United Nations

Court: Ex-UN ambassador for Bosnia can stay in US
AP – Wed Dec 9, 3:46 pm ET

NEW YORK - A U.S. citizen who served as Bosnian ambassador to the United Nations cannot be extradited even though he is accused of embezzling more than $610,000 from the government of the war-torn Balkan nation, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. Full Story »
Ex-Bosnian diplomat can't be extradited: U.S. court
Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 2:35 pm ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Bosnia's former ambassador to the United Nations cannot be extradited over allegations he misused government funds, reversing a lower court. Full Story »
US wants tough bioweapons ban, but no verification
AP – Wed Dec 9, 11:58 am ET

GENEVA - The U.S. unveiled a strategy Wednesday to crack down on biological weapons that doesn't include any international enforcement, continuing the Bush administration's rejection of binding verification plans. Full Story »
Annan: Pressure has seen Kenya implement reforms
AP – Tue Dec 8, 1:30 pm ET

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NAIROBI, Kenya - Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan on Tuesday praised Kenya's government for acting on reforms necessary to avoid a repeat of the bloodshed that followed the disputed 2007 president poll. Full Story »
UN urges restraint after clashes in Nepal
AFP – Tue Dec 8, 2:09 am ET

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KATHMANDU (AFP) - The United Nations urged Nepal's government and opposition Maoists to exercise restraint after deadly clashes between police and landless settlers in the west of the country. Full Story »
UN chief asks al-Bashir's help to free hostages
AP – Mon Dec 7, 6:31 pm ET

UNITED NATIONS - 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. said Monday. Full Story »
UN urges Iraq to set election date 'as soon as possible'
AFP – Mon Dec 7, 2:18 pm ET

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BAGHDAD (AFP) - 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. Full Story »
North Korea grilled at UN rights council
AP – Mon Dec 7, 1:50 pm ET

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GENEVA - North Korea made a rare appearance before a U.N. human rights organization on Monday, facing accusations of widespread abuses such as forced labor, public executions and torture. Full Story »
Annan urges Kenya to tackle Nairobi slums
Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 9:54 am ET

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan urged Kenya Monday to accelerate efforts to improve living conditions in Nairobi's squalid slums, which experts say could pose a threat to stability and national security. Full Story »
UN seeking $378M for food, medicine in Zimbabwe
AP – Mon Dec 7, 9:08 am ET

HARARE, Zimbabwe - 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. Full Story »
UN envoy meets former Sri Lankan child soldiers
AFP – Mon Dec 7, 1:32 am ET

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COLOMBO (AFP) - A top United Nations envoy for children held talks with senior Sri Lankan officials on Monday after meeting former child soldiers, an official said. Full Story »
UN climate science head hopes for more US action
AP – Sun Dec 6, 2:34 pm ET

COPENHAGEN - "There is scope for going above what is going to be legislated," Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, told The Associated Press on the eve of the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen. Full Story »
U.N. talks on climate "turning point" set to start
Reuters – Sun Dec 6, 6:56 pm ET

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.N. talks billed as a "turning point" in a bid to slow global warming open on Monday seeking to agree curbs on greenhouse gas emissions and raise billions of dollars for the poor in aid and clean technology. Full Story »
Hermit North Korea faces UN test over human rights
Reuters – Sat Dec 5, 10:55 pm ET

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Paranoid and reclusive North Korea will try to defend what groups and governments see as a systemic abuse of human rights in the country when it faces unprecedented questioning at the United Nations on Monday. Full Story »
Uighurs flee China, seek asylum in Cambodia: exile group
Reuters – Sat Dec 5, 9:57 pm ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - A group of Uighurs who have fled China are seeking asylum through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an overseas activist group said, adding that other would-be refugees had been captured while fleeing China after ethnic riots in their homeland in July. Full Story »
Climate change protesters take to London streets
AP – Sat Dec 5, 1:19 pm ET

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LONDON - Thousands of people calling for a deal on climate change at next week's United Nations conference in Copenhagen marched through central London on Saturday, encircling the Houses of Parliament in a human wave of blue-clad demonstrators. Full Story »
Nicolas Cage wins UN award for humanitarian work
AP – Sat Dec 5, 12:17 am ET

UNITED NATIONS - Film star Nicolas Cage has won a U.N. award night for his humanitarian work and has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. Full Story »
Prosecutor says new charges possible in Darfur
AP – Fri Dec 4, 6:12 pm ET

UNITED NATIONS - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court raised the possibility Friday of charging Sudanese officials who cover up the government's involvement in alleged war crimes in Darfur and said President Omar al-Bashir will ultimately face international justice. Full Story »