AP - African leaders at the U.N. food summit said Thursday that Barack Obama becoming the Democratic presidential nominee was a point of pride and one that could lead to increased U.S. focus on problems in Africa. -- read full article
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:23:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
AFP - The United States said Thursday it was "outraged" at Zimbabwe's detention of US diplomats, raised the case at the UN Security Council, and denounced anew Harare's crackdown on the opposition.
AFP - International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday implored the UN Security Council to demand Khartoum arrest two Darfur war crimes suspects and said he would unveil new evidence next month.
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.
AP - Sudan's actions in Darfur have helped turn the region into "a crime scene," the chief U.N. prosecutor charged Thursday, expanding on a scathing report this week that directly linked the government to a feared militia blamed for much of the killing.
AP - World leaders at a U.N. summit embraced an ambitious strategy to combat a food crisis that is causing violent riots and threatening to push up to a billion people across the globe into hunger.
AFP - The UN Security Council expressed concern after Zimbabwe police detained US and British diplomats in a dramatic confrontation at a roadblock amid signs of an intensifying crackdown ahead of a presidential run-off election.
AP - Iran is threatening to sue countries that it says have damaged its reputation and pushed to have U.N. Security Council involvement in its nuclear program.
Reuters - The United Nations urged the world
on Thursday to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide,
saying everyone must act to fight climate change.
Reuters - The International Criminal
Court prosecutor said on Thursday he would seek new indictments
next month against top officials, accusing Sudan's "entire
state apparatus" of involvement in crimes in Darfur.
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.
