Full Coverage: United Nations

31.07.2006 The Osijecki Zeleni (Osijek Greens) environmental organization called upon the Government of Croatia to use the UN Commission for Peace auspices, and especially its status of candidate country for full EU membership, to make strong and active effort towards an immediate and unconditional stop of war in Lebanon.

28.07.2006 The UN theme for this year's International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3 - Improving access to new information technology for persons with disabilities - will help open up opportunities for the disabled and also integrate them better into the society.

26.07.2006

UN Study

A new U.N. report in India has warned that the country's booming economic growth could slow if HIV-AIDS continues to spread unchecked. The United Nations says 5.7 million people are infected with HIV in India - the largest number in any country in the world.

25.07.2006 NEW YORK, Jul 24 (OneWorld) - A leading U.S.-based humanitarian group is urging the George W. Bush administration to engage all rebel groups in the Darfur peace process as the U.S. president prepares to talk with the leader of just one particular faction.

21.07.2006 A high-level United Nations team will travel to Nepal next week to discuss proposed UN assistance for the peace process, after Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that recent developments have provided an “unprecedented opportunity” to achieve a negotiated solution to the 10 years of conflict in the Himalayan kingdom.

18.07.2006 Parents cribbing about their kids resorting to junk food is common today. But there are more than 50 million children in the country who fail to secure proper meals every single day, something that India needs to ponder upon very seriously. According to a recent UN report, 10 children die from malnutrition in the developing countries every minute. About three quarters of the undernourished children come from just 10 countries of which 57 million are from India and 8 million each in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

13.07.2006 Saying that he was “appalled by the brutal and callous bombings” of trains in Mumbai, India, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that such acts confirm that terrorism constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.

12.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 12 (OneWorld) - Iraq will ask the United Nations to end immunity from local law for U.S. troops, the country's human rights minister said on Monday, as the military named five soldiers charged in a rape-murder case that has outraged Iraqis.

12.07.2006 The United Nations, which is trying to root out corruption in its procurement services, is spending over a million dollars on legal and consultancy fees in an ongoing investigation which has so far offered little or no productive results.

12.07.2006 Indian campaigners have voiced their disappointment over the stand taken by the Indian government to block an agreement that would have stopped small arms sales that break international humanitarian law. The proposal was discussed at the UN World Conference on Small Arms, which ended on July 7 in New York. The agreement, which was backed by over 100 countries was opposed by India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan and Cuba.

11.07.2006 Stepping up its efforts for disaster mitigation and relief, the United
Nations announced an agreement with the Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company to provide portable satellite terminals, a major
factor in rescue operations.

11.07.2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for next week’s
Group of Eight Summit in Russia to focus on what energy security means for
people living in developing countries and also to address the environmental
consequences of energy consumption.

11.07.2006

world population

The world population slapped 5 billion in July 11th 1987 and the day discern as World Population Day by the United Nations Population Fund to take stock of trends in world population and its prospects. Total population in world today is 6,527,530389 and its increasing at 1.14% per annum.

07.07.2006 The latest edition of the Early Warning Report for Macedonia was launched this moring, at the presentation held in the Holiday Inn Hotel in Skopje. This edition entails four subjects: political and institutional stability, personal and public security, interethnic relations and socio-economic situation.

07.07.2006 Predrag Markovic, Speaker of Serbian Skupstina (the parliament), and Lance Clarke, UNDP Permanent Representative in Serbia, signed a letter of understanding on assistance to five parliamentary committees, for activities dedicated to reduction of poverty.

05.07.2006 Amnesty International called upon Montenegrin President Vujanovic and Prime Minister Djukanovic to make good use of the newly-restored sovereignty of Montenegro to improve the human rights of all its citizens.