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Tribunal Sentences Former Serb Official to Prison Term
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:43 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2012 12:10PM The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today "http://www.icty.org/sid/10923" >sentenced a former municipal officer to two months in prison for refusing to testify ... More >>
Political Solution Only Way to End Syria Crisis
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2012 3:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that only a political solution will end the crisis in Syria, where the Government’s bloody crackdown against its own people continues unabated, and urged world leaders to act ... More >>
Myanmar Must Focus on Long-Standing Challenges
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:37 pm | United Nations
Myanmar Must Focus on Long-Standing Challenges to Achieve Stability – UN New York, Feb 24 2012 3:10PM Myanmar is only at the early stages of its transition and must continue to tackle long-standing challenges so that the Asian country can achieve ... More >>
Talks to Try to Resolve Western Sahara Dispute
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:36 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2012 3:10PM The next round of United Nations-backed informal talks aimed at reaching a settlement in the Western Sahara dispute will take place next month, the UN announced today. More >>
Togolese Report on Violence Against Detainees
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2012 5:10PM The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the release of an independent report in Togo that examines allegations that members of the West African country’s intelligence agency tortured individuals accused ... More >>
UN Palestinian Rights Committee Speaks Out
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:33 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2012 5:10PM A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights today voiced alarm at the recent decision of Israeli authorities to build more than 500 new homes in a settlement inside the occupied Palestinian territory. More >>
orum to Find Ways to Tackle Problem of Youth Unemployment
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:32 pm | United Nations
UN Holds Forum to Find Ways to Tackle Problem of Youth Unemployment New York, Feb 24 2012 6:10PM More >>
Zambia’s Successes Offer Example for All
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2012 6:10PM >From its commitment to democracy to its soccer victory in the recent Africa Cup of Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today lauded the Government and people of Zambia for serving as a shining example to the continent ... More >>
Haitian Premier’s Resignation Sparks Concern
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:29 pm | United Nations
Haitian Premier’s Resignation Sparks Concern From UN Official New York, Feb 24 2012 7:10PM More >>
Libya: UN Distributes Relief Supplies to Victims
Saturday, 25 February 2012, 1:28 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 24 2012 7:10PM The United Nations is providing relief supplies to residents of the desert town of Kufra in south-eastern Libya, where inter-ethnic clashes in the past two weeks have reportedly killed dozens of people. More >>
Calls for More Investment to Reduce Disaster Risks
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 10:28 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 20 2012 4:10PM Last year's devastating floods across South-East Asia were a "wake-up call" on the need for much greater investment in disaster risk reduction across the region, a United Nations forum heard today. More >>
Ethnic Groups to Show How to 'Make Your Own Peace'
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 10:27 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 20 2012 4:10PM The top United Nations official in South Sudan has urged warring ethnic communities in the country to find peaceful solutions to their disputes and to serve as an example to other groups about how to turn challenges into opportunities. More >>
Slayings of Another Two Brazilian Journalists
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 10:26 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 20 2012 4:10PM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the murders of two Brazilian journalists earlier this month and called for thorough investigations of the killings. More >>
Ban Calls for Global Economic Model
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 10:24 am | United Nations
New York, Feb 20 2012 4:10PM Calling on people to tap into the spirit of recent public protests worldwide against inequality, corruption, repression and a lack of decent jobs, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for economic development ... More >>
UN Voices Alarm At Humanitarian Situation In Sudan
Sunday, 19 February 2012, 3:16 pm | United Nations
The United Nations relief chief has expressed deep concern at the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Sudan's states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, where continued fighting is killing countless civilians and displacing hundreds of thousands of others. More >>
UN Welcomes Start Of Relocation Of Iranian Exiles
Sunday, 19 February 2012, 3:12 pm | United Nations
The United Nations has welcomed today's safe relocation of about 400 residents of the Iraqi settlement formerly known as Camp Ashraf to a new transit centre elsewhere in the country, calling it "the first step towards a better future" for ... More >>
Niger: Response To Food Crisis Must be Future Resilience
Sunday, 19 February 2012, 3:05 pm | United Nations
Two top United Nations officials visiting Niger, one of the countries hit hardest by the current food crisis across Africa's Sahel region, have called on governments and donors to respond to the crisis in ways that will build resilience among local ... More >>
Ban to Visit United Kingdom, Zambia And Angola Next Week
Saturday, 18 February 2012, 9:20 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 17 2012 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will next week start a three-nation trip that will take him to the United Kingdom, where he will attend an international conference on the situation in Somalia, before proceeding to Zambia ... More >>
Mandate of Panel on Darfur-Related Sanctions
Saturday, 18 February 2012, 9:18 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 17 2012 1:10PM The Security Council today extended for another year the mandate of the panel of experts monitoring sanctions imposed on Sudan in connection with the conflict in Darfur, voicing regret that some individuals affiliated with ... More >>
More People Flee Fighting in Mali
Saturday, 18 February 2012, 9:15 pm | United Nations
New York, Feb 17 2012 2:10PM Fighting between Government forces and ethnic Tuareg rebels in northern Mali has forced more than 44,000 people to flee the area over the past month, with the number of refugees arriving in neighbouring countries doubling ... More >>
