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| UN says Carib, Latin America not on target to meet MDGs Jamaica Observer MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CMC) — The Caribbean and Latin America are not on track to meet globally agreed targets for slashing poverty, as about one in four people in the region make just over one US dollar a day, a United Nations report has found. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Baird to announce boycott of UN conference over North Korea appointment National Post John Baird denounced North Korea's appointment to chair of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament last week, and now a government official says "Our government feels this undermines not only the Conference on Disarmament, but the UN itself. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN Asks Senegal to Reconsider Repatriating Former Chadian Leader Habre Voice of America July 10, 2011 UN Asks Senegal to Reconsider Repatriating Former Chadian Leader Habre Scott Stearns | Lagos The United Nations is asking Senegal to reconsider its decision to send home former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, who has already been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN expresses condolences to DR Congo over Kisangani plane crash People's Daily Online The United Nations Mission for Stabilization of Congo (MONUSCO) on Sunday expressed condolences to the government and people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) over a plane crash that killed more than 70 people. "The UN also expresses its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Will UN Be A Fairy Godmother For The Birth Of South Sudan? Scoop.co.nz In Darfur, there is a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping mission (UNAMID), but there is no peace to keep. Although the peacekeeping force has a mission to protect populations, it is unable to do so. As Mohammed Otham noted in his UN report ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Salehi calls on UN to establish committee on abducted Iranian diplomats Tehran Times TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has called on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to take measures necessary to establish a UN special committee to determine the fate of four Iranian nationals who were kidnapped in Lebanon ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gay People Affirmed to be Human by United Nations Huffington Post You did not hear or read much about it, but the arc of justice stretched far and wide on June 17, 2011, when the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution affirming that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons are entitled to the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A new state of affairs as UN nears a vote on Palestine The National The UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, who attended the Juba jamboree, wrote in The New York Times that the UN has a duty to its newest member: "Our purpose is to do more than celebrate this milestone. It is to stand by the people of South Sudan as they ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN warns Australia over asylum seekers Australia Network News [AAP] The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has warned the Australian Government may be breaching international law by refusing to process asylum seekers currently detained on Christmas Island. The government says it won't process the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN envoy talks to Libya about transition Reuters Africa UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (Reuters) - The UN's special envoy for Libya has held talks with Libya's prime minister and foreign minister, and raised ideas about managing a transition in the country, a statement from UN chief Ban Ki-moon's office said on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN Habitat-Philippines pilots elementary school as safe relocation area Philippine Information Agency by Irma A. Guhit SORSOGON CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- The Sorsogon Pilot Elementary School (SPES) here has been piloted by the United Nations Habitat Philippines (UNHP) as a school mitigating , adapting risk and threat (SMART) school. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Manila taking sea dispute to UN RTHK The Philippines says it plans to take its dispute with China over the Spratly Islands to a United Nations tribunal. The country's Foreign Secretary, Albert del Rosario, says his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, did not respond when he told him in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| United Nations: Clean Energy Investment Up Globally to $211 Billion Treehugger by Daniel Kessler, Oakland, CA on 07.10.11 An astonishing US$211 billion was invested into renewable energy last year, up a third from 2009, according to a new United Nations report, Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2011. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AU, UN Officialls Discuss Humanitarian Operations In Africa Bernama ADDIS ABABA, July 11 (BERNAMA-NNN-ENA) -- The Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission, Jean Ping, has held discussions here with the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, who is also the UN Emergency ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| [News Briefing] S.Korea needs 'bolder approach' to N. Korea: UN chief í•œê²¨ë ˆ UN Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon called for the South Korean government Saturday to take a "bolder approach" to North Korea in order to help ease cross-border tensions and move their relations forward. "I think it is desirable for South Korea to take ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Press Conference on Launch of United Nations Rule of Law Indicators Media Newswire (press release) (Media-Newswire.com) - Answering the international community's call to strengthen and build the rule of law in countries in transition or emerging from conflict, senior United Nations officials today at Headquarters launched a special instrument ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN: 'Going green' will cost more green OneNewsNow A new report from the United Nations more than triples the cost of "going green." But according to one expert, that is only half the story. The United Nations now puts the cost of going green at $1.9 trillion per year over 40 years. