United-nations - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community http://www.instablogs.com/united-nations/ United-nations - Latest Popular Stories powered by Instablogs Community. http://www.instablogs.com/site-img/insta-slogo.gif Instablogs Community http://www.instablogs.com/united-nations/ en-us Instascript 2.0 http://www.instablogs.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:28:41 +0000 From excrement clearing to New York modelling http://radhika.instablogs.com/entry/from-excrement-clearing-to-new-york-modelling/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/from-excrement-clearing-to-new-york-modelling/ Radhika

Walking down the catwalk in front of the great and the good in New York is a far cry from using your hands to clean up human excrement for a living. But this week a group of such women - known in India as scavengers - have been doing just that....

]]> Walking down the catwalk in front of the great and the good in New York is a far cry from using your hands to clean up human excrement for a living.

But this week a group of such women - known in India as scavengers - have been doing just that. They...

]]> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:28:41 +0000 United NationsInternational Year of SanitationPolitics and SocietyIndia Nepal to seek extension of UN mission http://www.instablogs.com/entry/nepal-to-seek-extension-of-un-mission/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/nepal-to-seek-extension-of-un-mission/ AP

Nepal’s government has decided to ask the United Nations to continue a peacekeeping mission in the country for another six months, an official said Friday.

]]> Nepal’s government has decided to ask the United Nations to continue a peacekeeping mission in the country for another six months, an official said Friday.

]]> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:30:43 +0000 NepalUNPeaceMission UN reports big jump in `green energy' investment http://www.instablogs.com/entry/un-reports-big-jump-in-green-energy-investment/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/un-reports-big-jump-in-green-energy-investment/ AP

Global investors plowed $148 billion into new wind, solar and other alternative energy assets last year, in what the United Nations describes as a “green energy gold rush” gaining speed the last several...

]]> Global investors plowed $148 billion into new wind, solar and other alternative energy assets last year, in what the United Nations describes as a “green energy gold rush” gaining speed the last several years.

]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:27:53 +0000 UNRenewableEnergyGlobal On Why and How the Internet needs to be Governed http://isolated.instablogs.com/entry/on-why-and-how-the-internet-needs-to-be-governed/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/on-why-and-how-the-internet-needs-to-be-governed/ Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

The World is not inventing Internet Governance. Internet is already being governed. There is governance, but without a formal structure - the structure is undefined like a round table. The table is not quite round, perhaps oblong, or...

]]> The World is not inventing Internet Governance. Internet is already being governed.

There is governance, but without a formal structure - the structure is undefined like a round table. The table is not quite round, perhaps oblong, or queer...

]]> Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:34:04 +0000 igfinternet governanceinternet governance forumisoc More than 30,000 Myanmar refugees resettled http://www.instablogs.com/entry/more-than-30000-myanmar-refugees-resettled/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/more-than-30000-myanmar-refugees-resettled/ AP

More than 30,000 Myanmar refugees living in camps in Thailand have been sent to third countries in what the United Nations said Wednesday had become the world’s largest refugee resettlement...

]]> More than 30,000 Myanmar refugees living in camps in Thailand have been sent to third countries in what the United Nations said Wednesday had become the world’s largest refugee resettlement operation.

]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:42:41 +0000 ThailandMyanmarRefugeesWorld Al-Qaida urges Somalis to fight UN http://www.instablogs.com/entry/al-qaida-urges-somalis-to-fight-un/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/al-qaida-urges-somalis-to-fight-un/ AP

An al-Qaida spokesman has urged Islamist militants in Somalia to fight a United Nations peacekeeping force slated to be deployed there.

]]> An al-Qaida spokesman has urged Islamist militants in Somalia to fight a United Nations peacekeeping force slated to be deployed there.

]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:46:28 +0000 AlQaidaSomaliaWorld How many of us have to die for your diplomatic game? http://mettacara.instablogs.com/entry/how-many-of-us-have-to-die-for-your-diplomatic-game/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/how-many-of-us-have-to-die-for-your-diplomatic-game/ Metta Cara

By Ashin Metacarra The United Nations has been diplomatically trying to persuade Burma leaders for a long time. They tried by sending envoys. They talked with beautiful diplomatic words, but people have already known in advance that they...

]]> By Ashin Metacarra
The United Nations has been diplomatically trying to persuade Burma leaders for a long time. They tried by sending envoys. They talked with beautiful diplomatic words, but people have already known in advance that they cannot...

]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:36:20 +0000 burmamyanmarcycloneunited nations UN issues urgent plea for Myanmar http://www.instablogs.com/entry/un-issues-urgent-plea-for-myanmar/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/un-issues-urgent-plea-for-myanmar/ AP

The United Nations warned Friday that it will be forced to ground helicopters that have been ferrying critical aid to Myanmar’s cyclone survivors unless the international community urgently provides more...

]]> The United Nations warned Friday that it will be forced to ground helicopters that have been ferrying critical aid to Myanmar’s cyclone survivors unless the international community urgently provides more funding.

]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:06:41 +0000 MyanmarWorldUnited NationsYangon Diplomats: EU to threaten Sudan with sanctions http://www.instablogs.com/entry/diplomats-eu-to-threaten-sudan-with-sanctions/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/diplomats-eu-to-threaten-sudan-with-sanctions/ AP

Diplomats say EU leaders will threaten Sudan with sanctions if it does not cooperate fully with the United Nations and the International Criminal Court in handing over officials wanted for war crimes in...

]]> Diplomats say EU leaders will threaten Sudan with sanctions if it does not cooperate fully with the United Nations and the International Criminal Court in handing over officials wanted for war crimes in Darfur.

]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:41:28 +0000 EUSummitSudanWorld Rice to host UN talks on rape, Zimbabwe http://www.instablogs.com/entry/rice-to-host-un-talks-on-rape-zimbabwe/ http://www.instablogs.com/entry/rice-to-host-un-talks-on-rape-zimbabwe/ AP

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised to send a “strong message” to Zimbabwe on the importance of a transparent election when she presides over United Nations debate...

]]> Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised to send a “strong message” to Zimbabwe on the importance of a transparent election when she presides over United Nations debate Thursday.

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