15/12/2012 | Argentina

Lorenzino: 'Vultures won't pass!!!'

"Vultures, not with the frigate, not with the debt!," Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino said vía his Twitter account after being notified about the favourable sentence of the UN’s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea over the Libertad frigate.

18/12/2012 | Argentina

Ghana government confirms release of Libertad frigate

17/01/2013 | Argentina

CFK: 'Malvinas the perfect example of UN's double standards'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner adressed today the United Nations’ Secutiry Council during her visit to Indonesia by saying the Malvinas case “is a clear example of how permanent members used their status to disobey UN orders, thus also showing the UN’s double standards.”

31/10/2012 | Argentina

AMIA: Timerman announces new negotiations with Iran scheduled for November

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman announced at the Government House that new negotiations between diplomatic representatives of Argentina and Iran over the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack, will take place before the end of Novemeber.

11/11/2012 | Argentina

UN ‘concerned’ about Argentina-UK Malvinas tensions

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the international body aims to see the conflict between Argentina and Britain over the Malvinas, Sandwich, and South Georgia islands sovereignty resolved through dialogue, but also made clear that the UK hasn’t yet accepted the UN’s intermediation.

15/12/2012 | Argentina

UN court orders Libertad frigate release, to arrive in Argentina on Jan 9

UN’s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered the release of the Libertad naval training ship which was detained in Ghana at the request of holders of defaulted Argentine state bonds. Later, Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli stated that the frigate will arrive in Argentina on January 9.

22/10/2012 | Argentina

UN agrees to open talks with Ghana over Libertad frigate

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman met today with top officials at the United Nations in New York to initiate talks over the illegal detention of the navy training frigate Libertad in Ghana.

28/10/2012 | Argentina

Argentina, Iran to meet at UN office to discuss AMIA case

Officials from the Argentine and Iranian governments will meet on Monday in their first work session surrounding the case investigating the terrorist attack against the AMIA Jewish community organization in 1994.

29/10/2012 | Argentina

Argentina, Iran meet at UN office to discuss AMIA case

Officials from the Argentine and Iranian governments met today in Geneva in their first work session surrounding the case investigating the terrorist attack against the AMIA Jewish community organization in 1994.

26/09/2012 | Argentina

'If inflation was at 25%, the country would explode'

President Cristina Fernández delivered a speech at Georgetown University on US-Argentina bilateral relations, in which she praised her administration as well the economical policies implemented.

27/09/2012 | Argentina

CFK at Harvard: 'Constitutional reform is not this President's wish'

During her last day at the US, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner lectured at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where she answered to students' questions. The Head of State renewed her critics to the international organizations and also mentioned the "re-reelection" issue for the first time.

19/10/2012 | Argentina

Timerman calls for Ghana to 'assume its responsibility,' release Libertad frigate

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman demanded that Ghana “assumes its responsibility” of freeing the Libertad Frigate, which remains impounded in the African country’s port over claims of vulture funds.

25/09/2012 | Argentina

CFK's harsh response to IMF: 'Argentina will accept neither pressures nor threats'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner used the first minutes of her speech before the UN General Assembly to harshly criticize the International Monetary Fund after Christine Lagarde’s warning on Monday. “Argentina will accept neither pressures nor threats,” she said in New York.

25/09/2012 | Argentina

CFK: 'We want the UK to sit and talk, not to simply tell us we are right'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner once again claimed Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas islands and urged the United Kingdom to accept talks and abide by the United Nations’s resolutions on the matter.

25/09/2012 | Argentina

CFK meets with Ban Ki-moon, Morsi

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with her Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Morsi and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, following her speech at the entity’s general assembly in New York.

18/09/2012 | Argentina

Garré: 'There is no such a thing as a crime rate increase in Buenos Aires City'

Security Minister Nilda Garré denied today the criminality curve in Buenos Aires City was increasing. "There is no such a thing as a crime rate increase in Buenos Aires. In fact, there is a decrease of criminality in some cases”, the official told the press before inaugurating a conference of representatives of Latin American security forces in a City downtown hotel.

19/09/2012 | Argentina

María Cristina Perceval designated Argentina's UN ambassador

Former Mendoza's Senator María Cristina Perceval was designated Argentina's representative before the United Nations.

22/09/2012 | Argentina

CFK flies to NY for UN General Assembly

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner flew to New York today, where she is to part of the annual United Nations General Assembly.

13/06/2012 | Argentina

CFK travels to the US to stake Malvinas sovereignty claim

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner left for New York on Wednesday evening where she will continue to press Argentina’s Malvinas sovereignty claims at the United Nations Decolonization Committee.

14/06/2012 | Argentina

CFK urges UK to 'leave history of colonialism behind'

While speaking before the UN’s Decolonization Committee in New York, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner urged the United Kingdom to “leave this history of colonialism behind and start building a new history based on dialogue."

29/06/2012 | Argentina

Church of the Nativity made world heritage site

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the pilgrimage walkway have been made world cultural heritage sites, after the United Nations’ cultural organization Unesco, approved a Palestine request made by petition.

14/02/2012 | Argentina

Gov't accepts UN mediation offer over Malvinas dispute

Through a letter sent to United Nations (UN) General Assembly President, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Argentina announced that it had accepted the organization's mediation offer to find a pacific solution to the Malvinas sovereignty conflict with the United Kingdom.

24/02/2012 | Argentina

UN to analyse Argentina's sovereignty claim on Malvinas

The United Nations will receive an Argentine mission on June 14 to discuss Argentina’s sovereignty claim on Malvinas Islands, according to Prensa Latina, a Cuba-based news agency.

01/05/2012 | Argentina

Argentina elected to represent Latin America at UN Security Summit

Argentina received support across Latin America and the Caribbean today to become the non-permanent representative for the region at the UN Security Summit for the 2013-2014 period, the Foreign Ministry informed today.

21/10/2011 | Argentina

Argüello claims Great Britain is 'taking Argentine resources'

The Argentine Ambassador to the UN, Jorge Argüello, stated that Great Britain are taking Argentine resources, when he claimed the country is “illegally taking fish from Argentine waters” and that “they want to take the petrol and minerals,” during a conference in South Africa.

07/02/2012 | Argentina

Argentina to denounce increased 'militarisation' of South Atlantic

13/02/2012 | Argentina

Malvinas: Argentina to accept UN's mediation offer

The National government will officially accept the mediation offer made by the UN after the escalated diplomatic tensions between the United Kingdom and Argentina as the latter reinforced claims of sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia, and Sandwich islands.

26/07/2011 | Argentina

'Argentina is ready to negotiate with UK over Malvinas,' says Timerman

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, stated in Paris that “the United Kingdom cannot hide behind the fact that they are permanent members of the UN Security Council, to avoid talking over the Malvinas issue,” and reiterated that “Argentina feels as though its ready to negotiate and hopes that England is too.”

