Новости по теме United Nations

UN tips faster Asian growth, urges poverty action Asia-Pacific growth will edge up this year on the back of a recovery in the US and emerging nations.

18 April 2013

Ban says W. Sahara risks being drawn into Mali war UN leader Ban Ki-Moon called Monday for urgent international efforts to end the Western Sahara conflict because of fears the Mali war will spill over into the Moroccan-occupied territory.

09 April 2013

UN adopts global treaty on weapons trade The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed the first treaty regulating the conventional arms trade in an attempt to bring transparency and protection of human rights to the often murky industry.

03 April 2013

UN General Assembly set to adopt arms treaty The UN General Assembly is expected to adopt the first global treaty on the conventional arms trade Tuesday after the 193 member states failed to reach consensus on it last week.

02 April 2013

UN gives DR Congo one week to act against 'rape' troops The United Nations on Wednesday gave Democratic Republic of Congo a final one-week deadline to take action against two army battalions accused of carrying out at least 126 rapes.

28 March 2013

Ban says 11,200 peacekeepers needed for Mali Up to 11,200 troops could be needed for a peacekeeping mission in Mali but a "parallel" military force will have to battle radical Islamists.

27 March 2013

Bachelet leaves UN to head back to Chile Michelle Bachelet announced Friday that she is quitting as head of the UN women's agency amid mounting speculation that she will stand for a new term as president of Chile in November elections.

16 March 2013

North Korea places South island in crosshairs North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to "wipe out" a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire Tuesday from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.

12 March 2013

Kazakhstan ready for membership in UN Security Council: Foreign Minister We believe that we are politically ready to bear the international responsibility and responsibility for the global issues as a nonentity member of the Security Council: Yerlan Idrissov.

25 February 2013

UN investigating Iran link to Yemen arms seizure UN sanctions experts are investigating the Yemeni government's claims that Iran supplied rockets and explosives seized from a ship last month.

08 February 2013

N. Korea nuclear test could 'tie hands' of South: Ban UN leader Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that a nuclear test by North Korea could blow up hopes of an eventual reconciliation by "tying the hands" of the South's incoming president.

08 February 2013

N. Korea hints at nuclear test after UN sanctions A defiant North Korea on Wednesday condemned a new round of UN sanctions and hinted it might carry out a nuclear test, while ruling out a resumption of talks on denuclearising the Korean peninsula.

24 January 2013

World jobless number seen rising to record high in 2013: ILO Five years after the global financial crisis hit, unemployment numbers continue to soar, with a record 202 million people worldwide expected to be officially jobless this year.

23 January 2013

UN to sanction N. Korea space agency: diplomat The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea's space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning a ballistic launch.

23 January 2013

Climate: 'Rock' fix for oceans is badly flawed: study Claims that global warming can be braked by dissolving huge quantities of rock in the sea to absorb carbon emissions are laden with flaws.

22 January 2013

Mercury treaty adopted in Geneva by 140 countries Delegations from some 140 countries have agreed to adopt a ground-breaking treaty limiting the use of health-hazardous mercury.

20 January 2013

Thailand grants access to presumed Rohingya: UN The UN's refugee arm said Wednesday it had permission from Thailand to access some 850 people, many thought to be from Myanmar's Rohingya minority, held after raids on hidden camps in the Thai south.

16 January 2013

France urges rapid deployment of force to Mali France has asked the United Nations to "accelerate" implementation of a resolution that enables the deployment of an international force to Mali.

13 January 2013

UN peace envoy to meet Russian, US officials on Syria UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was set to meet top US and Russian officials Friday to discuss the Syrian conflict, a day after Damascus denounced his "bias" against President Bashar al-Assad.

12 January 2013

East Timor bids farewell to peacekeepers after 13 years The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor Monday after 13 years of boots on the ground in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to independence.

01 January 2013

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