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International (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
INCOMING UN ENVOY TO CYPRUS MEETS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL New York, Jul 23 2008 3:00PM The incoming senior United Nations representative in Cyprus is in New York today for talks with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and briefings with UN officials about the situation in the Mediterranean country. Alexander Downer, the former Australian foreign minister, is due to arrive in Cyprus on Sunday, beginning his...
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Rubicon3 (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Daled Amos reports that UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is "encouraged" by the Kuntar deal. I can't think of anything to say about this that doesn't include profanity. Mr. Moon is an...well, yes. He is, isn't he. And he...
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News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Lost amid the tension of the days leading up to the exchange of five jailed terrorists and the bodies of nearly 200 more for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped two years ago, is the matter of three other Israeli soldiers who have been missing since the day a battle was fought at the Lebanese town of Sultan Yakoub in 1982. According to a letter United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
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Daled Amos (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
“I’m very much encouraged by the exchange of prisoners. I hope this will be the beginning of many to come in the future.” Ban Ki-moon Funny, Hamas has been saying the same thing. The Secretary General apparently thinks this is quite a success: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed today’s long-anticipated prisoner exchange between Israel and the Lebanese group Hizbollah, following months
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Rep. Ron Klein joins a congressional delegation to UN headquarters in NY today. The delegation is scheduled to meet with high-ranking officials, including US Ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad and UN Secretary Ban-Ki-Moon. Topics are expected to include the...
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NHatky (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
United Nations, Expressing concern over heightening tension between Cambodia and Thailand over an ancient temple on their border, United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has appealed both sides to peacefully resolve the issue. Both countries lay claim over 4.6 square kilometres areas around the Preash Vihear Temple which was inscribed on the ...
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Expressing concern over the recent escalation of tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on both sides to peacefully resolve the situation. There is a build-up of military forces near the Preah Vihear Temple in Cambodia, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) earlier this month. “The...
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Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed a deal between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday that paves the way for talks on forming a power-sharing government. The preliminary agreement was signed in Harare's Rainbow Towers Hotel after weeks of deadlock since Mugabe was re-elected on June 27 in a widely condemned poll boycotted...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Monday the agreement between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to hold talks on sharing power and ending the political crisis in that country. The secretar...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed an assessment for future international humanitarian assistance to Myanmar following the devastation by cyclone Nargis in May. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) presented ...
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HLS News (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Navanethem Pillay LL.M. '82 S.J.D. '88 is expected to become the next United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will announce Pillay’s nomination, which requires the approval of the General Assembly, early this week.
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Source: Reuters SINGAPORE, July 21 (Reuters) - Recovery from a cyclone that tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta in May, leaving at least 138,000 dead or missing, will cost more than $1 billion, a report by the United ...
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Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
New York, UN - Urgent changes in global agricultural policies are needed to meet the threats of soaring food and energy prices, the UN General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim has said.
