News
7 July 2008
United Nations Department of Public Information/ NGO Section launched its own website
The Outreach Division’s NGO Relations of the Department of Public Information (DPI) of the United Nations on Thursday, 3 July, launched its own website (www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference) designed to provide useful information -- in English and French -- to the community of non-governmental organizations (NGO) and other actors of the civil society worldwide interested in participating in and/or contributing to the work of the sixty-first annual DPI/NGO Conference. The website will constantly be updated and completed as more information becomes available.
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11 December:
Deploring deadly attacks, Ban Ki-moon dispatches
top aides to Algiers
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has led a chorus of United Nations condemnation of today's terrorist attacks in Algiers that have reportedly killed dozens of people, including a number of UN staff members, and he has dispatched several top aides to the Algerian capital to investigate the bombings. >> full story
UN Staff injured, killed in Algiers bomb blast
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks which occurred earlier today in Algiers which reportedly killed at least 45 people, including a number of United Nations staff members. >> full story
22 November: The Fourth annual Documentary Film Festival in support of the United Nations Millennium Deverlopment Goals calls for entries to its film festival.
Stories from the Field, the Fourth Annual Documentary Film Festival in support of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals , will take place on Thursday, 10 April, through Saturday, 12 April 2008. The Festival will feature film screenings, panel discussions, workshops and award presentations. The selected films will be announced on 20 February 2008 and listed on the Festival >>> more
21 August: Citing Hurricane Dean, UN agency urges strengthening disaster early warning system
Early warning systems are the most efficient way to save lives in disasters such as Hurricane Dean now rampaging across Mexico and need to be further enhanced at local levels, the United Nations body seeking to mitigate their impact said today. >> more
26 July : UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon to meet with leaders of Haiti and Barbados next week
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet with Government officials, civic leaders and United Nations staff during official visits to Haiti and Barbados next week >> more
