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Myanmar Faces Critical Phase As Elections Loom
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 3:07 pm | United Nations
The coming months will be critical for Myanmar as it prepares for the first national elections in 2 decades, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on the country’s authorities to make sure polls are inclusive, participatory and transparent. More >>
Vigorous UN Reform Needed To Face Global Challenge
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 3:03 pm | United Nations
Mongolia called for vigorous reform of the United Nations today so that it can play its essential role in resolving global challenges, from the world financial crisis to peace and security to climate change. More >>
South Sudan Referenda Will Be Free And Transparent
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 3:00 pm | United Nations
The people of southern Sudan will be able to vote freely and in an atmosphere of transparency during the referenda on the self-determination of the region in January, the country’s Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha told the General Assembly today. More >>
Lopsided Trade Must Be Evened Out
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:56 pm | United Nations
Existing trade imbalances must be redressed to ensure a sustainable economic recovery, Jamaican PM Bruce Golding told the General Assembly today, urging renewed efforts to wrap up the so-called Doha Round of talks on reducing global trade barriers. More >>
St Kitts And Nevis Speak Out In Violence Debate
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:53 pm | United Nations
Inter-personal violence accounts for one death every 20 seconds and has ruinous effects on many others’ lives, the Foreign Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis told the UN today, calling on the General Assembly to take concerted action to reduce violence More >>
Kyrgyzstan Makes Case At UN For Additional Aid
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:48 pm | United Nations
Kyrgyzstan’s needs further international assistance to recover from the effects of the inter-ethnic violence in June, the country’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly today. More >>
UN Member States Call For G20 To Be More Inclusive
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:43 pm | United Nations
The Group of 20, which brings together the world’s major industrialized and developed nations, should be reformed to make it more inclusive of the needs of all the world’s peoples, officials from several countries told the General Assembly today. More >>
5 Nations Sign Conventions Related To Human Rights
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:37 pm | United Nations
5 countries today signed a number of international conventions related to human rights on the sidelines of the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, while Chile ratified the convention designed to suppress acts of nuclear terrorism. More >>
Cuba Calls For Reform To Stop Attack Against Iran
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:26 pm | United Nations
Cuba today called for radical UN reform and a strengthening of the General Assembly to confront current challenges, including the threat of “powerful and influential forces” in the US and Israel paving the way to launch a military attack on Iran. More >>
UN Hand Out Shelter Material To Storm-Hit Haitians
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:22 pm | United Nations
Residents of over 160 of the temporary settlements that sprang up in Haiti following January’s earthquake have been hit by a deadly rainstorm that lashed the capital on Friday and are in urgent need of shelter material, the UN reported today. More >>
Turkish Diplomat New Envoy For Pakistan Assistance
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:19 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Turkish diplomat Rauf Engin Soysal as the new United Nations Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan, replacing Jean Maurice Ripert of France, who has served in the post since last August. More >>
Security And Access Top Agenda Of Darfur Talks
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:14 pm | United Nations
The security of civilians in Darfur as well as access for peacekeepers and aid agencies to those in need were among the issues discussed today during the latest talks between the United Nations, the African Union and the Sudanese Government. More >>
Afghanis Call For End To State-Funded Terrorists
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 2:03 pm | United Nations
With his country enduring horrific terrorist violence on an almost daily basis, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister underlined the need for both States and non-State actors to cut off their financing for Al-Qaida at the United Nations today. More >>
Probe Into Gaza Flotilla Incident Rebukes Israel
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 1:57 pm | United Nations
Israel demonstrated “totally unnecessary violence” during its interception of the Gaza-bound flotilla on 31 May, the head of the fact-finding mission appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council said today. More >>
France Call For Reforms To Make UN More Effective
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 1:55 pm | United Nations
France today called for a “stronger, more representative and more efficient” UN to promote economic development, fight climate change more effectively, garner the needed resources to do so, and reform the Security Council and Human Rights Council. More >>
Pacific Press For Action On Climate Change Finance
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 1:53 pm | United Nations
Officials from the Pacific Island nations issued calls in the UN today for enhanced measures to be taken on combating climate change, especially in speeding up the availability of funds for poorer nations to adapt to global warming. More >>
Pacific Islands Appeal For Help On Climate Change
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 3:42 pm | United Nations
3 Pacific Ocean countries today appealed to UN Member States to act fast to combat climate change and mobilize the resources to mitigate the effects of global warming, especially in small island developing States vulnerable to rising sea levels. More >>
Australia Warns UN Will Become A ‘Hollow Shell’
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 3:39 pm | United Nations
The UN will become “a hollow shell” with nations choosing to go around it to deal with the most pressing global issues unless its institutions are reformed, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd told the General Assembly today. More >>
Timorese Leader Calls On Asia To Lead The Way
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 3:37 pm | United Nations
Timorese President José Ramos-Horta today exhorted his fellow Asians to take the lead on tackling climate change, telling the General Assembly that his continent needs a common agenda to promote sustainable development. More >>
Pacific Island Countries Warn Of Overfishing
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 3:35 pm | United Nations
Unsustainable fishing of shark and tuna is threatening stocks and jeopardizing the health of the fragile economies of many small island States, the leaders of 2 Pacific Ocean nations told the General Assembly’s high-level debate today in New York. More >>