10/08/2011 | Argentina

Timerman receives UN General Assembly head, Joseph Deiss

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman received incumbent head of the United Nations General Assembly, Joseph Deiss today to discuss “the Malvinas situation and the international financial crisis,” said Timerman.

21/09/2011 | Argentina

CFK threatens UK with banning stops from Chilean flights heading to Malvinas Islands

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner delivered her fourth speech before the UN’s General Assembly and renewed the country’s claim to sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, and threatened the UK with banning all stops from Chilean flights heading to Malvinas.

12/06/2011 | Argentina

UN's Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Argentina for official visit

UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon is set to arrive in Buenos Aires for a two-day official visit, in which he is to meet President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, amongst other activities.

13/06/2011 | Argentina

Ban Ki-Moon says ESMA visit 'one of the saddest, most moving days of his life'

In the first day of his official visit to Buenos Aires, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon visited the ESMA Navy School of Mechanics, which functioned as a detention centre during the last dictatorship. "This has been one of the saddest and most moving experiences in my life," he said.

16/06/2011 | Argentina

Argentine ambassador to UN regrets Cameron's sovereignty remarks

The Argentine ambassador to the UN, Jorge Argüello, reiterated Argentina’s disappointment over British Prime Minister, David Cameron’s approach to Malvinas islands sovereignty, and said that it’s “worrying and irritating to hear the British Prime Minister confirm what everybody was thinking; also neglecting to abide by UN resolution.”

04/02/2013 | World

South Korea: North Korea nuclear test would face 'firm' UN action

The UN Security Council is united on North Korea's nuclear arms program and will undoubtedly approve tough measures against Pyongyang if it carries out a new atomic test as expected, South Korean UN Ambassador Kim Sook said today.

05/02/2013 | World

North Korea threatens 'stronger' measures than nuclear test

North Korea stepped up its bellicose rhetoric threatening to go beyond carrying out a promised third nuclear test in response to what it believes are "hostile" sanctions imposed after a December rocket launch.

29/01/2013 | World

Sixty-five people executed in Syria's Aleppo

At least 65 people were found shot dead with their hands bound in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo today in a "new massacre" in the near two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.

30/01/2013 | World

UN's Ban Ki-moon urges end to war in Syria

Denouncing "unrelenting horrors" in Syria's war, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed for an end to the violence and more aid to address a situation he said was catastrophic and worsening by the day.

31/01/2013 | World

France backs possible UN force in Mali

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian today backed the idea of sending a United Nations peacekeeping force into Mali, saying France would play a role in any such plan.

02/01/2013 | World

Over 60,000 dead in Syria conflict, UN says

22/01/2013 | World

UN Security Council rebukes N.Korea, tightens sanctions

The UN Security Council today unanimously condemned North Korea's December rocket launch and expanded existing UN sanctions thanks to a deal secured by the United States and Pyongyang's ally China.

25/01/2013 | World

North Korea threatens war with South over UN sanctions

North Korea threatened to attack rival South Korea if Seoul joined a new round of tightened UN sanctions.

03/12/2012 | World

Israel says will stick with settlement plan despite European pressure

Israel rejected concerted criticism from Europe over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations' de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.

07/12/2012 | World

'If Syria used chemical weapons it would be an 'outrageous crime,' UN

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was not aware of any confirmed reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was preparing to use chemical weapons but that if he did so it would be an "outrageous crime".

13/12/2012 | World

Iran, UN nuclear agency end talks; no word on site visit

Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran today to hold talks over Iran's disputed nuclear program but there was no sign they would gain access to the Parchin military complex as requested.

29/11/2012 | World

US gives Iran until March to cooperate with IAEA

The United States set a March deadline today for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a UN nuclear agency investigation, saying it would otherwise urge reporting the issue to the UN Security Council.

29/11/2012 | World

Palestinians win implicit UN recognition of sovereign state

The 193-nation UN General Assembly today overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue "birth certificate."

01/12/2012 | World

Merkel reaffirms support for Israel after UN vote

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reassured Israel of her country's support, two days after Berlin disappointed the Jewish state by abstaining in a UN vote on the Palestinians' status.

19/11/2012 | World

Ban Ki-moon to meet Netanyahu and Abbas after Egypt talks

20/11/2012 | World

World pressure for Gaza truce intensifies as Clinton heads to Israel

The UN chief called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip today and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to the region with a message that escalation of the conflict was in nobody's interest.

28/11/2012 | World

UN maritime organization confirms Frigate cannot be impounded

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) certified that the Libertad Frigate is a military vessel, therefore, it can not be impounded, Argentina's ambassador to the UK, Alicia Castro, reported.

26/09/2012 | World

Kelpers deem CFK's speech at UN as 'hypocrisy'

Malvinas Islands British Government deemed President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's speech at the UN General Assembly as "hypocrisy."

13/10/2012 | World

Turkey condemns UN inertia as Syrian conflict deepens

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rebuked the UN Security Council for inaction over Syria as war intensified across the country, saying the world body of superpowers was repeating mistakes that led to massacres in Bosnia in the 1990s.

09/11/2012 | World

Iran, UN nuclear agency to resume talks in December

Iran will return to talks with the UN nuclear agency next month, both sides said today, the latest push to seek a peaceful end to a dispute that has raised fears of a new Middle East war.

23/09/2012 | World

As global tensions build, Obama to reassure at UN

The United States has denied visas to about 20 Iranian government officials hoping to attend next week's United Nations General Assembly, including two ministers, Iran's Fars news agency reported.

25/09/2012 | World

Protesters demonstrate in front of CFK's hotel in NY

Over a hundred protesters demonstrated in front of the hotel where President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is staying at in New York, holding similar signs to the ones seen at the September 13 pot-banging protest.

26/09/2012 | World

'Iran is under military threat by uncivilized Zionists,' Ahmadinejad

Iran is under threat of military action from "uncivilized Zionists," a clear reference to Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today, saying that such threats are designed to force nations into submission.

10/09/2012 | World

UN nuclear chief urges immediate access to Iran site

UN nuclear watchdog chief pressed Iran today to grant his inspectors immediate access to the Parchin military site, where they believe Tehran may have conducted explosives tests relevant to the development of nuclear weapons.

12/09/2012 | World

United Nations condemns attack on US diplomats in Libya

The United Nations strongly condemned an assault that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three embassy staff and said the "horrific and tragic attack" further spotlighted the security challenges facing Libyan authorities.

18/09/2012 | World

Iran calls Foreign Minister for a meeting at UN

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi summoned his Argentine counterpart Héctor Timerman for a meeting to be held next week at the United Nations General Assembly, the Ministry reported.

24/08/2012 | World

IAEA gets no deal with Iran on bomb research suspicions

The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran failed on Friday to strike a deal aimed at allaying concerns about suspected nuclear weapons research by Tehran, a setback in efforts to resolve the stand-off diplomatically before any Israeli or US military action.

