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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has named his special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, as new head of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Ban's office said Thursday on its website.
*Stevie Wonder has a new gig – the United Nations Messenger of Peace, designed to focus attention on helping the disabled.
The UN envoy for Somalia on Wednesday called on Japan and the international community to help bring the financial backers of Somali pirates to justice.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations Clean Development Mechanism, the world’s second-biggest greenhouse gas market, has not suspended Chinese wind farms from receiving carbon credits, said Lex de Jonge , chairman of the mechanism’s executive board.
Pollution and climate change cost Lebanon more than half a million dollars (330 million euros) a year, the environment minister said on Friday ahead of the UN climate talks.
JERUSALEM (AP) - A UNICEF spokeswoman retracted a statement that retired soccer star Zinedine Zidane will visit Gaza in March as a goodwill ambassador.
Usually foreigners complain Beijing's giving too much help to local companies. When it comes to wind farms, the UN now says China isn't giving enough
New York - The United States joined the Organization of Islamic Conference and the UN Children's Fund to plan a campaign completely eradicate polio worldwide, it was announced Wednesday. The three parties met at UNICEF headquarters in New York to spo...
More than 100 heads of state or government have confirmed their participation in top-level talks at the end of the UN-led Copenhagen climate conference, Danish government officials said Friday.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Ahmad Zerfaoui is one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, according to the United Nations, which lists him as a member of al-Qaeda’s North African arm. It may be difficult to bring him to justice: He died three years ago.
UN panel reviewing Chinese wind projects and eligibility for carbon credit money
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed Washington's plan to deploy additional troops to Afghanistan. Ban said he appreciated the proposed approach to balance military and civilian efforts and the emphasis on strengthening ...
As the UN tightens enforcement of its Clean Development Mechanism, Chinese wind farms could lose carbon credits, a big source of revenue for developers
Copenhagen - No Christmas trees are to be on display at the venue for the UN climate change conference that opens next week, Danish public broadcaster reported Thursday. We have to remember it is a UN conference, and it is a UN area... and the UN st...
The United Nations forecast Wednesday that the world economy will bounce back in 2010 with a global growth rate of 2.4 percent, but it warned that the recovery will be fragile.
The United Nations warned Wednesday that attempts to halve global poverty will be doomed unless the world's estimated 650 million disabled people are pulled out of neglect and discrimination.
It would be "feasible" to hold Iraq's election on February 27, more than a month behind schedule, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines must respond to the massacre of 57 people last week with a full, fair prosecution and the elimination of clan-based manipulation of the political process, the United Nations said.
Iraq's scheduled January elections will need to be postponed by more than a month because of a dispute over an election law, a United Nations official said Wednesday, a delay that could threaten the planned U.S. withdrawal of combat troops.
U-turn by IPCC Chairman
New York - Massive and concerted measures from the world's major economies have contributed to a global economic recovery expected next year, the United Nations said Wednesday. The UN said in a survey that world economic growth is expected to registe...
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