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Belarus elected Vice-Chair of UN/CEFACT National Legal Internet Portal MINSK, 11 July (BelTA) – Viktor Dravitsa of Belarus was elected Vice Chairman of the Bureau of the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) at the 17th session of the center in Geneva on 8 July. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| AfriForum reports govt to UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Politicsweb AfriForum has sent an urgent request to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, in which she is asked to demand of the South African government that the government protect the Public Protector, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New synthetic drugs use on the rise - UN East African The United Nations World Drug Report 2011 said illicit cultivation of opium poppy and coca bush remained limited to a few countries, although there was a sharp decline in opium production and a modest reduction in coca cultivation. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Perry Updates: UN Calls Texas Gov. an 'Outlaw' Dallas Blog (blog) Apparently, he's utilizing his new powers with the United Nations Human Rights Commission to declare Texas Gov. Rick Perry of Texas an international human rights criminal. According to the BBC News,, " Texas execution 'violated international law,' UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Climate change is cause of Ethiopian drought Telegraph.co.uk The United Nations (UN) humanitarian relief coordinator, Valerie Amos says that the world "must take the impact of climate change more seriously". During a tour of the Somali Regional State, Valerie Amos said: "Everything I've heard has said that we ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Komnas HAM to brief UN rep on Prita Jakarta Post The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it will bring the libel case implicating Prita Mulyasari to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Frank LA Rue during his visit to Jakarta this week. "We will bring Prita's case to the UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A deeper level of understanding Myanmar Times Pics: Thomas Kean, Supplied SOON after Mr Bishow Parajuli arrived in Myanmar in May 2008 to take up the position of UN resident and humanitarian coordinator, he told The Myanmar Times he hoped to "help deepen relations between the United Nations and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Preference for Baby Boys Declining in Korea Arirang News The United Nations designated this day as a moment to look back on the urgent issues regarding the world population. Right.. well that makes me wonder about the population issues here in Korea and our surrounding nations. Well, to fill us in. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| European Lawmakers Support UN Recognition of Palestinian State WAFA - Palestine News Agency RAMALLAH, July 11, 2011 (WAFA) – A delegation of left-wing members of the European parliament Monday announced its full support of the Palestinian bid to seek United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Legally binding controls needed for private security contractors, say UN experts Spero News A group of independent United Nations experts today called for the adoption of binding international regulations to control the activities of private security companies. By UN News A group of independent United Nations experts today called for the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Former students to grace key UDSM anniversary The Citizen Daily The University of Dar es Salaam, Faculty of Law, has invited former graduates of the faculty including a former senior lecturer at the faculty, now the deputy secretary general of the United Nations, Dr Asha Rose Migiro, to commemorate 50 years of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ban: SDF helicopters wanted in S. Sudan The Daily Yomiuri In an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun conducted Friday aboard an aircraft carrying him to South Sudan's independence ceremony, Ban said the United Nations hopes SDF helicopters will be available to transfer peacekeeping operations personnel. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN:Brazil lagging behind literacy goals eTaiwan News AP Brazil's 2010 Census shows literacy among youth and adults is still lagging behind United Nations goals in spite of recent improvements. Recently released census figures show there are 13.9 million people 15 or older who can't read in Brazil. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The ICC and another African prosecution Ahram Online The end of this treaty was to be achieved, according to the preamble of the Rome Statute, with full respect for the Charter of the United Nations. Especially important was, according to the preamble, "that all States shall refrain from the threat or ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Special Representative Urges Security Council to Remain Vigilant for Potential ... Media Newswire (press release) (Media-Newswire.com) - While commending the institutional and governance improvements that had helped resolve both long-brewing and unexpected political crises in West Africa over the past year, the top United Nations envoy in the subregion today urged ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Namibia: State On Top of Human Rights Reporting AllAfrica.com DEPUTY Minister of Justice Tommy Nambahu said the delay in submitting the latest periodic reports on the realisation and protection of human rights to the United Nations Rights Council was not due to a lack of competent staff. Responding to a question ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| If I was president . . . things would certainly change Cherry Hill Courier Post The United States would withdrawal from the United Nations -- it's a waste of funds and manpower. All wars would immediately. Future wars should remain under military control, not under politicians. The cost of wars should be recovered from the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AP News in Brief at 5:58 am EDT CNBC.com Modest goals have been set by the US, the United Nations, Russia and the European Union. Foremost is getting Israeli and Palestinian negotiators back to the table for direct talks after nine months of inaction. Even that seems an unlikely outcome from ... See all stories on this topic » |
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