Libya complains of Israeli high sea 'piracy' to UN council
AFP - Wed Dec 3, 10:51 pm ESTLibya protested in vain Wednesday before the UN Security Council over Israel's interception of one of its cargo ships attempting to offload aid in Gaza.
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Libya protested in vain Wednesday before the UN Security Council over Israel's interception of one of its cargo ships attempting to offload aid in Gaza.
(RTTNews) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, on Wednesday briefed the UN Security Council on his investigation into the alleged genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.
More than 100 former government leaders wrote to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday asking him to travel to military-ruled Myanmar to secure the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (OneWorld.net) - Noting that 80 percent of those with different abilities live in developing nations, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has highlighted the important role that can be played by people with disabilities in fighting poverty. Today is the UN-recognized International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday was to take up a complaint by Libya that Israel unlawfully intercepted one of its cargo ships in waters off Gaza, a diplomatic source told AFP.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo held out hope for a backstop European force for the turmoil-torn east Wednesday, even as EU members said immediate prospects were dim.
"Hey DJ! Play that funky music!" might be one of the more unusual rallying cries for saving the planet. But the "Mini Sustainable Club" featured at the 12-day UN climate conference here has a purpose. Their disco show is one of many wacky ideas on display for cutting mankind's carbon footprint and adapting to the ravages of climate change.
chrb writes "The Association of Space Explorers, a non-profit group of people who have completed at least one Earth orbit in space, has presented a report to the United Nations titled Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response. The UN will now meet in February to discuss the issue and try to define a global political framework for dealing with asteroid-based threats to the Earth." Read ...
A letter signed by 112 former presidents and prime ministers urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to return to Myanmar and press its military junta to free all political prisoners.
Greenhouse gases worsen ocean noise by raising acidity levels and causing sound to travel farther, making it ever harder for marine mammals to communicate, UN and wildlife experts said Wednesday.
The United Nations Security Council called on member nations to use military force to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. The UN on Tuesday said that piracy is impeding its efforts to move humanitarian food shipments to that country.
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution allowing member states to continue fighting pirates off the coast of Somalia for another year. The resolution also offers support for a European Union anti-piracy mission that launches next week.
The UN Security Council on Tuesday passed a resolution expressing its support for a European naval mission to begin December 8 aimed at ending increased piracy off the coast of Somalia.
KABUL, 3 December 2008 (IRIN) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called on all warring parties in Afghanistan to consider children as "zones of peace" to help protect them against the ravages of war.
The death toll from cholera in Zimbabwe rose to 565 on Wednesday, with 12,546 cases of the acute intestinal disease reported nationwide, the United Nations said.
THE UN Security Council has renewed and extended Resolution 1848 allowing international naval forces to enter Somalia's territorial waters to stop acts of piracy.
Fresh evidence may help identify new suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, a report from the UN's international inquiry team said Tuesday.
On the occasion of World AIDS Day on Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Michel Sidibe of Mali to head the world body's AIDS-fighting agency, UNAIDS, a spokeswoman said.
(RTTNews) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday approved a resolution that extends the rights of international warships to enter Somalia's territorial waters to combat piracy for another year, said officials.
CHARLESTON — A 2006 photo of President-elect Barack Obama in front of the popular Superman sculpture in the small Southern Illinois town of Metropolis generally received one of two reactions.
The UN Human Rights Council must ensure Israel ends "institutionalised racism and discrimination" against Palestinians when it examines the Jewish state's rights record, Palestinian groups urged Wednesday.