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UN intervention in Syria: What is Russia's tipping point?
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN intervention in Syria: What is Russia's tipping point?
Russia continues to oppose any United Nations intervention in Syria, even as violence escalates. But Russia might be persuaded to act if the Assad regime looks certain to fall, experts say.Read Full Article ...
 
Small Indian hill state aims to improve agricultural livelihoods with UN loan
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Small Indian hill state aims to improve agricultural livelihoods with UN loan
India is receiving a loan of nearly $90 million from the United Nations to improve agricultural livelihoods in the small north-western state of Uttarakhand, on...
 
Syria Battle Persists as Russia Hardens U.N. Stance
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Syria Battle Persists as Russia Hardens U.N. Stance
Syrian troops on Wednesday continued to push back dissident soldiers in the Damascus suburbs, while Russia hardened its stance against a United Nations Securit...
 
Clinton, diplomats urge Russia to allow Security Council vote on Syria
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Clinton, diplomats urge Russia to allow Security Council vote on Syria
UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Arab and European diplomats at the United Nations on Tuesday in a forceful attempt to wi...
 
South Sudan: UN Relief Chief Stresses Vast Scale of Humanitarian Needs
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
South Sudan: UN Relief Chief Stresses Vast Scale of Humanitarian Needs
[UN News] The United Nations relief chief today underlined the enormity of the humanitarian challenges facing South Sudan on the first day of her three-day vis...
 
UN Security Council members discuss draft resolution on Syria
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN Security Council members discuss draft resolution on Syria
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday afternoon to discuss an Arab- European draft resolution on Syri...
 
Ban Ki-moon Urges Israelis and Palestinians to Resume Talks
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Ban Ki-moon Urges Israelis and Palestinians to Resume Talks
The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, also called on both Israelis and Palestinians to offer goodwill gestures during a visit aimed at revitalizin...
 
Hillary Clinton to Russia: 'Whose Side Are You On?'
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Hillary Clinton to Russia: 'Whose Side Are You On?'
With Russia promising to upend any United Nations Security Council resolution calling for Syria to halt its crackdown on anti-government activists, Secretary o...
 
South Sudan: UN relief chief stresses vast scale of humanitarian needs
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
South Sudan: UN relief chief stresses vast scale of humanitarian needs
The United Nations relief chief today underlined the enormity of the humanitarian challenges facing South Sudan on the first day of her three-day visit to the ...
 
Somalia: UN Mission Relocates to Mogadishu
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Somalia: UN Mission Relocates to Mogadishu
[ISS] Tshwane/Pretoria - The United Nations (UN) Political Office for Somalia has relocated its core staff to the Somali capital, Mogadishu after 17 years of o...
 
South Sudan (Republic of): Dozens killed and injured in South Sudan attack
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
South Sudan (Republic of): Dozens killed and injured in South Sudan attack
Source: UN Radio Country: South Sudan (Republic of) Listen Dozens of people have been killed and injured in an attack that has left thousands of others displac...
 
UN cautions its Darfur envoy over Bashir encounter
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN cautions its Darfur envoy over Bashir encounter
01 Feb 2012 20:43 Source: reuters // Reuters * Envoy Gambari met ICC-indicted Sudan leader at wedding * Rights group HRW says meeting sends "terrible message" ...
 
UN probes reports of mass killings
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN probes reports of mass killings
The United Nations mission in South Sudan is investigating reports of a massacre of nearly 80 people by armed men in uniform.Read Full Article ...
 
UN calls on Israel, Palestinians to resume direct talks
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN calls on Israel, Palestinians to resume direct talks
RAMALLAH, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday called on Israel and the Palestinians to create a positive atmosphere to...
 
Poverty eradication takes center stage at meeting of UN social development commission
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Poverty eradication takes center stage at meeting of UN social development commission
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The UN Commission for Social Development began here Wednesday with a high-level panel discussion on poverty eradication in t...
 
