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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.
The head of the UN's Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists on Monday attacked the so-called Climategate affair as a suspected bid to undermine the credibility of his organisation.
Cops in Pennsylvania let the Wienermobile go with a warning after pulling it over for a taillight violation. The reason? Local police sources told TMZ, "It's un-American to ticket the Oscar Mayer...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Sudan's president to seek help in freeing two members of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur who have been held hostage for more than 100 days, the U.N....
The United Nations on Monday urged Iraq to announce "as soon as possible" the date for the war-torn country's general election after MPs struck a last-minute deal to get the poll back on track.
OSLO, NORWAY – December 7, 2009: THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, and its largest fleet customer, Move About, the Norwegian car-share fleet operator, are providing 15 THINK City courtesy vehicles to the COP 15 Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009.
This decade has very likely been the warmest in the historical record, and 2009 will probably end up as one of the warmest years, the U.N. weather agency announced Tuesday at the second day of the 192-nation climate conference in Copenhagen.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday congratulated Iraq's legislators for passing the amendments for the election law, thereby allowing the crucial legislative vote to go forward next year. Ban commended Iraqi leaders and the Parliam...
NEW YORK, USA, 7 December 2009 – The familiar blue flag flew at half mast in front of United Nations headquarters a few weeks ago. Its emblem of peace – a global map cradled by olive branches – flapped in a brisk autumn breeze. The flag had been lowered in memory of the five UN staff and others killed in the 28 October attack on an international guest house in Kabul.
Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2009 - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized Monday the UN nuclear watchdog's censure of Iran as "very rushed," and insisted Tehran's nuclear program should be dealt with only through diplomacy.
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The UN climate conference at Copenhagen is the largest ever assembled.
The United Nations is appealing for $378 million for Zimbabwe to buy food and medicines and bolster health, education and sanitation in the economically crippled country.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicted Tuesday that a robust agreement to combat climate change will be reached in Copenhagen and implemented immediately.
Members of NGO groups hold up signs at the entrance to the main venue of a U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen on Tuesday.
The following is based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media. Part of the agenda of the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and another climate summit at the UN on Dec. 18 is something called "climate justice."
Only the United States and Canada experienced cooler conditions than average in 2009.
The United Nations on Monday urged Iraq's president to announce "as soon as possible" the date for the war-torn country's general election after MPs struck a last minute deal to back the poll.
Washington, 8 December (WashingtonTV)—The United Nations’ human right chief voiced concern on Tuesday over the continued use of force by Iranian security forces against protesters.
Final preparations were underway Sunday for a marathon UN conference on climate change, amid beefed-up security, activists' clamour and warnings that a hothouse planet loomed if the talks failed.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The regulatory board overseeing the United Nation’s carbon market is making ‘subjective’ decisions that have deterred investment in emission-reduction projects, according to Martina Bosi, a senior carbon-finance specialist for the World Bank.
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