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| Iran blasts US sanctions, calls for UN backing CNN The sanctions on Iran Air are "also a deception tactic to avert the attention of the US citizens from many unfruitful and failed policies in domestic and foreign levels," Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammed Khazaei, wrote to Secretary ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Career Chilean diplomat takes up post as head of UN peacekeeping mission in ... Washington Post By AP, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A career Chilean diplomat has taken up his post as head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti. Mariano Fernandez Amunategui (Ah-mu-NA-te-gee) is the special representative of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN concerned at fate of 7000 missing Sudanese The Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations has voiced concern at the fate of 7000 Sudanese civilians last seen being forced by authorities to leave the protection of a UN compound in the tense border region between the North and South. A UN spokeswoman says the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Approves Troop Deployment in Sudan New York Times By DAN BILEFSKY The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the deployment of 4200 Ethiopian troops to Sudan's disputed Abyei region, a move diplomats said was aimed at defusing tensions in the run-up to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN says peacekeeping chief Le Roy to leave post Reuters United Nations Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Alain Le Roy of France, briefs reporters on the current situation after the earthquake in Haiti at UN headquarters in New York, January 13, 2010. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The head of UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN: Libyan Rebels Now Have Initiative Voice of America Photo: AP UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told the Security Council that Libyan rebels are gaining strength in the fighting against forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. "While we do not have a detailed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Leader Ban Ki-moon Slammed for Secretive Hiring Practices and Stonewalling Fox News By George Russell As Ban Ki-moon begins his second term as United Nations Secretary General, he has come under withering criticism from within the world organization over the way he hires and replaces top managers. In a remarkably harsh report, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ATFP Backgrounder on the Question of Palestinian UN Initiatives Huffington Post (blog) With the exception of the founding states of the United Nations, the UN Charter, Article 4, Section 2, provides that, "The admission of any... state to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN official condemns use of young child as suicide bomber Associated Press of Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, June 28 (APP): A top UN official Tuesday condemned as unconscionable the use of an unwitting child as a suicide bomber in Afghanistan and a separate attack on a hospital in the strife-torn country.The office of Radhika Coomaraswamy, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Resolution Highlights "Rights" of Homosexuals The New American It didn't make a huge news splash, but on June 17 the United Nations scored a first of sorts when its so-called "Human Rights" Council went to bat for oppressed homosexuals the world over, passing a resolution "seeking a study to document ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Landmark UN Tribunal Opens in Cambodia Voice of America A United Nations-backed court in Cambodia has started a landmark trial of four senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge, the communist extremists whose bloody 1970s revolution killed nearly a quarter of the population. While the long-awaited trial has been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Special Olympics can alter image of people with intellectual disabilities – UN UN News Centre The United Nations Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace today hailed the power of the Special Olympics to transform the public image of persons with intellectual disabilities. "Special Olympics transforms communities from closed to open ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN official calls for empowering women to fight poverty & other social ills Associated Press of Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, June 28 (APP): Empowering women and advancing their rights can lead to progress on a range of issues, including the fight against poverty, hunger and violence, the head of the UN agency tasked with promoting women's rights said Tuesday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN help needed to defeat piracy: Antony Indian Express Even as a second group of suspected Somali pirates have landed on Indian shores in Gujarat after drifting for several days in the Arabian Sea, Defence Minister AK Antony has said the intervention of the United Nations (UN) is needed to fight piracy. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN concerned at fate of 7000 missing Sudanese Forbes AP , 06.28.11, 06:30 AM EDT GENEVA -- The United Nations has voiced concern at the fate of 7000 Sudanese civilians last seen being forced by authorities to leave the protection of a UN compound in the tense border region between the North and South. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Life on UN list a 'prison without walls' Montreal Gazette Blacklisted by the UN in 2006, he has been prevented from working since his return to Canada in 2009. Abousfian Abdelrazik, aka "Djolaiba the Sudanese" on the United Nations list of al-Qaida operatives, sits in the back seat of the car on the way to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Long-term financing key focus at UN climate conference Economic Times NEW DELHI: The effort to ensure long-term financing to address climate change is expected to be a key issue at the year-end UN climate conference to be held at Durban in South Africa. At Cancun, it was agreed that a climate fund would be set up and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Without UN effort, piracy elimination difficult: India Mangalorean.com New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) With pirate attacks on merchant ships in the Indian Ocean increasing, India Monday said it would be difficult to root out the menace without the United Nations's effort. "Unless a united and a combined