Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register United Nations for InfoPages here.
United Nations - Latest News [Page 394]
Sign Up To Treaties With Global Reach
Friday, 18 September 2009, 11:43 am | United Nations
Top United Nations officials have urged Member States to sign, ratify or accede to treaties with global reach in areas ranging from climate change to terrorism and the use of nuclear weapons as the world body begins its annual campaign to promote ... More >>
UNAIDS Welcomes Creation Of New Women’s Agency
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:34 pm | United Nations
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today welcomed the creation of a new single UN body to promote women’s rights, noting that more than 60 per cent of people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are female, as are three out ... More >>
UN With Almost $5 Billion Shortfall
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:33 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations relief official today appealed to donors to fill the $5 billion funding gap the world body and its partner agencies face to provide emergency aid to people enduring the most severe humanitarian crises around the world. More >>
Pledges To Lift People Out Of Poverty
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:31 pm | United Nations
Governments are falling well short of the financial commitments made to help developing countries climb out of poverty and meet other internationally agreed goals aimed at combating hunger and a host of other social and economic by 2015, according to ... More >>
Population Growth: Immense Human Catastrophe
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:30 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations adviser has called on world governments to reduce population growth and work together to keep climate change from causing an immense human catastrophe, starkly warning: “We’re on a trajectory that is absolutely unsustainable and ... More >>
Côte D’ivoire: Toxic Wastes Caused Deaths
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:29 pm | United Nations
Evidence indicates that the dumping of toxic wastes having caused over one dozen deaths and dozens of illnesses in Côte d’Ivoire in 2006, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today. More >>
Doves Take To The Sky In Afghanistan
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:28 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today joined colleagues in releasing 21 doves ahead of the International Day of Peace, an occasion which he stressed is particularly relevant for a country which has witnessed intensifying conflict over ... More >>
Participation With Ozone Protection Pacts
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:27 pm | United Nations
With Timor-Leste’s accession to the global pacts seeking to stem ozone loss, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the now universal participation in these treaties as he marked the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. More >>
‘Power Of Prayer’ In Tackling Global Challenges
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:25 pm | United Nations
Faith has a key role in addressing current global challenges, ranging from disarmament to climate change to the economic crisis, and in bringing people together to promote peace and progress, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. More >>
Tackling Impunity And Discrimination
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:24 pm | United Nations
Discrimination remains a “scourge” that affects every country, the United Nations human rights chief said today, adding that combating it has become one of her office’s top priorities, along with tackling impunity for various rights violations. More >>
UN Increasingly Involved In Democracy Building
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:23 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spotlighted the growing trend for emerging democracies to seek help from the United Nations, in a message marking the International Day of Democracy. More >>
UN: Ex-Staffer Found Guilty Of Contempt
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:03 pm | United Nations
A former prosecution spokesperson at the United Nations tribunal set up to tackle the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s faces a fine of €7,000 after being found guilty today of contempt of court by the same tribunal ... More >>
Tribute To The ‘Father’ Of Green Revolution
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today paid tribute to Norman Borlaug, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning scientist who the agency credits with having helped to avert mass famine during the population explosion in recent decades. More >>
UN Political Chief To Visit Sri Lanka For Talks
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 1:01 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending the United Nations’ political chief, B. Lynn Pascoe, to Sri Lanka tomorrow for talks on critical issues, the UN announced today. More >>
Global Crises Is A Call For Fresh Thinking
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 4:19 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for fresh thinking on a range of global crises currently facing the world – including food, fuel, flu, finance and climate change – the likes of which, he emphasized, have not been seen in generations. More >>
Trial Of Two Former Bosnian Serb Officials
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 4:18 pm | United Nations
The trial of two former high-ranking Bosnian Serb officials, facing charges that include extermination, murder, persecution and torture, began today at the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. More >>
UN Report Warns G20: Protectionist Trade Policies
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 4:17 pm | United Nations
The Group of 20 (G20) largest economies have in most part refrained from initiating protectionist trade or investment measures in reaction to the global recession, according to a new United Nations report released today. More >>
Sierra Leone: Bumpy Road To Peace And Democracy
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 4:16 pm | United Nations
Although Sierra Leone had embarked on a remarkable journey towards a stable, peaceful and democratic country, this journey will be bumpy, long and even, at times, dangerous, the top United Nations official in the West African nation warned today. More >>
Revamping the UN
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 4:15 pm | United Nations
The President of the General Assembly today called for a complete overhaul of the United Nations so that it can effectively carry out its mission, as he wrapped up his year-long term as head of the 192-member body. More >>
General Assembly: Responsibility To Protect
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 4:14 pm | United Nations
The General Assembly today adopted by consensus its first resolution on the responsibility to protect, agreeing to hold further discussions on the international understanding to intervene to stop atrocities from taking place. More >>
