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Japan commits $1 billion to spur UN goals to fight poverty
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18 - 07 - 2017
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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes there is "a historic opportunity" for a breakthrough in upcoming negotiations that would reunite the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus after more than four decades, the United Nations said Friday. The (...)

09 - 01 - 2017
New UN chief urges New Year's resolution
Antonio Guterres took the reins of the United Nations on New Year's Day, promising to be a "bridge-builder" . The former Portuguese prime minister and U.N. refugee chief told reporters after being sworn-in as secretary-general on Dec. 12 that he (...)

01 - 01 - 2017
The Kingdom leads the Arab World in achieving the fastest growth in Woman's rights field
General Secretary of International Parliamentary Union: The Kingdom leads the Arab World in achieving the fastest growth in Woman's rights field The Kingdom headed the Arab World in regard to achieving the biggest development in the field of (...)

13 - 03 - 2014
UN report predicts increase in world's displaced
The number of people fleeing their homes and becoming refugees or displaced in their own countries will increase in the next 10 years as a result of a host of intertwined causes ranging from conflict and climate change to population growth and food (...)

02 - 06 - 2012
UN: Terrorist kidnappings for ransom on the rise
The UN Security Council warned late Friday of the “changing nature and character” of international terrorism, with terror groups increasingly coordinating with organized crime and resorting to kidnapping for ransom to finance their activities. The (...)

06 - 05 - 2012
UN envoy warns Qaeda gained ground in Yemen
The UN envoy to Yemen warned Wednesday of a growing humanitarian crisis in the country, where 6.8 million people have been left without enough food during months of political turmoil that has allowed Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula to gain (...)

09 - 03 - 2012
World meets UN target for safe water
The world's nations achieved a UN goal of cutting in half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water five years ahead of the 2015 target, the United Nations announced Tuesday. A report issued by the UN children's agency and the (...)

07 - 03 - 2012
UN says up to 6,000 Libyans held by brigades
Up to 6,000 Libyans are detained in facilities run by revolutionary brigades that helped oust Moammar Gadhafi, the United Nations said Wednesday. It urged Libya to hurry its process of putting those facilities under government control. The top UN (...)

02 - 03 - 2012
US to spearhead UN reform
The United States said Friday it will spearhead a campaign to promote competitive elections for the UN Human Rights Council to keep rights violators like Cuba from winning seats as part of a new effort to reform the United Nations. Joseph Torsella, (...)

22 - 01 - 2012
UN debates resolutionon Yemen power transfer
Key members of the UN Security Council are considering a Yemen resolution that would call for an immediate ceasefire and transfer of power amid reports the security situation in the Middle Eastern nation is deteriorating rapidly. The (...)

15 - 10 - 2011
UN Council moves to consider Palestinian bid
The Security Council took its first official step Wednesday to consider the Palestinians' request for UN membership. Lebanese Ambassador Nawaf Salam, who holds this month's rotating council presidency, announced that he was forwarding the (...)

29 - 09 - 2011
World leaders vow to cut deaths due to chronic diseases
World leaders have pledged to take wide-ranging action to prevent millions of deaths from cancer, diabetes, and heart and lung disease by tackling the key causes — smoking, excessive drinking, lack of exercise and unhealthy diets dominated by fast (...)

22 - 09 - 2011
Obama plans new tack on development
Addressing a global conference on poverty, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States is changing its approach to development and will use diplomacy, trade, investment and other policies to help poorer countries instead of just (...)

23 - 09 - 2010
World leaders to spotlight goals to help poor
At the dawn of the new millennium, world leaders pledged to tackle poverty, disease, ignorance and inequality - and went beyond generalities to commit themselves to specific goals. Progress has been made over the past decade, but many countries are (...)

19 - 09 - 2010
UN board to rein in $2.7b carbon market
An obscure UN board that oversees a $2.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping gases has agreed to take steps that could lead to it eventually reining in what European and US environmentalists are calling a huge scam. At a meeting this week (...)

22 - 08 - 2010
Geena Davis: Improve images of women
Actress Geena Davis says Americans have “a particular responsibility even beyond our borders” to think about how women and girls are portrayed in film and television. That's because most other nations import “the vast majority of their (...)

30 - 06 - 2010
Poor nations on track to cut poverty: UN
The global economic crisis has slowed the fight against poverty but the developing world is still on track to meet a key UN goal of halving the number of people living on less than $1 a day by 2015, according to a report released Wednesday. The UN (...)

25 - 06 - 2010
Bad security blamed for Bhutto's death
A UN commission Thursday blamed inadequate security by Pakistan's federal, state and district governments for the 2007 assassination of the country's former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. The panel said her death could have been prevented if the (...)

16 - 04 - 2010
Streep presents award to ex-hostage Ingrid
It was hard to tell who was more impressed when film star Meryl Streep presented a leadership award to Ingrid Betancourt, the former Colombian presidential candidate who endured years of captivity in jungle camps. Betancourt was one of four women (...)

16 - 03 - 2010
Ban can't judge if Gaza probe ‘credible'
A report from UN Aecretary General Ban Ki-moon indicates he was uncertain whether UN demands were met for “credible” investigations into allegations that Israel or the Palestinians deliberately targeted civilians during last year's Gaza (...)

06 - 02 - 2010
UN sees mild recovery in 2010
The United Nations on Wednesday forecast a fragile and uneven economic recovery in 2010 from the worst recession since World War II, with a global growth rate of 2.4 percent. “The world economy is on the mend,” the UN said in its annual economic (...)

21 - 01 - 2010
China delays Iran sanctions talk at UN
Taking over the Security Council presidency, China said Tuesday it opposes new sanctions against Iran for now because diplomatic efforts to bridge differences over the country's nuclear program are taking place. The statement by China's UN (...)

06 - 01 - 2010
Cage honored for humanitarian work
Film star Nicolas Cage has won a UN award night for his humanitarian work and has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presented the actor and filmmaker with the UN Correspondents (...)

06 - 12 - 2009
Gaza report to be sent to UNSC
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he will send a report calling for Israel and the Palestinians to investigate alleged war crimes during last winter's conflict in Gaza to the UN Security Council “as soon as possible.” The 15 council members (...)

08 - 11 - 2009
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