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General Assembly President confers with Security Council counterpart
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Friday, 27 January 2012
General Assembly President confers with Security Council counterpart
The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, has had discussions with with the Permanent Representative of South Africa, which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month, on several issues, inluding the recent debate on the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union.Read Full Article ...
 
Countries adopt UN-backed declaration to enhance protection of marine environment
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Countries adopt UN-backed declaration to enhance protection of marine environment
Delegates from 65 countries attending a United Nations-backed conference in the Philippines have agreed to step up efforts to protect the world's oceans fro...
 
First round of talks ahead of UN sustainable development conference ends
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Friday, 27 January 2012
First round of talks ahead of UN sustainable development conference ends
Delegates from United Nations agencies, Member States and various civil society have concluded three-days of deliberations on the draft outcome document of the...
 
Independent UN expert calls on Brazil to suspend São Paulo evictions
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Independent UN expert calls on Brazil to suspend São Paulo evictions
An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Brazilian authorities to suspend evictions from the Pinheirinho settlement in São Paulo and find ...
 
UN Security Council To Discuss Syria
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Friday, 27 January 2012
UN Security Council To Discuss Syria
The United Nations Security Council is expected to gather at a closed-door session on January 27 to consider a new draft resolution aimed at ending the violenc...
 
UN-facilitated talks between Cypriot leaders begin in New York
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Friday, 27 January 2012
UN-facilitated talks between Cypriot leaders begin in New York
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities as they began two days of United Nations-facilita...
 
UN official urges Israel to end home demolitions
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Friday, 27 January 2012
UN official urges Israel to end home demolitions
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The United Nations humanitarian envoy in the Palestinian territories called on Friday for Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes. "I...
 
Most problems in Sahel region "long-standing": UN official
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Most problems in Sahel region
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- UN Under-secretary-general for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe said here Thursday that a recent UN assessment mission to t...
 
Cocaine found on UN premises has nothing to do with UN: official
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Cocaine found on UN premises has nothing to do with UN: official
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A senior official on Thursday said that the 14 kilograms of cocaine found earlier this month on the UN premises is from cen...
 
AL to seek UN support for Syria initiative
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Friday, 27 January 2012
AL to seek UN support for Syria initiative
CAIRO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) chief Nabil al-Arabi and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani are poised to head to the UN to see...
 
Abducted Norwegian UN worker released in Yemen: official
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Abducted Norwegian UN worker released in Yemen: official
SANAA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- An abducted Norwegian United Nations worker was set free late Thursday in Yemen after he was held captive by Yemeni armed tribesmen ...
 
UN report shows sharp rise in Palestinians uprooted by Israeli demolitions
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Friday, 27 January 2012
UN report shows sharp rise in Palestinians uprooted by Israeli demolitions
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Almost 1,100 Palestinians, more than half of them children, were displaced due to home demolitions in the West Bank by Isra...
 
Return of UN political presence to Mogadishu "historic" step: envoy
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Return of UN political presence to Mogadishu
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The re-establishment of the United Nations political presence in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, will allow the world body t...
 
Sudan (the): Sudan calls on United Nations to focus on addressing root causes of conflicts
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Sudan (the): Sudan calls on United Nations to focus on addressing root causes of conflicts
Source: Government of Sudan Country: Sudan (the) Sudan Permanent envoy to the United Nations, Ambassador Da'afalla Al-Haj, has called on the the United Nations...
 
384 children killed during 10 months of Syrian violence, says UN
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Friday, 27 January 2012
384 children killed during 10 months of Syrian violence, says UN
At least 384 children have been killed during 10 months of violence in Syria and almost the same number detained, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) h...
 
UN says 384 children killed in Syrian unrest
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Friday, 27 January 2012
UN says 384 children killed in Syrian unrest
At least 384 children have been killed during 10 months of violence in Syria and almost the same number detained, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) s...
 
UNICEF says 384 children killed so far in Syria (Reuters)
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Friday, 27 January 2012
UNICEF says 384 children killed so far in Syria (Reuters)
Reuters - At least 384 children have been killed during Syria's 10-month uprising and virtually the same number have been jailed, the United Nations Children's...
 
Cholera fight in the Democratic Republic of Congo gets fresh USD 9.1 million
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Cholera fight in the Democratic Republic of Congo gets fresh USD 9.1 million
(Kinshasa / New York, 26 January 2012): The humanitarian community in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) received today a new financial boost of USD 9.1 mi...
 
New Pressures of the UN Security Council Vs Syria
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Friday, 27 January 2012
New Pressures of the UN Security Council Vs Syria
27 de enero de 2012, 10:44 United Nations, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The Western and Arab member countries of the UN Security Council will insist on Friday on imp...
 
U.N. Says 384 Children Killed in Syrian Unrest
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Friday, 27 January 2012
U.N. Says 384 Children Killed in Syrian Unrest
At least 384 children have been killed during 10 months of violence in Syria and almost the same number detained, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) s...
 
Kenya: UN Scales Up Refugee Training to Improve Assistance in Camps
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Kenya: UN Scales Up Refugee Training to Improve Assistance in Camps
UN News (New York)-The United Nations refugee agency today announced new strategies to ensure uninterrupted assistance and services in its largest complex in K...
 
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
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Friday, 27 January 2012
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in...
 
Kidnapped Norwegian freed in Yemen
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Kidnapped Norwegian freed in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) - A Norwegian working for the United Nations was freed on Friday, nearly two weeks after being kidnapped in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the Inter...
 
UNICEF appeals for nearly $1.3 billion to assist children in 2012
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Friday, 27 January 2012
UNICEF appeals for nearly $1.3 billion to assist children in 2012
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appealed today for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year, wit...
 
Cholera fight in DR Congo receives $9 million boost from UN fund
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Cholera fight in DR Congo receives $9 million boost from UN fund
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received $9.1 million today from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to fight off cholera, whi...
 
Kenya: UN scales up refugee training to improve assistance in camps
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Kenya: UN scales up refugee training to improve assistance in camps
The United Nations refugee agency today announced new strategies to ensure uninterrupted assistance and services in its largest complex in Kenya, including tra...
 
Arab League, European Nations Push to End Assad's Rule
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Arab League, European Nations Push to End Assad's Rule
The Arab League says the withdrawal of monitors from Gulf Arab states will not hinder its work in Syria as France, Britain and Germany joined efforts at the Un...
 
Russia rejects U.N. Syria draft
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Russia rejects U.N. Syria draft
A Western-Arab draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria is unacceptable for Russia in its current form because it does not take Moscow’s posit...
 
Kidnapped Norwegian freed in Yemen (Reuters)
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Kidnapped Norwegian freed in Yemen (Reuters)
Reuters - A Norwegian working for the United Nations was freed on Friday, nearly two weeks after being kidnapped in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the Interior Mini...
 
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns (Reuters)
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Friday, 27 January 2012
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns (Reuters)
Reuters - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia,...
 
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
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Friday, 27 January 2012
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
GENEVA - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, ...
 
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