India sends exaggerated reports to UN on child rights DNA India | India's report on children to the United Nations (UN), "Convention on rights of children report", is stated to be far from reality. Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) working on pro-child rights have now decided to submit an alternate report to the UN on January 30 mirroring the reality. | India ...
UN to discuss action on Syria Irish Times | France's UN mission said the Security Council would meet behind closed doors today to discuss the next steps regarding Syria, with council envoys saying the 15-nation body would likely get a new Western-Arab draft resolution. | "The UN Security Council will meet in closed consultations this Friday...
A special delivery for UN headquarters in New York The Independent | And in a display of haste rarely seen at the headquarters of world diplomacy, it has already washed its hands of the consignment and sent it to police. | Two diplomatic pouches with suspect UN logos arrived at the body's post room earlier this mont...
Tehran to restart talks with UN nuclear inspectors Irish Times | JULIAN BORGER | IRAN IS due to open talks with United Nations nuclear inspectors tomorrow in an attempt to allay their suspicions of a covert Iranian weapons programme, the first such discussions in more than three years. | The three days of meetin...
UN says 384 children killed in Syrian unrest Your Middle East | At least 384 children have been killed during 10 months of violence in Syria and almost the same number detained, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. | "As of January 7, 384 children have been killed, most are boys," Rima Sa...
UN demands end to Israel demolitions in West Bank Your Middle East | The United Nations on Friday called on Israel to immediately halt the destruction of Palestinian homes in the West Bank after reporting a dramatic rise in demolitions in the past year. | Israeli forces destroyed 622 Palestinian homes in the West Ba...
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UN envoy moves to Somalia as violence rages Al Jazeera | The UN special envoy to Somalia moved to Mogadishu for the first time in 17 years, signalling international support for a government fight against Islamist rebels and preparation...
New allegations of UN sexual abuse in Haiti Al Jazeera | The UN has begun an investigation into two new allegations of UN police abuse and "sexual exploitation" of children in Haiti, Martin Nesirky, a UN spokesperson, said. | One case ...
UN Security Council discusses violence in Syria Ha'aretz | The UN Security Council on Friday was discussing an Arab League-backed plan to respond to the crisis in Syria, diplomats said as they headed into the closed-door consultations. | French Ambassador Gerard Araud said council members expected a presen...
Syria killings spike to 120 as UN eyes resolution Jakarta Globe Security forces intensified a crackdown on Friday, with activists reporting about 120 people killed in a two-day spike in violence, as a draft resolution on Syria circulated at the UN Security Council. | The head of an Arab League monitoring mission ...
16kg cocaine worth $2m seized at UN The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet UNITED NATIONS: The UN headquarters recently became the recipient of a very unusual package - 16 kg of cocaine from the notorious Mexican drug cartels valued at about $2 million. | Yes, a whopping 16 kg of the highly addict...
Doctors Without Borders halts work in Misrata Zeenews Benghazi: Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it said torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought for care only to make them fit for further interrogation, the group said on Thursday. | The announcement was compounded by a statement from Amnesty International saying it has reco...
