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China submits oceanic claims to United Nations
Fox News
BEIJING – China has provided the United Nations with detailed claims to waters in the East China Sea, apparently padding out its legal argument in an ongoing territorial dispute with Japan. The Foreign Ministry says it submitted documents Friday ...
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US refuses to sign UN Internet regulations
Fox News
UPDATE: Envoys from nearly 90 nations signed the first new U.N. telecommunications treaty since the Internet age on Friday, but the U.S. and other Western nations refused to join after claiming it endorses greater government control over cyberspace.
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As Expected, Nothing Happens At The UN (This Time, Over Internet Regulation)
TechCrunch
The world is safe from a cataclysmic world government takeover of the Internet. As we predicted earlier this month, the United States has refused to sign a United Nations' Internet Telecommunication Union (ITU) proposal to enact more regulation over ...
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US refuses to back UN treaty, saying it endorses restricting the Internet
Washington Post
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will refuse to sign a U.N. treaty under consideration at a major global telecommunications conference because of provisions that it says would give a U.N. stamp of approval to state censorship and ...
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Guinea-Bissau: Security Council seriously concerned over lack of progress on ...
UN News Centre
13 December 2012 – The United Nations Security Council has expressed "serious concern" over the lack of progress in the restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau. In addition, in a press statement issued today, the 15-member body noted that ...
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UN News Centre
Policy-makers and survivors gather at UN forum on ending violence against ...
UN News Centre
13 December 2012 – Policy-makers and survivors convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York today to build consensus and identify common strategies on ending the pandemic of violence against women and girls. The two-day forum, hosted by ...
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UN News Centre
ICC indictees remain at large and Darfur crimes continue, Security Council told
UN News Centre
13 December 2012 – Crimes are still being committed against civilians in Sudan's Darfur region, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the United Nations Security Council today, while noting a continued lack of progress ...
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UN News Centre
Stop 'vulture funds' from paralyzing debt-relief efforts, says UN independent ...
UN News Centre
13 December 2012 – As an Argentinian ship remained impounded in Africa in a debt-repayment dispute involving a creditor Argentina calls a 'vulture fund,' a United Nations independent expert called today for checks to be placed on the power of debt ...
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UN News Centre
UN launches review of Congo force with battered reputation
Yahoo! News (blog)
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it had launched a comprehensive review of its Congo peacekeeping mission, which suffered a severe blow to its image last month after it stood aside and let rebels seize control of a major ...
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About Global Warming, United Nations Doubles Down On Ignorance
Forbes
The United Nations is doubling down on ignorance and bias for its upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, investigative journalist Donna Laframboise reported in a bombshell presentation earlier this month in Munich, Germany.
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Forbes
UN environment agency welcomes renewed commitment to protecting Caspian ...
UN News Centre
13 December 2012 – The five countries bordering the Caspian Sea have reaffirmed their strong commitment to protect its marine environment, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which welcomed the move as an "important step.
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UN News Centre
Young Colombian woman named first winner of UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize on ...
UN News Centre
13 December 2012 – A 25-year-old Colombian woman has been selected as the winner of an inaugural United Nations prize recognizing contributions to social science research. According to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...
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UN News Centre
U.N. summit implodes as U.S., others spurn Internet treaty | Politics and Law ...
CNET
In a stunning repudiation of a United Nations summit, an alliance of Western democracies including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada today rejected a proposed treaty over concerns it hands repressive governments too much authority over ...
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Unexpected Controversy Erupts at UN Internet Conference
Mashable
Confusion and disarray took hold late Wednesday night at the World Conference on International Telecommunications, or WCIT, a United Nations conference in Dubai which may determine the future of the Internet. WCIT's purpose is to update the ...
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Xinhua president honored with UN environmental award
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
14 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Friday presented its first award of "Excellence and Leadership in Media and Environment" to Li Congjun, president of Xinhua News Agency. UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP ...
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AFP: US rejects UN telecom treaty over Internet rift
AFP
WASHINGTON — The United States is refusing to sign a telecom treaty at a UN gathering in Dubai because it opens the door to governmental regulation of the Internet, the US delegation chief said Thursday. "The United States today announced it cannot ...
