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Possible Intervention Force in Northern Mali
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 4:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 12 2012 5:10PM Citing the threat to regional peace from terrorists and Islamic militants in rebel-held northern Mali, the United Nations Security Council today held out the possibility of endorsing, within the next 45 days, an international ... More >>
Cambodia’s Experience with Genocide And Reconciliation
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 4:03 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 12 2012 6:10PM Cambodia’s efforts to deal with genocide and war crimes and its current efforts towards reconciliation were highlighted at a United Nations-backed panel discussion examining the issues that led to mass murder during its Khmer Rouge ... More >>
Security Council Extends Mandate of UN Peacekeepers in Haiti
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 4:01 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 12 2012 6:10PM The Security Council today extended the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti for another year, and decided to reduce the overall force levels as responsibility for security is gradually handed over to the national ... More >>
Three Men Jailed for Contempt Sierra Leone War Crimes Court
Friday, 12 October 2012, 5:55 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 11 2012 5:10PM The United Nations-backed court trying war crimes in Sierra Leone today http://www.sc-sl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=cxDwVkNp20I%3d&tabid=232 ">sentenced three senior members of the country’s former Armed Forces Revolutionary ... More >>
Powers Must Act Urgently as Global Joblessness Grows
Friday, 12 October 2012, 5:52 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 11 2012 2:10PM Projecting that global unemployment will rise by seven million next year to 207 million, three million more than previously estimated, the United Nations labour agency today called on the world’s major economies to act ... More >>
Hungary’s to Address Impact of Industrial Pollution
Friday, 12 October 2012, 5:51 pm | United Nations
UN Expert Welcomes Hungary’s Commitment to Address Impact of Industrial Pollution New York, Oct 11 2012 3:10PM A United Nations independent expert today welcomed Hungary’s commitment to address the environmental impact of the industrial accident that occurred ... More >>
UN-Backed Meeting on Nuclear-Free Middle East
Friday, 12 October 2012, 5:49 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Recommits to UN-Backed Meeting on Nuclear-Free Middle East in December New York, Oct 11 2012 6:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reaffirmed his strong commitment to convene a United Nations-sponsored Conference on the establishment ... More >>
Agency to Help Afghanistan Combat Effects of Climate Change
Friday, 12 October 2012, 5:48 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 11 2012 6:10PM The United Nations is to help Afghanistan combat the effects of climate change, teaming up with the country’s Government to implement a $6 million initiative that aims to operate in vulnerable communities and shore ... More >>
No Evidence of Human-to-Human Transfer of New Virus
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 9:08 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 10 2012 3:10PM The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today there was “no evidence” of human-to-human transmission of a new virus that can cause acute respiratory infection and renal failure, and whose discovery in a ... More >>
‘Heinous And Cowardly’ Attack on Pakistani Schoolgirl
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 9:07 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 10 2012 3:10PM Voicing his “outrage and strongest condemnation” over the shooting of a 14-year-old girl who has bravely championed the right to education for women and girls in Pakistan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for the ... More >>
Murder of Indian Journalist
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 9:05 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 10 2012 5:10PM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the murder of Indian journalist Chaitali Santra and called for an investigation into her killing. More >>
Islamists Use Fear, Drug Money to Control Northern Mali
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 9:04 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 10 2012 6:10PM Radical Islamists who seized northern Mali earlier this year are maintaining their control through fear and drug money, imposing an extremist version of Muslim Sharia law and restrictions that target women in particular, a ... More >>
Calls for Efforts to Bring Peace to Eastern DR Congo
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:21 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 9 2012 5:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he remained deeply concerned over the security and humanitarian situations in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and called for “continued and sustained high-level dialogue” ... More >>
Shelling Forces Relocation of UN Staff in Sudan
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:19 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 9 2012 5:10PM Indiscriminate mortar shelling in the Sudanese city of Kadugli in South Kordofan province has forced the United Nations to relocate its staff from a region where fighting has prevented aid agencies from reaching thousands ... More >>
UN Chief Seeks Unilateral Ceasefire From Syria’s Assad
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:18 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 9 2012 4:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Syrian Government to take the initiative in declaring an immediate unilateral ceasefire, and on the opposition to then accede to it, in a renewed bid to end what he called ... More >>
Women Primary Victims of Violence in Northern Mali
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:17 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 9 2012 2:10PM Concluding a four-day visit to Mali, a top United Nations human rights official today cited ongoing abuses in the northern part of the country, and highlighted the plight of women, whose rights have been particularly restricted. More >>
Afghanistan on Track to Building Post-2014 Future, Says UN
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:16 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 9 2012 3:10PM Despite the impending drawdown of international forces and chronic challenges in governance and security, Afghanistan remains on the path to a hopeful future, the United Nations envoy to the country said today. More >>
Former Italian Prime Minister to Lead UN Response to Crisis
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:14 pm | United Nations
Former Italian Prime Minister to Lead UN Response to Crisis in Africa’s Sahel Region More >>
New Fund to Lift World’s Vulnerable From Poverty
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:12 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 9 2012 12:10PM A new global initiative ensuring the social protection of the world’s poorest people is a growing necessity, two United Nations independent experts said today, noting that without such a programme, chronic unemployment, food ... More >>
From Stamps to E-Services, UN Postal Agency Adapts
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:11 pm | United Nations
New York, Oct 9 2012 12:10PM The United Nations global post agency, the world’s second oldest international body created at a time when the postage stamp was at the cutting edge of communications innovation 80 years before the UN itself was founded, ... More >>