24/08/2012 | World

New Syria mediator tells UN chief he is 'scared'

Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi told UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that he was "honored, flattered, humbled and scared" at the prospect of leading international efforts to broker peace in Syria's worsening 17-month conflict.

06/09/2012 | World

World food prices stabilize but UN urges action

World food prices stabilized in August at levels close to those reached in the food crisis of 2008, and global grain stocks are likely to shrink this year as cereal crop output falls short of what is needed, the United Nations food agency said.

10/08/2012 | World

Syrians flee Aleppo, rebels plan new push

Rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Aleppo promised a counter-attack today after losing ground earlier and residents fled in cars crammed with belongings during a lull in fighting.

17/08/2012 | World

UN monitors quit, saying Syrians choose 'path of war'

Syria's government and rebels have "chosen the path of war", a UN peacekeeping chief said as the world body ended its doomed monitoring mission to Damascus and deadlock persists among world powers over how to contain the spreading conflict.

22/08/2012 | World

UN to press Iran for access to alleged nuke facility

UN nuclear inspectors will press again for access to a major military facility in talks with Iran this week as the International Atomic Energy Agency expressed concern about suspected whitewashing efforts.

23/07/2012 | World

UN's Ban voices concern on Syria chemical weapons

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he was concerned about the risk of Syria using chemical weapons after Damascus warned it could deploy its arsenal of them if it felt threatened by foreign intervention.

02/08/2012 | World

Annan quits as international Syria mediator

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is stepping down as the UN-Arab League mediator in the 17-month-old Syria conflict at the end of the month, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in a statement.

04/08/2012 | World

Palestinians to renew UN statehood drive next month

The Palestinians will next month renew a bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations, their foreign minister said on Saturday, a move which could strengthen their statehood claims after talks with Israel stalled.

19/07/2012 | World

Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution on Syria

Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions if they did not halt violence against an uprising, again thwarting Western hopes for tough action as the crisis in Syria escalates.

20/07/2012 | World

UN Security Council approves extension to Syria mission

The UN Security Council unanimously approved a 30-day extension to a UN monitoring mission in Syria that had been deployed as part of international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan to end the 16-month conflict that has killed thousands.

21/07/2012 | World

UN chief to send envoy to assess situation in Syria

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he is sending his undersecretary for peacekeeping operations to Syria to assess the situation there as Syrian government forces and rebels continue fighting over the control of the country.

16/06/2012 | World

UN suspends Syria monitoring due to rising violence

United Nations monitors in Syria have suspended operations because of the increasing violence over the last 10 days by President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels seeking his overthrow, the head of the observer mission said on Saturday.

26/06/2012 | World

Assad says Syria at war as battle reaches capital

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Tuesday that his country was at war and ordered his new government to spare no effort to achieve victory, as the worst fighting of the 16-month conflict reached the outskirts of the capital.

14/07/2012 | World

UN says Syria killings targeted opposition

United Nations observers found blood, burned homes and signs of artillery fire in the Syrian village of Tremseh today but were unable to confirm activists' reports that about 220 people were massacred in an attack that prompted international outrage.

12/06/2012 | World

UN says Syrian helicopters fire on rebel strongholds

UN monitors said Syrian helicopters fired on rebel strongholds north of Homs and called for "immediate and unfettered access" to conflict zones where they had heard many women and children were trapped.

12/06/2012 | World

Malvinas islanders travel to NY to address CFK

A group of young Malvinas Islanders has travelled to New York City in order to pass a firm message to Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during the United Nations summit that they want to remain British subjects and continue their current way of life.

14/06/2012 | World

UN Committee passes resolution urging 'peaceful, long lasting solution'

The UN Decolonization Committee passed by general consensus a resolution urging Argentina and the United Kingdom to “restart negotiations in order to fin as soon as possible a peaceful, just and long lasting solution” to the Malvinas Islands conflict.

04/06/2012 | World

Syria rebels say no longer committed to Annan plan

Syrian rebels are no longer committed to a UN-backed peace plan that has failed to end the violence and have launched attacks on government forces to "defend our people", a spokesman said today.

05/06/2012 | World

Iran hopeful on atomic talks if 'rights' respected

If the world recognises Iran's "nuclear rights," negotiations aimed at easing a standoff with the West later this month could have a positive outcome, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader was quoted as saying.

08/06/2012 | World

IAEA says no progress in nuclear probe talks with Iran

The UN nuclear watchdog said it had made no progress in talks with Iran on Friday to finalise a deal on resuming a long-stalled investigation into suspected nuclear weapons research by Tehran and it called the outcome "disappointing".

29/05/2012 | World

Germany expels Syrian envoy, urges UN to reconsider situation

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle expelled the Syrian ambassador today, acting in concert with international partners, and urged the U.N. Security Council to consider again its stance on Syria.

30/05/2012 | World

UN monitors say 13 killed in cold blood in Syria

UN observers said on Wednesday 13 bodies had been discovered bound and shot in eastern Syria, days after a massacre of 108 civilians, nearly half of them children, ignited a world outcry.

30/05/2012 | World

Syria rebels give Assad 48-hour deadline to end violence

Syrian rebels today gave President Bashar al-Assad a 48-hour deadline to abide by an international peace plan to end violence or face consequences, a rebel spokesman said.

21/05/2012 | World

Bomber hits Yemen military practice, kills 63

A suicide bomber killed 63 soldiers at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa today, a police sources said.

27/05/2012 | World

UN Security Council condemns Syria over massacre

The UN Security Council on Sunday unanimously condemned the Syrian government for heavy-weapons attacks on the town of Houla, the site of a massacre of at least 108 people, including many children, the council president said.

28/05/2012 | World

Annan condemns 'appalling crime' on visit to Syria

Peace envoy Kofi Annan condemned the killing of at least 108 people in the Syrian town of Houla as "an appalling crime" today and urged President Bashar al-Assad to prove he wants a peaceful resolution to the crisis racking his country.

30/04/2012 | World

Iran hopes for 'successful' nuclear talks with UN

An Iranian envoy voiced hope that talks with the UN nuclear watchdog in mid-May would help resolve "outstanding issues", but he again ruled out any halt to the Islamic state's controversial uranium enrichment program.

01/05/2012 | World

Syria violence kills 23 despite UN-monitored truce

Violence erupted in two Syrian provinces today, with a rights group reporting 10 civilians dead in an army mortar attack and 12 soldiers killed in a fire-fight with rebel gunmen as UN monitors sought to shore up a shaky ceasefire.

02/05/2012 | World

Egypt clashes over army rule leave up to 11 dead

Eleven people were killed in Cairo, medics said, when armed men attacked protesters demanding an end to army rule, prompting several candidates to suspend presidential campaigns and heightening doubts on the transition to democracy.

