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UN's Balkan War Crimes Tribunal Holds Elections
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 3:10 pm | United Nations
The two most senior officials of the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to try people accused of committing the worst offences during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s have been elected to another stint in office, the court announced today. ... More >>
Un Rights Expert Concerned Over U.S. Use of Drones
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 1:48 pm | United Nations
The use of pilot-less drones by the United States to target militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan will be regarded as a breach of international law unless Washington can demonstrate that it follows the appropriate precautions and accountability mechanisms, ... More >>
LawmakersTo Strengthen Reproductive Health, Rights
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 1:38 pm | United Nations
Parliamentarians from some 115 countries pledged to promote sexual and reproductive health as well as women’s rights to decide how and when they give birth, at a United Nations-backed gathering which wrapped up today. The two-day gathering in Addis Ababa, ... More >>
Un Official: Increase Aid to Traumatized Nations
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 1:31 pm | United Nations
On the heels of a four-nation trip to see first-hand the damage caused by conflict and natural disasters, the top United Nations humanitarian official today appealed for international support to help these countries recover and rebuild. The conflict ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Dispatches Envoy to Iraq After Bombing
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:54 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced he will dispatch an envoy to Iraq to consult with the Government on security and sovereignty issues in the country just days after a double bombing killed around 150 people in Baghdad. “In response ... More >>
UN Airlifts Tents, Aid to Expelled Angolans
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:47 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies are preparing to airlift tents and an emergency response team to help scores of thousands of Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as each country continues to drive out its neighbour’s nationals. ... More >>
UN Secretary General Condemns Bombing in Pakistan
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:43 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored today’s bombing of a crowded marketplace in the Pakistani city of Peshawar that has killed more than 80 people and injured at least 200 others and is only the latest in a series of deadly attacks targeting ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon Voices Cautious Optimism on Copenhagen
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:32 pm | United Nations
Although much work remains to be done ahead of December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he is optimistic that world leaders will reach an ambitious agreement in the Danish capital. Provided that four ... More >>
All Aboard UN Kyoto-Copenhagen Express
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:25 pm | United Nations
A one-time train link between Kyoto and Copenhagen opens up next week – a United Nations-sponsored one-month, 9,000-kilometre journey symbolically joining the site of the last global warming pact with what is hoped to be the birthplace of the next ... More >>
UN Investigates Latest Rocket Fire From Lebanon
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:20 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers have launched an investigation into a recent incident in which a rocket was fired from Houla in southern Lebanon and struck the vicinity of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. The rocket firing occurred at around 6:50 p.m. ... More >>
UN Deminer Killed in Accidental Bomb Blast
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:16 pm | United Nations
A United Nations bomb disposal expert died today in an accidental explosion while clearing landmines in Cyprus’ buffer zone separating the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides of the Mediterranean island. Femisberto Novele, from Mozambique, was killed ... More >>
UN Agency Helps Mozambique Organize Elections
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:11 pm | United Nations
More than nine million Mozambicans are expected to vote today in presidential and parliamentary polls after a campaign where the United Nations Development Programme ( http://www.undp.org/ ) has helped supply critical equipment, improve election officials’ ... More >>
Zimbabwe Blocks Visit of UN Expert Last Minute
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:07 pm | United Nations
Zimbabwe today withdrew its invitation for a visit by the United Nations independent expert on torture, who was already en route to the country, citing consultations between the Government of National Unity and the South African Development Community ... More >>
At Least Five UN Staff Killed in Kabul Attack
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 12:02 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has strongly condemned today’s attack on a guest house in Kabul that claimed the lives of at least five staff members and injured at least nine others, and pledged that it will not deter the world body’s ... More >>
UN Human Rights Expert: Child Migrants at Risk
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 2:01 pm | United Nations
Child migrants remain especially vulnerable to human rights abuses as they try, with or without their parents, to cross international borders in search of better lives, a United Nations independent expert has warned. Jorge Bustamante, the Special Rapporteur ... More >>
UN Calls on Israel to Halt Demolition of Homes
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 12:03 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today called on Israel to immediately halt forced evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, warning that as many as 60,000 people there may be at risk of forced evictions, demolitions and displacement. Israeli ... More >>
Ban Ki-moon: Hizbollah Must Disarm
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 11:58 am | United Nations
Disbanding militias in Lebanon – especially Hizbollah, which fought a war with Israel in 2006 – is “of vital importance” to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in a new report ( http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=s/2009/5 ... More >>
Fresh Clashes in Darfur Claims 10 Lives
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 11:34 am | United Nations
At least 10 people have been killed in a new round of inter-tribal clashes in Darfur, the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force to the war-scarred region of western Sudan reported today. The mission, known as UNAMID ( http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unamid/) ... More >>
Role of State's Vital in Religious Tolerance
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 11:13 am | United Nations
Governments have a central role to play in either preventing or contributing to religious friction, an independent United Nations expert said today, noting that a State’s commitments to non-discrimination, as well as its policies and messages, can promote ... More >>
Thousands of Indonesian Quake Victims Receive Aid
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 11:09 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies continue to aid scores of thousands of Indonesians after last month’s 7.9-magnitude earthquake ravaged parts of western Sumatra island, leaving nearly 200,000 households in need of emergency shelter and other assistance. ... More >>
