Reuters - The United Nations, fearing for the safety of refugees in Chad, wants to keep its peacekeepers in the African country despite a government demand that they leave, senior U.N. officials said on Wednesday.
AP - The United States is nominating foreign policy expert Anthony Lake, who was an adviser to President Barack Obama, as its candidate to head UNICEF, the U.N. children's agency. -- read full article
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:24:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
AP - U.S. restrictions designed to stop terrorists in Somalia from diverting aid are hurting humanitarian operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country, U.N. officials said Wednesday.
AFP - Iran has rejected western calls to allow in the UN expert on torture and for wider investigations into post-election violence, a United Nations report showed on Wednesday.
AP - The U.N. says gunmen opened fire on a convoy in South Darfur, wounding seven Pakistani police officers serving with the African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force. -- read full article
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:31:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Wednesday for the Sudanese government to investigate an attack on peacekeepers in Darfur, a U.N. spokeswoman said.
AFP - China's position on toughened nuclear sanctions against Iran remains a "mystery," Israel's UN envoy said Tuesday, and doubted the Security Council would agree new punishments for Tehran this month.
AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Tuesday that the international convention banning cluster bombs has received the 30 ratifications required and will enter into force on Aug. 1. -- read full article
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:18:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
AFP - The United Nations announced that a 30th country had signed on to the international convention banning cluster bombs, paving the way for the document to come into force on August 1.
AFP - Seventeen million Asians have fallen into extreme poverty due to the global financial crisis, the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Reuters - West African drug trafficking is having a "very significant" impact on the region's economies but local responses have been contradictory as the flow of money is seen as "better than nothing" by some, the United Nations said. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:57:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
AP - In a U.N. debate, the United States has urged the Iraqi government to improve its poor prison conditions and to investigate allegations of detainee abuse. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:54:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
Reuters - Iran, already in confrontation with big powers over its nuclear program, on Monday defied the West over human rights, declaring that it was an open democracy where free speech and justice were guaranteed.
