u n news
Your Search Returned 500 tagged news reports
U.N. regrets Canada leaving drought treaty
Toronto :: Canada | 1 month ago
Credibility
The United Nations said Canada's decision to become the only country to pull out of an international drought convention was regrettable. The Canadian government said it was withdrawing from the U.N. Convention to Combat Diversification because of red
Tags:
Myanmar Must Take 'Bold Steps' to Tackle Unrest: UN Envoy
Meiktila :: Myanmar | 1 month ago
Credibility
The UN's Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, on Friday issued a statement from Geneva expressing his serious concerns about the spread of violence between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Myanmar and urged the Thein
Tags:
Moynihan's Moment ... Extended
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
Credibility
Daniel Patrick Moynihan died ten years ago this week, on March 26, 2003. His remarkable career took him from Hell's Kitchen to Harvard, from the Kennedy and Johnson administrations to the Nixon and Ford administrations, and from serving as America's
Tags:
Africa's lost boys of soccer
Yaoundé :: Cameroon | 1 month ago
Credibility
It has been a starting point for some of the world's top soccer players. As youngsters, the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Andrea Pirlo, Carlos Tevez, Javier Mascherano, Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka all played in the Mondial Montaigu youth
Tags:
Talk: Mary Robinson Doesn't Need to Be Popular
Tehrān :: Iran | 1 month ago
Credibility
Did you ever compare your style of leadership with Margaret Thatcher's, considering her prominence in the region? Of course, I was a nonexecutive president, but her vision was to be better at leading in the way of a man than men were. She was
Tags:
UN joins soccer leaders to rid sport of racism
Geneva :: Switzerland | 1 month ago
Credibility
The ugly side of the beautiful game emerged Thursday as the U.N.'s top human rights official joined soccer officials and players in calling for an end to the "crime" of racism in sport...High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said racist
Tags:
Exclusive: Brazil Enlists U.N. Help to Ready World Cup Stadium
Brasília :: Brazil | 1 month ago
Credibility
Brazil's capital city, struggling to finish a new soccer stadium in time for an upcoming dress rehearsal for the 2014 World Cup, is turning to a surprising partner for help: the United Nations. The Brasilia government signed this week a 35 million
Tags:
The Stream Of Syrian Refugees Strains Lebanon
Aleppo :: Syria | 1 month ago
Credibility
She says it was impossible to get them before she left Syria. Now in Lebanon, she says she has to beg for transportation money just to get to the registration center. The center itself sits about a quarter-mile behind a large black metal gate
Tags:
IHT Rendezvous: Happy International Happiness Day
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
Credibility
If you want to avoid the risk of being accosted by total strangers urging you to be happy, you should probably stay home on Wednesday. The United Nations has declared March 20 the first International Day of Happiness to underline the commitment of
Tags:
Poorest Of The Poor: UN Releases Report On World's 'Least Developed Countries'
Apia :: Samoa | 1 month ago
Credibility
Zambian children attend school in a poverty stricken area near the country's capital, Lusaka (July 1, 2005)...Also included on the list is Haiti, which recently complained that the U.N...The Haitian government says the infection began with U.N.
Tags:
