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As the number of reported cases of children soldiers in countries wrought by armed conflict increases, the U.N. Council recently warned of setting stricter measures against military organizations that encourage such activities. But the announcement...
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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...
made popular Jul 4 2008
AP, Katmandu
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.
made popular Jul 4 2008
AP, United Nations
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...
made popular Jul 1 2008
The World is not inventing Internet Governance. Internet is already being governed.
There is governance, but without a formal structure - the structure is undefined...
made popular Jun 29 2008
AP, Bangkok
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...
made popular Jun 25 2008
AP, Cairo
An al-Qaida spokesman has urged Islamist militants in Somalia to fight a United Nations peacekeeping force slated to be deployed there.
made popular Jun 22 2008
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...
made popular Jun 20 2008
AP, Yangon
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...
made popular Jun 20 2008
AP, Brussels
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...
made popular Jun 20 2008
AP, United Nations
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised to send a “strong message” to Zimbabwe on the importance of a transparent election when she presides over...
made popular Jun 19 2008
AP, Yangon
A United Nations agency warned Wednesday of the need to help Myanmar’s cyclone-stricken farmers plant rice for the next growing season but said the situation was...
made popular Jun 18 2008
AP, Bogota
Colombia’s coca crop _ the basis for cocaine _ grew by 27 percent last year, the United Nations reported Wednesday, calling the increase “a surprise and a...
made popular Jun 18 2008
AP, The Hague
A Dutch court began hearings Wednesday about whether survivors of a 1995 massacre of Muslims in Bosnia _ Europe’s worst mass killing since World War II _ can sue...
made popular Jun 18 2008
AP, Yangon
The United Nations plans to launch a massive anti-dengue campaign this week in cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar where mosquitoes that carry the disease have become a major...
made popular Jun 16 2008
AP, United Nations
The United Nations chief said he plans to give more authority to the European Union over police, courts and other official duties in Kosovo.
made popular Jun 13 2008
AP, Yangon
The United Nations said Thursday it has received less than half the money it needs for cyclone relief in Myanmar, with some nations delaying their donations because of...
made popular Jun 12 2008
AP, Yangon
The United Nations says it has raised less than half of its goal for relief operations in Myanmar more than five weeks after a cyclone devastated the country.
made popular Jun 12 2008
AP, Johannesburg
The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa.
made popular Jun 10 2008
AP, Yangon
United Nations experts headed to Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta to conduct disaster assessments as the world body said Tuesday that the country’s military regime...
made popular Jun 10 2008
AP, Yangon
United Nations helicopters fanned out across Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta Monday, a U.N. official said, ferrying critical supplies to villages struggling to survive...
made popular Jun 9 2008
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