21/04/2012 | World

UN council authorizes up to 300 Syria truce monitors

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a Russia-European drafted resolution on Saturday that authorizes an initial deployment of up to 300 unarmed military observers to Syria for three months to help bolster a fragile week-old ceasefire.

27/04/2012 | World

Nine dead in suicide bomb near Damascus mosque

A suicide bomber killed nine people including security officers at a Damascus mosque today, Syria's interior ministry said, in another blow to a fraying UN-brokered truce between President Bashar al-Assad and rebels fighting for his downfall.

27/04/2012 | World

Iran says to resume talks with nuclear watchdog in May

Iran will resume talks with the UN nuclear watchdog in Vienna on May 13-14, state media quoted the Iranian ambassador to the body.

15/04/2012 | World

Clashes in Syria as UN ceasefire monitors due

Syrian government forces shelled the city of Homs, resident opposition activists and a rights activist said, as a six-person advance party of UN observers is due to arrive in Syria to monitor a ceasefire meant to start four days ago.

16/04/2012 | World

UN condemns North Korea launch, warns Pyongyang of further sanctions

The UN Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's rocket launch, urged tightening of existing UN sanctions and warned Pyongyang of further consequences if it carries out another missile launch or nuclear test.

19/04/2012 | World

Annan's team urges swift deployment of Syria observers

UN-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan's deputy told the Security Council that the swift deployment of more observers to Syria was needed despite continued risks and persistent violence, though some council members have expressed reluctance.

12/04/2012 | World

Syrian gov't accuses 'terrorists' of roadside bomb attack amid ceasefire

Syria accused "terrorists" of planting a roadside bomb that blew up in Aleppo, killing one officer and wounding at least 24 cadets and officers in an attempt to sabotage a UN-backed ceasefire, state media said today.

13/04/2012 | World

UN Ban Ki-moon says North Korea missile ‘deplorable’

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said North Korea's long-range rocket test today was deplorable, in direct violation of U Security Council Resolution 1874, and threatened regional stability.

14/04/2012 | World

UN council approves deployment of monitors to Syria

Russia and China joined the rest of the UN Security Council today to authorize the deployment of up to 30 unarmed observers to Syria to monitor the country's fragile ceasefire as called for by UN-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan.

07/04/2012 | World

Violence dims Syria truce hopes, 53 killed

Syrian troops pounded opposition areas on Saturday, activists said, killing 53 people in an offensive that has sent thousands of refugees surging into Turkey before next week's UN-backed ceasefire aimed at staunching a year of bloodshed.

09/04/2012 | World

US tells North Korea not to carry out nuclear test

The United States urged North Korea not conduct a nuclear test or launch a satellite and called on China to exert its influence over its neighbour to try to ward off such "provocative actions."

10/04/2012 | World

White House warns North Korea over missile launch

The White House warned North Korea that its planned long-range missile launch would be a flagrant breach of the impoverished country's international obligations and would jeopardize food aid from Washington.

23/03/2012 | World

EU slaps sanctions on Assad's family

The European Union slapped sanctions on the wife and mother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today, increasing pressure on his government to halt a bloody crackdown against an armed uprising.

27/03/2012 | World

Annan says Syria accepts peace plan, troops enter Lebanon

Syria has accepted a ceasefire and peace plan drawn up by UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan, his spokesman said today, even as Syrian troops thrust into Lebanon to battle rebels who had taken refuge there.

28/03/2012 | World

UN urges Syria's Assad to implement peace plan

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to quickly implement a peace plan that he has accepted which calls for the army to return to its barracks.

12/03/2012 | World

UN's Ban urges Syria to act 'within few days' on peace proposals

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to act within the "next few days" on UN-Arab League proposals to bring peace to the country where pro-democracy protests deteriorated into bloody turmoil.

12/03/2012 | World

Clinton accuses al-Assad of 'cynically' launching assaults while meeting UN envoy

"How cynical that, even as Assad was receiving former (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Syrian Army was conducting a fresh assault on Idlib and continuing its aggression in Hama, Homs, and Rastan," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the UN Security Council.

15/03/2012 | World

Syria marks anniversary of uprising

23/02/2012 | World

'Friends of Syria' to demand ceasefire, aid access

Western and Arab nations will demand that Syrian forces implement an immediate ceasefire to allow relief supplies to reach desperate civilians in bombarded cities such as Homs when they meet in Tunis tomorrow.

29/02/2012 | World

UN nuclear agency ‘ready to return’ to North Korea

The UN nuclear watchdog stands ready to return to North Korea, its chief said, after the reclusive state agreed to stop nuclear tests and uranium enrichment and let inspectors visit its Yongbyon site to verify the moratorium.

02/03/2012 | World

UN chief speaks of 'grisly reports' from Syria

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in the battle-scarred city of Homs after rebel fighters had fled.

13/02/2012 | World

UN: Soil erosion increasing global warming threat

16/02/2012 | World

Ban Ki-moon sees possible crimes against humanity in Syria

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Syrian authorities to stop killing civilians and said potential crimes against humanity were taking place in the country.

22/02/2012 | World

Iran defiant as UN nuclear talks fail

The UN nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.

07/02/2012 | World

Attacks in Syria's Homs resume after Russian peace foray

Armoured forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad thrust deeper into the central city of Homs, firing rockets and mortar rounds to subdue opposition districts, activists said, a day after Russia said Assad wants peace.

09/02/2012 | World

Syria forces bombard Homs, UN condemns 'appalling brutality'

Syrian forces bombarded opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs with rocket and mortar fire today, activists said, as divided world powers struggled to find a way to end the violence.

10/02/2012 | World

'Argentine accusations are rubbish,' UK

British Ambassador before the UN, Mark Lyall Grant, assured that Argentina’s accusation regarding the militarization of the South Atlantic are “rubbish,” refused to confirm whether the UK will deploy nuclear submarines and requested the national Constitution is modified in order to exclude the Malvinas islands.

02/02/2012 | World

Ban Ki-moon asks Israel to ease up Gaza blockade

UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon asked Israel today to ease up the blockade against the Palestinians after being received by protests crossing from Israel to Gaza.

03/02/2012 | World

Over 200 people killed in Syria as UN prepares to vote

More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said, as the UN Security Council prepared to vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call for President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.

07/02/2012 | World

Global media echoes of CFK’s announcement over Malvinas

Press from all over the world echoed President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s announcement over the Malvinas Islands, focusing on the complaint that Argentina will file before the UN due to the alleged “militarisation” of the area.

30/01/2012 | World

UN: world heading towards food, fuel shortage

The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a UN report warned today.

01/02/2012 | World

UN Ban Ki-moon urges Israeli goodwill gestures to Palestinians

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer Palestinians goodwill gestures to keep peace talks alive.

02/02/2012 | World

Palestinians throw shoes, stones at UN Ban Ki-moon convoy

Dozens of Palestinians threw shoes, sticks and stones at UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's convoy as it crossed into the Gaza Strip today, protesting against what they saw as a slight against Palestinians jailed in Israel.