UN investigating violence in South Sudan: spokesperson
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN investigating violence in South Sudan: spokesperson
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The UN is investigating violence in South Sudan with "confirmed reports of an attack by an unknown number of armed uniformed...
 
G77 and China call for scaled-up global partnership to end poverty
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
G77 and China call for scaled-up global partnership to end poverty
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Group of 77 and China ( G77+China) on Wednesday made loud calls for a scaled-up global partnership to end poverty, parti...
 
UN humanitarian chief visits Juba to discuss South Sudanese challenges, needs
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN humanitarian chief visits Juba to discuss South Sudanese challenges, needs
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Valerie Amos, top UN humanitarian official, is currently in Juba, capital of South Sudan, discussing the situation in the wo...
 
UN cautions its Darfur envoy over Bashir encounter
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN cautions its Darfur envoy over Bashir encounter
01 Feb 2012 20:43 Source: reuters // Reuters * Envoy Gambari met ICC-indicted Sudan leader at wedding * Rights group HRW says meeting sends "terrible message" ...
 
Darfur envoy cautioned on Bashir
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Darfur envoy cautioned on Bashir
The United Nations has told its top official in Darfur to avoid encounters like one in January when he met controversial Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir at a...
 
UN Commission on Social Development kicks off with focus on poverty and youth
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN Commission on Social Development kicks off with focus on poverty and youth
Poverty eradication, youth unemployment and socially inclusive policies will be the main focus of the 50th session of the United Nations Commission for Social ...
 
UN-backed survey shows improving public perception of Afghan police
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN-backed survey shows improving public perception of Afghan police
Public perception of the police in Afghanistan has improved over the past three years with the proportion of Afghans expressing personal respect for the countr...
 
UN refugee agency concerned over treatment of asylum-seekers in Ukraine
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN refugee agency concerned over treatment of asylum-seekers in Ukraine
The United Nations refugee agency has voiced concern over the plight of asylum-seekers, including some minors, held in two detention centres in Ukraine, where ...
 
Côte dIvoire: UN disarmament operation continues near Abidjan
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Côte dIvoire: UN disarmament operation continues near Abidjan
A United Nations voluntary disarmament operation began today in a suburb north of the Ivorian city of Abidjan, aiming to collect illegal weapons still in circu...
 
UN chief pushes for direct Palestinian-Israeli negotiations
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN chief pushes for direct Palestinian-Israeli negotiations
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and German Foreign Guido Westerwelle called Wednesday on Palestinians and Israelis to continue talks begun last mo...
 
Ashton: Russia falling short on its "responsibilities" with Syria
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Ashton: Russia falling short on its
Russia must live up to its "responsibilities for international peace and security," the European Union's foreign policy chief said Wednesday, as pressure mount...
 
Rehman Malik meets UNHCR high commissioner
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Rehman Malik meets UNHCR high commissioner
ISLAMABAD: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) High Commissioner Antonio Guterres called on Interior Minister Rehman Malik at the Ministry of I...
 
Pak calls for consensus on plan to end bloodshed in Syria
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Pak calls for consensus on plan to end bloodshed in Syria
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Tuesday advised caution as Arab and Western states urged a divided United Nations Security Council to act swiftly on a draft resolu...
 
UN Calls for End to Syria Violence
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN Calls for End to Syria Violence
The United Nations Secretary-General has called for immediate action to end the bloodshed in Syria. Ban Ki-moon spoke out Wednesday during a visit to Israel, a...
 
Russia orders UN to stay out of Syria and Assad may go
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Russia orders UN to stay out of Syria and Assad may go
Russia demanded Wednesday that the United Nations pledge never to approve foreign intervention in Syria in return for not blocking a resolution calling on Pres...
 
UN Commission on Social Development kicks off session with focus on poverty, youth
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
UN Commission on Social Development kicks off session with focus on poverty, youth
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Poverty eradication, youth unemployment and socially inclusive policies will be the main focus of the 50th session of the Un...
 
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