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2008 Nansen Refugee Award to Mine Action Programme in southern Lebanon

BEIRUT – 15 September 2008
The British head of the UN Mine Action Programme in southern Lebanon and his 990-member team of mine clearers will receive the 2008 Nansen Refugee Award for their courageous work in removing tonnes of deadly munitions that had prevented the safe return of hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Ant?nio Guterres announced that the annual prize will go to Christopher Clark, the British coordinator of the UN-funded programme and his international and Lebanese staff of nearly 1,000 civilian mine clearers.

On 20th anniversary, Ban hails Nobel prize-winning UN climate panel

UN News Center - 31 August 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today paid tribute to the accomplishments of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), co-recipient of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, as he marked its 20th anniversary.

Myanmar: UN envoy holds talks with Indonesian officials

UN News Centre - 26 August 2008
The United Nations envoy to Myanmar held talks today in Jakarta with senior Indonesian officials as part of his continuing consultations with regional leaders on the Asian country.

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE

Bangkok (United Nations Information Services)
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, is conducting his first mission to Myanmar this week.
Mr. Ojea Quintana had received an invitation to visit from the Myanamr Government. His activities are expected to include meetings with representatives of ethnic groups, political parties, religious groups, civil society and non-governmental organizations.

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE CALLING FOR OBSERVANCE OF THE OLYMPIC TRUCE

8 August 2008
The Olympic Games celebrate the human spirit. They bring together athletes from myriad backgrounds, all cultures and every nationality in a common endeavor to excel -- to run faster, reach further, and aim higher. But the true excellence of the Games rests in their ability to unite humanity around universal aspirations: equality, fair play, sportsmanship, tolerance and, above all, peace.

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