29/12/2011 | World

Iran warns US over Strait of Hormuz

A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said the United States was not in a position to tell Tehran "what to do in the Strait of Hormuz," state television reported, after the US said it would preserve oil shipments in the Gulf.

17/01/2012 | World

UN sees fall in global GDP per capita in 2012

The global economy will grow by only 0.5 percent in 2012, effectively shrinking on a per capita basis, unless there is rapid action to create jobs, prevent sovereign debt distress and shore up fragile banks, a United Nations study said today.

27/01/2012 | World

Iran hits back at EU with own oil embargo threat

Fighting sanctions with sanctions in a trial of strength with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran warned it may halt oil exports to Europe next week in a move calculated to hurt ailing European economies.

17/12/2011 | World

Arabs may take Syria peace plan to United Nations

Arab states may take their proposals for ending Syria's crackdown on protests to the UN Security Council next week unless Damascus agrees to implement the initiative, Qatar's foreign minister said.

24/12/2011 | World

Angry Syrians bury Damascus bombing dead

Thousands of Syrians chanted "Death to America" today during funeral processions in Damascus for at least 44 people killed in twin suicide bombings that rocked the capital.

24/12/2011 | World

Saleh vows to leave Yemen as violence escalates

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said today he would leave for the United States and give way to a successor, hours after his forces killed nine people demanding he be tried for killings over nearly a year of protests aimed at his ouster.

09/12/2011 | World

New deal tabled at climate talks after rebellion

Developing states most at risk from global warming rebelled against a proposed deal at UN climate talks forcing host South Africa to draw up new draft documents in a bid to prevent the talks collapsing.

10/12/2011 | World

Cuba dissidents say 200 detained up to UN rights day

Cuban opposition said toay that about 200 people had been temporarily detained by the Communist-led Caribbean island's security services ahead of the international UN human rights day.

13/12/2011 | World

Syria death toll hits 5,000 as insurgency spreads

More than 5,000 people have been killed in nine months of unrest in Syria, the UN human rights chief said, as an insurgency began to overshadow what had initially been street protests against President Bashar al-Assad's 11-year rule.

07/12/2011 | World

Syria's Assad in interview denies ordered crackdown

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied ordering a crackdown against anti-government protesters, telling ABC news that most people who died in the unrest were his troops and supporters.

08/12/2011 | World

Syria says pipeline blown up by rebel saboteurs

Syrian pipeline carrying crude from oilfields in the east of the country was blown up near the restive city of Homs on Thursday, according to anti-government activists and the official news agency SANA.

08/12/2011 | World

Coalition growing for new deal on greenhouse gas cuts

Rich and poor nations at climate change talks are lining up behind an EU plan for achieving a global pact on cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2015, under pressure to reach some kind of a deal before Friday's planned end to the UN meeting.

03/12/2011 | World

Finance questions raised in draft UN climate paper

Taxes on financial transactions, part of a US$100 billion fund for climate change projects, were not present in a draft document of a major working group released on Saturday, raising questions about how the fund's coffers will be filled.

06/12/2011 | World

UN urges halt to killings in Yemen, access for aid

The United Nations called on all factions in Yemen today to cease deadly attacks on civilians and urged the government to allow access for aid supplies and UN human rights monitors.

06/12/2011 | World

'The planet’s future at risk,' warns UN chief

The planet’s future at risk,’ alerted today the United Nations General Secretary Ban ki moon who opened the decisive ministerial stage of the two-week climate conference in Durban today.

19/11/2011 | World

Iran defiant after UN nuclear resolution

Iranian media described a resolution from the UN nuclear watchdog expressing "deep and increasing concern" about the country's atomic programme as a victory, celebrating the fact it does not call for new UN sanctions.

21/11/2011 | World

US to name Iran area of 'money laundering concern'

The Treasury Department plans to designate Iran as an area of "primary money laundering concern" today, a US official said, a move allowing it to take steps to further isolate the Iranian financial sector.

02/12/2011 | World

Expelled Iran diplomats leave Britain

All Iranian diplomats left Britain, expelled in response to protesters storming the British embassy in Tehran, hardening a confrontation between Tehran and the West over its nuclear programme.

16/11/2011 | World

Powers close to deal on IAEA Iran resolution

World powers look set to overcome their differences and agree on a UN atomic agency resolution aimed at putting diplomatic pressure on Iran to address mounting fears about its nuclear programme, Western diplomats said.

17/11/2011 | World

UN seeks to send high-level mission to Iran

The United Nations nuclear watchdog wants to send a high-level mission to Iran to address mounting concerns the country may be seeking to design atomic bombs, its head said today.

18/11/2011 | World

UN nuclear watchdog board rebukes defiant Iran

The UN nuclear watchdog board censured Iran over mounting suspicions it is trying to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran said the move would only strengthen its determination to press on with sensitive work.

02/11/2011 | World

US, EU deeply concerned with Israel on settlements

The United States is expected to voice deep disappointment at Israel's speeding up settlement building following UNESCO's decision to grant full membership to the Palestinians, a US official said today. The European Union had already expressed deep concern about Israel's decision today.

08/11/2011 | World

UN: Syrian crackdown has killed over 3,500

More than 3,500 people have been killed in Syria's crackdown on protesters, the United Nations said today, as the military pressed its campaign to put down resistance against President Bashar al-Assad's rule in the city of Homs.

08/11/2011 | World

No consensus on Palestinian bid, UN report

A draft report by a key UN Security Council committee, obtained by an international news agency today, declared that members could not reach consensus on whether Palestine should be accepted as a UN member state.

31/10/2011 | World

US cuts off UNESCO funding after Palestinian vote

The United States said it had stopped funding UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership.

01/11/2011 | World

Women still lag economics, politics, report says

Women are almost on par with men around the world in health and education, but they still lag in economic and political participation and opportunities, according to a World Economic Forum report released today.

01/11/2011 | World

Syria says reaches deal with Arab League to endunrest

Syria said today it had reached a deal with an Arab League committee tasked with finding a way to end seven months of unrest and starting a dialogue between President Bashar al-Assad and his opponents.

21/10/2011 | World

NATO plans to end Libya mission at end of October

NATO plans to end its seven-month air and sea campaign in Libya at the end of October, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, the day after the death of Muammar Gaddafi.

25/10/2011 | World

UN worried over revenge killings in Libya

United Nations human rights investigators called on Libyan authorities today to ensure that their forces refrain from revenge killings and humanely treat detainees who fought on behalf of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi.

31/10/2011 | World

UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership

The United Nations' cultural agency said it would decide later today whether to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that could boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations.

05/10/2011 | World

Palestinians take step towards full UNESCO membership

Palestinians moved a step closer to full membership in the UN cultural agency today after its board decided to let 193 member states vote on the issue later this month, the latest stage in a Palestinian campaign for statehood recognition.

