News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
A UN rights expert says the food situation in North Korea is desperate, with aid from the World Food Programme reaching only one-third of the hungry. A drop in international aid means that only 2m people are being helped. The UN's Special Rapporteur...
News Source: Inquirer.net
| about 1 month ago
Asia-Pacific and will be launched as leaders meet Friday in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin for their annual summit. Homayoun Alizadeh, regional representative for the UN�s human rights commission. �There is much hope and expectation surrounding...
News Source: Macleans
| about 1 month ago
Myanmar's representative over the nation's human rights record Thursday and called for the release of all 2,000 political prisoners before national elections in 2010. Tomas Ojea Quintana, who was appointed the U.N.'s special rapporteur for Myanmar in...
News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 month ago
Special Rappoteur for North Korea warned Thursday that the human rights situation in that country remains "abysmal" because of the Pyongyang's repressive government...The country is not poor, and yet the money is not spent on the people."...General...
News Source: Scoop
| about 1 month ago
In his most recent report on the issue, Mr. Quintana, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said the Government missed an opportunity to prove its commitment to holding inclusive elections by extending the house arrest...
News Source: Zee News
| about 1 month ago
US to begin engagement with Myanmar next week: Campbell Updated on Thursday, October 22, 2009, 17:50 IST Washington: The United States will begin its engagement with Myanmar after a decade-long freeze next week by sending a top diplomat to Yangon,...