UN court to rule on Niger-Burkina Faso border row
AFP - Sat Nov 21, 3:08 pm ETBurkina Faso and Niger are to ask the International Court of Justice to settle their long-running border dispute, the Burkinabe foreign minister said Saturday.
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Burkina Faso and Niger are to ask the International Court of Justice to settle their long-running border dispute, the Burkinabe foreign minister said Saturday.
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Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday.
Iran plans to launch a large aerial military exercise Sunday to prepare for any possible attack, state media said.
New York - The UN Security Council's trade sanctions against North Korea inflicted a sharp drop in business, but the country appeared to have eluded the arms embargo because of its sophisticated international network, a sanctions panel said Thursday....
A key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations.
EDITOR'S NOTE - The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents...
The United Nations on Thursday stepped up pressure on Sri Lanka to free thousands of war-displaced civilians held in state-run internment camps.
NEW YORK, USA, 20 November 2009 – Today at the United Nations, UNICEF and its partners commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the ground-breaking human rights covenant that codifies rights for all children, everywhere.
Iske receives UN-L scholarship Cayla J. Iske of Springfield recently received the Nebraska Farm Bureau Scholarship worth $1,000 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Iske is a freshman working toward a major in animal science at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). She is a graduate of Platteview High School.
UN-L recognizes local seniors The University of Nebraska-Lincoln recognized top Nebraska high school seniors for their academic excellence on Nov. 5 at the 2009 Distinguished Scholars Recognition Dinner. These distinguished scholars have demonstrated a high level of ability and a strong commitment to superior performance in academics as indicated by their class ranking, combined with their ACT ...
Today is Sunday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2009. There are 39 days left in the year.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A United Nations committee has approved a resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents. Citing arbitrary arrests, detentions and the disappearance of Iranians exercising their right to freedom following the June 12 presidential election, the General Assembly’s human rights committee approved the resolution today by a vote of 74-48 with 59 abstentions.
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea is violating United Nations sanctions by selling weapons to nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America and by hiding financial transactions that support its missile and nuclear programs, a UN report said.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Countries most vulnerable to climate change said Friday they were incensed that rich nations were rethinking the timetable for concluding a global treaty that would hold them to legally binding targets for cutting emissions.
El escritorio de Veronica Castillon en la oficina de comunicaciones de Laredo Independent School District está repleto con cartas de alumnos del cuarto grado esperando persuadir a un ejecutivo de la 5ta Avenida de que su ciudad fronteriza merece una librería de renombre.
Musicians Dave Edwards, Susie Stephenson, Doug Carson and Chad Henderson make up the group Un-Reconstructed. The group performed on the square Saturday in Abbeville.
As hope fades for an Iran nuclear deal before the end of the year, UN Security Council members discussed possible sanctions at a meeting in Brussels.
New York - The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), an armed rebel group notorious for atrocities committed in Africa's Great Lakes region. The council said LRA has caused deaths, abductions and displa...
UNITED NATIONS — UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care — and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence — two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.
Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure to speed up resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced by war.