Israel should back US plan for Mi-East peace, says its Defense MinisterJERUSALEM - Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak has said that his country should back a US plan for peace in the Middle East. Obama to chair Security Council meeting on nonproliferation, disarmament in SeptemberUNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama will chair a high-level meeting of the Security Council on nonproliferation and disarmament during the U.S. presidency of the U.N.’s most powerful body in September, the U.S. ambassador said Tuesday. UN to name countries and insurgent groups that kill, maim and rape children in conflictUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to name and shame countries and insurgents groups engaged in conflicts that lead to children being killed, maimed and raped. Newspaper by rural Indian women wins UN literacy awardUNITED NATIONS - A newspaper produced entirely by women in rural India is among the four winners of this year’s Literacy Prizes awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). Newspaper by rural Indian women wins UN literacy awardUNITED NATIONS - A newspaper produced entirely by women in rural India is among the four winners of this year’s Literacy Prizes awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). Rural women from Uttar Pradesh win International Literacy PrizeUNITED NATIONS - Nirantar, a newspaper run by rural women in Uttar Pradesh, has won the United Nations International Literacy Prize. UN calls for long-delayed Ivory Coast elections on Nov. 29 and warns against postponementUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is calling for long-delayed elections in Ivory Coast to take place on Nov. 29 and warned that a postponement would undermine the 2007 peace agreement that ended the country’s civil war. US signs treaty to help protect rights of world’s 650 million disabled peopleUNITED NATIONS — The United States on Thursday signed a U.N. treaty enshrining the rights of the world’s 650 million disabled people, saying it symbolized President Barack Obama’s commitment to upholding human rights through international agreements. US says implementing NKorea sanctions off to ‘an unprecedented start’UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. diplomat pressing for implementation of U.N. sanctions intended to derail North Korea’s rogue nuclear weapons program said Thursday that he was off to “an unprecedented start” in getting governments to enforce the punishing new measures. US envoy says US sanctions hurt rebuilding effort in SudanWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s special envoy to Sudan said Thursday that there is no evidence to back up the U.S. designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism. China must combat climate change: UN chiefUNITED NATIONS - China must lead the global fight against climate change, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here after a trip to that country. UN chief says China wants to seal a deal on a new UN climate treaty in Copenhagen in DecemberUNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says China’s leaders have assured him they want to seal a deal on a new U.N. climate treaty at a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December. UN chief supports North Korea’s willingness to hold talks with the US on its nuclear programUNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he supports North Korea’s willingness to engage in one-on-one talks with the United States to resolve the dispute over eliminating its nuclear weapons program. UN envoy says Somali government is resisting overthrow but needs international supportUNITED NATIONS — The top U.N. envoy for Somalia said Wednesday that Somalia is at “a turning point” and needs international support, especially military equipment, training for its security forces and money to pay them. Rwandan Army general to head Darfur peace missionUNITED NATIONS - The UN and the African Union have named a Rwandan lieutenant-general to head the joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur in western Sudan, officials said Friday. UN chief urges military support for Somalia’s embattled government whose survival is at stakeUNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all countries Thursday to provide urgent military support to Somalia’s embattled transitional government, warning that its survival is at stake. Situation in Somalia matter of deep concern: UN chiefUNITED NATIONS - Repeated attempts to overthrow the transitional Somali government are a source of deep concern, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said, calling on the global community to help the volatile African nation. UN extends Nepal missionUNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council Thursday decided to extend its mission in Nepal by six months until January next year. Iraq’s prime minister urges UN to cancel Saddam era sanctions and resolutionsUNITED NATIONS — Iraq’s prime minister urged the U.N. Security Council’s most powerful members on Wednesday to cancel all sanctions and resolutions adopted after Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, saying Iraq is now a democracy that poses no threat to international peace and security. Widespread absence of freedom and security in Arab world hinders development, report saysUNITED NATIONS — A new report by over 100 independent intellectuals and scholars from Arab countries blames political, economic, social and environmental problems for undermining the lives and freedom of Arabs — coupled with the region’s vulnerability to outside intervention. Japan calls for tough ASEAN stance on North KoreaPHUKET - Asia’s main security forum was expected to issue a tough statement on North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme, a senior Japanese official said Wednesday. UN debate over how to prevent genocide raises question whether to protect or interveneUNITED NATIONS — Out of genocides past and Africa’s tumult a controversial but seldom-used diplomatic tool is emerging: The concept that the world has a “responsibility to protect” civilians against their own brutal governments. UN chief condemns looting of 2 UN offices in Somalia, pledges to keep helping the countryUNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the looting of two United Nations offices in southern Somalia and pledged to continue to help the war-ravaged country emerge from decades of violence. Pachauri defends India’s climate standUNITED NATIONS - India will continue to use coal to meet its energy demands, says Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). G8 leaders ‘ignored’ UN findings on climate change: PachauriUNITED NATIONS - The world’s largest economies have “clearly ignored” the findings of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN scientific body that evaluates climate change when formulating their recent proposals on slashing greenhouse gases, a top official said. Israel urges Lebanon and UN peacekeepers to prevent violations of its territoryUNITED NATIONS — Israel urged the Lebanese government and U.N. peacekeepers on Monday to prevent Hezbollah militants and their supporters from violating its territory and jeopardizing the fragile stability along the border. Top UN climate scientists faults G-8 nations for setting goal without means to get thereUNITED NATIONS — The chairman of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Monday that the Group of Eight nations had “clearly ignored” taking any concrete action to accomplish its new goal of limiting climate change. World body seeks punishment for Jakarta terroristsUNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council has condemned the two bomb blasts that occurred in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta Friday and called for the terrorists to be brought to justice. A list of UN sanctions approved Thursday against North Korea over its weapons programsUNITED NATIONS — A panel of the U.N. Security Council approved sanctions Thursday against North Korea that include travel bans and asset freezes against five individuals, four companies and one state agency. It also banned sales of two materials used in ballistic missiles. UN panel issues new sanctions against North Korea over nuclear and ballistic missile testsUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. imposed new sanctions Thursday against five North Korean officials, four companies and a state agency, and banned imports of two weapons-making materials, in a rare unified push by the world’s powers to thwart Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. |
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