Tag: Ban Ki-moon

• Monday, August 2nd 2010 - 05:55 UTC

  Global pact banning cluster munitions comes into force

  

  United Nations officials have expressed their delight at Sunday’s entry into force of the international convention banning the manufacture, use and stockpiling of cluster munitions, calling it a “major advance for the global disarmament and humanitarian agendas.”

• Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 05:50 UTC

  US dollar should be replaced by a more stable system, says UN report

  

  The US dollar is an unreliable international currency and should be replaced by a more stable system, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs said in a report released Tuesday.

• Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 05:45 UTC

  UN reports advances in cutting extreme poverty

  

  The United Nations Secretary-General said Wednesday that despite the international food, fuel and financial crises, there has been progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, of cutting extreme poverty in half by 2015.