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/ 17 September 2009
The head of the UN commission that this week issued a damning report on the Gaza War has rejected Israeli criticism that it was biased.
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/ 16 September 2009
Israel on Wednesday launched a campaign to block what it said were the ”perverse and noxious effects” of a UN report that accused it on war crimes.
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/ 15 September 2009
There is evidence that both the Israeli army and Palestinian militants committed war crimes during the Gaza conflict, the UN said on Tuesday.
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/ 9 September 2009
A top UN official has decried possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the DRC.
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/ 8 September 2009
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki sacked his police chief on Tuesday and sent him to run the post office.
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/ 8 September 2009
Backers of a global pact banning nuclear tests said on Tuesday they would seize on Barack Obama’s disarmament initiatives to further their agenda.
About 150 nations met in Geneva on Monday to discuss how to plug gaps in climate information to help the world cope with global warming.
A US official charged with enforcing UN sanctions on North Korea sought South Korea’s continued support during talks on Monday.
The UN has asked Afghanistan to lift a ban on media reporting of violence during Thursday’s election, saying the Constitution guaranteed a free press.
Suspected Islamist insurgents stormed a United Nations compound overnight in southern Somalia, witnesses said on Monday.
The humanitarian air service run by the UN could face a shutdown next month in key locations owing to a lack of funds, a spokesperson said on Friday.
The announcement that the United Nations has a record $4,8-billion funding gap for its 2009 aid programmes may not strike some observers as news.
Honduras’ ousted president has called on the international community to support him in returning to power after crisis talks broke down.
A United Nations report has warned that the negative economic climate could slow progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, the president said on Friday.
Zimbabwe’s agricultural production is estimated to have risen significantly, but many people still face problems finding basic foods, the UN says.
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon called for a reform of international financial institutions on Wednesday at the start of a UN conference.
Japan has won the ”Fossil of the Day Award” for being the country that has do the most to disrupt progress at UN climate change talks, say NGOs.
France and the United Nations both warned on Tuesday against military intervention to resolve Madagascar’s political crisis.
Somalis fleeing war and hunger at home are pouring into neighbouring Kenya at an average rate of 7 000 a month, the UN said on Thursday.
Zimbabwe needs -million in urgent humanitarian help in 2009, as the country struggles to attract Western aid in an attempt to emerge from a decade
North Korea test-fired another short-range missile off its east coast on Friday and threatened more ”self-defence measures”.
The UN said on Friday that the number of deaths in Sri Lanka’s civil war in recent months was ”unacceptably high”, but declined to give figures.
Fierce battles in Mogadishu forced about 8 000 people to flee the Somali capital in one day, the United Nations said on Sunday.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday toured Sri Lanka’s largest war displaced persons camp, amid concerns for 300 000 Tamils left homeless.
The United Nations has accused Sri Lankan authorities of blocking access to civilians trapped in the former war zone.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday welcomed the election of the United States to the top United Nations rights forum.
The UN condemned a ”bloodbath” in Sri Lanka on Monday after two days of shelling that a government doctor said killed 1 000 civilians.
Israeli plans to withdraw troops from part of a divided village on the Lebanese border are a ploy, Lebanon’s prime minister said on Monday.
South Africa’s ambassador to the UN, Dumisani Kumalo, has returned home after the country’s tenure as a non-permanent member of the Security Council.
The Darfur war has gone from intense fighting in 2004 when tens of thousands were killed to ”a low-intensity conflict” with about 150 deaths a month.
Sri Lanka must put in practice its latest pledge not to use heavy weapons as it fights the Tamil Tiger rebels, the UN said on Monday.