14826 Stories, most recent news story added 24 minutes ago
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has named his special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, as new head of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Ban's office said Thursday on its website.
The UN refugee agency said on Friday that it was encouraged by "increased freedom of movement" for war-displaced civilians in Sri Lanka who have been in internment camps in the north of the island.
A top UN panel is to probe claims that scientists from the University of East Anglia sought to suppress data backing climate change sceptics' views, its head said Friday ahead of the the landmark Copenhagen summit.
The United Nations has jumped into the controversy involving leaked emails on climate change data from the University of East Anglia, with a senior UN official saying Friday that his agency would investigate the matter. The news may prompt a new series of blog posts, tweets and emails from climate change skeptics.
A top UN panel is to probe claims that British scientists sought to suppress data backing climate change sceptics' views, its head said on Friday ahead of the landmark Copenhagen summit.
Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen described as "positive" Thursday a report on Serbia's cooperation with a UN war crimes tribunal, a key issue in Belgrade's bid for closer ties with the EU.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations-backed talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots to reunite Cyprus are making headway and a positive outcome is possible, UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon said.
The United Nations briefly evacuated three basement levels after a fire alarm went off Thursday morning, forcing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and pop star Stevie Wonder to leave a conference room.
The United Nations on Thursday tapped genre-defying music icon Stevie Wonder to become a "Messenger for Peace," focusing on the battle for disabled rights.
Ship managers' group InterManager is backing a call from one of its members, Tsakos Shipping and Trading, for the deployment of UN Naval forces and the introduction of safe transit corridors in Nigerian waters to prevent further losses of life.
A senior UN official said on Thursday the Copenhagen climate summit next week needed to take action against growing weather-related disasters linked to climate change.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations’ carbon market has staffing shortages and needs more than six months to streamline approvals for projects to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, said Lex de Jonge , chairman of its regulatory board.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 4, 2009) - Dominion Citrus Income Fund ("Dominion", the "Fund")(TSX:DOM.UN) and Dominion Citrus Limited ("DCL")(TSX:DMN.PR.A) jointly announce the sale of one of the two buildings formerly used by Delta Foods in Brockville, Ontario. The 24,150 square foot facility had been used to store and produce maple syrup products prior to the 2008 sale of Delta Foods ...
A UNICEF spokeswoman retracted a statement that retired soccer star Zinedine Zidane will visit Gaza in March as a goodwill ambassador. The report originally appeared on the Israeli news Web site Ynet. Asked by telephone Thursday from Jerusalem to her office in Geneva, UNICEF spokeswoman Veronique Taveau said the report was true, and promised to send a news release.
Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder has a new title on his resume: United Nations Messenger of Peace.
An Iranian nuclear official says Tehran will not answer to the U.N. nuclear watchdog beyond the barest minimum required under the international nonproliferation treaty.
The investigation comes only weeks before the UN's summit on global warming at Copenhagen.
LONDON - The United Nations will conduct its own investigation into e-mails leaked from a leading British climate science center in addition to the probe by the University of East Anglia, a senior U.N. climate official said Friday.
Copenhagen - A UN climate summit that opens next week in Copenhagen is likely to stretch Danish police resources but an offer by Sweden to send hundreds of Swedish officers has been declined, reports said Friday. The December 7-18 summit is expected ...
The UN climate chief voiced optimism Wednesday that the upcoming Copenhagen summit will offer immediate aid for developing nations but urged rich states also to chart out long-term help.
Vienna, Dec 3 (AP) The world's poorest nations are especially hard hit by the global financial crisis and will feel its impact for years to come, UN officials said today.
Open slideshowReuters
Open slideshowReuters
Open slideshowReuters
Open slideshowAFP/File
Open slideshowReuters
Open slideshowReuters
