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Palestinian leaders to seek U.N. recognition as independent nation CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Palestinian leaders announced Sunday that they will go to the United Nations this September and ask to be recognized as an independent country, a move opposed by both Israel and the United States. ... See all stories on this topic »

Brazilian to become next chief of UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Associated Press of Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, June 27 (APP): A former Brazilian food security minister will become the first person from Latin America to head the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the U,N. agency leading international efforts in the fight against hunger. ... See all stories on this topic »

'Palestinians will officially go to UN in September' Jerusalem Post C'tee meeting, Palestinians call on all countries to support their bid for statehood based on '67 lines in the United Nations. The Palestinian Liberation Organization late Sunday decided to take their case for statehood to the United Nations in ... See all stories on this topic »

Karzai Calls On Pakistan To End Rocket Fire In Afghanistan RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty The United Nations, meanwhile, is urging the Afghan parliament to avoid steps that could deepen a political crisis there. Members of parliament are angered over a special tribunal that has ordered 62 lawmakers to give up their seats over fraud concerns ... See all stories on this topic » RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Brazil Becomes Big Drug Consumer - UN Report Bernama According to a report published this week by the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC) on cocaine trafficking, Brazil is currently the third largest intermediate for cocaine seized in Europe, just after Venezuela and Ecuador. ... See all stories on this topic »

UN warn staff against political leanings‏ Bangkok Post United Nations staff was urged to adhere to apolitical expression in the runner-up towards the Sunday election, said head of the Bangkok-based UN agencies. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Security Council to vote on Abyei force Monday AFP UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council will vote on a resolution Monday allowing a 4200-strong Ethiopian force to start peacekeeping duties in the disputed Sudanese region of Abyei, diplomats said. The force would monitor the withdrawal of north ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

States must take effective measures to prevent torture: UN chief Associated Press of Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, June 26 (APP): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday exhorted States to take effective legislative, administrative and judicial measures to prevent torture, calling the practice a brutal attempt to destroy a victim's sense of ... See all stories on this topic »

Afghan MPs appeal to UN over poll row AFP KABUL — Afghan lawmakers Sunday urged the United Nations to support their resistance to moves by a special election tribunal to throw over 60 of them out of parliament over alleged vote fraud. The members of parliament (MPs) met the United Nations ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Cabinet to discuss impact of quitting UN heritage site body Thai News Agency MCOT BANGKOK, June 27 -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday said he would discuss with the cabinet Tuesday the impact of Thailand's withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage ... See all stories on this topic »

Palestinians going ahead with UN statehood bid AFP "I say that if negotiations have failed we will go to the United Nations for membership," Abbas told a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and his Fatah party. "Until now there have been no new incentives to return to negotiations," he ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Najib Seeks UN Support For Relief Mission Flotilla To Gaza Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has sought the support of United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon for the International Freedom Flotilla II to Gaza, saying that the mission scheduled to set sail at the ... See all stories on this topic »

Annan Cites Africa as Answer to Global Food Crisis Wall Street Journal (blog) By Caroline Henshaw The number of hungry people in the world is set to top one billion again this year as rising food prices push millions more into poverty, the former secretary general of the United Nations warned Saturday. Speaking at the UN's Food ... See all stories on this topic »

Betting on the United Nations Middle East Monitor During the discussions, the Palestinian Authority's intention to admit an independent Palestinian State to the United Nations in September was also addressed. In a radio interview, Cathy Ashton said that given the political events across the region and ... See all stories on this topic »

Leaked Documents Suggest UN Backing Off Khmer Rouge Trials Scoop.co.nz Scoop Media, New Zealand: Documents leaked to Scoop suggest the United Nations-led tribunal may be backing off fully investigating crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge during the period from 1975 through to January 1979. The documents show attempts by ... See all stories on this topic »

Nigeria: UN Refugees Commissioner Hails Nation On Peace AllAfrica.com The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nigeria, Ms Gogo Hukportie, has said over 80 percent of people displaced by violence across the world were hosted by developing countries, just as she commended the Nigerian governmen for its efforts ... See all stories on this topic »

IDF prepares for possible escalation in run-up to vote on Palestinian state Ha'aretz (blog) The Israel Defense Forces is carrying out a two-day general exercise to prepare for the possibility of clashes erupting on Israel's borders, in light of the Palestinian plan to seek recognition of statehood from the United Nations in September. ... See all stories on this topic » Ha'aretz (blog)

