Full Coverage: United Nations

26.04.2006 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 25 (OneWorld) - A major international environmental group is demanding the United Nations stop promoting nuclear technology in the world as a useful tool to tap energy resources.

21.04.2006 Time for justice for the victims of war crimes. Time for the ICC.

21.04.2006 Time to start thinking outside the box about peacekeeping.

21.04.2006 Is the new zeal for conflict prevention work just a lot of “hot air”?

21.04.2006 Gov'ts have a lot of options at their disposal to stop mass atrocities, so why don't they always use them?

21.04.2006 Lessons learned from the “age of genocide.”

18.04.2006 The UN Special Rapporteurs have expressed concern about the impact of the raising of the Narmada dam on the displacement of people and the submergence of villages in the Narmada valley. The rapporteurs have, in a press release, urged the Indian government to take immediate steps to ensure that raising the dam height will not result in the violation of the human rights of those affected.

13.04.2006 A new report from GRAIN looks at the power politics behind the bird flu, the global response to it and its consequences for the poor. The GRAIN report finds that the agencies of the UN at the forefront of the international response to the virus, both WHO and FAO, are pursuing top-down strategies for wiping out bird flu that in turn are wiping out the foundations for long term, pro-poor solutions in the process.

13.04.2006 A major United Nations meeting on the Asia-Pacific region discussed a two-track approach to cooperation focusing on both cross-border infrastructure development, such as highways and railways, and infrastructure investment like bonds and a development bank.

10.04.2006 As the member nations of the UN discuss reforms at the United Nations, there is a strong demand to create a separate agency to deal with women's issues. Currently these issues are dispersed among several UN bodies - UNIFEM, UNFPA, DAW and many others.