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| House Foreign Affairs chairwoman defends UN bill, says she's not 'trying to ... Washington Post By AP, WASHINGTON — The Republican chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Tuesday she is "not trying to bash" the United Nations by pushing a plan to withhold or slash US funds to the world body. Speaking at a Capitol Hill news ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Q+A - The implications of the Palestinian UN drive Reuters India REUTERS - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he will push for recognition of a fully-fledged Palestinian state at the United Nations next week, defying fierce opposition from both Israel and the United States. Here are some of the reasons ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gazans have mixed feelings over Abbas U.N. bid Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Abbas's bid to seek UN recognition of a Palestinian state is not generating much enthusiasm in the isolated Gaza Strip, where internal political divisions run deep. The Islamist Hamas movement, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Accuses Yemen of Using Deadly Force in Protests New York Times By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE GENEVA — A United Nations report published Tuesday says the Yemeni government has used excessive and deadly force against peaceful demonstrators, killing hundreds and wounding thousands since the beginning of the year. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN chief conducts 1st global conversation with public in cyberspace Xinhua UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took the United Nations pulpit live to cyberspace for the first time Tuesday, answering questions submitted through Facebook, Twitter, Weibo and other social media networks on issues ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Amphetamine stimulant use rising worldwide: UN report Associated Press of Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (APP): The use of amphetamine-type stimulants such as ecstasy and meth is surging around the world, a new UN report finds, warning that the growing trade in these illegal drugs and the high profits they bring to criminals are ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medtronic Pledges Action in Advance of United Nations High Level Meeting on ... MarketWatch (press release) ... grant to the NCD Alliance, a coalition of nonprofit organizations charged with preparing data driven plans and recommendations for the United Nations High Level Meeting on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, being held Sept. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Attacks in Sudan's Darfur Region Fall 70 Percent in Three Years, UN Says Bloomberg By Salma El Wardany - Wed Sep 14 08:59:42 GMT 2011 The number of armed attacks in Sudan's western region of Darfur has declined 70 percent in the past three years, the United Nations-African Union joint special representative, Ibrahim Gambari, said. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Shalit takes case to free his son Gilad to the UN Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Dan Klein · September 13, 2011 NEW YORK (JTA) – Noam Shalit, the father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, wants his son's plight to be part of the discussion of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations in September. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Efforts of UN-led global anti-malaria partnership save a million lives in a ... Associated Press of Pakistan UNITED NATIONS Sept 14 (APP): Global malaria deaths have dropped by about 38 per cent over the past decade, saving the lives of more than one million people, mostly children, through the efforts of a UN-led global partnership, according to a new UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Global investment in clean energy hits $243 bn: UN Economic Times UNITED NATIONS: Global investment in clean energy rose to a record $243 billion dollars last year with the vast majority concentrated in the world's top 20 economies, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Many countries are struggling with the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Nigeria Pursues al-Qaida Affiliated Terrorists Behind UN Bombing Voice of America September 13, 2011 Nigeria Pursues al-Qaida Affiliated Terrorists Behind UN Bombing Scott Stearns | Abuja, Nigeria Nigerian security services are hunting for those behind last month's bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Abuja that killed 23 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| U.N. calls on Yemen to halt attacks on civilians Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations called on Yemen's government on Tuesday to halt deadly attacks on peaceful demonstrators, warning that civil war could erupt in one of the poorest Arab countries. unrest this year in Yemen, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| More than 100000 displaced in Sudan's Blue Nile – UN Channel 6 News Online UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- More than 100000 people are estimated to have been displaced as fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and rebels in the country's Blue Nile state continues, the United Nations (UN) reported on Tuesday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jewish-Evangelical Alliance Fraying As UN Session Opens The Jewish Week The controversial Jewish-Evangelical Christian alliance became frayed this week on the eve of the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, with mainstream Jewish groups refusing to participate in a rally against UN Israel-bashing for fear it ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hikers may take a hike...Libya's UN seat...Presidential job action 9&10 News UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The new president of the UN General Assembly says Libya's revolutionary leaders want to be represented at the United Nations. Libya's UN seat is still held by Moammar Gadhafi's government, which has been effectively ousted from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nations call on UN to discuss cyber security China Daily By Wu Jiao and Zhao Shengnan (China Daily) BEIJING - China, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on Monday submitted a draft code of conduct for information security, the first of its kind in the field, for discussion during the upcoming United Nations ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN honours Tagore, Neruda, Cesaire Economic Times UNITED NATIONS: The top UN cultural body Unesco on Tuesday launched a programme honouring India's Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and two other humanist poets, Pablo Neruda and Aime Cesaire. Each of the three poets, in his own way, carried high the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Ocean County Tea Party hosts forum on U.N. plan Asbury Park Press Stafford, 09/13/11 ----- John F. McManus, President of the John Birch Society, talks about United Nations Agenda 21 during Ocean County Tea Party meeting at the Stafford Community Center. Robert Ward / Staff Photographer / ROBERT WARD/ STAFF ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hillary Clinton: 'Road to Palestine not through UN' TelegraphTV US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the path to creating an independent Palestinian state beside Israel runs through direct talks between Jerusalem and Ramallah, not through the United Nations. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Vandewalle advises UN on Libya The Dartmouth By Angie Yang, The Dartmouth Staff This past summer, government professor Dirk Vandewalle served as a key advisor to the United Nations, using his political expertise to help determine the United Nations' course of action in dealing with post-conflict ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Prosecutor Urges Probe of Fugitives' Delayed Capture Voice of America (blog) The chief United Nations war crimes prosecutor has urged Serbian officials to investigate how two war crimes suspects managed to remain on the run for so long. In a meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadic Tuesday, Serge Brammertz praised Belgrade ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 14/09/2011Italy warns against Palestinian UN bid Expatica Germany The Palestinian Authority should give up its push for statehood at the United Nations, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini urged Wednesday, saying such a bid could be "divisive." In an interview with German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN Expert Lists Armed Groups That Recruit Children Fox News AP GENEVA -- A United Nations human rights expert has released a list of armed groups and governments she says recruit children or target them during conflict. The list in a report by UN Special Representative for children and armed conflict Radhika ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Millennium Development Goal: Harnessing the Power of Religion for Good Huffington Post (blog) The eighth United Nations Millennium Development Goal calls for the development of a global partnership for development. It includes targets focused on fair trade, debt relief to developing countries, the role of pharmaceuticals and a global ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Peres mum over possible trip to UN General Assembly Jerusalem Post President Shimon Peres is tight-lipped as to whether or not he will be representing Israel at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week. Peres, who hosted a changing of the guard reception for a delegation of Hadassah, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ayalon airs 'hasbara' YouTube video on peace process Jerusalem Post The hasbara [public diplomacy] video was released to coincide with the date the Oslo accords were signed 18 years ago and on the background of the upcoming United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood, according to a press release from Ayalon's bureau. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Gaps between boys and girls in developing world widen as they get older: UN Associated Press of Pakistan UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (APP): A new report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) highlights significant gaps in areas such as education and health, mostly favouring males, as boys and girls in developing countries grow older. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| French FM Fails to Persuade China on Syria Voice of America (blog) French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe says he has not convinced China to support a tougher United Nations resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Juppe met Tuesday in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and Premier ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 366 million worldwide have diabetes Boston Globe The federation called for concrete measures to stop the epidemic, urging officials focusing on chronic diseases at a United Nations meeting next week to commit to specific targets to prevent cases and to invest in more research. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Arab League Calls for "Immediate Change" in Syria Voice of America (blog) Both Russia and China oppose a draft UN Security Council resolution backed by European nations and the US that would impose an arms embargo and other sanctions on Syria. The United Nations estimates that 2600 people have been killed in Syria's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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