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Head Of UN-Backed Treaty Concern At Mass Elephant Killings
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:57 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 28 2012 10:10AM Voicing grave concern over reports of mass elephant killings in northern Cameroon, the head of the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species called for effective action to manage and conserve these animals ... More >>
Millions Of Children In Cities Face Poverty And Exclusion
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:55 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 28 2012 10:10AM Hundreds of millions of children in cities across the world are growing up in poverty and enduring deprivation, according to a report unveiled today by the United Nations, spotlighting social exclusion and calling for measures ... More >>
UNESCO Chief Condemns Murder Of Indian Journalist
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:50 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 28 2012 11:10AM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting and defending the freedom of the press today condemned the murder of a journalist in India and called on local authorities to undertake a thorough investigation into ... More >>
Open-Pit Coal Mine Project In Bangladesh Threatens Rights
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:47 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 28 2012 12:10PM The construction of an open-pit coal mine in Bangladesh could displace hundreds of thousands of people and jeopardize their access to basic needs, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts warned today. More >>
UN Rights Chief Urges Immediate Ceasefire In Syria
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:44 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 28 2012 12:10PM The United Nations human rights chief said today that she is “appalled” at the recent escalation of violence in Syria and called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to end the fighting and assist civilians. More >>
Singer Urges UN: Outlaw Female Genital Mutilation
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:40 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 28 2012 1:10PM The United Nations advocate and renowned singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo today urged all UN Member States to outlaw female genital mutilation (FGM), describing it as a tradition that diminishes women and seeks to destroy their ... More >>
Time For Israeli And Palestinian Leaders To Get Serious
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:38 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 28 2012 2:10PM The United Nations political chief today called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to get serious about overcoming the current impasse, noting that the talks begun last month have stalled and the situation on the ground in the ... More >>
UN Anti-Narcotics Panel Calls For Better Support For Youth
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:34 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 28 2012 2:10PM Helping marginalized communities and young people experiencing drug problems must be an international priority, the United Nations body tasked with monitoring the production and consumption of narcotics worldwide said today, urging ... More >>
UN Urges Businesses To Join Corporate Responsibility Pact
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:30 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 28 2012 7:10PM The world’s corporations are increasingly adopting a more sustainable course of doing business, a senior United Nations official said today, but voiced concern that participation was still lagging below expectations ... More >>
UN Envoy Strongly Condemns Murder Of Somali Radio Director
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:15 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 10:10AM The United Nations envoy for Somalia today strongly condemned the murder of radio director Abukar Mohamed Kadaf, who was shot dead last night in the capital, Mogadishu, and called on the authorities to bring the perpetrators ... More >>
Global Tea Prices Set To Stay Strong This Year, Says UN
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:12 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 11:10AM Global tea prices are set to stay strong through 2012, with demand driven by growth in Asia, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). More >>
UN Relief Chief ‘Deeply Disappointed’ By Inability To Visit
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:08 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 11:10AM The head of United Nations relief operations said today that she was “deeply disappointed” that she has not yet been able to visit Syria to assess the humanitarian situation and meet with some of the country’s top officials. More >>
International Criminal Court To Deliver Its First Verdict
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:07 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 12:10PM The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced today that next month it will deliver its first ever verdict, issuing a judgment in the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a Congolese man accused of participating ... More >>
UN Envoy Confident Libya Can Pursue Democracy
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:05 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 1:10PM The top United Nations envoy to Libya today expressed confidence that the North African nation will be able to overcome current difficulties and pursue the path towards the goals it committed itself to when the popular uprising ... More >>
DPR Korea: UN Nuclear Agency Calls Announcement ‘Important'
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3:02 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 1:10PM The United Nations atomic watchdog has called today’s announcement by the United States about the results of its talks with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) over the latter country’s nuclear programme ... More >>
Initiative for Female Soccer Players To Wear Headscarves
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 2:59 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 1:10PM A top United Nations official expressed support today for an initiative that would allow female soccer players to wear a headscarf, also known as a hijab, while on the field, stressing that every person should have the ... More >>
Ban Appoints Prosecutor And Judge For UN-Backed Tribunal For
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 2:54 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Norman Farrell of Canada as the prosecutor of the United Nations-backed independent tribunal set up to try those responsible for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime ... More >>
Security Council Urges Prompt Counter Piracy Actions
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 2:49 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 2:10PM The Security Council today urged countries of the region of the Gulf of Guinea to take prompt action to develop and implement to counter piracy and armed robbery at sea. More >>
Gunmen Kill Blue Helmet Serving With UN-AU Mission In Darfur
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 2:44 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 2:10PM A peacekeeper serving with the joint United Nations-African Union operation in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region has been killed after unidentified gunmen ambushed a patrol earlier today. More >>
UN Forecasts Erratic Rainy Season in Horn of Africa
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 2:42 pm | UN News
New York, Feb 29 2012 5:10PM The main rainy season in the Greater Horn of Africa is likely to receive “near normal to below normal rainfall” over much of the region between March and May, a United Nations-backed climate forecasting forum reported ... More >>
