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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.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Tuesday farming could offer a cost-effective way of cutting greenhouse emissions, but had been "largely excluded" from next week's Copenhagen summit.
More than 92,000 people have fled sectarian violence that erupted in October in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — Promises by the U.S. and other industrialized countries to cut the emissions causing global warming are insufficient to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the United Nations climate chief said Wednesday.
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.
India is the global laggard in reducing measles deaths, with three-quarters of the 164,000 deaths from measles that still occur worldwide annually, the United Nations said.
Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano took the helm on Tuesday of the UN atomic watchdog, pledging a steady hand to steer the agency through the storm surrounding Iran's nuclear drive.
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. In a preview of its annual economic forecast which will be released next month,... United Nations - World economy - Economy - Government - Multilateral
COPENHAGEN (AP) — In Denmark's biggest security operation since World War II, police are mobilizing thousands of officers and — for the first time — a water cannon for next week's U.N. climate summit.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority’s first unmanned toll plaza is almost ready to open.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 3, 2009) - The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced that Canada will contribute an additional $30 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support its operations. This will help the WFP to meet the immediate food aid needs of vulnerable populations and respond to a range of humanitarian situations around the ...
Serbian justice experts on Tuesday challenged the legality of Kosovo's secession, as the International Court of Justice opened hearings into Pristina's decision to break away in 2008.
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. chief is naming blind pop star Stevie Wonder a United Nations Messenger of Peace to focus on helping people with disabilities. U.N. deputy spokeswoman...
The UN Security Council on Monday renewed authorization for measures to combat piracy off Somalia's coast and warned nations against paying pirates ransoms to free hijacked ships.
(FT) -- The United Nations body in charge of managing carbon trading has suspended approvals for dozens of Chinese wind farms amid questions over the country's use of industrial policy to obtain money under the scheme.
While North Korea has rejected UN resolutions against it, calling them a smear campaign, it has spoken up about other countries in the review process. If it can dish out criticism, it should show that it can take it too.
WASHINGTON As world leaders prepare for a new round of global warming negotiations, Gov. Jim Doyle wants them to know that Wisconsin and other Midwestern states arent waiting for an international edict to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Tuesday sharply criticised a Swiss vote banning minarets, condemning a growing wave of "anti-foreigner scaremongering" in several countries.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations stopped approving aid for Chinese wind-power projects until it determines whether they qualify unfairly, a Chinese official said.
The U.N. body that oversees carbon credit trading said Thursday it was reviewing 10 Chinese wind power projects amid questions about how Beijing obtains money through the system.
UN suspends approval of Chinese wind farms amid questions about Beijing's role in system
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