Tag: United Nations

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 04:20 UTC

  FAO forecasts world food prices are likely to remain high in 2011 and 2012

  

  Citing dwindling stocks and only small production increases for the majority of crops, a new United Nations report released Wednesday world food prices are likely to remain high for the rest of this year and into 2012.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:40 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon receives US support for his UN Secretary General second term

  

  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 on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 01:30 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon running for a second term as UN Secretary General

  

  Ban Ki-moon formally asked the UN Security Council to support his candidacy for a second five-year term as UN secretary-general, according to a letter. His first term ends December 31 and so far is unopposed.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 23:46 UTC

  Regional C24 seminar in Jamaica in anticipation of Falklands’ June 23 presentation in New York

  

  The United Nations Special Committee of 24, (for the implementation of the declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples) will hold its annual regional seminar in Kingstown, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, from 31 May to 2 June.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 08:50 UTC

  The Malvinas issue is putting “UN to test” on disputes among its members

  

  Argentine ambassador Jorge Argüello said that “when we talk about Malvinas, we’re talking about the oldest sovereignty dispute of modern times. And Malvinas is putting United Nations to test for solving dispute among countries”.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 04:58 UTC

  Refuge crisis in Libya: over a million people fleeing says UN

  

  More than one million people fleeing Libya and inside the country need humanitarian aid, the United Nations said on Monday. The figures were issued by the world body's aid coordinator Valerie Amos as a refugee crisis built up around the borders of the North African country where a rebellion broke out last month against the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi.

• Saturday, February 12th 2011 - 08:02 UTC

  India, Brazil, Germany, Japan demand Security Council reform this year

  

  Four regional powers hoping to get permanent seats on the Security Council — India, Germany, Brazil and Japan — said Friday they believe the U.N. will take action by September on expanding its most powerful body.

• Thursday, January 27th 2011 - 18:26 UTC

  Two Billion Internet Users Worldwide and Mobile Phone Users Increases

  

  The number of Internet users worldwide has rocketed to reach the two billion mark, the head of the United Nation's telecommunications agency, Hamadoun Toure, said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 19:50 UTC

  Human Rights Watch Annual Report Criticises United Nations Ban Ki-moon

  

  New York based Human Rights Watch has harshly criticized United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s “quiet diplomacy” approach to human rights issues in its annual report. Officials of the human rights monitoring group say the UN leader should not necessarily be elected to a second term later this year.

• Monday, November 15th 2010 - 21:32 UTC

  UN General Assembly special session to pay tribute to Nestor Kirchner

  

  With the staring participation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations' Assembly held a special session Monday to pay tribute to former Argentina president and UNASUR Secretary General, Néstor Carlos Kirchner, who passed away on October 27, reported Argentine ambassador to the UN Jorge Argüello.