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1. U.N. Security Council Reacts to Afghan President's Re-election November 07, 2009 The United Nations Security Council said Friday it looks forward to working with the newly re-elected government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.In a statement issued after a briefing by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the council called on Mr. Karzai to improve security, promote good governance and fight corruption and the narcotics trade.  Mr. Ban visited Afghanistan earlier this week.Also on Friday, Mr. Ban said only 200 U.N. staff members would be temporarily relocated either within Afghanistan or abroad after last week's Taliban attack on a U.N. guest house in the capital, Kabul... (read more)

2. UNHCR Steps up Aid to Displaced Pakistanis November 06, 2009 A Pakistani tribal family flee from South Waziristan due to military offensive, 01 Nov 2009The United Nations refugee agency says it is stepping up assistance to thousands of Pakistanis displaced by military operations against the Taliban in South Waziristan. The U.N. says it will soon distribute tents to families staying with host communities in districts of the North West Frontier Province. Fighting between the Pakistan army and Taliban militants in South Waziristan hit a peak in mid-October when the Pakistan army launched an air and ground offensive to dislodge the Islamic militants from ... (read more)

3. Israel Rejects UN War Crimes Resolution November 06, 2009 Israel has responded angrily to a United Nations resolution that accuses the Jewish state of war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Former Judge Richard Goldstone, left, Head of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights South African Nava Pillay in Geneva, Switzerland (File)Israel says the United Nations General Assembly is "completely detached from reality," after it endorsed the Goldstone Report accusing the Jewish state of war crimes during the Gaza conflict last December and January. The report also accuses the Islamic militant... (read more)

4. Clinton Stands By UN Mediation for Western Sahara November 06, 2009 The Obama administration says it continues to support United Nations efforts to resolve the future of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Morocco's government there will be no change in U.S. policy regarding the rival claims by Morocco and the pro-independence movement POLISARIO.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, 04 Nov 2009Western Sahara was high on Secretary Clinton's agenda during her meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri this week.Political observers here say Rabat generally bel... (read more)

5. Governments See Dollars in Re-Grown Forests November 05, 2009 FAO says most countries in Europe and North America have reversed centuries of deforestationAs international attention shifts to Copenhagen and the coming United Nations conference on climate change, reforestation is emerging as a critical issue for the environment and as a source for government revenue. The issue is particularly important in Southeast Asia, where hundreds of thousands of hectares are cleared of trees each year. Sometimes known as the lungs of the world, rain forests are crucial in filtering greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Less forest land means ... (read more)

6. China Rejects US Pressure to Agree to Carbon Emissions Cuts November 05, 2009 China says it opposes the United States' position that developing nations should also commit to binding emissions cuts at the Copenhagen climate talks. Cars fill road in center of Beijing on smoggy day, 04 Aug 2008China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, which many scientists say contribute to global warming.However, Beijing has maintained that it is a developing country and should not be subject to mandatory carbon emissions cuts.Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu emphasized this position, Thursday.Ma says China believes that developed countries have what he called "the his... (read more)

7. UN to Relocate 600 Staff After Afghan Attack November 05, 2009 The United Nations says it will temporarily relocate at least 600 of its international staff members in Afghanistan because of security concerns. An Afghan policeman stands guard as firefighters are seen in the back ground as the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, 28 Oct 2009A U.N. spokesman says the organization has decided to move about half of its 1,100 international staff in Afghanistan to more secure locations inside and outside the country. Last week, Taliban gunmen killed five foreign U.N. workers during an assault on an international guest house in Kabul. Also Thursday, NATO forc... (read more)

8. UN Takes up Gaza War Crimes Report November 04, 2009 The United Nations General Assembly is meeting to discuss a U.N. report that alleges both Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas committed war crimes during their conflict in the Gaza Strip.The assembly Wednesday debates a resolution on the report, and a vote could come as early as Wednesday evening.South African judge Richard Goldstone wrote the report based on a U.N. fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict. It recommends that Israel and Hamas face potential prosecution in The Hague if they do not conduct credible investigations within six months.Both Israel and Hamas have denied ... (read more)

9. US House Overwhelmingly Passes Resolution Critical of UN Report on Gaza November 04, 2009 A cloud of smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following an Israeli strikes as seen from the Israel-Gaza border, 15 Jan 2009The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning a report by a United Nations fact-finding panel that criticized Israel as part of an assessment of the conflict in Gaza in 2008 between Israel and Hamas.  House lawmakers approved the symbolic measure by a vote of 344 to 36.In its report, the U.N. panel headed by South African Judge Richard Goldstone said Israeli forces and Palestinian Hamas forces committed violations of international... (read more)

