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North Korea on Wednesday rejected calls by members of the UN Human Rights Council to grant access to a UN independent expert to assess the human rights situation in the country, a report said.
The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) plans to step up its strength at Gemena in the northwest to stop tribal strife getting worse, MONUC chief Alan Doss said Wednesday.
The UN emergency food agency Wednesday launched a "call to action" to help the world's farmers prepare for the effects of global warming.
A top UN official on Wednesday praised "great progress" in easing Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis, but urged donors to continue supporting the country's recovery from a decade of economic freefall.
The UN Security Council on Tuesday urged Ivorian parties to resolve technical and financial hurdles that caused the sixth postponement of the presidential elections in the west African country.
New York - The importance of upholding the concept of non- discrimination, which is at the heart of human rights, should be stressed on international Human Rights Day on Thursday, the United Nations said. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pi...
China issued a strong rebuke at the world climate talks on Wednesday, saying one of its ministers had been blocked from entering the UN conference three times in as many days.
South Africa will host the 17th conference of parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2011, the chair of the Copenhagen climate talks, Connie Hedegaard, said on Wednesday.
Washington, 9 December (WashingtonTV)—A leading US lawmaker on Tuesday called on her colleagues to pass a bill linking US funding of the United Nations to reforms of the world body, following Iran’s election as chairman of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
A top UN official sounded the alarm Tuesday about "terrorists and anti-government forces" in Africa's Sahel belt increasingly using revenues from drug trafficking to fund their operations.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday called for Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar, who is on a three-week-old hunger strike at a Spanish airport, to be allowed to go home.
The United States urged a UN court Tuesday to back Kosovo's independence as an act that brought stability to the Balkans, as Russia demanded the resumption of talks with Serbia on the territory's status.
New York - The United Nations Security Council on Monday strongly condemned the killing of five Rwandan peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region. Unknown gunmen attacked the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur on Friday and Saturday, resulti...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday called for Western Sahara activist Aminarou Haidar, who is on a three-week-old hunger strike at a Spanish airport, to be allowed to go home.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Palestinian leaders will meet Dec. 15 to discuss healing the rift between the Hamas and Fatah factions and a plan to seek United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state.
A global recession and the hijacking of international aid are among factors behind a potentially "life-threatening" humanitarian funding crisis facing Somalia as aid funds dwindle, according to the United Nations' top envoy to Somalia.
A federal court says a U.S. citizen who served as Bosnia's U.N. ambassador cannot be extradited to the Balkan nation.
Iran claimed Wednesday that a newly built U.N. station to detect nuclear explosions was built near its border to give the West a post to spy on the country.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicted the Copenhagen summit on climate change will produce an agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions that will be effective immediately.
Members of the Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists rose on Tuesday to defend colleagues that they said had been "targeted" for email hacking to sway the outcome of the UN global warming talks.
>LUTHERAN WORLD INFORMATION >LWI News online: > http://www.lutheranworld.org/News/Welcome.EN.html LWF General Secretary Calls for Legally-binding Agreement at UN Climate Conference Communion invited to join in 13 December bellringing for climate justice GENEVA, 9 December 2009 (LWI) - Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko has called on ...
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