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| UN Security Council plans sanctions on leaders of M23 rebels in eastern Congo Fox News UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council announced Friday that it intends to impose sanctions on the leaders of the M23 rebel movement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence has flared again. Guatemala U.N. Ambassador Gert ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Palestinian push for UN upgrade likely to succeed: Jeremic Chicago Tribune UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The push by the Palestinians for upgraded status at the United Nations is likely to succeed, the president of the U.N. General Assembly said on Friday, while warning the United States against cutting U.N. funding over the issue. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rwandans Welcome UN Security Council Seat AllAfrica.com Members of Parliament have welcomed Rwanda's election to one of the rotational seats on the UN Security Council (UNSC), a position they said will honourably represent the interests of Africa. "Rwanda has been accorded an important role on the UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN-AL envoy pushes temporary cease-fire in Syria Xinhua DAMASCUS, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- UN-Arab League (AL) joint special representative Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Damascus on Friday, continuing his bid to secure a cease-fire in Syria during the upcoming Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha holiday. Brahimi has been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN secretary-general urges students to look beyond US DesMoinesRegister.com Young Americans should look beyond the United States to become citizens of the world, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told 500 Drake University students Friday morning. "My message to you: See the world, serve the world, be a global citizen and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN meet: Developed countries agree to double funds for biodiversity Times of India HYDERABAD: In a major breakthrough at the United Nations conference on biological diversity, which concluded here early Saturday, the developed countries agreed to double funding by 2015 to protect the planet's animal and plant species. After marathon ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Staying Optimistic About UN Justice Huffington Post This week marks two years since United Nations (UN) troops inadvertently but recklessly introduced cholera to Haiti by leaking untreated human waste into Haiti's largest river. Since then, over 7,400 Haitians have died and more than 580,000 have been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN meeting reviews ways to save biodiversity Business Mirror The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad is discussing progress toward achieving goals laid out in the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol created in Japan two years ago. The protocol lays down steps for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN wants prostitution decriminalized to help curb spread of HIV GMA News The UN said the criminalization of sex-related jobs increases workers' susceptibility to HIV by "fuelling stigma and discrimination, limiting access to sexual health services, condoms and harm reduction services; and adversely affecting the self esteem ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kim Jong-Un Is a Dictator, According to His 'Hipster' Nephew Gawker In a recent interview with Finnish journalist (and former United Nations undersecretary general) Elisabeth Rehn, Kim Han-sol, the grandson of deceased North Korean looker-at-things Kim Jong Il, called his Uncle Kim Jong-un a "dictator." Despite the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A kinder, gentler UN Security Council? Foreign Policy (blog) Five new rotating council members elected on Wednesday by the U.N. General Assembly include four close American allies -- Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda, and South Korea -- that are expected to vote alongside Washington on most of the council's key ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| South Korea picked as HQ of UN Green Climate Fund TODAYonline SEOUL - A new United Nations fund meant to manage billions of dollars to help developing nations combat climate change will be based in South Korea, leaders of the fund agreed on Saturday. The Green Climate Fund is to be sited in Songdo, Incheon City, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Envoy Arrives in Damascus Seeking Truce Over Islamic Holiday Businessweek Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations peace envoy, arrived in Damascus a day after Syrian warplanes bombed a rebel-held northern town, killing at least 28 people. Brahimi will meet Syrian officials and opposition leaders over the next few days, his ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Congo rebels attack as UN flags sanctions Herald Sun "The security council strongly condemns the M23 and all its attacks on the civilian population, United Nations peacekeepers and humanitarian actors, as well as its abuses of human rights, including summary executions, sexual and gender based violence ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 'Palestinian push for UN upgrade likely to succeed' Jerusalem Post UNITED NATIONS - The Palestinians' push for upgraded status at the United Nations is likely to succeed, the president of the UN General Assembly said on Friday, while warning the United States against cutting UN funding over the issue. Having failed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN experts urge govts to repeal laws that criminalise adultery The Nation UNITED NATIONS - A group of United Nations experts has urged