AP - World leaders at a U.N. summit have pledged to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to combat a food crisis that is spreading hunger and unrest across the world. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:59:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
Reuters - The United Nations, European Union and
United States on Thursday condemned a Rwandan rebel attack on a
refugee camp in east Congo as a "terrorist act" and said those
responsible must be brought to justice. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:48:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
AP - The U.N. Security Council got a firsthand look Thursday at the worsening conflict in Darfur, which has killed up to 300,000 people and forced 2.5 million to flee their homes.
AFP - International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday pleaded with the UN Security Council to demand Khartoum arrest two Darfur war crimes suspects.
AP - Sudan's ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday that allegations his government is involved in crimes against humanity in Darfur are "fictitious and vicious" and harmful to the prospects of peace.
AP - Delegates to a U.N. summit on rising food prices worked late into the night Wednesday trying to forge a compromise on a strategy to combat a crisis that is increasing hunger worldwide.
AP - Two U.N. war crimes tribunals appealed to the Security Council on Wednesday for support in pressuring Serbia and Rwanda to do more to hunt down their most-wanted fugitives. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:04:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
AP - The U.N. Security Council wants a firsthand look at the conflict in Darfur that has left some 300,000 people dead, forced 2.5 million to flee their homes and shown no sign of a political solution.
Reuters - The United Nations urged the world
on Thursday to kick an all-consuming addiction to carbon
dioxide and said everyone must take steps to fight climate
change.
Reuters - Diplomats from the U.N.
Security Council flew into Sudan's western Darfur region on
Thursday to see the effects of five years of conflict and what
can be done to end it.
Reuters - U.N. authorities in Kosovo expect
instructions within days on how to proceed after June 15, when
Albanians hope to receive a raft of new powers under their
first state constitution, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.
AP - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said Wednesday that progress is being made at a U.N. summit on determining the role that biofuels are playing in driving up food prices to the point of provoking riots in some countries.
AP - Sudan's ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday that allegations his government is involved in crimes against humanity in Darfur are "fictitious and vicious" and harmful to the prospects of peace.
