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| Sudan Proposes That African Peacekeepers Replace UN Forces in Abyei Region Bloomberg The plan by the authorities in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, calls for the replacement of United Nations peacekeepers now in Abyei with "forces that are more efficient and of an African nature," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on state-run SUNA ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rudd defends UN seat bid Sydney Morning Herald Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has mounted a spirited defence of Australia's costly and controversial bid for a spot on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Mr Rudd launched Australia's bid for the temporary UNSC seat as prime minister in 2008. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gurirab launches 'UN Association in Namibia' - by Alvine Kapitako New Era Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Theo-Ben Gurirab echoed these words originally expressed by United Nations' Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, a couple of years ago. Gurirab was speaking at the launch of the United Nations Association in Namibia, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The UN Can't Deliver a Palestinian State Wall Street Journal The United Nations itself was only two years old and had just 56 member states; the Cold War was gathering force, and no one was exactly sure how the two pre-eminent powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, would vote. The Arab and Muslim states ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN urges global action to stem deadly toll from tobacco use Associated Press of Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, June 1 (APP): Parties to the Libyan conflict remain sharply divided on how to start peace talks, with the Government adamant on a truce, including the cessation of an international bombing campaign, and the opposition demanding that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Indian to lead UN change management team Economic Times UNITED NATIONS : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named Atul Khare of India to spearhead efforts to implement a reform agenda aimed at streamlining and improving the efficiency of the world body. Khare, currently assistant secretary-general, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN anti-smoking campaign spotlighted Xinhua UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The missions to the United Nations of Norway, Uruguay and Thailand opened a campaign on Tuesday -- World No Tobacco Day -- for support of the World Health Organization's (WHO) tobacco control effort. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN report 'backs SA's farming plan' Business Day THE government said yesterday it felt exonerated over its recapitalisation and infrastructure development programme for emerging farmers in light of a United Nations (UN) food agency report calling on nations to tackle the problem of post-harvest waste ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Carbon Market Shrank Last Year, World Bank's Steer Says Bloomberg By Mathew Carr - Wed Jun 01 09:09:28 GMT 2011 The United Nations emissions market shrank last year, even as nations began preparing for dramatic fallout from climate change, according to the World Bank's special envoy on global warming. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN rights official for international probe Express Buzz COLOMBO: Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), has said that, if necessary, an international mechanism should probe allegations of violation of international law in the final stages of the conflict between Sri ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| GA president: Council veto would block Palestinian UN bid Jerusalem Post By JORDANA HORN, JPOST CORRESPONDENT Deiss says that if US uses its veto, the General Assembly would be unable to bote on UN membership for a Palestinian state. NEW YORK – Last Friday, UN General Assembly president Joseph Deiss said that if any ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN study shows cell phone use may increase cancer risk Channel 6 News Online LYON, FRANCE (BNO NEWS) -- Cell phone use might be a possible cause of cancer, according to a recently released study conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), with the collaboration of the United Nations' (UN) World Health ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Internal UN Documents Reveal Ban Ki-Moon's Reform Efforts Not So Urgent After All Fox News By George Russell EXCLUSIVE: Less than two months after United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ordered his top lieutenants to come up with urgent proposals for a cost-cutting "agenda for change" for his bulky organization, the UN chief has ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Agency Calls for Increased Metal Recycling Recycling Today A report released by the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that less than one-third of 60 metals studied have reached a recycling rate greater than 50 percent. The UNEP report also says that 34 metals have a recycling rate of less than ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World leaders to gather at UN meeting on combating HIV/AIDS epidemic UN News Centre An unprecedented number of national leaders and other high-level figures will participate in next week's United Nations meeting on combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the UN announced today. At least 32 heads of State, heads of government or ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| India and Germany to join forces on UN reforms gulfnews.com The pacts were signed after wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that included discussions on intensifying trade and investment, nuclear energy cooperation and UN reforms. Seeking to expand their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN to give $1.8bn in 5 years Bangladesh News 24 hours Dhaka, June 1 (bdnews24.com)—The United Nations has pledged to provide Bangladesh $ 1.8 billion grant in next five years to assist its development programmes. An agreement was signed between UN Resident Coordinator Neal Walker and the finance ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| West African Cocaine 'Trade' Doubles in Five Years--UN AllAfrica.com The amount of cocaine trafficked through West Africa to Europe may have doubled since 2006 and drug cartels are cooperating with al-Qaeda in the region, an official with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said. As much as 80 metric tons of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Gallup: UN gets more approval than disapproval worldwide CNN (blog) "The leadership of the United Nations has more fans than critics worldwide, netting more approval than disapproval in 106 out of 126 countries Gallup surveyed from 2007 to 2010. A median of 