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Women Advocates Place Gender and Guns on UN Agenda
News Bulletin 150 July 23, 2008 ***** July 23, 2008, New York: Advocates for women's rights have succeeded in getting violence against women included in a major United Nations initiative to regulate the global small arms trade. The UN Programme of Action on small...
Russia and China Veto U.N. Sanctions on Zimbabwe
Sanctions against Zimbabwe were vetoed today despite winning the requisite number of votes. As permanent members of the U.N., votes from Russia and China vetoed what would have been approved draft sanctions."UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia and China vetoed U.S.-proposed... United Nations Has An UN University.
What do we know about the UN and what does it do? We were asked by our teacher to write a paper about "International Relations" for my class assignment. So I wrote about the UN since I got a chance to travel to the... United Nations: Long On Talk, Short On Action
I like what I see in Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations. He says what he needs to say. He talks about food security, the importance of caring for the starving or malnourished, he is a protector of children.But, after the rhetoric disappears... UNODC launches 2008 World Drug Report in Brussels
BRUSSELS—The 20th UN World Drug Day was observed in Brussels on Thursday 26 June, at a European workshop on drug prevention for international diplomats and anti-drug professionals, that included the launch of the...US Can’t Stop Afghan Heroin Problem
The United Nations recent drugs report claims that 93% of the world’s opium comes from Afghanistan and that massive drug trade has provided $100 million to the Taliban terrorists last year. Since 2004 the US has... South End of Boston Joins U.N. Fight Against Drug Abuse
BOSTON -- Businesses throughout the Washington Street area of Boston's historic South End, put up fliers in their windows to support the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse ands Illicit Trafficking... Benazir’s murder probe: Pakistan requests the UN
Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Munir Akram will present a formal letter of request to the UN Secretary-General in New York by Friday, seeking an international commission to probe into the... Myanmar Turning Back Aid, Relief Four Weeks After Cyclone: Millions Impacted ...
The U.S. Navy is removing its warships frpm the vicinity of Myanmar because the military junta has repeatedly refused the aid the ships carry.
USS Essex, center, leads an amphibious ready group filled with humanitarian supplies.
Meanwhile, the United... Citizen's Arrest of War Criminals
On Wednesday 28th May 2008, George Monbiot, columnist and author, attempted a citizen’s arrest of John Robert Bolton, former Under-Secretary of State, US State Department, for the crime of aggression, as established by customary international law and described by Nuremberg...UN celebrates 60 years of peacekeeping
The blue hats have been keeping the peace for 60 years now, and the United Nations is marking the occasion with a series of ceremonies around the world.But while 60 is an impressive number, there continues to be... World Bank Offers $1.2 bn Credit to Avert Global Food Crisis
As the global food crisis continues to intensify, the World Bank has announced a $1.2 billion credit to assist nations in dealing with skyrocketing food prices and "widespread hunger".See other NowPublic coverage on... First Nations Rally In A Gathering of Mother Earth's Protectors
A rally message to Dalton McGinty: First Nations have the right to say no to mining and clear-cut logging on their land.
With the smell of burning sweet grass and the sound of beating drums, over a thousand First... Ireland/Eire - Youth detention centre handcuff concern
The Celtic League has written to the Irish Justice Minister expressingconcern that United Nations juvenile rights principles were breachedfollowing reports that a child was handcuffed at a juvenile...France criticised by UN over Minority Languages Policy
The French government has once again come in for International criticismfor its failure to give appropriate support and recognition to minoritylanguages.In its latest report (E/C.12/FRA/CO/3… May 2008) the United...
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