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Fiscal cliff imperils Asian economies, UN says
CNN
The report, written by the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, suggests that downward pressure on global trade and slack demand from the U.S. will have grim results in Asia. Fiscal cliff quiz: How much will taxes go up? Fiscal ...
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US Will Not Sign UN Treaty to Control Internet
The Weekly Standard (blog)
The United States announced today that it "cannot sign" a proposed treaty that would cede some control of the Internet to the United Nations. The details of the treaty have been the subject of more than a weeklong conference in Dubai. United Nations ZP ...
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Why I made the right call
Washington Post
I'm equally proud of the many successes of my tremendous team at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations: saving countless civilians from slaughter in Libya, imposing the toughest sanctions ever on Iran and North Korea, steadfastly defending Israel's ...
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Strengthening coordination of UN humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
ICRC (press release)
United Nations, General Assembly, 67th session, Plenary, Item70(a) of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, 13 December 2012. The International Committee of the Red Cross is pleased to address this assembly on the important subject of ...
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John Bolton says UN Threats Won't Stop North Korea
Newsmax.com
John Bolton appeared to scoff Wednesday at suggestions the United Nations would pursue a harder line toward North Korea in the aftermath of its successful rocket launch that for the first time put a satellite into wobbly orbit. The launch Wednesday ...
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Official: Iran, nuclear watchdog group deal close
CNN
(CNN) -- The head of a U.N. nuclear watchdog group said Friday a deal with Iran over its nuclear program is likely in January, an agreement that will also allow inspectors to gain access to a military complex where Tehran is believed to be testing ...
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Mercury News editorial: UN Internet treaty looks like a disaster
San Jose Mercury News
A United Nations treaty on global telecommunications appears to confirm Silicon Valley's worst fears of government meddling with the Internet. China, Russia, Iran and other repressive regimes used this week's U.N. sponsored conference in Dubai as a ...
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UN Country Team, Unamid Expand Partnership of Peace Process and ...
AllAfrica.com
El Fasher — The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have pledged to combine their efforts to work together in implementing specific initiatives including: voluntary returns, human rights ...
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Obama rules out UN ambassador to be next secretary of state
EastDay.com
In this file photo released by the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama (1st L) listens as Susan Rice (C), U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting with U.N. Ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in ...
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Palestinians to decide soon which U.N. bodies to join
Al-Arabiya
Palestinians to decide soon which U.N. bodies to join. Friday, 14 December 2012. Palestinians wave flags during a rally in support of President Mahmoud Abbas' efforts to secure a diplomatic upgrade at the United Nations, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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Al-Arabiya
US Imposes New Sanctions on Iran
Voice of America
The U.N. nuclear agency wants Iran to grant inspectors access to the Parchin military installation southwest of Tehran, which the West suspects is related to possible nuclear weapons development. Iran says Parchin is a conventional military site. Print ...
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Voice of America
UN Ambassador Susan Rice: Secretary Of State Withdrawal Was Move To Avoid ...
Huffington Post
United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from the running of potential secretary of state candidates on Thursday, a development first reported by NBC News' Brian Williams. In an excerpt of an interview with Williams set to air Thursday ...
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Associations to the UN: Don't Mess With the Internet
Associations Now
The situation: At the UN's World Conference on International Telecommunications on Thursday, a provisional vote to consider greater government oversight of the internet moved forward, despite the concerns of Western nations. A nation bloc that includes ...
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Associations Now
Saudi Arabia's generosity vital in saving millions of lives, UN official says ...
UN News Centre
13 December 2012 – The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today paid tribute to the generosity of Saudi Arabia in helping the agency fight hunger and meet the food needs of millions of people. "Our partnership with the Kingdom of ...
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UN News Centre
Head of UN telecoms agency 'surprised' by US-led snub of treaty curbing ...
Newser
The head of the U.N. telecoms group pushed back against the American assertions, defending the accord as necessary to help expand online services to poorer nations and add more voices to shape the direction of modern communications technology.
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United Nations warns of moral duty to refugees
The Canberra Times
AUSTRALIA and Nauru could be in breach of their international obligations to protect refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has found. In a scathing report, the UNHCR said Australia's ''no-advantage'' policy, in which boat people ...
