Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has
told Kosovo's leaders he intends to reshape the U.N. mission
there to allow the European Union to take on key tasks,
according to a letter obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
U.S. News & World Report - The United Nations Security Council is expected to meet for an informal discussion of the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe next week, and Washington is hoping that a special envoy named by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will be able to visit the violence-wracked country as soon as possible to press the need for a free and fair runoff election on June 27, a senior Bush administration official tells U.S. News. "The sooner, the better," the U.S. official said of the forthcoming U.N. visit. -- read full article
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:06:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
AP - The United Nations said Thursday it has received less than half the money it needs for cyclone relief in Myanmar, with some nations delaying their donations because of concerns about restrictions imposed by the military government on foreign aid workers.
AFP - The United Nations on Thursday outlined plans to restructure its nine-year mission to Kosovo, as the territory prepares to adopt a new constitution despite Serbian and Russian anger.
Reuters - The United Nations and NATO rushed on
Thursday to iron out snags in the troubled international
security presence for Kosovo, just days ahead of its
constitution coming into force.
AFP - An African agriculture aid group headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan and the United States on Wednesday forged a partnership to tackle the continent's hunger and poverty.
Reuters - Serbia arrested a top Bosnian Serb war
crimes fugitive on Wednesday and will hand him to the U.N.
tribunal in The Hague, earning praise from the European Union
and the United States.
AFP - An African agriculture aid group headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan and the United States on Wednesday forged a partnership to tackle the continent's hunger and poverty.
AP - The U.N.'s most powerful body spent nine days visiting African hotspots trying to push solutions to the continent's worst conflicts and get a taste of the hardships faced by millions of civilians caught in fighting. -- read full article
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:41:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
Reuters - The United Nations rejected on
Tuesday as "absurd" and "offensive" allegations that it was
being secretive in selecting a successor to its outspoken human
rights chief, Louise Arbour.
AP - The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa.
Reuters - Hardline Islamist leaders rejected a
U.N.-brokered peace pact signed by the Somali government and
some opposition figures, and vowed on Tuesday that war would
continue.
AFP - A United Nations independent rights expert on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of disapproval over plans to raise pre-charge detention limits for terror suspects to 42 days.
AFP - Iran has ordered a stay of execution for two young convicts sentenced to death for crimes committed before they reached the age of 18, the student ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
AP - President Bush and European allies on Tuesday threatened tougher sanctions to squeeze Iran's finances and derail its potential pursuit of a nuclear weapon. Bush said the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran would endanger world peace.