11/10/2011 | World

Cholera epidemic spreads in west, central Africa alerts the UN

A cholera epidemic sweeping through west and Central Africa, one of the biggest in the vast region's history, has infected more than 85,000 people, killing at least 2,466 so far this year, United Nations aid agencies said Today.

11/10/2011 | World

Israel, Hamas agree prisoner swap to free Shalit

Israel and Gaza's Hamas Islamist rulers agreed to swap more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Israeli captive soldier Gilad Shalit, resolving one of the most emotive and intractable issues between them.

26/09/2011 | World

IAEA urges states to provide extra funding for post-Fukushima nuclear safety

The UN atomic agency urged states to provide extra funding to strengthen global nuclear safety in the wake of Japan's Fukushima accident - a request some may balk at amid growing economic worries.

27/09/2011 | World

Israel approves 1,100 more settlement homes, US blasts decision

Israel approved today the construction of 1,100 settlement homes on annexed land in the West Bank, a move that complicates global efforts to renew peace talks and defuse a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations.

30/09/2011 | World

UN demands access to Syria as tens of thousands protest

An UN-backed rights commission urged Syria to let it into the country to investigate reports of killings and torture, including of children, during six months of protests against President Bashar al-Assad's rule. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad.

23/09/2011 | World

Abbas asks the UN to recognize Palestine as a state

President of Palestine authority Mahmoud Abbas gave an emotional 50 minutes speech – 35 minutes above the usual speech time – before the United Nations General Assembly in the hopes of gathering support for his bid to seat at the UN.

23/09/2011 | World

Israel’s Netanyahu: Peace impossible through UN resolutions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly that he was reaching out to the Palestinian people but cautioned that peace could not be won with a UN resolution.

24/09/2011 | World

Abbas sees UN taking weeks, not months on bid

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he expected the Security Council to finish debating his nation's application for full UN membership within weeks, not months.

21/09/2011 | World

Sarkozy proposes one-year Mideast peace map

French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed in the United Nations today give the Palestinians status as an observer state while setting out a roadmap for peace within one year.

In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Sarkozy warned that a UN Security Council

22/09/2011 | World

Palestinians to push UN bid despite Obama, protests erupt

President Barack Obama told the United Nations yesterday there was no short cut to Middle East peace but Palestinians said they would press on with a request for UN recognition of their nascent state.

22/09/2011 | World

White House dismisses Ahmadinejad condemnation of US

The White House dismissed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's attack on US policy in his speech at the United Nations today and accused Iran's government of "vile mistreatment" of its own citizens.

21/09/2011 | World

Obama to meet Palestinian leader amid UN crisis

President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today to urge him to drop plans to ask the UN Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state despite US and Israeli objections.

21/09/2011 | World

Obama tells UN only talks will create Palestinian state

US President Barack Obama told the United Nations that the Palestinians deserved a state of their own, but that this would only be achieved through talks with Israel.

21/09/2011 | World

UN Assembly: Rousseff warns of devastating effects of economic crisis

Speaking today at the UN General Assembly, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff warned that a full blown economic crisis could be devastating for emerging countries as well as for the world’s largest economies.

18/09/2011 | World

New York meetings open to avert Palestinian crisis

A last-ditch international push began in New York today to try to re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and avert a crisis over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations.

19/09/2011 | World

Abbas presses Palestinian UN bid despite warnings

President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations' top official he would seek full UN membership for a Palestinian state, a move the United States and Israel warn could lead to disaster and shatter chances for resuming peace negotiations.

20/09/2011 | World

Palestinians, US at odds over UN bid for statehood

The Palestinian foreign minister said he was confident most UN Security Council members would endorse Palestinian statehood but the United States underscored its pledge to veto the move despite the risk of diplomatic fallout.

13/09/2011 | World

UN atomic agency board adopts nuclear safety action plan

The UN atomic agency's 35-nation board adopted an action plan today to strengthen global nuclear safety following Japan's Fukushima accident six months ago, despite criticism from several states that the proposals had been watered down.

16/09/2011 | World

Palestinians to seek full UN membership, says Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would demand full membership of the United Nations when he goes to the UN General Assembly next week, setting up a diplomatic clash with Israel and the United States.

17/09/2011 | World

Greek PM cancels US trip as debt crisis deepens

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou cancelled a planned visit to the United States today, to deal with a deepening crisis at home, days before international inspectors arrive to go over fiscal shortfalls.

01/09/2011 | World

UN panel's report says Gaza blockade was legal

A long-awaited UN report on an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship that killed nine Turks declares that Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip was legal but that the Jewish state used unreasonable force.

05/09/2011 | World

Iran ready for 'full' UN oversight if sanctions go

Iran would be ready to grant the UN atomic watchdog "full supervision" of its nuclear activities for five years if UN sanctions were lifted, a senior official was quoted as saying today, an offer the West will likely greet with scepticism.

06/09/2011 | World

UN: Austerity measures to push global economy to disaster

The pursuit of austerity measures and deficit cuts is pushing the world economy towards disaster in a misguided attempt to please global financial markets, the annual report of the United Nations economic thinktank UNCTAD said today.

26/08/2011 | World

Nigeria: At least 18 die in bomb attack on UN headquarters

A car bomb ripped through the United Nations' headquarters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, killing at least 18 people, in an attack reminiscent of a June blast claimed by a local radical Islamist group.

29/08/2011 | World

UN warns of possible bird flu resurgence

The United Nations warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus was spreading in Asia and elsewhere.

31/08/2011 | World

Nigerian authorities suspect al Qaeda-link behind UN attack

Nigerian authorities investigating last week's fatal bombing of the UN headquarters arrested two members of Islamist sect Boko Haram a week before the attack and said they suspect a third member with an al Qaeda connection led the plot.

19/08/2011 | World

Syrian forces kill 34 despite Assad pledge

Syrian forces killed dozens of protesters despite assurances by President Bashar al-Assad that a crackdown was over, and thousands of people rallied across the Arab nation with renewed vigour demanding political freedoms.

23/08/2011 | World

UN envoy: all of Libya will be liberated in 72 hours

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound is now fully in the hands of opposition fighters and the country will be liberated within 72 hours, Libyan UN envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi said today.

23/08/2011 | World

US aims to release up to $1.5 billion Libya assets

The United States is seeking to release in the coming days between $1 billion and $1.5 billion in frozen Libyan assets to the Libyan rebels, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said today.

28/07/2011 | World

UN on Somali crisis: rebels main block to aid

Rebels in Somalia – where famine has been declared and 3.7 million people are going hungry – burned food and medicine, and killed charity workers, as part of a long-running campaign of extortion against aid groups, according to a UN report.

02/08/2011 | World

Assad forces fire on protesters across Syria

Syrian tanks shelled the city of Hama after Ramadan prayers, residents said, on the third day of an armoured assault to crush some of the largest street protests against President Bashar al-Assad in a five-month uprising.

