10Mar

Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work

Posted by ADMiN as Global Warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, New York Times, News, United Nations

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The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.

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05Mar

The Female Factor: Bringing a Softer Approach to Peacekeeping

Posted by ADMiN as Careers and Professions, India, Liberia, New York Times, News, Nigeria, Social Conditions and Trends, United Nations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Women and Girls

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As modern peacekeeping has evolved, the number of female police officers in U.N. peacekeeping missions around the world has doubled during the past five years.

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03Mar

U.S. Circulates New Draft Proposal for Iran Sanctions

Posted by ADMiN as Embargoes and Economic Sanctions, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, New York Times, News, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Nuclear Weapons, Security Council (UN), United Nations, United States, Zhang Yesui

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The proposed new sanctions would both broaden the scope and intensify three previous rounds of sanctions enacted since 2006.

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02Mar

U.N. Official Condemns Gaza Blockade

Posted by ADMiN as Egypt, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, New York Times, News, Palestinians, United Nations

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The senior U.N. official for humanitarian relief said the blockade enforced by Israel and Egypt amounted to the collective punishment of 1.5 million Palestinians.

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01Mar

Somali Pirates Taking Trade to Terra Firma

Posted by ADMiN as Al-Shabab, Hijacking, Hizbul Islam, Hostages, New York Times, News, Piracy at Sea, Somalia, United Nations, World Food Program

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The United Nations World Food Program said that a gang was holding three large trucks and their drivers.

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23Feb

Afghan Leader Asserts Control Over Election Body

Posted by ADMiN as Abdullah, Abdullah, Afghanistan, Constitutions, Elections, Karzai, Hamid, New York Times, News, Politics and Government, United Nations

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President Hamid Karzai has moved to ensure that he can handpick members of an electoral oversight commission, to the dismay of his political rivals and international allies.

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20Feb

Top Terror Prosecutor Is a Critic of Civilian Trials

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Andrew C. McCarthy, who brought high-profile terrorism cases to court, now says such cases do not belong there.

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18Feb

U.N. Climate Chief Resigns

Posted by ADMiN as Global Warming, New York Times, News, Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations, United Nations

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Yvo de Boer, the Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years, is resigning his post as of July 1.

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17Feb

U.N. Rejects ‘Militarization’ of Afghan Aid

Posted by ADMiN as Afghanistan, Afghanistan War (2001- ), New York Times, News, United Nations

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Senior U.N. officials in Afghanistan said U.N. agencies would not participate in the military’s reconstruction strategy in Marja as part of its current offensive there.

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09Feb

Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel

Posted by ADMiN as Conflicts of Interest, Global Warming, Gore, Al, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, New York Times, News, Pachauri, Rajendra K, United Nations

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Rajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. panel he leads face accusations of scientific sloppiness and conflicts of interest.

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03Feb

Chaos Eases in Effort to Help Feed the Hungry in Haiti

Posted by ADMiN as Earthquakes, Food, Haiti, Humanitarian Aid, New York Times, News, Rationing and Allocation of Resources, United Nations, World Food Program

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Coupons for 55 pounds of rice under a new U.N. food program have become more valuable than Haitian money.

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30Jan

Haitian Lawmakers Seek to Delay Elections

Posted by ADMiN as Campaign Finance, Elections, Haiti, Humanitarian Aid, New York Times, News, Politics and Government, Preval, Rene, United Nations

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Haitian lawmakers plan to ask President René Préval to extend their terms of office, U.N. officials said.

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29Jan

U.N. Mission Head in Afghanistan Met With Taliban Envoys

Posted by ADMiN as Afghanistan, Clinton, Hillary Rodham, Eide, Kai, Karzai, Hamid, Mutawakil, Wakil Ahmed, New York Times, News, Taliban, United Nations

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Kai Eide, the U.N. representative, spoke with members of the Taliban leadership this month to discuss the possibility of peace talks, officials said.

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24Jan

U.N. Seeks to Drop Some Taliban From Terror List

Posted by ADMiN as Kabul (Afghanistan), New York Times, News, Taliban, Terrorism, United Nations

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A U.N. official said that it could be the first step toward opening direct negotiations with the insurgent group.

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24Jan

Israel Poised to Challenge a U.N. Report on Gaza

Posted by ADMiN as Gaza Strip, Goldstone, Richard, Israel, New York Times, News, United Nations, War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

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The Israeli military is completing a rebuttal to a report accusing it of grave violations of international law in its Gaza invasion.

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20Jan

U.S. Troops Patrol Haiti, Filling a Void

Posted by ADMiN as Earthquakes, Haiti, Humanitarian Aid, New York Times, News, United Nations

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Haiti’s long history of foreign invasion has made an influx of foreigners a delicate issue.

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18Jan

U.N. Likely to Send More Security

Posted by ADMiN as Disasters and Emergencies, Earthquakes, Haiti, Humanitarian Aid, New York Times, News, United Nations

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The 3,500 soldiers and police officers requested by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would help protect distribution of supplies and ensure public order in Haiti.

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13Jan

U.N. Workers Struggle as Co-Workers Are Unaccounted For

Posted by ADMiN as Earthquakes, Haiti, New York Times, News, Rescues, United Nations

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Roughly 150 missing United Nations employees were believed to be still buried under the rubble as staff members struggled to organize a relief effort.

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13Jan

U.N. Blames Taliban for Afghan Toll

Posted by ADMiN as Afghanistan War (2001- ), Civilian Casualties, New York Times, News, United Nations

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The most striking aspect of a new U.N. report was the shift in responsibility for the deaths of Afghan civilians.

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03Jan

U.S. Sees an Opportunity to Press Iran on Nuclear Fuel

Posted by ADMiN as Embargoes and Economic Sanctions, Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, New York Times, News, Nuclear Energy, Obama, Barack, United Nations, United States

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Setbacks in its nuclear program and protests in the streets are making Iran’s leaders vulnerable to strong new sanctions, the Obama administration says.

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