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Security Council Calls on Darfur Combatants to Make Peace
Friday, 24 June 2011, 1:21 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today called upon all parties to the long-running conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan to reach an agreement based on the Doha Document for Peace presented to the Council yesterday. More >>
Bahrain: Concern at Lengthy Jail Terms for Activists
Friday, 24 June 2011, 1:09 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against the lengthy jail sentences given to 21 political activists, human rights defenders and opposition leaders in Bahrain earlier this week. Mr. Ban voiced deep concern about what he called “the ... More >>
Global Demand Increasing For Synthetic Drugs
Friday, 24 June 2011, 12:58 pm | United Nations
While global markets for cocaine, heroin and cannabis declined or remained stable, the production and abuse of prescription opioid drugs and new synthetic drugs rose, the United Nations annual drug report said today. More >>
UN Calls For Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Friday, 24 June 2011, 12:54 pm | United Nations
The United Nations political chief called today for the urgent resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, stressing the need for leaders on both sides to rise to the challenge of reaching an agreement that is in the interest of their respective peoples. More >>
UN Calls For Immediate Lifting Of Israeli Blockade of Gaza
Friday, 24 June 2011, 12:41 pm | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert on the occupied Palestinian territories today called on Israel to lift its Gaza blockade “entirely and immediately.” Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, commenting ... More >>
Sudan: UN Mission Urges Immediate Release Of Arrested Staff
Friday, 24 June 2011, 12:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has strongly condemned the arrest yesterday by the Sudanese Government of six of its national staff as they were preparing to relocate from Southern Kordofan and urged that they be released immediately. More >>
Treatment of Civilians in Southern Kordofan "Reprehensible”
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:55 pm | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian chief says the way civilians are being treated in the Sudanese state of Southern Kordofan is “reprehensible” and called for unfettered access to the tens of thousands displaced by the recent fighting between northern ... More >>
Demobilized Chadian Child Soldiers Will Need Re-Integration
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:53 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations official concerned with children in armed conflict said Chad would need assistance in re-integrating into society the child soldiers that are being demobilized under an agreement signed with the UN last week. More >>
Qatari Diplomat Elected President of Next General Assembly
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:47 pm | United Nations
An experienced Qatari diplomat who has served as his country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations for more than a decade was today chosen by the world body’s 192 Member States to be the next President of the General Assembly. More >>
UN Welcomes Israel’s Approval of Gaza Construction Projects
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:45 pm | United Nations
A top United Nations envoy in the Middle East has welcomed Israel’s decision to allow UN-backed construction projects in the Gaza Strip. Robert Serry, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, welcomed what he called a “significant ... More >>
Steps by Iraq to Fulfil Post-Invasion Pledges to Kuwait
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:43 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has encouraged the Iraqi Government to act quickly to fulfil its obligations to find Kuwaiti or third country nationals, property and archives lost in Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait more than 20 years ago. More >>
Support for Agriculture Will Consolidate Peace in Burundi
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:41 pm | United Nations
With a population expected to grow by more than half within a generation, Burundi needs to expand its agriculture’s economic potential, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, calling for continued support from the ... More >>
Social Investments Deserve Priority in Economic Recovery
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:39 pm | United Nations
A new United Nations report finds that many governments did not pay enough attention to the social implications of the recent global financial crisis and urges that social investments be given priority in recovery programmes. More >>
Logging, Drug Threats Put Rainforests on UN Heritage List
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:36 pm | United Nations
Illegal logging, poaching, and other intrusions have led rainforests in Honduras and Indonesia to be placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported today More >>
Japanese Accident Offers Lessons for World on Nuclear Safety
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:34 pm | United Nations
The accident at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power station after the earthquake and tsunami in March offers lessons for the whole world on how to improve nuclear safety, according to the United Nations fact-finding mission that carried out a recent assessment. More >>
Morocco’s Constitutional Reform Plan Welcomed
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:12 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the constitutional reform proposals which the Moroccan Government will put to the country’s people at a referendum in July. More >>
States Urged to Always Seek Peaceful Conflict Resolution
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:09 pm | United Nations
The General Assembly today exhorted Member States to strictly adhere to their obligations under the United Nations Charter to seek peaceful settlement of disputes to prevent outright conflict, stressing the role of mediation when disagreements arise. More >>
UN Urges Southern Sudan to Sign Up To Human Rights Treaties
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:06 pm | United Nations
The world’s soon-to-be newest country, Southern Sudan, must ensure that it ratifies all key global treaties upholding human rights and ensure that its citizens are able to enjoy basic freedoms once it becomes independent, a senior United Nations official ... More >>
General Assembly Appoints Ban Ki-Moon to Second Term
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 1:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly today agreed to appoint Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General of the 192-member Organization. Under the resolution, which was adopted by acclamation, Mr. Ban’s second term will run from ... More >>
UN Urges Governments Not To Return Haitians
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 1:15 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is appealing to governments to suspend all involuntary returns to Haiti, given the precarious conditions that continue to persist in the Caribbean nation 18 months after the devastating January 2010 earthquake. More >>
