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1. UN Food Summit Opens in Rome November 16, 2009 UNSG Ban Ki-moon (L), Italian Senate Pres. Renato Schifani (R) at the inaugural ceremony of World Summit on Food Security, Rome, 16 Nov 2009The United Nations has opened a three-day summit on food security, vowing to take "urgent action" to eliminate global hunger affecting than one billion people worldwide.However, delegates meeting in Rome failed to pledge the $44 billion in aid sought by the the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and a final summit declaration approved Monday promises no new financial commitments. Analysts say the final declaration also omits any mention of ... (read more)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

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