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UN to offer 'options' to solve Iraqi territorial disputes
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Aug 20, 1:38 pm EDT
The UN will by the end of October offer a package of "options" to resolve territorial disputes in Iraq, including in volatile Kirkuk claimed by both Arabs and Kurds, an official said Wednesday.
UN Secretary General condemns attacks in Algeria
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Aug 20, 3:16 pm EDT
New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned the series of terrorist attacks in Algiers. The secretary general extends his condolences to the people of Algeria and in particular, to the families of the victims, UN ...
Africa meeting key step in climate talks: UN climate chief
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Aug 20, 9:20 pm EDT
Rich nations will come under pressure at climate talks in Africa this week to get specific about how quickly and by how much they intend to cut their carbon footprints, said the UN climate chief.
UN envoy meets Suu Kyi's party, but fails to see her
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Aug 20, 10:46 am EDT
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari met briefly Wednesday with top leaders from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, but his planned meeting with her did not take place, a party spokesman said.
Monitor: UN peacekeepers in Lebanon co-opted by Hizbullah
World Tribune - Wed Aug 20, 1:57 pm EDT
NICOSIA — A consultant to the United Nations said its peace-keeping force in Lebanon has been effectively paralyzed. An independent monitoring group, registered as a consultant to the UN, said UNIFIL could not act without permission of Hizbullah and the Lebanese government it now controls.
UN Security Council discusses Russia's troop pullout - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Aug 19, 4:16 pm EDT
New York - The UN Security Council on Tuesday drew up for the first time a draft resolution to demand full and immediate compliance with the agreed ceasefire in the Caucasus conflict. The draft, written by France which currently holds the European ...
Russia Introduces Draft Resolution on Georgia at UN Security Council
Voice of America - Wed Aug 20, 4:08 pm EDT
Russia has introduced a new draft resolution on the situation in Georgia at the U.N. Security Council. The move follows less than a day after France circulated a revised text on the subject that Moscow said it could not support.
UN Security Council consults on Russia, Georgia
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Aug 19, 3:46 pm EDT
The U.N. Security Council is holding emergency consultations on the conflict between Russia and Georgia. France has been trying to resolve the crisis with a six-point plan for ending hostilities.
At UN, Russia circulates Georgia resolution
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Aug 20, 3:37 pm EDT
Russia is countering a French push for immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia by circulating a competing U.N. Security Council resolution.
UN readies a 'grand deal' over Kirkuk
International Herald Tribune - Wed Aug 20, 7:04 pm EDT
The United Nations said it would present a list of proposals to resolve the conflict over the oil-rich city and other disputed regions in northern Iraq.
UN Security Council To Meet On New Georgia Draft Resolution
Nasdaq - Tue Aug 19, 1:03 pm EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AFP)--The U.N. Security Council will meet later Tuesday to weigh a new draft resolution calling for respect for Georgia's territorial integrity and the withdrawal of Russian troops, a Western diplomat said.
UN secretary general to visit Myanmar at year-end
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Aug 20, 7:16 am EDT
Yangon - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon plans to visit Myanmar in December to discuss the country's political stalemate, his special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari disclosed Wednesday. Ban Ki-moon plans to come to Myanmar in the last week of Dec...
UN chief expected to visit Myanmar in December
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Aug 20, 8:56 am EDT
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is planning to visit Myanmar at the end of this year to hold talks on the country's political problems, the main opposition party said Wednesday.
UN envoy set to meet Suu Kyi: party
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Aug 19, 11:40 pm EDT
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari was expected to meet Wednesday with Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, sources in her National League for Democracy (NLD) party said.
UN remembers victims of 2003 Baghdad bombing
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Aug 19, 11:04 pm EDT
The United Nations commemorated the fifth anniversary of the bombing of its office in Baghdad that killed 22 staffers, including top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Iran calls nuclear talks with UN watchdog 'constructive'
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Aug 20, 5:16 pm EDT
Tehran - Iran has said that three-day talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which ended Wednesday, were constructive and positive. The Iranian envoy at the United Nations nuclear watchdog IAEA, Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, who was present duri...
FRANCE URGES UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE GEORGIA RESOLUTION
The Tocqueville Connection - Mon Aug 18, 7:23 pm EDT
PARIS, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) - France pressed the UN Security Council Monday to quickly adopt a resolution on the Georgian crisis, saying it could help stabilise the situation in the Caucasus.
UN Urges SKorea to Offer Food Aid to North
ABC News - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
U.N. urges South Korea to contribute emergency food aid for North Korea.
WFP asks SKorea for 60 million dollars to help feed NKorea
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Aug 21, 12:19 am EDT
The UN food aid agency said Thursday it has asked South Korea to contribute 60 million dollars to an expanded emergency programme for North Korea, triple its previous contribution.
UN Urges South Korea To Offer Food Aid To North
CBS News - Thu Aug 21, 4:24 am EDT
The U.N. food agency has asked South Korea to provide emergency aid to North Korea to help it avert a food crisis, an official said Thursday.