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Global hunger declines but still 'unacceptable'
15/09/2010 - FOOD

Global hunger declines but still 'unacceptable'

For the first time in 15 years, the number of undernourished people has declined, dropping from 1.023 billion last year to 925 million, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, which says the number is still "unacceptably high".
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Gaza flotilla: Battle of the probes
10/08/2010 - THE DEBATE

Gaza flotilla: Battle of the probes

Gaza Flotilla Inquiry
Colombo rejects UN probe as 'totally unacceptable'
23/06/2010 - SRI LANKA

Colombo rejects UN probe as 'totally unacceptable'

Sri Lanka slammed the UN on Wednesday over its decision to appoint a panel of experts to investigate human rights abuses in the final stages of the country’s civil war during which over 7,000 civilians died, calling the probe “totally unacceptable”.
Barcelona meeting 'critical' to sealing pact in Copenhagen
02/11/2009 - CLIMATE CHANGE

Barcelona meeting 'critical' to sealing pact in Copenhagen

Delegates from 192 countries are meeting for a five-day convention in Barcelona ahead of a highly anticipated showdown in Copenhagen in December. The meeting has been called "critical" to sealing a pact on climate change.
Number of world's hungry tops one billion
14/10/2009 - FOOD

Number of world's hungry tops one billion

The annual report of the Food and Agricultural Organization, a UN agency, shows that 1.2 billion people were undernourished in 2009. The situation is the worst since 1970.
HAITI
Government woos foreign investors
Potential foreign investors are taking part in a two-day meeting in Haiti, organised at the suggestion of the UN's special envoy to Haiti, former US president Bill Clinton, to explore business opportunities in the poorest country in the Americas.
USA
New Jersey suburb outraged over Gaddafi’s tent plan
During his visit to the United States to attend the UN General Assembly, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi plans to pitch his tent in a New Jersey suburb. But the mayor isn’t rolling out the welcome mat.
IRAQ
UN and NATO condemn Baghdad carnage
The United Nations and NATO have condemned a string of deadly bomb attacks that killed 95 people and injured hundreds more in Baghdad on Wednesday as Washington said the carnage would not affect plans to withdraw all US troops by 2011.
12/08/2009 - Top Story

Burma: time for neighbourly pressure?

Despite international outrage at the sentancing of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday for a further eighteen months of house arrest, the UN security council has failed to agree on a US drafted statement condemning the verdict.
BURMA
UN envoy meets junta leaders
UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has arrived in Yangon where he is due to meet senior leaders of the ruling junta and pave the way for a possible visit by UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon.
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