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Rio+20 Must Result In Concrete Decisions For Sustainability
Friday, 8 June 2012, 3:26 pm | United Nations
With just two weeks until the start of a major United Nations sustainable development conference, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged countries to step up efforts to achieve concrete decisions to reduce poverty while promoting decent jobs, clean ... More >>
General Assembly President 'Disappointed' By Syrian Violence
Friday, 8 June 2012, 3:22 pm | United Nations
The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, today expressed his disappointment over the lack of progress in ending the violence in Syria. More >>
Central African Republic At Crucial Juncture, Says UN Envoy
Friday, 8 June 2012, 3:11 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to the Central African Republic (CAR) today stressed the need for the country to continue building on the momentum recently created on the political, security and disarmament fronts. More >>
UN: World Economy Should Focus More On Needs Of Society
Friday, 8 June 2012, 3:07 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations labour agency today told a major work forum that the world economy has focussed too much on finance and too little on the needs of society. “There has been too much ideology in defining policies and too little human sensitivity ... More >>
Malaysia: UN Calls For Protection Of Electoral Reformers
Friday, 8 June 2012, 11:38 am | United Nations
United Nations independent experts today called on the Malaysian Government to protect the members of a group of civil society organizations campaigning for electoral process reform, who have been the target of harassment and intimidation. More >>
UN Food Price Index: Sharp Drop In Prices During May
Friday, 8 June 2012, 11:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations today reported a sharp drop in global food prices during May owing to generally favourable supplies, growing global economic uncertainties and a strengthening of the United States dollar. More >>
UN: European Debt Crisis Is Biggest Threat To World Economy
Friday, 8 June 2012, 11:21 am | United Nations
European Debt Crisis Remains Biggest Threat To World Economy – UN Report New York, Jun 7 2012 3:10PM More >>
UN: Fighting & Food Shortages Uproot More Sudanese
Friday, 8 June 2012, 11:17 am | United Nations
The top United Nations relief official in Sudan today voiced deep concern at reports that more people are fleeing the country’s southern regions to escape fighting and severe food shortages, and stressed the need for humanitarian access to all those ... More >>
UN: United Action Needed To End Syria Crisis
Friday, 8 June 2012, 11:15 am | United Nations
Amid growing atrocities and little evidence that the Syrian Government is living up to its commitment to stop the ongoing violence, United Nations officials today urged the world community to act with one voice to end the crisis in the Middle Eastern ... More >>
UN: Pakistan Must Increase Efforts To Protect Human Rights
Friday, 8 June 2012, 11:00 am | United Nations
Pakistan must boost its efforts to protect the human rights of its citizens, a top United Nations official said today, calling on the Government to pass legislation on crucial issues such as torture, education and women’s rights. More >>
UN Mission Strongly Condemns Attacks On Afghan Civilians
Friday, 8 June 2012, 10:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations has strongly condemned yesterday’s attacks in four Afghan provinces which killed 40 civilians, including 10 children, and injured at least 67 others, and called for those responsible to be held accountable. More >>
UN: Planned West Bank Settlements Violate International Law
Friday, 8 June 2012, 10:47 am | United Nations
A top United Nations envoy today reiterated that all settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territory represents a breach of international law, after the Israeli Government announced it will build 300 new units in the Beit El settlement. More >>
UN Warns Of Worsening Global Displacement Over Next Decade
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:53 pm | United Nations
The number of displaced persons worldwide will significantly grow over the next ten years due to factors such as conflict, natural disasters and climate change, according to the flagship publication of the United Nations refugee agency, launched today, ... More >>
Indigenous Food Can Be Important Tool To Fight Hunger - UN
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:47 pm | United Nations
Indigenous foods which have been neglected by the food industry and urban consumers can be an important tool to alleviate hunger and malnutrition, a United Nations official said today. More >>
Tribunal Convicts Former Rwandan Youth Minister For Genocide
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:45 pm | United Nations
The United Nations tribunal trying key suspects implicated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda today convicted the country’s former youth minister of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life imprisonment. More >>
UN Reports Drop In Civilian Casualties In Afghanistan 2012
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:39 pm | United Nations
The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first four months of 2012 is 21 per cent lower than during the same period last year, the top United Nations envoy in the country reported today, while adding that deaths continued to occur ... More >>
Jordan Thanked For Providing Support To Syrian Refugees
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:29 pm | United Nations
The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis, Kofi Annan, today expressed his gratitude to Jordan for its support in receiving Syrian refugees who have fled the fighting in their country. More >>
ICC Drops War Crimes Charges Against Rwandan Rebel Leader
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:19 pm | United Nations
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today dismissed the Prosecution's appeal against the decision to drop war crimes charges against a Rwandan rebel leader for his alleged role in deadly fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ... More >>
Court Sentences Former Liberian Leader Charles Taylor
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:14 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone today sentenced convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison for planning and for aiding and abetting crimes committed by Sierra Leonean rebel forces during the country's ... More >>
Chief UN Observer 'Deeply Disturbed' After More Bodies Found
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:11 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) said today he was "deeply disturbed" after the discovery of 13 more bodies last night, just days after UN observers confirmed the killing of over 100 men, women and children ... More >>