44% approved of the UN, while 17% disapproved and 33% didn't ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN expert presents global standards for human rights in business world UN News Centre A United Nations human rights expert today unveiled a series of global benchmarks aimed at helping businesses and governments to act ethically and protect human rights. John Ruggie, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Business and Human ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Rwanda: Munyagishari Should Be Charged With Sexual Violence - UN Official AllAfrica.com In the wake of the arrest of two of the most wanted Genocide fugitives, the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Margot Wallstrom, has called for the UN to add sexual violence charges on the list of indictments the two ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Govt Properties Income Trust buys UN building CNBC.com Government Properties Income Trust said Tuesday that it has paid $114 million for a New York City building leased to the United Nations. The real estate investment trust said it used cash on hand and drew on a revolving credit line to buy the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Poland should hold referendum on plan for first nuclear power station – UN expert UN News Centre An independent United Nations expert on toxic wastes today urged Poland to consider holding a referendum on its proposed construction of a nuclear energy facility, which would be the first in the European country. Calin Georgescu, Special Rapporteur on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hungary facing crucial challenges on racism and intolerance, UN expert says UN News Centre A United Nations human rights expert today urged Hungary to implement the international commitments and obligations that it has made towards tackling racism, xenophobia and intolerance. Githu Muigai, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PICARDO TO ADDRESS UN COMMITTEE OF 24 Gibraltar Chronicle Opposition Leader Fabian Picardo will head for New York later this month to address the United Nations Committee of 24, he has confirmed. This continues the GSLP/Liberal policy of continuing to ask the C24 to delist Gibraltar and formally close the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| United Nations International School to Hold Graduation Ceremony 2 June 2011 MMD Newswire (press release) New York, NY (MMD Newswire) May 31, 2011 - - The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2011 of the United Nations International School (UNIS) will take place at 3 pm on Thursday, 2 June 2011, in the United Nations General Assembly Hall. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Treaty 8 First Nations chief hopes UN will intervene on Site C dam Straight.com By Matthew Burrows, May 31, 2011 A Fort Nelson-based leader with the Treaty 8 First Nations in northeastern BC says she was given 30 minutes before the United Nations to address "frustration" over the cumulative impacts of resource extraction in her ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Security Council Press Statement on United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon IEWY News The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against a UNIFIL (United Nations Interim force in Lebanon) convoy north of Sidon, Lebanon, on 27 May, which injured six United Nations peacekeepers of the Italian ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Quebec government tells man he can't get child benefits while on UN terror list The Canadian Press MONTREAL — The Quebec government has told a Montreal man that he cannot receive child-assistance benefits because his name appears on a United Nations terror watchlist. It's the latest in an ongoing saga for Abousfian Abdelrazik, who spent six years ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Portugal uses Canada's UN seat to condemn Israel, trumpet climate change Embassy Six times in a row Canada had won, securing a seat once every decade at the world's most important table, the UN Security Council. Of course, that was before Portugal swept in. The same small European nation that carried massive amounts of debt and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nationwide Campaign Brings UN Message to Main Street U.S.A. DigitalJournal.com (press release) The United Nations Foundation today announced the launch of a nationwide, Out-of-Home advertising campaign that leverages the power of digital advertising to link Americans to the fight against global problems. The message is big but clear: Americans ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| On Sri Lanka, As Pillay Supports UN Report, Ban Merely Says It's Out There Inner City Press By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, May 31 -- Even after UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Navi Pillay said in Geneva she supports that an international mechanism on Sri Lanka be established, as Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Panel of Experts ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why is the UN secretary-general trying to scupper latest flotilla plans for Gaza? Redress Information & Analysis By Stuart Littlewood Stuart Littlewood challenges UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to explain why he is trying to scupper plans for a humanitarian flotilla to the besieged Gaza Strip instead of taking effective action to protect the flotilla and compel ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| $1m sought for study of Seville water Fresno Bee By Mark Grossi / The Fresno Bee A drinking-water cleanup finally is starting in Seville, the small town north of Visalia where unsafe tap water this year attracted the attention of the United Nations. Tulare County is asking the state for $1 million to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Italy unlaces N.Korea attempt to smuggle tap shoes Reuters India By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Italy foiled an attempt by North Korea to import tap-dancing shoes in breach of a UN ban on the sale of luxury goods to Pyongyang, according to a UN report on the enforcement of sanctions against the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Karzai ultimatum alters outlook on US drawdown The Seattle Times United Nations estimates attribute the majority of civilian casualties in Afghanistan to insurgents. The UN recorded 2777 civilian deaths last year in Afghanistan, up 15 percent from 2009. Of those, 75 percent were caused by insurgents, and 16 percent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NATO extends Libyan campaign, official says CNN "We will sustain our efforts to fulfil the United Nations mandate. We will keep up the pressure to see it through." Resolution 1973 was approved by the UN Security Council in March and authorized member states "to take all necessary measures to protect ... See all stories on this topic » |
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