18/08/2011 | World

Obama to ask Syria’s Assad to step down

President Barack Obama will call on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and slap new sanctions on his government in a toughening of the US stance toward the Syrian leader, a US official said.

25/07/2011 | World

UN: Children abandoned on east Africa's ´roads of death’

Desperate Somali mothers are abandoning their dying children by the roadside as they travel to overwhelmed emergency food centers in drought-hit eastern Africa, UN aid officials said today.

26/07/2011 | World

Three peacekeepers wounded in Lebanon blast

A roadside bomb blew up a UN vehicle near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon today, wounding at least three peacekeepers, Lebanese security and witnesses said.

26/07/2011 | World

UN council votes to recognise global gay grouping

The main global grouping of gays and lesbians, ILGA, has been formally recognised by the United Nations against strong opposition from African and Islamic countries, according to a UN report issued.

02/07/2011 | World

Gaddafi vows to attack Europe

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed to attack "homes, offices and families" in Europe in revenge for NATO airstrikes but US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said he should quit instead of issuing threats.

02/07/2011 | World

Hezbollah leader rejects Hariri court indictments

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that authorities would never arrest members of the Shi'ite militant group indicted by a UN-backed tribunal seeking the killers of statesman Rafik al-Hariri.

25/07/2011 | World

UN envoy to meet Libya rebels over peace plan

The UN envoy to Libya will discuss with rebel leaders informal plans for a negotiated end to the war as Western powers ramp up diplomatic and military pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to step down.

22/06/2011 | World

UN Chief: Syria's Assad running low on credibility

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has pledged to reform the country and engage in a dialogue with pro-democracy protesters, is running low on credibility, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today.

22/06/2011 | World

NATO split over Libyan military action

A split opened within the NATO-led air campaign against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi today as France and Britain rejected an Italian call for a halt to military action to allow aid access.

29/06/2011 | World

UK accuses Iran of violating UN resolution

Britain accused Iran of carrying out covert tests of a missile that could carry a nuclear warhead, in violation of a UN resolution, an accusation which Tehran immediately denied.

16/06/2011 | World

Russia backs Ban Ki-moon for 2nd UN term

Russia joined other permanent UN Security Council members today in publicly backing UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for a second term.

21/06/2011 | World

Ban Ki-Moon reelected as UN Secretary General

The 192-nation UN General Assembly unanimously approved a second five-year term for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon beginning January 1, 2012.

22/06/2011 | World

Over 73,000 flee violent Sudan, says UN

The United Nations said today 73,000 people had fled violence in Sudan's Southern Kordofan border state after more than two weeks of fighting between the northern army and southern-aligned troops.

07/06/2011 | World

Mladic out of hospital, in regular prison

Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, extradited from Serbia to face a UN war crimes tribunal last week, has moved from a detention center hospital to the regular prison wing, a source in the Hague said.

09/06/2011 | World

China rejects monks' disappearance, Tibetans undergoing ‘reeducation’

China today defended its treatment of Tibetan monks it says are undergoing re-education, responding to a UN inquiry about what exiled Tibetans have called the forced disappearance of over 300 hundreds monks.

09/06/2011 | World

Libya accuses NATO of war crimes

Libya accused rebels of butchery and cannibalism, and NATO forces of war crimes, while firmly denying a United Nations report which found that its own troops had carried out murders, torture and abductions.

31/05/2011 | World

Food running out in Libya, UN says

Dwindling supplies of food and medicine are a "time bomb" in parts of Libya controlled by Muammar Gaddafi, with some food stocks likely to last only weeks, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Libya said

31/05/2011 | World

WHO says cell phone use possibly carcinogenic

Using a mobile phone may increase the risk of certain types of brain cancer in humans and consumers should consider ways of reducing their exposure, World Health Organization (WHO) cancer experts said today.

07/06/2011 | World

Obama backs Ban Ki-moon for new term as UN chief

US President Barack Obama supports UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's bid for a second term and believes he has made important reforms at an institution that is imperfect, the White House said today.

11/05/2011 | World

UN chief Ban calls for ceasefire in Libya

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an "immediate, verifiable ceasefire" in Libya where rebels are fighting to end Muammar Gaddafi's 41 years in power. There was no immediate direct response from the rebels or government.

19/05/2011 | World

UN peacekeepers and soldiers are attacked in Sudan

Unknown people attacked a convoy of northern Sudanese soldiers and UN peacekeepers in Sudan's Abyei flashpoint region, wounding two, the United Nations said.

20/05/2011 | World

Israel's Netanyahu rejects Obama proposal on borders

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told President Barack Obama his vision for the borders of a future Palestinian state would leave the Jewish state with an "indefensible" frontier.

02/05/2011 | World

UN chief Ban hails bin Laden death as 'watershed'

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed Osama bin Laden's death as a key turning point in the world's struggle against terrorism. The 15-nation UN Security Council also issued a statement welcoming the news "that Osama bin Laden will never again be able to perpetrate such acts of terrorism."

07/05/2011 | World

Gaddafi forces, rebels clash near Tunisia border

Artillery rounds fired by forces loyal to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi fell in Tunisia as fighting broke out near the border between Libyan soldiers and anti-Gaddafi rebels.

11/05/2011 | World

Ban Ki-moon urges Syria to halt crackdown on unrest

UN Secretary-General urged Syria to halt its military crackdown on protesters and heed calls for reform "before it is too late". Ban, who said he has spoken with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad several times said some promises of change made had fallen short.

29/04/2011 | World

Libya's Gaddafi calls for negotiation with NATO

Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi called for negotiations with NATO powers to end the air strikes on Libya. "We did not attack them or cross the sea ... why are they attacking us?" Gaddafi said in a live television address in early hours.

30/04/2011 | World

Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO airstrike that killed his youngest son Saif al-Arab and three of his grandchildren, a Libyan government spokesman said.

01/05/2011 | World

UN says international staff leaves Tripoli

The UN international staff in Tripoli have left Libya because of unrest in the capital, with a crowd of people entering the UN compound, the United Nations said.

16/04/2011 | World

Rebels say Gaddafi forces target Misrata dairy plant

Rebels said Muammar Gaddafi's forces targeted food industry plants in renewed bombardment of Misrata, a day after a Western rights group accused his loyalists of using cluster bombs in the besieged city.

22/04/2011 | World

NATO hits near Gaddafi compound, Libya says 3 dead

NATO jets hit a target near Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound in central Tripoli, which the government described as a car park but which reporters said looked like a bunker.

27/04/2011 | World

European push for UN condemnation of Syria fails

A European push for the UN Security Council to condemn Syria's violent crackdown on anti-government protesters was blocked by resistance from Russia, China and Lebanon, envoys said.

13/04/2011 | World

Ivory Coast's Ouattara vows to restore security

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara promised on quickly to restore security and prosperity to a nation broken by civil war as life in the main city slowly returned to a normality of sorts.

