2009A U.N. spokesman says the organization has decided to move about half of its 1,100 international staff in Afghanistan to more secure locations inside and outside the country. Last week, Taliban gunmen killed five foreign U.N. workers during an assault on an international guest house in Kabul. Also Thursday, NATO forc... (read more)

3. UN Approves Commission to Study Guinea Massacre October 29, 2009 U.N. Security Council (file photo)The United Nations Security Council has approved creating a commission to investigate the massacre of opposition protesters in Guinea last month by government troops.In a statement Wednesday, the Security Council strongly condemned the violence and called on Guinean authorities to charge and try the perpetrators responsible for the killings.The council also endorsed calls by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for a new transitional authority in Guinea that would ensure free and credible elections in which members of Guinea's military junta ... (read more)

4. Taliban Attack on Kabul Guesthouse Kills 5 UN Workers October 28, 2009 A United Nations spokesman in Afghanistan says militants have killed at least five U.N. workers and wounded nine others during an attack on an international guesthouse in the capital, Kabul.  Many of the victims are believed to be foreigners.Local police said at least three gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed the compound before dawn Wednesday.  They fought pitched battles with security forces before they either detonated their explosives or were shot dead.A Taliban spokesman later took credit for the attack, calling it a "first step" to disrupt next month's presidential runoff elec... (read more)

5. 12,000 UN Peacekeepers Keep the Peace in Southern Lebanon October 03, 2009 UN peacekeepers monitor the truce in southern LebanonThe United Nations has been deploying peacekeepers to trouble spots around the world for more than 60 years.The U.N. Security Council authorizes deployment of peacekeepers to countries torn by conflict to help create conditions for lasting peace. Today, more than 90,000 men and women from more than 100 countries wear the "blue helmet" of the United Nations. VOA U.N. Correspondent Margaret Besheer recently visited the U.N. mission in southern Lebanon - known as UNIFIL - to find out more about what peacekeepers do.More than 12,000 peacekeepers... (read more)

6. Desperate Somalis Take Risks to Escape War, Poverty September 26, 2009 The United Nations refugee agency says security continues to deteriorate in Somalia. At the same time, it says poverty is increasing as prolonged drought is destroying ways to make a living in the country. Instability and the devastating effects of prolonged drought are causing tens of thousands of Somalis to take to their feet in search of a safe refuge. Newly arrived Somali refugees wait to register at Hagadera camp in Dadaab (file photo)The UN refugee agency reports deadly clashes between government forces and rebel groups have forced about one-quarter of a million Somalis to flee the cap... (read more)

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