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POLITICS-US: Right-Wingers Block U.N. Children’s Treaty
A coalition of right wing groups and conservative religious organisations are preventing the U.S. Senate from ratifying a landmark human rights treaty that already has been overwhelmingly approved by 191 out of 193 countries.POLITICS-US: Right-Wingers Block U.N. Children’s Treaty
A coalition of right wing groups and conservative religious organisations are preventing the U.S. Senate from ratifying a landmark human rights treaty that already has been overwhelmingly approved by 191 out of 193 countries.DEVELOPMENT: Japan Reverses Move to Reduce Aid to U.N. Funds
Japan, one of the world's largest donors of development aid, has reversed a proposal to slash its contributions to U.N. Funds and Programmes this year.POLITICS-UN: World Court Starved of Financial Resources
The International Court of Justice, the world's premier judicial body located in the Hague, is complaining it is being starved of financial resources.POLITICS-UN: World Court Starved of Financial Resources
The International Court of Justice, the world's premier judicial body located in the Hague, is complaining it is being starved of financial resources.ECONOMY-ASIA: South Asia Escapes Financial Turmoil
The economic woes of East Asia have not spread to the countries in the South of the continent, a new United Nations report observed Thursday.POLITICS: US Rejects Iranian and Cuban UN Arms Inspectors
The United States has quietly struck out the names of Cuban and Iranian nationals from a U.N. arms inspection team due to probe U.S. chemical weapons facilities.DISARMAMENT: Blinding Laser Weapons Banned Before Deployment
The international community has agreed to ban one of the world's deadliest weapons - designed to blind humans - even before it could be deployed in the battlefield.DISARMAMENT: U.N. Moves to Curb Nuclear Terrorism
The United Nations is getting ready to contain a new post-Cold War military threat: nuclear terrorism.POLITICS-UN: World’s Largest Paper Factory Goes Hi-Tech
The United Nations, once dubbed the "world's largest paper factory" because of bloated bureaucracy, at last is streamlining its administrative operations into a computerised data base.POLITICS: UN’s Plans for Massive Lay-Offs Trigger Protests
The cash-strapped United Nations is threatening to lay-off more than 450 members of its staff as part of its ongoing restructuring programme, triggering a strong protest from the staff union at the world body.POLITICS-IRAQ: U.N. May Change Make-up of Arms Inspection Team
The United Nations may bow to an Iraqi demand to rectify the make-up of a U.N. weapons inspection team to give it a more geographical balance.HEALTH: WHO Needs Urgent Reforms, says UNFPA Boss
The World Health Organisation (WHO) urgently needs to be restructured and reformed, says Nafis Sadik, head of the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA)who is among the front runners for the job of running WHO.POLITICS-MIDEAST: U.N. Security Council Raps Iraq
The 15-member U.N. Security Council mildly rebuked Iraq Wednesday for failing to cooperate with U.N. arms inspectors that were authorised to eliminate all weapons of mass destruction in the country.CINEMA-USA: Titanic Re-surfaces to Ram Box Office Records
A cynical movie critic once remarked that if there were no Roman numerals, there would be no movie sequels - neither Godfather II and III nor Rocky II, III, IV and V, all of which followed blockbuster originals.POLITICS-UN: Canadian Woman Gets Job as Annan’s Deputy
Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday appointed Louise Frechette of Canada as his deputy.DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH EAST ASIA: Cash Crisis Slows SE-Asian Arms Buying Boom
The spreading economic crisis in Southeast Asia threatens to torpedo the once vibrant multi-billion dollar arms market in the region.DEVELOPMENT-UNITED NATIONS: UN to Review Plight of World’s Poorest
Amid misgivings by the United States, the United Nations has decided to host a high level conference three years from now to discuss the plight of the poorest of the world's poor.DISARMAMENT: Cash Crisis Threatens SE-Asian Arms Market
The spreading economic crisis in Southeast Asia threatens to torpedo the once vibrant multi-billion dollar arms market in the region.DEVELOPMENT: U.N. to Review Plight of World’s Poorest
Amid misgivings by the United States, the United Nations has decided to host a high level conference three years from now to discuss the plight of the poorest of the world's poor.DEVELOPMENT: U.N. to Review Plight of World’s Poorest
Amid misgivings by the United States, the United Nations has decided to host a high level conference three years from now to discuss the plight of the poorest of the world's poor.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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