Govt commits to 80 human rights recommendations at UN Myanmar Times By Thomas Kean MYANMAR has agreed to implement six additional recommendations made under a United Nations review of the country's human rights record, it was revealed earlier this month. Of the 190 recommendations made to Myanmar under the Universal ... See all stories on this topic »

UN to tell Cyprus leaders to 'speed up peace talks' Famagusta Gazette A United Nations official in Cyprus has been quoted as saying that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will ask the leaders of the islands two communities to start a series of intensive meetings in the hope that a solution can be reached by the middle ... See all stories on this topic » Famagusta Gazette

Keeping UN out of 'already ticklish' situation OneNewsNow A Michigan congressman has introduced a bill that aims to cut the funds given to the United Nations, if it unilaterally recognizes a Palestinian state without negotiating with Israel. In response to the Palestinian Authority's lobbying of United ... See all stories on this topic » OneNewsNow

Low-key Ban Toledo Blade The work of Ban Ki-Moon as secretary general of the United Nations has been rewarded with a unanimous vote electing him to a second five-year term. Mr. Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, has played a generally low-profile role while ... See all stories on this topic »

Haiti - Reconstruction : UN pleads the increase of direct aid to the Haitian State Haitilibre.com Channelling Assistance to Haiti Before and After the Earthquake", published Thursday, the United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti, believes that the financial flows of international aid should more transit through the Haitian State to ... See all stories on this topic » Haitilibre.com

Peacemakers in Lebanon need support on the ground Irish Times What he fails to acknowledge is that Israeli failure to co-operate with Unifil (United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon) in the early years of its deployment was a serious obstacle. Later, Israeli policies following the 1982 invasion created the ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Hearing, Testimony by Turks and Caicos Citizens on British Dictatorship ... GroundReport by AnselLoya June 25, 2011 Members of the Turks and Caicos Forum, Alpha Gibbs and Ben Roberts, called upon the United Nations Special Committee to intervene on what they call UK government and human rights abuses in Turks and Caicos. ... See all stories on this topic »

Palestinians to seek UN recognition The Province The Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee Sunday decided that Palestinians will proceed with an initiative to seek United Nations recognition of their state in September, secretary-general Yasser Abed Rabbo said on Palestine TV and on ... See all stories on this topic »

Mindanao kids face outbreak of diseases Journal Online Nearly half a million children displaced by heavy flooding in the southern Philippines could face an outbreak of diarrhea and pneumonia, the UN said. Vanessa Tobin, country representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), ... See all stories on this topic »

Main events of last week VOVNews.vn The 21 st Meeting of UNCLOS States Parties was held in New York from June 13-16 with the attendance of nearly 200 members of countries involved in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), members of countries in the United ... See all stories on this topic »

Soldier says missions lacked respect abroad Sunday Business Post One of Ireland's leading army commanders said that the United Nations lacked respect in military missions abroad. Colonel Gerald Aherne also said that the UN's ''office politics'' had negatively affected military missions. ... See all stories on this topic »

Brazil Welcomes For-Profit Schools as Aspiring Professionals Seek Skills Wall Street Journal According to a 2009 United Nations study, the country produced only 428 college graduates per 100000 inhabitants. Most of the best universities in Brazil are state-owned and charge no tuition. Other nonprofits charge steep fees but offer high quality. ... See all stories on this topic »

Hale: US Rejects Palestinian Plan to Seek UN Recognition WAFA - Palestine News Agency JERICHO, June 27, 2011 (WAFA) - US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, David Hale reiterated US rejection of the Palestinian plan t oseek United Nations recognition and full membership of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as ... See all stories on this topic »

UNDOF's Ecarma Inquirer.net With the conquest of these Heights, Israel then agreed to a ceasefire, complying with a UN resolution aimed at ending the conflict. In 1974, in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, when Syria attempted to retake the Heights, the United Nations decided to ... See all stories on this topic »

Death certificates for the missing Daily Mirror The Sri Lanka government and the United Nations have launched a pilot project in eastern Sri Lanka to issue death certificates for those missing for a long period. The ministry of National Languages and Integration together with the UNDP is currently ... See all stories on this topic »

Prosor begins work as Israel's UN envoy Jewish Tribune NEW YORK (JTA) – Ron Prosor has assumed his duties as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations. Prosor, who was Jerusalem's ambassador in London, began his UN posting last Wednesday. Prosor was appointed to the UN post in March. ... See all stories on this topic »

How Arab Media View a Declaration of Palestinian Statehood Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs In addition, President Barack Obama in his speech to the UN General Assembly in 2010 stated that Palestine should become a full member of the United Nations by the fall of 2011. Unlike the vibrant debate in Israel over the Palestinian plan to seek ... See all stories on this topic »

Get the most from The Zimbabwean The Zimbabwean The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Bin Ki moon in his speech to mark the day condemned torture and urged nations to move away from the barbaric practice by effecting laws that will protect the society at large. Said Ki moon, "Torture is a brutal ... See all stories on this topic »

UNFPA hails humanitarian workers in Tanzania IPPmedia By The guardian reporter United Nations Population (UNFPA) country representative Dr Julitta Onabanjo has commended humanitarian workers in the country for their support during emergencies. In her official statement at the start of a recent four-day ... See all stories on this topic »

Politics and Hollywood are intriguing bedfellows Mansfield News Journal 6:25 am In this image released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie presents education materials to local teacher Gul Rahman, left, and young schoolgirls in Qala Gudar village, Qarabagh District, ... See all stories on this topic »

Not easy to tackle piracy without international effort: Antony Indian Express Calling for an international effort under the United Nations to tackle piracy, Defence Minister AK Antony today said it will "not be easy" to defeat the menace without such an arrangement. "Unless there is a combined effort by United Nations, ... See all stories on this topic »

Africa: Observations And Recommendations On the International Criminal Court ... AllAfrica.com [6] Following this endorsement, the government of Kenya submitted a formal request to the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the two cases to be deferred. The Security Council held two meetings to consider this request in 2011, but did not grant ... See all stories on this topic »

Kofi Annan: Land Size of France Bought by Hedge Funds in 2009 Food Ingredients First (press release) The European Commission, together with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have today launched a new Strategic Framework of ... See all stories on this topic »

Africa: Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought AllAfrica.com According to United Nations data, about 80 percent of the continent's smallholder farmers are women. While they are responsible for the food security of millions of people, agriculture is one of the sectors hardest hit by climate change. ... See all stories on this topic »

Emerge Festival drums up excitement Greater Dandenong Weekly The Emerge Festival, presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria, commemorates United Nations World Refugee Day and celebrates Refugee Week in Victoria. One Greater Dandenong group taking part is the Burundian Drummers, who will perform at Burundian ... See all stories on this topic »

WFP faces fund shortfall for Afghans 2011-06-27 11:40 Wakht News Agency The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said on Monday that it is reducing food assistance to millions of Afghans and focusing remaining resources on helping the most vulnerable in areas with the highest levels of food insecurity due to a shortage ... See all stories on this topic »

Gaddafi vows to 'stay out of AU peace talks' Aljazeera.net "It says that will all lead to an interim government with the support of the African Union and the United Nations," he said. "Of course, all of that is a very long way off. We have to get to those talks in the first place. But ... it does appear to be ... See all stories on this topic »

Libya: Liam Fox insists it is not policy to kill Gaddafi Telegraph.co.uk The conflict in Libya, under which British forces are enforcing a United Nations mandate, was initially predicted to cost tens of millions of pounds but the cost has already exceeded £200m. Dr Fox acknowledged that it was impossible to predict when the ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

This day in history Boston Globe In 1950, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling on member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North. ► In 1957, more than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and ... See all stories on this topic »

Oman gears up for new Aids strategy Times of Oman It was in this perspective that the Sultanate's Ministry of Health, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) in Oman, and the World Bank recently held discussions as a precursor to carrying out studies on HIV/Aids in the Sultanate. ... See all stories on this topic » Times of Oman

Five Things You Need to Know Today: June 27 Patch.com The United States was undertaking the major military operation, he explained, to enforce a United Nations resolution calling for an end to hostilities, and to stem the spread of communism in Asia. Also, Route 66 was decertified on this day in 1985, ... See all stories on this topic »

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