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Liberians mourn UN worker killed in Afghanistan

AP - Sun Nov 22, 7:42 am ET

Hundreds of people jammed into a Monrovia church to mourn a Liberian United Nations worker killed in an October attack by Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan's capital.

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Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit
Newsday - Sun Nov 22, 8:38 am ET
Denmark: 65 world leaders _ and counting _ to attend UN climate summit in Copenhagen
Commemorative addition of the State of the World’s Children Report
Foreign Policy Blogs - 11 minutes ago
The State of the World’s Children report, published by UNICEF, has just this week issued a special issue of the report in commemoration of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Released on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Convention’s adoption by the UN General Assembly, “The Convention on the Rights of the [...]
UN court to rule on Niger-Burkina Faso border row
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 3:08 pm ET
Burkina Faso and Niger are to ask the International Court of Justice to settle their long-running border dispute, the Burkinabe foreign minister said Saturday.
Brown, Lula, Merkel, Sarkozy Plan to Attend UN Climate Summit
Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 10:40 am ET
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will also go to the summit, Michael Helbo , a spokesman for Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen , said today by phone. More leaders will confirm their attendance, Helbo said.
No un-happiness at Anniston's un-parade
Anniston Star - Sun Nov 22, 4:34 am ET
Though colorful lights and Christmas music filled Noble Street Saturday night, organizers of the first Spirit of Anniston Christmas "un-parade" were glad the evening didn't feel like a winter wonderland.
UN blasts Iran's human rights violations
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 2:08 pm ET
A UN panel on Friday blasted Iran for "serious, ongoing and recurring" human rights violations, including violence against protesters after the disputed June presidential elections.
UN agency: Food prices in poor countries stay high
High Plains Journal - Sun Nov 22, 9:37 am ET
ROME (AP)--A U.N. agency says food prices in poor countries remain stubbornly high despite a good world cereal production this year. The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report released Nov. 10 that 31 countries still require emergency food assistance. The agency said that Eastern Africa in particular has suffered from drought and conflict, pushing an estimated 20 million ...
African women remain undervalued: UN report
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 11:57 am ET
Women in Africa have yet to receive the financial recognition they deserve for the time and effort put into domestic and reproductive work, a UN report launched Friday concluded.
Delegates discuss way forward in UN climate talks
Park Hills Daily Journal - 53 minutes ago
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Countries most vulnerable to climate change said Friday they were incensed that rich nations were rethinking the timetable for concluding a global treaty that would hold them to legally binding targets for cutting emissions.
Iran wants nuclear fuel guarantees
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 10:58 am ET
Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog said on Sunday that Tehran wants a guaranteed supply of fuel for a research reactor as a military chief warned that any attack on its nuclear sites would be crushed.
N. Korea Slams UN Human Rights Resolution, KCNA Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 20, 8:56 pm ET
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A UN human rights resolution against North Korea adopted this week is “nothing but a trite political plot,” the communist nation’s state-run media said yesterday, citing a foreign ministry spokesman it didn’t identify.
School dropout high among Palestinian refugees: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 9:44 am ET
The school dropout rate among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is alarmingly high with 50 percent of 17-year-olds and 40 percent of 16-year-olds receiving no education, UN officials warned on Friday.
UN General Assembly Condemns Post-Election Abuses in Iran
Payvand Iran News - Sat Nov 21, 1:44 pm ET
In a vote of 74 in favor, 48 against and 59 abstentions, the General Assembly committee responsible for social, humanitarian and cultural affairs - known as the Third Committee -adopted the resolution co-sponsored by Canada and 41 other countries.
Iran wants guarantees over nuclear fuel supply
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 7:26 am ET
Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, insisted on Sunday that Tehran needs guarantees that it will receive nuclear fuel on time for its research reactor.
DR Congo approaches UN on force withdrawals
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 1:51 pm ET
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have approached the United Nations about scaling down the large UN mission in the country, government spokesman Laurent Mende said Thursday.
The Last Hold Out
Foreign Policy Blogs - Sun Nov 22, 11:48 pm ET
Last week the United Nations marked the 20th anniversary of the date when the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) opened for signature. Since then, the CRC has become the most ratified human rights treaty in the world. Out of the 194 member states of the UN, only two - Somalia and the [...]
UN celebrates 20 years of child rights convention
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 20, 11:14 am ET
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect the youngest and most vulnerable members of society. The convention was signed into international law...
Iran Yet to Give Final Answer on Atomic Plan, UN Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 20, 10:45 am ET
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Iran has yet to provide a final written response to a United Nations-brokered proposal to enrich its uranium overseas, the head of the UN atomic agency said.
UN panel condemns Iran's crackdown on protesters
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 20, 3:58 pm ET
New York - The UN General Assembly's human rights committee on Friday condemned Iran's violent crackdown on the crowd that protested alleged fraud during the June presidential elections. The committee voted 74-48 to condemn human rights violations, h...
Copenhagen summit will be 'success': UN climate chief
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 8:32 am ET
Efforts to craft a comprehensive climate treaty in Copenhagen next month will certainly "yield a success," the UN's top climate official has pledged.

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