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Conviction Of Former Kosovo Minister Reversed
Friday, 24 July 2009, 11:26 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 23 2009 2:10PM The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today overturned the conviction of Kosovo’s ex-minister of culture, youth and sports for contempt of court for trying to intimidate ... More >>
Continued Support For Nepal
Friday, 24 July 2009, 11:25 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 23 2009 11:10AM The top United Nations human rights official today voiced her continued support for Nepal as it rebuilds after a decade-long civil war, with the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ... More >>
Guinea-Bissau: Ban Calls For Peace
Friday, 24 July 2009, 11:24 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 23 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged voters in troubled Guinea-Bissau to participate peacefully in Sunday’s second round of presidential elections and called on both candidates to respect the final result and to settle ... More >>
Doctrine To Intervene On War Crimes
Friday, 24 July 2009, 11:20 am | United Nations
New York, Jul 23 2009 2:10PM The principle of ‘responsibility to protect,’ the international understanding to intervene to stop atrocities from taking place, could pose a threat to national sovereignty, General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto ... More >>
Secretary-General Talks With Iraqi Leader
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:45 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 7:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held talks today with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki that focused on the issue of his country’s reparations to Kuwait in the wake of Iraq’s 1990 invasion and subsequent occupation ... More >>
Collective Responsibility To Protect Civilians
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 7:10PM Individual countries, regional organizations and partners of the United Nations must all do more to ensure the international community has “a credible capacity for rapid responses” to any future situations similar to ... More >>
UN Planting Trees In Bid To ‘Green’ Planet
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:44 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 6:10PM United Nations peacekeepers are no strangers to working in some of the world’s most hazardous regions, and they are now helping out on a new battlefront: combating climate change. More >>
UN Official Assesses DR Congo’s Prisons
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:42 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 6:10PM A senior United Nations peacekeeping official continued his tour today of the war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he is evaluating the state of the country’s troubled prison system. More >>
UN Atomic Agency Helps Developing Countries
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:41 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 5:10PM Many of the 60 developing countries considering whether nuclear power is in their future are turning to the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to assess their readiness to embark on the nuclear path ... More >>
Peace In Post-Conflict Nations
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:41 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 1:10PM Ending war is only the first step in peacebuilding, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing the need for well-planned and coordinated international support in the immediate aftermath of conflict to ensure ... More >>
Ban Calls On Israel and Palestinian
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:40 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 9:10AM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Israel to freeze its settlement activity in the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority to intensify its efforts on the ground as he stressed the need for “an agenda of transformative ... More >>
Protecting Human Rights In South-East Asia
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:39 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 1:10PM The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the latest move to set up a regional body to protect the rights of people living in South-East Asia, highlighting the need to appoint “independent and impartial” ... More >>
Envoy Welcomes Ruling On Disputed Sudanese Town
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:38 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 10:10AM The top United Nations envoy to Sudan welcomed today’s court ruling on the disputed oil-rich area of Abyei, saying he hopes it will foster greater cooperation among the parties as they carry out the remaining tasks under ... More >>
UN Refugee Chief Honoured
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:37 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 12:10PM António Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has been awarded this year’s Calouste Gulbenkian International Prize for his efforts to promote human rights and inter-cultural dialogue. More >>
Drug Treatment Reduces HIV Infection In Babies
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:36 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 12:10PM Mother-to-child HIV transmission rates can be dramatically cut with the administration of a cocktail of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs over a longer period of time to pregnant and breastfeeding women, the Joint United Nations Programme ... More >>
Czech Republic Becomes State Party To ICC
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:35 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 2:10PM The Czech Republic has become the latest country to ratify the Rome Statute, the pact that established the International Criminal Court (ICC) and tasked it with trying people accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity ... More >>
Tensions In Southern Lebanon ‘Calming Down’
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:34 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 22 2009 3:10PM The tensions that have recently flared up in southern Lebanon have begun to ease, a top United Nations official said today, adding that all sides have expressed their commitment to restore stability to the area. More >>
300,000 Uprooted Pakistanis Return Home
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:33 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 21 2009 5:10PM Almost 300,000 Pakistanis – out of some 2 million uprooted by clashes in the country’s northwest – have returned home, the top United Nations humanitarian official said today, hailing the returns as a “positive ... More >>
UN Backed Training In Caribbean
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:32 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 21 2009 6:10PM The United Nations has helped train nearly 90 officials of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations on the consolidation and advancement of the rule of law, a top priority of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. More >>
Blue Helmets Conduct Election Training
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 4:31 pm | United Nations
New York, Jul 21 2009 5:11PM More than 500 Congolese police officers have received training in ensuring security for upcoming local, urban and municipal elections, the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... More >>
