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Beware of Fraudsters Using United Nations Name, Emblem to Solicit Cash, Personal Information, Public Warned

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Beware of Fraudsters Using United Nations Name, Emblem to Solicit Cash, Personal Information, Public Warned

The United Nations is concerned that fraudulent correspondence using the Organization’s name and emblem is circulating worldwide via websites, e-mails, fax messages and phone calls. As the number of reported fraudulent cases increases around the world, the United Nations is warning the public about illicit schemes to solicit money and, in many cases, personal information from private individuals, using the United Nations name and emblem.

With 2015 Fast-Approaching, Senior Officials from United Nations Funds, Programmes Pledge to Push for Broad Achievement of Millennium Development Goals

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With 2015 Fast-Approaching, Senior Officials from United Nations Funds, Programmes Pledge to Push for Broad Achievement of Millennium Development Goals

Enhanced coordination was essential not only for the United Nations system to provide quality support for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals at the national level, but also to streamline relevant efforts, avoid duplication, lower transaction costs, and simplify reporting methods, senior officials from the world body’s funds and programmes stressed today, as the Economic and Social Council continued its operational activities segment.

Top Official, Briefing Security Council on West Africa, Attributes ‘Significant Progress’ amid Persistent Challenges to People’s Sacrifice, Regional Support

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Top Official, Briefing Security Council on West Africa, Attributes ‘Significant Progress’ amid Persistent Challenges to People’s Sacrifice, Regional Support

Amid daunting difficulties and persistent challenges, West Africa had made “significant progress” in crisis prevention and peacebuilding over the past six months, due to the will of its people and the cooperation of regional institutions, a top United Nations official told the Security Council today.

Less Than 2 Per cent of Promised Reconstruction Aid for Quake-Devastated Haiti Delivered, Haitian Government Envoy Tells Economic and Social Council

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Less Than 2 Per cent of Promised Reconstruction Aid for Quake-Devastated Haiti Delivered, Haitian Government Envoy Tells Economic and Social Council

Six months after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ravaged Port-au-Prince and left some 1.6 million Haitians homeless, less than 2 per cent of the $10 billion pledged to help rebuild the country had been received, according to the Haitian Government’s Special Envoy to the Secretary-General, who addressed the Economic and Social Council today in a joint event of its operational and humanitarian segments, on transitioning from relief to development in the Caribbean nation.
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