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Eradicate violence against women: Ban Ki-moon
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
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In the ten years since the General Assembly designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the circle of engagement has widened. More groups and individuals, including men and boys, are getting involved...
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Pope to address FAO summit
Rome :: Italy | 14 days ago
Credibility Pope Benedict XVI on Monday will make the keynote speech at the World Summit on Food Security at the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Afterwards he will greet one by one the heads of state attending the summit's inauguration,...
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Senate intensifies climate bill efforts
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 17 days ago
Credibility A powerful U.S. senator on Tuesday called for tough trade protections that may complicate global climate change talks, while U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon traveled to Washington to push for progress on a deal. The U.S. Senate is writing legislation...
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UN Mourns Staff Members Killed In Kabul Attack
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 28 days ago
Credibility The identity of a fifth UN staff member killed when Taliban militants attacked the guest house, where 34 UN staffers were staying, still needs to be confirmed. “These women and men went to Afghanistan with many talents. But they shared a common goal,...
Tags: united nations, Kabul UN, Afghanistan, United Nations General Assembly, guest house, U.N. Facilities Worldwide, general ban, staff member, secretary general, taliban militants
Afghanistan attack shakes vibrant centre of Kabul
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility The suede, camel-coloured, military issue boots of the suicide bomber looked brand new. He had the face of a young man, no older than 19. "He's a kid .....He has hardly any beard," said a security official standing before the ripped-open body of the...
Tags: Afghanistan Matthew Hoh, U.N., Kabul, United Nations, United States, guest house, general ban
A conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Exploring philanthropy, non-profits and socially motivated business, from the Gates Foundation to your donation...Secretary General -- it's a position that seems both enormously important and also largely thankless, but nonetheless a job that very few...
Tags: United States, united stated, global warming, general ban, United Nations, Seattle Times
Riots over food in 60 countries?
Rome :: Italy | 2 months ago
Credibility Empowering the world's farmers to sow and harvest plentiful crops, and ensuring that the food they produce reaches people most in need, is a global challenge that lies at the heart of what experts refer to as 'food security'. 'The Obama Administration...
Tags: general ban, Italy, Rome
Politics › U.N. chief welcomes Hatoyama's climate pledge
Okinawa :: Japan | 2 months ago
Credibility Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Thursday welcomed new Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s pledge on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. ‘‘That will be a very good example by one of the biggest emitters and one of the largest economic powers in the...
Tags: Japan-U.S, Katsuya Okada, Democratic Party of Japan, Mr Okada, Yukio Hatoyama, prime minister, general ban, foreign minister, Japan, Okinawa
Visit to Sri Lanka by United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 2 months ago
Credibility The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, B...He is in Colombo, at the request of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Lynn Pascoe is in Colombo for discussions on a number of issues related to the aftermath of the armed conflict.
Tags: Sri Lanka, ban ki, U.N., political affairs, sri lankan, Colombo, general ban, Lynn Pascoe, United Nations
UN's Ban seeks strong climate pact, fears sea rise
Geneva :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility GENEVA: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Thursday for swifter work on a climate treaty, saying inaction could spell economic disaster and a rise in sea levels of up to 2 metres (6.5 ft) by 2100. Ban said greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from...
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