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| Middle East In Transition UN: 50 Dead in Taiz Crackdown Voice of America The United Nations' human rights agency says it has received reports that Yemeni troops have killed more than 50 anti-government protesters in the city of Taiz since Sunday. Human rights chief Navi Pillay on Tuesday condemned the government's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World's Cities Taking Steps on Climate Change as Governments Bicker at UN Bloomberg By Alex Morales - Tue May 31 09:04:47 GMT 2011 Cities from Los Angeles to Johannesburg are changing street lights, insulating buildings and promoting cycling to slash carbon emissions as envoys at United Nations talks bicker about binding ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World must face 'inconvenient truth' of emissions rise, says UN climate chief The Guardian The UN climate chief, Christiana Figueres, says the world must face the 'inconvenient truth' of the fastest-ever emissions rises. Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP The fastest-ever rise in greenhouse gas emissions, revealed by the Guardian on Monday, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| PHL resolutions adopted at UN meet GMANews.TV At least two key resolutions of the Philippines were adopted at the 67th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Tuesday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Arabs must ensure sustainable transition to democracy: UN rights chief Associated Press of Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (APP): The top UN human rights official Monday called for ensuring that the 'promising' first steps taken by some countries in the Middle East and North Africa in response to calls for reform are followed up with measures to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| India, Germany ink 4 pacts in education and research, to push UN Security ... Economic Times NEW DELHI: India and Germany on Tuesday signed four pacts to expand their cooperation in the fields of education and research, as also high-tech areas like nuclear physics as the two countries resolved to push for reforms of the United Nations Security ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Namibia: UN Association Launched AllAfrica.com AIMING to build capacity and address issues of poverty, hunger, disease, and other challenges highlighted in the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDG) campaign, the United Nations Association in Namibia (UNA-Namibia) was launched on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN authorizes Afghan peacekeeping force Global Edmonton OTTAWA - The United Nations has authorized an international peacekeeping force to be sent to Afghanistan, but it now seems unlikely Canada will be sending the 1000-strong battalion that has been on standby for the mission for the past month. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PM: We can't stop UN recognition of Palestinian state Ynetnews Notes Israel 'willing to make progress with Palestinians, but only in a responsible manner – otherwise we'll fall off the cliff' "No one can stop the United Nations General Assembly from recognizing the Palestinian state in September," Prime Minister ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| South Africa Won't Apologize for Backing UN Security Council Libya Vote Bloomberg By Carli Lourens - Tue May 31 10:18:07 GMT 2011 South Africa won't apologize for backing the United Nations Security Council resolution that allowed the bombing of troops allied to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi by forces from the North Atlantic Treaty ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN peacekeepers in Lebanon to continue operations despite bomb attack WireUpdate By BNO News UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Monday announced that it will continue its work despite last week's attack on its peacekeepers. On Friday, a convoy of UNIFIL vehicles was attacked near ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sri Lanka video that UN expert says is genuine shows executions, abuse of corpses Washington Post By AP, GENEVA — The United Nations has released footage appearing to show graphic scenes of prisoner executions during the final days of Sri Lanka's civil war in 2009. A five-minute video authenticated by a UN expert panel shows bound and blindfolded ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nigeria: Fake Drugs Down by Five Percent -UN Report AllAfrica.com Lagos — More than five percent success has been recorded so far in the fight and clampdown against fake drugs and counterfeits according to a United Nations (UN) report. This was credited to the Director General, National Agency for Foods, Drugs, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN boosts drive vs smoking Manila Bulletin By ROY C. MABASA MANILA, Philippines — In the observance of the World No Tobacco Day today, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged people to push for progress that will cut tobacco-related deaths and enliven the battle against ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Livni: UN declaration won't create Palestinian state Jerusalem Post COM STAFF In 'Newsweek' interview, opposition leader says that the Palestinians' UN bid will create neither a state nor peace, only a declaration. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni said that the United Nations "is not going to establish a [Palestinian] ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN Warns Nigeria on Non-budgeted Economic Plans THISDAY Live By Crusoe Osagie The United Nations has warned Nigeria not to embark on grandiose economic plans that are not budgeted for, stressing that operating the nation's economy like that will take away the advantage, which the country derives from its massive ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nigeria may become 3rd most populous nation, says UN chief Vanguard The American economist famous for such books as The End of Poverty, currently serving as special adviser to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, said a three-child policy is needed to contain the population explosion. Ban visited Nigeria last ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Where Is the United Nations? New York Times Unsurprisingly, the United States has been called upon to bring both parties back to the table. At the same time, it is business as usual for the United Nations: a seemingly nonchalant and laissez-faire approach toward the peace process. