Iraq: UN official expresses concern about status of election laws
12 October 2009 – The senior United Nations envoy in Iraq has voiced concern about the country’s election laws, saying they lack clarity just three months before parliamentary polls are slated to be held.
Ban appeals for funding to make women’s health and gender equality a reality
12 October 2009 – Fifteen years after a United Nations conference on population vowed to put gender equality and reproductive rights at the centre of development, the number of maternal deaths from childbirth – “a staggering toll of more than half a million women each year” – has not changed, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today.
UNDP launches Water Governance Programme for Arab States
Cairo, 12 October 2009 – UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States (UNDP-RBAS) and the League of Arab States marked today in Cairo the official launch of the “Water Governance Programme for Arab States (WGP-AS)”.
Yemen: UN aid chief warns of critical situation for thousands of displaced
9 October 2009 – The top United Nations humanitarian official today warned of the increasingly dire circumstances facing a growing number of people in northern Yemen forced from their homes by the ongoing conflict between the Government and the Al Houthi rebels.
UN human rights office welcomes release of Iranian detainees in Iraq
9 October 2009 – United Nations human rights officials today welcomed the Iraqi Government’s decision to release 36 members of an Iranian dissident group who had been detained since July when security personnel used force to take control of the camp where they had been staying.
Cairo, 12 October 2009 – UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States (UNDP-RBAS) and the League of Arab States marked today in Cairo the official launch of the “Water Governance Programme for Arab States (WGP-AS)”. 
9 October 2009 – The top United Nations humanitarian official today warned of the increasingly dire circumstances facing a growing number of people in northern Yemen forced from their homes by the ongoing conflict between the Government and the Al Houthi rebels.