10. UN Chief: Climate Treaty in Copenhagen Unlikely November 03, 2009 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Oct 2009 file photo)United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says world leaders are not likely to agree to a new climate change pact at next month's summit in Copenhagen.Mr. Ban spoke in London Tuesday as African nations walked out of pre-summit U.N. climate talks in Barcelona, Spain. He told reporters that heads of state at the Copenhagen meeting may not be able to agree on all the details of a pact to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.  But the U.N. chief said he is still "reasonably optimistic" that the Copenhagen gathering will be an important mile... (read more)

11. Rights Group Demands UN Aid Cut-Off to Congolese Army November 03, 2009 New York-based Human Rights Watch says the United Nations has taken the right step in suspending logistical support for a Congolese army unit accused of committing atrocities against civilians in an area of eastern Congo. The rights group is urging the United Nations to withdraw support for the Congolese government's military operation there.  Faces of displaced in Kibati camp, North Kivu, DRC (2008 File)The head of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo, Alain Le Roy, says he has information confirming soldiers in the Congolese army's 213th Brigade participated in the massacre of at least... (read more)

12. WHO: Millions of Children Need Not Die From Pneumonia November 02, 2009 The World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund say better nutrition and access to immunization can save millions of children from dying of pneumonia. The two agencies are launching a new action plan to tackle this killer disease. Vara Lakshmi holds her 8-month-old son Darshan, a pneumonia patient, at a press conference prior to the opening of Pedicon 2009 in Bangalore, India (File)The release of this new strategy coincides with the first international World Pneumonia Day. Pneumonia is the world's leading cause of death among children. It kills nearly two million children ... (read more)

13. DRUGS: The Differences Between Sales, Manufacturing, Trafficking and Distribution of Drugs November 02, 2009 $321 Billion. —That is the cursory estimate of the value of the international drug trade, according to the United Nations 2005 World Drug Report. What’s more, about 200 million people (5 percent of the population ages 15-64) are thought to have consumed illegal drugs at least once in the last year. It is undeniable that the global drug trade is large, widespread and deadly. The high demand for illegal drugs and paraphernalia has led to the emergence of complex black markets all over the world. As with legal commerce, the illegal drug trade is multi-layered with manufacturers, processors... (read more) Author: Sam Cadbury

14. Castro Says Increased U.S. Visits Helped Spread H1N1 in Cuba November 01, 2009 Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says relaxed travel restrictions between the United States and Cuba have helped spread the H1N1 swine flu virus.In an opinion piece published Saturday in Cuba's state-run newspapers, Mr. Castro says the first cases of the H1N1 viruses were brought to the island nation by visitors from other nations.  He says the virus spread the fastest among Cubans with relatives in the U.S.Earlier this year,  President Barack Obama eased restrictions on travel and financial transfers by Cuban-Americans to relatives still living on the island.Mr. Castro says he do... (read more)

15. EU (European Union) Blames the US (United States) for Collapse of Global Trade Talks. November 01, 2009 The members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) recently held a series of meetings in Geneva in a final attempt to revive the Doha round of talks and to reach a global trade deal. However, the WTO nations have failed for the nth time due to irreconcilable trade differences among the key players of the negotiations. Initially, the WTO was expected to come up with the outline of a free trade deal this July. Then, the final agreement was scheduled to be signed by the members before the end of 2006. But it seems the global trade bloc will not see any accomplishment this year due to unsettled dis... (read more) Author: abdullah sagaciti

16. After the World War II Europe was weakened in its strength November 01, 2009 After the World War II Europe was weakened in its strength and United States and America and Russia were the two nations probable for the superpower position. The cold war was the rift between these two countries which started in the mid 40’s after the world war. Russia and United Stated of America were having a clash in political, ideological, military and economical values and ideas. But cold war was never fought as a war even though both these countries had a great military build up. The advent of world war saw Germany coming down from its position of total domination over the world. ... (read more) Author: Gurdip Malik

17. Iran Sends Mixed Signals on Nuclear Deal October 30, 2009 Iranian technicians work at a facility near Isfahan, south of Tehran, that produces uranium fuel for a heavy-water nuclear reactor (File)Iran is reported to have rejected a United Nations-brokered uranium enrichment plan, while at the same time, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he welcomes nuclear cooperation with the West.A Western official close to the negotiations says Iran told the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency that it will not accept the plan to ship its uranium abroad for low-level enrichment.The proposal is aimed at preventing Iran from enriching uranium to the point that ... (read more)

