Новости по теме UN

UN rights chief warns Australia on refugees The UN's top human rights official Wednesday described a hunger strike by refugees banished by Australia to the remote Pacific as a sign of the "unbearable conditions" of their detention.

14 November 2012

Kazakhstan became member of UN Human Rights Council The elections of the new Council members for 2013-2015 were held during the 67th session of the UN General Assembly on November 12 in New York.

13 November 2012

Palestinian UN bid on Nov 29: Abbas Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian Authority will present its bid for non-state UN membership, despite US and Israeli opposition.

13 November 2012

Malnutrition in N.Korea despite better harvests: UN North Korea's staple food output has improved but the poverty-stricken country is still struggling to eradicate malnutrition and provide its people with vital protein.

13 November 2012

Kazakhstan mulls becoming UN Human Rights Council member Kazakhstan has presented itself as a candidate for membership in the UN Human Rights Council from Asian-Pacific States for 2013-2015.

12 November 2012

Obama tells Abbas of opposition to UN move US President Barack Obama told Mahmud Abbas on Sunday that his administration opposes a Palestinian bid for non-state membership of the UN.

12 November 2012

UN leader warns Israel-Syria tensions could escalate UN leader Ban Ki-moon appealed Sunday to Israel and Syria to ease tensions on their disputed Golan Heights frontier amid warnings that conflict in Syria could spread.

12 November 2012

UN concerned over Red Cross problems in Syria The UN human rights chief expressed concern Friday after the Red Cross said it was struggling to deliver aid in war-ravaged Syria.

09 November 2012

UN orders global sanctions against Haqqani network The UN Security Council on Monday ordered global sanctions against the Haqqani militant group in Afghanistan and its suicide attack mastermind.

06 November 2012

Russia, Arabs agree on need to move forward on Syria Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Cairo on Sunday with Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi for talks about the Syrian conflict, agreeing on the need to move forward but finding little common ground.

05 November 2012

UN warns Bahrain protest ban could worsen tensions UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that Bahrain's move to ban protests could "aggravate" tensions in the Gulf state.

03 November 2012

UN Population Fund views Kazakhstan as regional hub Kazakhstan is becoming a regional hub and we have to see how Kazakhstan grows, develops and renders support to the neighboring countries in this region: UNFPA head.

02 November 2012

Asia drug boom fuels surge in opium cultivation: UN Opium cultivation in Southeast Asia has doubled over the last six years as growing demand for heroin in China and the rest of Asia lures more farmers to grow poppies.

01 November 2012

UN says over 26,000 displaced by Myanmar unrest Homeless people fled to packed camps or clustered near their charred houses in western Myanmar on Sunday, amid ongoing unrest that the UN said displaced 26,500 from mainly Muslim communities.

29 October 2012

Ban's 'Gangnam-style' day with rapper, daredevil UN leader Ban Ki-moon had to admit Tuesday that he is no longer the world's most famous South Korean as he came face-to-face with "Gangnam Style" rap phenomenon Psy.

24 October 2012

World pledges more money to protect biodiversity Efforts to reverse the worrying loss of Earth's dwindling natural resources received a substantial boost on Saturday when a UN conference in India agreed to double biodiversity aid to poor countries.

20 October 2012

Nobel season wraps up with economics prize This year's Nobel season wraps up on Monday with the announcement in Stockholm of the economics prize, which US researchers are once again tipped to win after years of dominance in the field.

15 October 2012

Syria army steps up operations in Aleppo, Damascus Syria's army rained shells on rebel bastions in and around Damascus Tuesday and sent extra troops to second city Aleppo, as a watchdog said the death toll from 18 months of violence now topped 31,000.

04 October 2012

Air strike kills children as Syrian war rages Shelling and air raids killed dozens of Syrian civilians, including children, on Monday, a watchdog said, while rebels and loyalists fought close-quarter battles in Aleppo's main souk.

03 October 2012

Kazakhstan advocates cultural rapprochement decade Kazakhstan advocates the initiative to declare a decade of cultures rapprochement.

30 September 2012

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