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Oilsands numbers omitted from UN report 660 News The federal government admits it left some key numbers out of a United Nations report on greenhouse gas emissions. The missing numbers show oilsands pollution went up 20 per cent in 2009. The report Environment Canada sent to the UN showed a six per ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN SHOULD BE RUNNING THIS FIEFDOM Express.co.uk The call for the UN to intervene came separately from two sources yesterday. Dan Tana, an Anglo-American of Serbian birth and a former FA television rights negotiator and past chairman of both Brentford and Red Star Belgrade, spoke out and was followed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| United Nations report warns of dollar "collapse" World Socialist Web Site Food and oil prices grew significantly faster than the UN had expected in its earlier report. Over the past year, food prices have shot up by 36 percent. Gas prices have gone up 60 percent in the past 6 months alone. The report notes that rising food ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Trust territories Manila Bulletin MANILA, Philippines — When the United Nations (UN) was established on October 24, 1945, 750 million people, almost a third of the global population then, lived in non-self-governing territories. The UN Charter, specifically Chapter XI, Articles 73 and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Local airlines can grab UN aviation contract Financial Express Bangladesh Bangladeshi airlines could do business with the United Nations for carrying UN peace keepers to different destinations around the world, a senior UN official said Monday. "Last year we spent about US$ 840 million for aviation services. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PM: We can't stop Palestinian statehood declaration in UN Jerusalem Post Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday said that there is no way to stop the United Nations General Assembly from recognizing Palestinian statehood in September. In the General Assembly, he remarked, "it would be possible to get a resolution ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Chief & UNFPA Executive Director Promote Women's & Children's Health Inter Press Service (press release) UNITED NATIONS, New York, 25 May, 2011 (IPS) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and UNFPA Executive Director Dr Babatunde Osotimehin visited Nigeria last week to promote 'Every Woman, Every Child': a global health effort that Ban launched last ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Self-sufficient food policy benefits world Xinhua By John Wong BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhuanet) -- Early this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) issued a special alert warning that North China, the country's wheat basket, was suffering from a severe winter drought that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Oilsands coverup claim not credible Calgary Herald By Don Braid, Calgary Herald May 31, 2011 3:28 AM Few stories have caused as much local head-scratching as Monday's front-page screamer claiming the federal Tories intentionally left oilsands emissions out of a report to the United Nations. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Iraqi ambassador to United Nations to speak at Utah Valley on Middle East ... The Republic AP OREM, Utah — An Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations will discuss challenges facing the Middle East during a lecture series at Utah Valley University. The free lecture is set for 2:30 pm on June 1. T. Hamid Al-Bayati has been a permanent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Abbas talks security strategy with Islamic Jihad leaders Jerusalem Post The ministers voiced their backing for Abbas's plan to ask the United Nations in September to recognize a Palestinian state on the 1967 lines. In a related development, PA negotiator Nabil Sha'ath announced on Monday that Spain was planning to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN court hears temple dispute NWAOnline (subscription) By AP Thailand and Cambodia traded barbs Monday at the United Nations' highest court, accusing each other of launching illegal cross-border attacks around a historic temple in a disputed border region. Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| MidEast Daily News The Media Line Palestinian leadership will continue with plans to bring its declaration of statehood to the United Nations despite the procedural roadblock that makes success remote. On Friday, the Swiss president of the General Assembly clarified that the UN Charter ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The US could get on the right side of history in Burma Washington Post It talks about a United Nations commission of inquiry into the regime's crimes against humanity — mass rape, child labor, ethnic cleansing — but has never pushed for it, despite support for a UN inquiry (though not a tribunal) from Burma's democratic ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Food Shortage In North Korea: Church Appeals For International Assistance Voxy In March 2011, a United Nations report stated that six million people in the DPRK (North Korea), a quarter of the country's population, are in urgent need of international food aid. The Korean peninsula has suffered devastating summer floods, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Thousands flee Sudanese bombing amid food and fuel shortages Washington Post The United Nations estimates that 40000 people fled the town of Abyei, and south Sudanese officials put the total population displaced from the town and surrounding areas at more than 80000. A near-total cessation in the flow of goods from the north to ... See all stories on this topic » |
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