18. Hanoi Conference Aims to Link Health with Human Rights October 30, 2009 Hundreds of public health experts have gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam to talk about how to link public health and human rights. The right to health is affirmed in numerous United Nations agreements. But ideas about public health and human rights often come into conflict, particularly when it comes to activity that many governments consider criminal, such as drug use.Anand Grover, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health, told the conference this week that drug users should not be treated as criminals. "The criminalization of these practices actually hinders the right to he... (read more)

19. Alternative to United Nations October 30, 2009 The hypocritical UN, that diseased body of the dysfunctional family of nations, is worthless except as a polluted podium for the sworn enemies of freedom, righteousness and democracy. It would have been well for the United States to have expelled the accursed UN from off our sacred soil of liberty years ago rather than empower them with a voice and credibility they clearly do not deserve. The affirmative action UN has dumbed down and endangered the world and we have aided and abetted their terrorism against Judeo-Christian civilization. The UN is an assault against those bibl... (read more) Author: David Ben-Ariel

20. Senate Panel Votes To Expand Sanctions Against Iran October 29, 2009 The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has voted Thursday to approve legislation that would impose sanctions on companies that help Iran acquire refined petroleum products. The bill aims to step up pressure on Iran to stop its uranium enrichment program. Lawmakers are targeting Iran's energy sector, and hoping that other nations will join the United States. US Sen. Christopher Dodd Ahead of the panel's unanimous vote to approve sanctions against Iran and companies that do business with it, Banking Committee Chairman, Democrat Christopher Dodd of Connecticut laid out what he saw as the stakes of the... (read more)

21. President Obama to Meet with Native American Tribal Leaders October 29, 2009 President Barack Obama has invited leaders of the more than 500 Native American tribes in the United States to a White House Tribal Nations Conference on November 5. Mr. Obama says he wants to hear directly from the leaders about how his administration can help them meet their needs. Joe ShirleyThe Navajo tribe has the largest reservation in the U.S., more than 67,000 square kilometers across parts of the southwest states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The quality of life is typically poor. Many homes do not have running water or electricity. Navajo President Joe Shirley says that when Pr... (read more)

22. UN Approves Commission to Study Guinea Massacre October 29, 2009 U.N. Security Council (file photo)The United Nations Security Council has approved creating a commission to investigate the massacre of opposition protesters in Guinea last month by government troops.In a statement Wednesday, the Security Council strongly condemned the violence and called on Guinean authorities to charge and try the perpetrators responsible for the killings.The council also endorsed calls by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for a new transitional authority in Guinea that would ensure free and credible elections in which members of Guinea's military junta ... (read more)

23. Iran: 'Ready to Cooperate' on Nuclear Fuel Exchange October 29, 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country is "ready to cooperate" with Western powers on a United Nations-brokered nuclear fuel deal.In a televised address Thursday, Mr.Ahmadinejad said Western nations have moved from "confrontation to cooperation."  The International Atomic Energy Agency's proposal would have Iran send its uranium abroad for low-level enrichment for use in a research reactor.  The plan is aimed at preventing Iran from enriching uranium to the point that it can be used for nuclear weapons.Iranian state media reported that Iran's envoy to the IAEA Ali Asg... (read more)

24. Iran to Respond to Nuclear Deal Thursday October 28, 2009 Iran says it will present its response to a United Nations-brokered nuclear fuel deal on Thursday.Iranian state media report that Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh will present a response to the head of the agency Mohamed ElBaradei in Vienna.The IAEA proposal would have Iran send its uranium abroad for low-level enrichment for use in a research reactor. The plan is aimed at preventing Iran from enriching uranium to the point that it can be used for nuclear weapons.A report from Iranian state television Tuesday quoted unnamed Iranian officials saying t... (read more)

25. UN: Zimbabwe Cancels Torture Investigator's Visit October 28, 2009 The United Nations says Zimbabwe's government has canceled a visit by a U.N. torture investigator who was to examine alleged attacks on opposition party members.The U.N. human rights office says Manfred Nowak was in South Africa on his way to Zimbabwe for a week-long trip that was scheduled to begin Wednesday. It says the Zimbabwe government canceled the visit at the last minute, citing talks with southern African leaders over the country's fragile power-sharing agreement. The U.N. has not said whether the visit will be rescheduled.The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has accused memb... (read more)

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