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Enzi and Others Want OMB to Give Accounting of UN Contributions

Amy Richards — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:46:43 +0000

Every year, the federal government gives billions of dollars to the United Nations (UN) without having a full accounting of the contributions to the international body. U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo

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UN: Global Youth Unemployment Rate Is Rising

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:37:14 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s labor office says youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.8 percent by 2018, wiping out gains made in the recent economic recovery.

A report by the International Labour Organization said Tuesday the rate of unemployment among people aged 15 to 24 was 12

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UN Says 2012 Was 9th Hottest Year Since 1850

Associated Press — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:22:01 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — The World Meteorological Organization says last year was the ninth-warmest since record-keeping began in 1850, despite the cooling effect of the weather pattern called La Nina.

The U

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UN Urges Syria To Let In Chemical Weapons Experts

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:51:57 +0000

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is again appealing to Syria to allow a team of experts into the country "without delay and without any conditions" to investigate allegations of chemical weapons use

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UN Rights Chief Presses U.S. To Shut Guantanamo

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:30:35 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' top human rights official is pressing the U.S. to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.

President Barack Obama pledged to shutter the prison soon after taking office but Congress opposed it, passing a law that prohibits the government from transferring Guantanamo prisoners to U

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UN Chief Fears North Korea On 'Collision Course'

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:39:54 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. chief says he fears North Korea is on a collision course with other nations that could lead to war.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the isolated Asian nation appears to be "on a collision course with the international community" amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula

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Haiti President Seeks UN Funds To Rebuild Country

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:38:21 +0000

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Haiti's president is urging the United Nations to divert some of the billions of dollars it spends yearly on peacekeeping efforts to infrastructure projects, job creation and poverty alleviation

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UN: Legal Pot In Colorado, Washington Violates Drug Treaties

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:35:59 +0000

DENVER (AP) — A U.N. drug agency says the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington violates international drug treaties.

The International Narcotics Control Board urged the Barack Obama administration to challenge the legalization measures

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UN: World Food Prices Drop

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:53:16 +0000

ROME (AP) — A United Nations agency says prices of basic foods fell by 1.5 percent last month, with the international prices of all commodities except dairy products dropping.

The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday that the decline puts the value of its November index nearly 3 percent below a year ago

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UN Says World Has 6 Billion Cell Phone Subscribers

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:58:19 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — The world now has nearly as many cell phone subscriptions as inhabitants.

The U.N. telecom agency says there were about 6 billion subscriptions by the end of 2011 — roughly one for 86 of every 100 people

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President Obama To Address UN Today

Associated Press — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:37:40 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday will challenge the world to confront the root causes of rage exploding across the Muslim world, calling it a defining choice "between the forces that would drive us apart and the hopes we hold in common."

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UN General Assembly Has Full Plate This Week

Associated Press — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:36:59 +0000

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicts that this week's session of the U.N. General Assembly and its sideline events will be among the busiest ever, reflecting "the tumultuous time in which we live

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Security Council Schedules Vote On Syrian Violence

Associated Press — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:44:03 +0000

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Amid deep divisions, another vote is due later this morning at the U.N. Security Council on a resolution designed to end the escalating violence in Syria.

The vote was delayed Wednesday in an effort to get key Western nations and Russia to find an accommodation on measures to stop the violence, but the move proved fruitless

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UN Aims To Triple Syria Observer Team

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:45:06 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — A spokesman for international Syria envoy Kofi Annan says the United Nations hopes to have 30 cease-fire monitors in the country next week.

Ahmad Fawzi says seven observers are already on the ground and another two will arrive on Monday

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UN Strongly Condemns NKorea Rocket Launch

Associated Press — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:15:17 +0000

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning North Korea's rocket launch and warning it will take further action if it conducts another launch or a new nuclear test.

A presidential statement, approved by all 15 council members and read at a formal meeting Monday morning, said Friday's launch, as well as any future use of ballistic missile technology, is "a serious violation" of U

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Gates Tells UN To Help Poor Farmers

Associated Press — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:33:46 +0000

ROME (AP) — Bill Gates has told U.N. food agencies that world agriculture systems are outdated and inefficient, especially for the small farmers in poor countries they are aiming to help.

Gates brought his campaign to fight poverty and hunger in Africa and Asia to a forum Thursday of the U

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UN Concerned About Clashes Reported In Bahrain

Associated Press — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:05:50 +0000

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he's concerned about reported clashes between security forces and demonstrators in Bahrain in recent days.

U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said Wednesday that Ban is calling on all parties to exercise maximum restraint, and for Bahraini officials to respect their international human rights obligations

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UN In Haiti Accuses Police Of Abuse

Associated Press — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:16:49 +0000

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.N. human rights officials in Haiti are accusing the national police department of excessive force, saying there is evidence officers may have killed at least nine people in the capital

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UN: AIDS Epidemic Stabilizing, Still Work To Do

Associated Press — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:46:40 +0000

LONDON (AP) — The AIDS epidemic is leveling off and the number of people newly infected with the virus that causes it has remained unchanged since 2007, the United Nations said in a report Monday.

Critics say that the body's aim of wiping out the disease is overly optimistic, however, considering there is no vaccine, millions remain untreated and donations have slumped amid the economic crisis

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Ahmadinejad: UN Nuclear Agency Does US Bidding

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:21:35 +0000

NEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the U.N. nuclear watchdog of being in the pocket of the United States and illegally releasing the names of three nuclear scientists who were then assassinated by alleged Israeli-trained killers

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