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Rwandan Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have thwarted UN-led attempts to disarm them militarily and global action is needed to cut off their financing, UN experts say.
The UN AIDS chief said 50 million people are at risk from the disease in China and the government must do more to reach out to civil society and work with vulnerable groups such as homosexuals.
Thousands of civilians are fleeing Rwanda for eastern Democratic Republic of Congo causing fresh ethnic tensions in the region, the UN peacekeeping mission MONUC and refugee agencies said Wednesday.
Rome - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has approved a treaty that aims to close fishing ports to ships involved in illegal fishing, the Rome-based UN agency said Wednesday. The treaty, known as the Agreement on Port State M...
One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe, a United Nations report said.
Islamist militants in Somalia have warned a United Nations agency to buy food from Somali farmers or stop sending aid to the impoverished African country.
A United Nations report leaked to The Associated Press confirms that one of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe who facilitate arms trafficking, money transfers and day-to-day operational support.
Nairobi - A United Nations-backed operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has failed to neutralize the rebel group it targeted and exacerbated the humanitarian situation, according to a report due to be presented to the UN Security Council Wedn...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a Network of Men Leaders on Tuesday to act as role models in the global campaign to end the "pandemic" of violence against women.
Bonn, Germany - US President Barack Obama's presence at next month's climate summit in the Danish capital Copenhagen is vital, a UN official said Wednesday in the German city of Bonn. Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on...
(RTTNews) - Iran said Tuesday that Tehran is not opposed to sending its low-enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment as per a UN-proposed deal, but demanded guarantees that it would receive 20% enriched uranium in exchange for the 3.5% enriched uranium it ships abroad.
UNITED NATIONS: A top United Nations official Monday denied that relief operations in South Waziristan had been cutback following the deteriorating security situation, saying the Pakistani UN staff was helping the uprooted civilians in the region.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the brutal killing of at least 39 Filipinos in violence-related elections in a southern province of the Philippines. Ban said in a statement that he condemns this heinous crime committ...
The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS — about 33 million — has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.
Hace tres anos, {{Carles Benavent = 12828}} (Barcelona, 1954) iba paseando por los alrededores de la plaza de la Catedral, en pleno Barrio Gotico de Barcelona, cuando un extrano sonido lo atrapo. Era el hang, un nuevo y hechizante instrumento melodico de percusion de origen suizo cuyo sonido marcaria al cabo de muy poco tiempo el nuevo proyecto del bajista catalan...
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Tuesday held talks with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Middle East peace process and other "international issues," news agency Jana said.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At Monday's United Nations Security Council (UNSC) hearing on Bosnia, clear differences of opinion emerged in assessment of the stability and progress of Bosnia-Herzegovina. In a report to the UNSC, Bosnian Serbs countered statements by the internationally-appointed High Representative (HR) Valentin Inzko, who administers Bosnia, with evidence of ...
Germany sees "broad support" for a resolution on Iran at the upcoming meeting of the UN atomic watchdog here, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said here Wednesday.
The UN's top climate negotiator voiced optimism Monday that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming, but said US President Barack Obama must offer a target and financing.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Radovan Karadzic is currently not allowed to appeal a decision by a UN war crimes tribunal to assign him a lawyer, the court in The Hague said today.
Tackling climate change should also include providing low-carbon energy to the poor, UN agencies said Monday, pointing out that almost one third of the world?s population remains in the dark at night.
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