effort under the United ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sri Lanka calls to reform UN Sri Lanka Guardian (June 28, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa called for reforms in the United Nations alongside other international institutions. Addressing the 50th annual session of the Asian African Legal Consultative Organisation ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN food programme to cut aid to Afghanistan Monsters and Critics.com Kabul - Food assistance for millions of vulnerable Afghans is to be cut by half due to a lack of funding, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said Monday. The WFP said they would instead focus the 'remaining resources on helping the most ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| United Nations envoy in Africa calls for mobilization of youth for development UN News Centre A top-ranking United Nations official in Africa has called for a mobilization of the continent's youth for sustainable development, suggesting that the recent turmoil in North Africa may be linked to high rates of unemployment among youth, their desire ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN panel approves travel ban for Gaddafi's wife Reuters Africa By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, June 27 (Reuters) - A UN Security Council sanctions committee has banned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's wife from traveling outside Libya and ordered any of her foreign assets seized, Western diplomats said on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The UN World Drug Report: 6 takeaways The Week Magazine Marijuana is still the world's drug of choice, according to the United Nations. Photo: Floris Leeuwenberg/The Cover Story/Corbis SEE ALL 14 PHOTOS It's been 40 years since President Richard Nixon first launched America's "war on drugs," and the war ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Oman receives key UN awards Khaleej Times MUSCAT- Oman has scooped four United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA) at the UN and Africa Public Service Forum held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Winning the honours for the sultanate were the Information Technology Authority (ITA), the Ministry of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Editorial: All eyes on UN Arab News The Palestinian decision to approach the United Nations seeking formal approval for their state appears to have set cat among the pigeons. Although Israel and its powerful backers in the United States initially dismissed the Palestinian move with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Brazilian star Marta's message of women's power in World Cup Times of India NEW YORK: Brazilian football star Marta Vieira da Silva, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has said women not only play lead roles on the field but also in families, schools and the workplace. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Yemeni youth urge UN mission to report regime's crimes to ICC News Yemen The United Nations human rights mission will send arrive in Yemen on Tuesday to assess its human rights situation after hundreds of persons have died this year during clashes between Government forces and protesters, a source in the United Nations ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| On the Road to Green Energy for All istockAnalyst.com (press release) Now an ambitious global effort is being launched by the United Nations to bring electricity to everyone on the planet by 2030. 'Energy is the issue for the next decade,' said Kandeh Yumkella, director-general of the United Nations Industrial ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Nigeria tops hard drugs use in Africa' The Nation Newspaper By Dele Anofi, Abuja 11 hours 25 minutes ago Nigeria tops use of illicit drugs in Africa, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) World Report 2011 has said. The UN body said information on drug use in Africa is extremely limited, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The rising demand for overseas television: America's United Nations of cable TV Christian Science Monitor They own more than one television, one hooked up to their native nations' broadcasts and at least one set to regular cable or local networks with English language programs for the kids to watch. Fremont, a 45-minute drive southeast of San Francisco, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Plans Governors Island Show New York Times (blog) In addition to a previously announced show to take place at the United Nations this fall, the museum will host an exhibition of contemporary graphic design next summer on Governors Island. The exhibition, "Graphic Design: Now in Production," is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Conservative site sues Pentagon over climate records The Hill (blog) Republicans and conservative groups have blasted the 2009 United Nations climate negotiations as a failure and criticized President Obama and other US officials for attending the talks, arguing the trip was a waste of taxpayer money. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ritter slated for July sentencing Albany Times Union By CAROL DEMARE Staff writer Former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter of Delmar, who was convicted two months ago by a Pennsylvania jury in connection with crimes related to an Internet sex sting involving a minor, is scheduled for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US invigorates policy at Gaza's expense Asia Times Online "We don't think it's useful or helpful or productive to the people of Gaza," she told reporters in Washington, adding that, "a far better approach is to support the work that's being done through the United Nations". The UN had already declared the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Foreign Aid and the Economic Crisis OpEdNews So, without a doubt, this report "US Foreign Aid Recipients and Voting at the United Nations" Published on April 6, 2010 by Brett Schaefer and Anthony Kim, foreign aid should be offered as a caveat for voting the way the United States wishes in the UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World must unite to end modern slave trade The Province A decade since the United Nations adopted the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, there are more slaves living in the world today than at any point in history. The story of those girls in Cambodia, and the many others like ... See all stories on this topic » |
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