Countries should be ready for more serious H1N1 flu infections and more deaths from the newly discovered virus, the WHO said on Friday.
The H1N1 flu strain is spreading fast in Japan, the WHO said on Monday, and ministers and top officials in Geneva discussed how to fight pandemic flu.
Diplomats at the UN sought on Tuesday to advance an anti-racism declaration and brush off comments from Iran’s president that prompted a walkout.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a walkout from his speech to a UN racism summit on Monday when he accused Israel of racism against the Palestinians.
Sri Lankan forces are holding back their strength against Tamil Tiger rebels to comply with international rules of war, a minister said on Monday.
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/ 1 February 2009
Hundreds of people rallied in Geneva and Davos on Saturday to protest against the World Economic Forum.
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/ 5 December 2008
Repairing the giant particle collider built to simulate the ”Big Bang” could cost up to -million.
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/ 1 December 2008
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday condemned abuses against civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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/ 10 November 2008
China defended itself against allegations of torture before a UN watchdog on Monday, saying it had ”zero tolerance” for abuses in its police stations.
The World Health Organisation’s 193 member states on Saturday overcame their deep divisions over intellectual property rules and endorsed a strategy to help improve developing-country access to drugs and medical tests.