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NZ Calls For Reform Of UN Peacekeeping Operations
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 3:26 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeeping missions need clearer and more attainable mandates, increased efficiency and better ways to monitor progress, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister "http://gadebate.un.org/View/SpeechView/tabid/85/smid/411/ArticleID/167/reftab/227/t/New-Zealand/Default.aspx" ... More >>
Calls For Arab/Muslim Nations On Security Council
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 3:19 pm | United Nations
Arab and Muslim countries deserve to be represented on the Security Council commensurate to their size and contributions, Kuwait’s Prime Minister told the second day of the General Assembly’s annual general debate today. More >>
General Assembly President Confers With Leaders
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 3:16 pm | United Nations
General Assembly President Joseph Deiss today met with a number of leaders attending the high-level debate and thanked them for their positive statements and determination to press ahead with efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. More >>
Zimbabwe Hits Out Against International Sanctions
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 3:10 pm | United Nations
International economic sanctions against Zimbabwe are illegal and have caused “untold suffering” for its people, President Robert Mugabe told the General Assembly today, calling for them to be scrapped immediately. More >>
No Impending World Food Crisis But Dangers Ahead
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 2:41 pm | United Nations
Experts at a United Nations meeting today ruled out a looming world food crisis, but acknowledged that unexpected price hikes could threaten food security and recommended exploring measures to prevent the sudden price upswings. More >>
Colombia Touts Latin America As Solution For Goals
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 2:37 pm | United Nations
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos today promoted the vital role that the resources of Latin America can play in achieving many of the global goals that the United Nations has set, from providing food to fighting climate change. More >>
Partnerships Vital To Meeting Global Challenges
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 2:31 pm | United Nations
Cooperation among nations is essential to tackling challenges ranging from development to climate change, top officials of three European nations said today at the General Assembly’s annual high-level segment as it entered its second day. More >>
UK Urges ‘Radical Overhaul’ Of UN
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 2:29 pm | United Nations
The UK today called for a radical overhaul of the UN including enlarging the Security Council to make up for the failure to fully face new challenges posed by a global map that has radically changed since the world body was founded 65 years ago. More >>
Relief Efforts After Disasters Show Value Of UN
Sunday, 26 September 2010, 2:25 pm | United Nations
The massive relief efforts undertaken in the wake of the Haitian earthquake in January and the Pakistani floods last month demonstrates the value of the United Nations and its ability to deliver in such crises, Spain’s Foreign Minister said today. More >>
More States Endorse UN Protocol
Friday, 24 September 2010, 6:00 pm | United Nations
A United Nations treaty designed to empower people to uphold their economic, social and cultural rights edged closer to entering into force today when one country ratified it and two others signed the document. More >>
US President And UN Chief Discuss Range Of Issues
Friday, 24 September 2010, 5:47 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States President Barack Obama discussed a wide range of issues of international concern during a meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where the high-level debate of the General Assembly got ... More >>
Dominican Leader Calls For New UN Union
Friday, 24 September 2010, 5:40 pm | United Nations
With vulnerability to natural disasters rising as development levels fall, Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández called for the creation of a global coalition under the UN of nations at risk of catastrophe to share experiences and knowledge. More >>
UN Urges Govts To Meet Climate Change Challenge
Friday, 24 September 2010, 5:24 pm | United Nations
The top UN climate change official stressed the urgent need for governments to move forward in negotiations before a conference in Mexico, where they will conclude agreements on issues such as technology transfer, mitigation and adaptation, and funding. More >>
UN Discusses Developments With Lebanese Premier
Friday, 24 September 2010, 5:09 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon today discussed the recent tensions in the country with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, applauding the premier for promoting dialogue as the best way to resolve differences. More >>
Congolese Leader Calls For UN Reform
Friday, 24 September 2010, 4:39 pm | United Nations
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today called for United Nations reform to enlarge the 15-member Security Council and strengthen the authority of the 192-member General Assembly. More >>
Scrap Veto In Security Council, Iran's Leader Says
Friday, 24 September 2010, 4:37 pm | United Nations
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today pinned the United Nations’ “ineptitude” on what he called its “unjust structure,” urging that the veto power of the Security Council’s five permanent members be abolished. More >>
Security Council Holds Strategic Reassessment
Friday, 24 September 2010, 4:32 pm | United Nations
Presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers gathered today at the Security Council, the primary UN body responsible for keeping the world at peace, for its first meeting in nearly 2 decades devoted to updating the tools at its disposal More >>
Global Crises Retarding Island Nations Development
Friday, 24 September 2010, 4:27 pm | United Nations
Climate change, natural disaster and the triple crises of food, finance and fuel jeopardize sustainable development gains made by small island developing States (SIDS), according to a new United Nations report. More >>
UN Seeks To Make Cancer A Global Health Priority
Friday, 24 September 2010, 4:24 pm | United Nations
Health-care experts, scientists and government officials gathered this week at a UN-backed forum to discuss whether more resources and greater awareness can be mobilized to make cancer control in the developing world a global health priority. More >>
Central America Under Threat From Drug Trade
Friday, 24 September 2010, 4:21 pm | United Nations
Drug cartels now threaten the basic stability and social fabric of many Central American countries, Costa Rica’s President told the UN today, warning that the battle against narco-trafficking can only be won if nations worldwide overhaul their current strategies. More >>