countries to eliminate laws that classify adultery as a criminal offence, noting that they give rise to punishments that range from fines to flogging and death by stoning or hanging."Adultery ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Whitefish Bay Will Join UN Anniversary Celebrations Patch.com Whitefish Bay will join the United Nations' 67th anniversary celebration next week. The Greater Milwaukee Chapter of the United Nations Association-USA is co-sponsoring the following events: Sunday, 12 p.m.: Village President Julie Siegel will welcome ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| As UNSC Adopts M23 Statement, UN Doesn't Answer if Helps Bomb National Park Inner City Press UNITED NATIONS, October 19 -- At 4 pm on Friday the UN Security Council held a short meeting with a single speaker, Council president Gert Rosenthal of Guatemala, reading out a 12 paragraph Presidential Statement on the Democratic Republic of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN envoy arrives in Syria amid calls for truce: The Guardian Focus News Damascus. Syria has handed the United Nations a list of 108 foreign citizens arrested by the Syrian authorities over their alleged involvement in terrorism, RIA Novosti reported. Syrian Permanent Ambassador to the UN Bashar Jaafari sent the list and a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Defending Drones at UN, Koh Says Transparency Is Aided by US on HRC, 2d ... Inner City Press UNITED NATIONS, October 19 -- When Harold Koh came to the UN on Friday to pitch the US' candidacy for a second term on the Human Rights Council, his opening statement did not mention an issue with which he has become associated: drones. Nor did ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Israel's Former UN Ambassador Explains Why She Could No Longer Represent ... FailedMessiah.com Look, I don't for a moment make light of the Iranian threat. I've heard their speeches, and during my tenure at the UN I was also exposed to intelligence information. There's no question that it's a very serious threat; the Americans know what we know ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN, Arab League issue joint statement calling for ceasefire in Syria Xinhua Martin Nesirky, Spokesman for UN Secretary-general, said, "The Secretaries-General of the United Nations and of the League of Arab States appeal to all warring parties in Syria to heed the call of the Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi for a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| For Syria at UN, No Bank for 7 Months, Controller Projects "Good News" Inner City Press For Syria at UN, No Bank for 7 Months, Controller Projects "Good News". By Matthew Russell Lee. UNITED NATIONS, October 19, updated -- For seven months Syria's Mission to the UN has not had a bank account in the United States. Its UN delegation ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Doha-Based UN Centre To Raise Awareness On Human Rights Bernama NEW YORK, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- The establishment of the Doha-based United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South West Asia and the Arab Region constitutes an effective tool to further cooperation in capacity building, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN-AL envoy Brahimi sets foot in Syria Xinhua UN-Arab League Special Joint Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi speaks to reporters in Damascus, Syria, Oct. 19, 2012. Brahimi set foot Friday in the Syrian capital Damascus to meet with top Syrian officials over the results of his regional tour aimed to garner ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| In Iowa, U.N. leader appeals for Syrian ceasefire Sioux City Journal "The situation in Syria poses perhaps the greatest immediate threat to our common humanity," the United Nations leader told a Drake University audience in the first Iowa visit ever by a sitting secretary-general of the world organization. "It is also ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NEWSMAKER: Kabarebe, Rwanda and Congo's killing fields Reuters He took time to speak to us," Gabriel, who was 12 when he became a fighter, said of Kabarebe, Rwanda's defence minister, who was accused by the United Nations this week of fomenting war in neighbouring Congo. "But when someone comes and makes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Rights Blamed in UN Setback Radio Free Asia Cambodia has failed in its bid to become a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council in a defeat the opposition attributed to the country's poor human rights record. In a U.N. General Assembly vote for five new rotating members of the powerful ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN, Arab League chiefs urge Eid truce in Syria AFP UNITED NATIONS — The heads of the Arab League and the United Nations issued a joint call to Syria's warring parties urging them to observe a ceasefire over the Eid al-Adha holiday on October 26 to 28. Nabil al-Arabi and Ban Ki-moon on Friday pleaded ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Media briefed on activities for 67th UN Day celebration Ghana News Agency Accra , Oct 19, GNA – Ms Ruby Sandhu-Rojo, United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Ghana on Friday lauded the country's determination and commitment towards the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| African leaders meet in Mali, plan military option The Associated Press The high-level meeting comes after the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution last week giving Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 45 days to help Mali develop a plan to recover the occupied territory. The United States, France and Britain have ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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