AFP - Britain pledged Saturday to return to the UN Security Council over Zimbabwe if there is no quick end to violence after a bid to pass sanctions against Robert Mugabe was vetoed by Russia and China.
AFP - President Robert Mugabe's government was triumphant Saturday at the failure of a UN bid to impose fresh sanctions on Zimbabwe as Britain pledged to return to the Security Council if political violence continued.
AFP - Britain on Friday expressed disappointment at the veto of a draft UN Security Council resolution to impose tough new sanctions on Zimbabwe, singling out Russia for criticism.
AFP - China and Russia on Friday blocked a US draft resolution in the UN Security Council that would have slapped sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe over his disputed re-election.
Reuters - Russia and China vetoed on
Friday a Western-backed U.N. Security Council resolution to
impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for holding a violent presidential
poll that was boycotted by the opposition candidate.
AP - Russia and China vetoed U.S.-proposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's leaders Friday, the global community's latest attempt to take action against an authoritarian regime widely criticized for a violent and one-sided presidential election.
AP - The U.N. chief has agreed to Pakistan's request to establish an independent commission that will investigate the killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
AP - China's government lost track of 121 tons of elephant ivory over a dozen years that probably was sold on illegal markets, according to a previously undisclosed Chinese report to U.N. regulatory officials. -- read full article
AFP - A senior Georgian official called Friday for an urgent UN Security Council meeting amid rocketing tension with Russia over the fate of separatist provinces within Georgian borders.
Reuters - The United Nations and the
European Union sent experts on Thursday to the Philippines to
assess the capsize of a ferry last month with large quantities
of a highly toxic chemical on board, a U.N. spokeswoman said. -- read full article
AP - The U.N. aid chief called on world governments Thursday to donate $300 million more to help Myanmar to recover from the effects of a cyclone that devastated parts of the Asian nation in May. -- read full article
Reuters - Pakistan has reached a "broad
understanding" with the United Nations on aspects of a proposed
U.N. investigation into the killing of former prime minister
Benazir Bhutto but details remain to be worked out, its foreign
minister said on Thursday.
AP - The U.N. chief has agreed to Pakistan's request to establish an independent commission that will investigate the killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
AFP - The Security Council on Thursday delayed a vote on UN sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as the Harare government and its opposition resumed South African-mediated talks.
