Iran deputy FM, UN special envoy discuss Afghanistan
The withdrawal of US-led foreign forces from Afghanistan and the upcoming presidential election in the country were among the main topics on the agenda of the Tuesday meeting between Araqchi and Jan Kubis in Tehran." The UN...Read more...
Kenya cases International Criminal Court Presidency decides on new composition of Trial Chamber V
API Tuesday 21st May, 2013 Of the forty five U.S. senators who voted down Wednesday's gun reform bill, 42 have received funding from arms manufacturers or their agents. The London newspaper The Guardian revealed the statistic...Read more...
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February 18, 2010 By 21wire 272 Comments Part 1 – Interview from UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen 2009 Watch 21st Century Wire’s Managing Editor Patrick Henningsen as he gives Alex Jones and Infowars.com his report from the...Read more...
Africa UN Chief Calls for Push to Achieve Millennium Development Goals
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today emphasized the importance of countries stepping up their efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before their 2015 deadline and stressed developing countries like...Read more...
UN meeting looks at ways to reduce disaster risk and build resilience
Private sector participation in disaster management is among the topics being discussed at a UN-sponsored meeting underway in Geneva. The three-day meeting, known as the Global Platform for Disaster Reduction, is looking at...Read more...
World: Global Child Nutrition Forum 2013 Kicks Off In Brazil
Source: World Food Programme Country: World BRASILIA - Close to 300 delegates from 37 countries are converging today on Costa do Sauípe, Brazil, to exchange experiences and debate options to strengthen school feeding programmes...Read more...
UN Women Canada NC to Join Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s World...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – May 21, 2013) - UN Women National Committee Canada urges Canadians to help fight global poverty and take part at one of ten World Partnership Walk events held on May 26th, June 2nd and June 9th in...Read more...
Seoul: North Korea fires more projectiles
CNN - Found 1 hour ago Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea on Monday fired more projectiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from "tension-creating acts." But...Read more...
Deadly virus kills Tunisian man
21 May 2013 Last updated at 10:43 ET The World Health Organisation says it is closely monitoring the virus A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa....Read more...
"Israel Plans to Divide Praying Time in Al Aqsa"
Head of 1948 Palestinian Islamic Movement Salah said goal of Israel is to judaize Al Aqsa Head of 1948 Palestinian Islamic Movement Shekih Raed Salah argued that Israel plans to divide the praying time in Al Aqsa Mosque between...Read more...
Luxembourg offers hope to children living in conflict zones
As Luxembourg prepares to chair the United Nations' Security Council's working group on children and armed conflict, a Syrian father and refugee recounts his heartrending escape from Syria, illustrating why the UN must act now...Read more...
Sri Lanka: Why Are The Tamil Refugees Not Returning? – Analysis
By Prof. V. Suryanarayan A few years ago, Kasi Ananthan, the Poet Laureate of Tamil Eelam, wrote, “How long may we stay in another man’s land?” He added, “The parrot and the woodpecker may return to their nests without...Read more...
Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies at Senate hearing over tax practices – live
Most Undocumented Immigrants Are Christians From Latin America and Caribbean Most Undocumented Immigrants Are Christians From Latin America and Caribbean ... Christians in North Africa and Middle East 'under substantial threat'...Read more...
UNHCR concerned over Kurdish families
PNA - THE UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said it was greatly concerned over deteriorating conditions of asylum seekers in Cyprus, offered to support the government and called for accelerating actions on contingency planning.Read more...
FAO: The Argentine corn exports to grow 8 % in 2013
Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 21, 2013. The Argentine corn exports will grow 8 percent in 2013 and are to around 18.5 million tons, reported the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.Read more...
Senators refute UN special delegate’s statements; say foreign organizations should not interfere...
Senators in Afghanistan’s general session refuted recent statements from the United Nation’s special delegate to Afghanistan, saying, “No foreign organization is authorized to interfere in the National Council’s work affairs.”...Read more...
Deputy sends Angelina Jolie Malatya apricots as a post-surgery gift
The Malatya deputy of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Ömer Faruk Öz, has sent apricots - a specialty of the Malatya region - to Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, along with his wishes that Jolie will get well...Read more...
Israel Mulling Plot to Assassinate Syrian President Bashar Al Assad
The Israeli regime’s security bodies are working on a plot to assassinate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by the help of terrorist groups and armed rebels in the country after Damascus showed strength and months of resistance...Read more...
Central African Republic: Judges Approve Revised Bemba Witness List
0 Comments Article Rating:0 | Read: 1 Trial judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have approved an amended list of witnesses in which 13 fewer individuals are expected to testify for Jean-Pierre Bemba. Judges Sylvia...Read more...
Seselj to testify in Karadzic's defense in June
Vojislav Seselj, the leader of the Serbian Radical Party who is awaiting a verdict at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), will appear as a defense witness in the trial of former Republika...Read more...
UN: Strong currencies, weaker exports threaten Latin America
Currency strength due to stimulus measures in the developed world is currently Latin America's Achilles' heel, though the region's macroeconomic management is a bright spot, the head of the United Nations' body for the region...Read more...
Number of Syrians in need of humanitarian aid rises to over 8 million - UN
A senior United Nations humanitarian official reported today that the total number of people in need of assistance as a result of the ongoing conflict in Syria is now 8.3 million, representing about 38 per cent of the country’s...Read more...
ICC sets up two trial chambers to hear Uhuru, Ruto cases
President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with his deputy William Ruto after addressing the nation on March 9, 2013 in Nairobi. The International Criminal Court has constituted two trial chambers that will hear two Kenyan cases facing...Read more...
Tunisian man dies of new coronavirus
Tunisia’s health ministry said the 66-year-old had visited Saudi Arabia, which is badly affected by the virus. There have been 20 deaths worldwide out of 41 cases reported since 2012, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says....Read more...
Equality or bust for post-2015 global development goals – UN rights experts
21 May 2013] GENEVA - A group of United Nations human rights experts today called* for the post-2015 development agenda to be urgently refocused on equality, social protection and accountability. The statement came as UN Member...Read more...
World not ready if flu outbreak strikes
GENEVA: The globe remains unprepared to deal with the risk of a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organisation warned Tuesday, amid fears that the H7N9 bird flu striking China could morph into a form...Read more...
UN AIDS Deaths Down Treatment Up in Africa
VOA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013 A new United Nations report says AIDS-related deaths in Africa are falling while the number of Africans getting treatment for the AIDS virus is on the ... US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and...Read more...
UN envoy proposes set of principles to guide peace efforts in DR Congo
The United Nations Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region today proposed a set of principles to guide immediate peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while voicing concerns over renewed fighting in the eastern...Read more...
Rwanda country profile – Overview
Rwanda experienced Africa's worst genocide in modern times, and the country's recovery was marred by its intervention in the conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The country has been beset by ethnic tension...Read more...
The UN, Integrated Systems and American Intransigence To Accountability by Clive Hambidge
The UN, Integrated Systems and American Intransigence To Accountability by Clive Hambidge by dandelionsalad by Clive Hambidge Writer, Dandelion Salad May 15, 2013 Part One: Integrated Systems In Wikipedia we find this,...Read more...