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US to UN: Hands Off The Internet « Digital Frontiers
Voice of America (blog)
For months, advocates for Internet free speech and open architecture have been warning of this moment: a power-grab by the United Nations that would make the Internet a little less free, and a lot less open. The cause is this week's World Conference on ...
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Voice of America (blog)
North Korean Media Say Leader Supervised Rocket Launching
New York Times
SEOUL, South Korea — The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, personally supervised the successful launching of a three-stage rocket this week, and ordered his government to launch more rockets despite criticism from the United Nations Security Council, ...
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UN to investigate killings by South Sudan security forces
Reuters UK
JUBA (Reuters) - The United Nations will investigate the deaths of at least nine civilians shot by South Sudanese security forces last weekend in the country's northwest. South Sudan's government has been struggling to reform its bloated security ...
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UN sounds alarm on unsecured uranium waste in Tajikistan
Expatica Switzerland
The former Soviet republic, where Stalin's empire once mined uranium to create its first nuclear bomb, is still stuck with about 54.8 million tonnes of unsecured waste from the now mainly abandoned mines, the United Nations Economic Commission for ...
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UN Telecom Treaty Approved Amid US Web-Censorship Concerns
Bloomberg
An agreement to update 24-year-old United Nations telecommunications rules was approved against the opposition of countries including the U.S. and the U.K., whose officials walked out on the talks on concerns about Internet regulation and censorship.
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UN bid to control the internet stalls
The Australian
A UNITED-NATIONS-led move to give itself a role in regulating the internet has stalled with the US refusing to sign onto an agreement. The US has announced it will not sign the global telecom treaty being negotiated at a UN gathering in Dubai because ...
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Chuck Hagel Would Be An Asset to Obama's National Security Team
UN Dispatch
Nevertheless, the United Nations has played an essential role throughout the world in postconflict transitions, supervising elections, providing humanitarian programs and assistance, 22 peacekeeping, and offering international legitimacy and expertise ...
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US leads Western snub of UN telecoms treaty - US News and World Report
U.S. News & World Report
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A disappointed American delegation led a Western snub of a U.N. telecommunications treaty Thursday after rivals, including Iran and China, won support for provisions interpreted as endorsing greater government ...
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Canada joins Western countries rejecting UN Internet treaty over fears of ...
National Post
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Canada is refusing to sign a United Nations telecommunications treaty over fears it would give governments control over the internet. Canada is part of a Western bloc, including the U.S., Britain, and several European ...
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National Post
Disabled advocates hope Senate will again take up UN disability treaty
NOLA.com
What blocked Senate ratification last week were concerns by some Republicans the measure might lead the United Nations to put limitations on Americans who home school their disabled children. These concerns, along with general distrust by conservatives ...
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NOLA.com
Ambassador Rice Asks Not To Be Considered For Secretary Of State : The Two ...
NPR (blog)
"I am grateful that Susan will continue to serve as our Ambassador at the United Nations and a key member of my cabinet and national security team, carrying her work forward on all of these and other issues. ... "While I deeply regret the unfair and ...
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NPR (blog)
UN's action in SL: nominations called for WG | Breaking News
Daily Mirror
The United Nations yesterday said that the UN Deputy Secretary-General sent a letter to relevant heads of UN departments, offices, funds and programmes this week, asking them to nominate representatives to participate in a working group to give careful ...
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Internet turns UN telecoms talks into reality show
Yahoo! News (blog)
But there's also criticism of the way the United Nations goes about its business, with a Wikileaks-inspired website -dubbed WCITleaks - spawned to shine a light on what it considers the conference's opaqueness. Once-confidential preparatory documents ...
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With Resolution, UN Puts Focus On Developmental Disabilities
Disability Scoop
Under the resolution, the U.N. is encouraging countries to enhance access to support services, offer educational as well as life and social skills opportunities and take steps to promote awareness. The action also urges member nations to collect ...
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Diplomacy: Portugal ends mandate at the Security Council – United Nations
Portuguese American Journal (blog)
Portugal's two-year mandate at the United Nations Security Council ends on December 31, after having won a close election against bids from Germany and Canada, in late 2010. Portugal assumed its first rotating monthly presidency of the Security Council ...
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Portuguese American Journal (blog)


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