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TSUNAMI IMPACT: UN, Relief Groups Fear Aid Falling Behind Pledges
The United Nations - along with international aid agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) - is expressing scepticism over the eventual delivery of the hefty 2.5 billion dollars in pledges made by donors for tsunami disaster relief operations in south and southeast Asia.POLITICS: U.N. Admits Sudan Policies Failing
The United Nations is admitting that its policies in Sudan have failed following a rash of new problems, including renewed fighting between government and rebel forces, an escalation of violence against displaced persons and a possible flood of new refugees.CHALLENGES 2004-2005: ‘Islamophobia’ Spreading Far and Wide
A renowned Islamic scholar is barred from taking up a post in one of the most prestigious U.S. universities. A nationwide survey discovers that nearly one-half of all respondents believe Muslim-Americans' civil liberties should be restricted."Islamophobia" is fast spreading in the United States and Western Europe, warn academics, Middle East experts and senior U.N. officials.
CHALLENGES 2004-2005: ‘Islamophobia’ Spreading Far and Wide
A renowned Islamic scholar of Egyptian origin is barred from taking up a post in one of the most prestigious institutions in the United States - the University of Notre Dame - after the U.S. State Department invokes an anti-terrorism law to keep him out of the country.DEVELOPMENT: South-South Cooperation Soars
Cooperation between nations of the South will eventually trigger growth and development in some of the world's poorest countries, according to the United Nations, which marked the first U.N. Day for South-South Cooperation' on Monday.INT’L MIGRANTS DAY: More Women, More at Risk
More women than ever, about 90 million, are living outside their countries of origin, where most of them are at risk of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation, says the United Nations in a report marking International Migrants Day.INT’L MIGRANTS DAY: More Women, More at Risk
More women than ever, about 90 million, are living outside their countries of origin, where most of them are at risk of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation, says the United Nations in a report marking International Migrants Day.POLITICS: U.N. Reversal – More Staff Bound for Iraq
After long refusing to risk the lives of its workers in Iraq, the United Nations has reversed its stance and is planning to expand its international staff in the violence-ridden country in time for upcoming elections in late January.POLITICS: U.N. Reversal – More Staff Bound for Iraq
After long refusing to risk the lives of its workers in Iraq, the United Nations has reversed its stance and is planning to expand its international staff in the violence-ridden country in time for upcoming elections in late January.POLITICS: Iraq Disputes U.N. Over Legitimacy of Election
Despite U.N. reservations about the legitimacy of upcoming polls and warnings about deteriorating security in military-occupied, war ravaged Iraq, the government is determined to hold elections in January, a senior official told the U.N. Security Council on Monday.CORRUPTION: U.N. Failing to Practise ‘Good Governance’
The United Nations, which extols the virtues of ''good governance,'' is not practising what it preaches, say U.N. diplomats, long-time observers and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).CORRECTED REPEAT*/DEVELOPMENT: Donor Neglect Deadly – Oxfam
The world's poorer nations are paying a heavy price in human lives for the failure of the rich to provide the resources they promised to fight global hunger and poverty, humanitarian agency Oxfam said in a report released this week.DEVELOPMENT: Halving Number of Hungry Seems Distant Dream
The world's developing nations have fallen short of the pace required to cut the number of hungry people by half by 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned Wednesday.POLITICS: U.N. Chief Rejects U.S. Calls To Resign
Buoyed by strong endorsements from western and African leaders, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has refused to cave into demands by conservative U.S. forces seeking his premature ouster from office.DEVELOPMENT: Donor Neglect Deadly – Oxfam
The world's poorer nations are paying a heavy price in human lives for the failure of the rich to provide the resources they promised to fight global hunger and poverty, humanitarian agency Oxfam said in a report released Sunday.POLITICS: South Backs Beleaguered U.N. Chief
The largest political group at the United Nations is expected to pledge its ''strong support'' to beleaguered U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose resignation is being demanded by right-wing newspapers and neo-conservative politicians in the United States.POLITICS: U.N. Needs Radical Change, Says Panel
The 191-member United Nations, which plans to celebrate its 60th anniversary next September, is urgently in need of radical change, rehabilitation and rejuvenation, according to a long-awaited report released Tuesday.POLITICS: Labour Migration a Mixed Blessing, Says U.N.
International migration is a mixed blessing because it has both positive economic benefits and negative social consequences, says a new U.N. report, suggesting that temporary relocation of workers might offset some of the problems.HUMAN RIGHTS: U.N. Body Rejects Censure, Threatens Revolt
The 191-member U.N. General Assembly, the largely ignored policy-making body of the United Nations, is threatening to derail a slew of mostly Western European and U.S.-inspired resolutions condemning human rights violations.RIGHTS: U.N. Body Rejects Censure, Threatens Revolt
The 191-member U.N. General Assembly, the largely ignored policy-making body of the United Nations, is threatening to derail a slew of mostly Western European and U.S.-inspired resolutions condemning human rights violations.HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. Double Standard Prompts UN Tactical Twists
The United States, which traditionally castigates human rights violators before the United Nations each year, has rarely or ever been formally condemned by the world body for its own transgressions of civil liberties... but things changed, at least momentarily.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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