United Nations News
Japan approves economic sanctions against Iran
AP - Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said.
6 hours, 54 minutes ago
Security Council to hold summit on peace
AP - Turkey is inviting leaders of the 14 other Security Council nations to a summit meeting to strengthen the council's primary mission — maintaining international peace and security in a world of new and complex threats.
14 hours, 43 minutes ago
Nations meet on climate cash, U.N. sees long haul
Reuters - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.
21 hours, 39 minutes ago
UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October
AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
23 hours, 8 minutes ago
Flood-hit Pakistanis and Afghans may cross to Iran: UNHCR
Reuters - Dismal conditions in flood-hit areas in southwest Pakistan could force thousands of Pakistanis and Afghan refugees to cross the border into Iran, the U.N. refugee agency warned Thursday.
23 hours, 42 minutes ago
UN report on human rights violations in DR Congo to be released next month
The report documenting the most serious human rights violations committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003 will be made public on 1 October, the United Nations announced today.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
UN political chief encourages Somali Government to do more for its citizens
The United Nations political chief has voiced his solidarity with the people of Somalia during a one-day visit to the Horn of Africa nation, and encouraged its leaders to focus on governing the country.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
UN agency warns of tragedy unfolding in southwest of flood-hit Pakistan
The United Nations refugee agency today called for boosting relief efforts in the flood-hit province of Balochistan in south-western Pakistan, where some 2 million people have been affected by the recent disaster and the humanitarian situation is deterior ...
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
Afghanistan: UN moves quickly to immunize 1.5 million children from polio
The United Nations is moving swiftly to vaccinate 1.5 million children after a polio case was detected in an area of north-eastern Afghanistan which had been free of the disease for more than a decade.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
UN-backed anti-corruption academy inaugurated in Austria
An anti-corruption academy co-sponsored by the United Nations opened today in Austria with the aim of filling the rising global need for training, research and contemporary measures and techniques in the fight against corruption.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
UN urges finalization of voters list in Côte d'Ivoire
The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) today called for the finalization of the voters list to ensure that electoral process was proceeding according to schedule, as the West African country heads towards presidential polls on 31 October.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
UN human rights chief joins condemnation of deadly West Bank attack
The United Nations human rights chief today added her voice to the chorus of condemnation of the killing of four Israeli citizens in the West Bank this week and urged that the perpetrators be brought to justice.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
Recent border skirmish tops UN talks with Israeli, Lebanese military officials
The investigation by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon was the focus of todays talks with Israeli and Lebanese senior military officials today.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
UN agency helps stave off hunger and save farms in southern Bolivia
The United Nations food aid agency has stepped in to help in southern Bolivias El Chaco region, where a long dry spell has decimated maize harvests, threatening an entire culture of indigenous corn growers with destitution.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
Peacekeeping and disarmament focus of Bans talks with Austrian officials
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with senior Austrian officials today in Vienna and discussed a range of issues, including peacekeeping and disarmament.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
World cannot afford worsening disasters, warns UN climate change chief
The world cannot afford escalating disasters of the kind recently witnessed in Pakistan and Russia, the top United Nations climate change official said today, underscoring the need for governments to take swift action to lead the world towards a low-carbo ...
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
Latin American, Caribbean exports to jump 21 per cent this year, finds UN study
A new United Nations study says that exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 21.4 per cent this year, owing mainly to purchases from Asia - particularly China - and the normalization of United States demand.
Sep 2, 2010 05:00 AM [GMT]
Number of victims in Congo mass rape increases: U.N.
Reuters - The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown by nearly a hundred over the last week, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Sep 1, 2010 8:41 PM [GMT]
Aid group says workers safe after Congo rebel attack
Reuters - Congolese rebels attacked a group of aid workers at a remote airstrip in restive eastern Congo Monday, forcing six of them to flee into bush before being rescued, a spokesman for the aid group said Wednesday.
Sep 1, 2010 7:49 PM [GMT]
UN opens first office for south Sudan referendum
AP - The United Nations on Wednesday opened its first field office ahead of Southern Sudan's scheduled January referendum on independence.
Sep 1, 2010 5:57 PM [GMT]