14/04/2011 | World

UN defends role in Ivory Coast Gbagbo ouster

Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo was overthrown by Ivorians, not by foreign powers, the United Nations said amid rising criticism of its role in the removal of the former leader

15/04/2011 | World

New attacks on Libya, allies announce 'medieval siege'

A fresh hail of government rockets crashed into Misrata after Western allies denounced a "medieval siege" of the city and vowed to keep bombing Muammar Gaddafi's forces until he stepped down.

04/04/2011 | World

Battle rages in Ivory Coast, UN fires on Gbagbo bases

UN and French helicopters attacked Laurent Gbagbo's last strongholds in Abidjan on Monday as forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara streamed into the city in a "final assault".

04/04/2011 | World

UN plane crashes in Congo killing 32

A United Nations plane crashed while trying to land at the airport serving Congo's capital Kinshasa, killing 32 people, UN officials said. One person aboard survived.

12/04/2011 | World

US spending deal cuts UN funding by US$377 million

US lawmakers are poised to cut spending on the United Nations by hundreds of millions of dollars, less than a week after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Congress to ask for continued strong support.

02/04/2011 | World

Libya rebels say hit by coalition air strike

A NATO-led air strike killed 13 Libyan rebels in a "regrettable incident," a rebel spokesman said, in an increasingly chaotic battle with Muammar Gaddafi's forces over the oil town of Brega.

02/04/2011 | World

Worst attack on UN in Afghanistan kills at least 9

At least nine people have been killed in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said on today, on a second day of violent protests over the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist Christian in the United States.

02/04/2011 | World

Fighting rages in Ivory Coast with 800 dead

Soldiers backing Alassane Ouattara met stiff resistance from incumbent Laurent Gbagbo's fighters in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan today as the two sides fought for control of the West African country.

18/03/2011 | World

Military intervention looms in Libya

The United States accused Muammar Gaddafi of defying international demands for an immediate ceasefire, and France's UN envoy predicted military action within hours of an international meeting on Libya.

19/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi says will arm civilians to defend Libya

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said he will arm civilians to defend Libya from what he called "colonial, crusader" aggression by Western forces that have launched air strikes against him.

20/03/2011 | World

Over 3,800 leave Libya for Egypt, UN says

More than 3,800 refugees crossed into Egypt from Libya yesterday, up about 70 percent on the numbers seen in recent days, according to UN officials.

25/02/2011 | World

Rebel control grows in Libya, UN Security Council to meet

The Libyan coastal town of Zawiyah was under the control of anti-government protesters, a witness said, bringing a popular uprising against Muammar Gaddafi within 50 km of the capital Tripoli. The UN Security Council was to meet today to discuss a proposal for sanctions against Libyan leaders.

09/03/2011 | World

Italy says will back UN, EU, NATO decisions on Libya

Italy, whose bases are likely to play a key role in any military action regarding Libya, will back any decisions taken by the United Nations, the European Union or NATO, the president's office said.

16/03/2011 | World

IAEA chief heading to Japan to face nuclear crisis

The UN atomic energy chief said he planned to fly to Japan to seek first-hand information of what he called a very serious situation at a stricken nuclear power plant in his home country.

03/02/2011 | World

UN's Ban calls for Egypt transition to start now

"There have been calls for transition, very orderly, peaceful transition. If a transition needs to be taken, the sooner the better .. The transition should begin now," Ban told a news conference in London.

03/02/2011 | World

WFP: World entering era of food price volatility

The world is going into a period of food volatility and supply disruptions due in part to weather related problems and a backdrop of rising prices, the UN World Food Programme's executive director said.

19/02/2011 | World

Palestinians will not spurn US despite veto, Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would continue to cooperate with the United States despite Washington's veto of a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements on occupied land.

02/10/2012 | Latin America

LatAm growth will fall to 3.2% in 2012, UN's ECLAC

The weak global economy, mainly due to the difficulties faced by Europe, United States and China, has affected growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2012, the region's growth will be slower than in previous years, according to estimates presented today by ECLAC.

13/11/2012 | Latin America

LatAm asks to address drug policy no later than 2015, aims to US

Illegal drug use globally is still rising despite a decades-long battle against organized crime, and producer and consumer nations need to come up with new strategies, Mexico and four Central American countries said.

22/06/2012 | Latin America

Rio+20 closes with lackluster agreement

Global leaders were wrapping up a UN development summit today with little to show but a lackluster agreement, leaving many attendees convinced that individuals and companies, rather than governments, must lead efforts to improve the environment.

30/07/2012 | Latin America

Ecuador, Brazil to help set up Haiti new military

Brazil and Ecuador have agreed to help Haiti set up a new army that will eventually replace the UN peacekeeping force that has protected the impoverished Caribbean nation on and off since 1994, officials say.

26/09/2012 | Latin America

Colombia's Santos wants peace with FARC by 2013

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he is "cautiously optimistic" that his government can reach a peace deal with Marxist rebels.

07/09/2011 | Latin America

WTO: tourism to Latin American countries grows 15%

International tourism grew by almost 5% in the first half of 2011 totaling a new record of 440 million arrivals. Results, says the World Tourism Organization, the United Nations organization for the sector, confirm that, in spite of multiple challenges, international tourism continues to consolidate the return to growth initiated in 2010.

16/09/2011 | Latin America

Peace-keepers accused of raping man in Haiti return to Uruguay to stand trial

Uruguayan naval troops returned to Uruguay to stand trial for the alleged abuse of an 18-year-old man while on a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti. They arrived today at Aeropuerto de Carrasco then taken to an undisclosed location.

31/01/2012 | Latin America

UN: Haiti’s former dictador ‘Baby Doc’ must face trial for serious human rights crimes

Former Haitian dictator Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier should be tried for torture, rape and killings committed during his rule, not merely on corruption charges as proposed by a Haitian judge, the United Nations human rights office said today.

08/06/2011 | Latin America

Colombian gunman kills victims' rights campaigner

A gunman shot dead a Colombian rights leader campaigning for the return of land snatched by illegal militias, police said today, just days before a new land reparations law was set to come into effect.

16/06/2011 | Latin America

Ban Ki-Moon in Brazil rallying for support, Cuba delays re-election

UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon is in Brazil rallying for support for his candidacy for a second term as the head of the United Nations. The trip marks the conclusion of a South American tour that has taken him to Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay.

06/09/2011 | Latin America

Uruguay to apologize over alleged rape by UN peacekeepers

Uruguay will apologize to Haiti and compensate an 18-year-old Haitian man allegedly raped by Uruguayan UN troops in the poor Caribbean state, the Uruguayan defense minister said.

04/10/2011 | Entertainment

Angelina Jolie to take on new role in refugee crises

Angelina Jolie will be taking on a new role in refugee crises, the American actress and United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said today.