Sify (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
-of-Spain, Nov 20 (IANS) French President Nicholas Sarkozy and UN chief Ban Ki-moon will be attending the Commonwealth of Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29 as special guests, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will also attend.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Nov 22, Colombo: The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Saturday welcomed the Sri Lankan government's decision to allow more freedom of movement to the Internally Displaced Persons sheltered in welfare camps in the North.
US News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Servers at a major UK climate change research center were hacked, stoking furor over leaked emails.
ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hackers leak climate change e-mails from key research unit, stoke debate on global warming
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure to speed up resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced by war.
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Industrialization can serve as "a critical engine of economic growth and development" for Africa, which, like the rest of the world, continues to feel the impact of the global economic and financial crisis, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday. "UN figures indicate that the world economy is poised for recovery, but for Africa to benefit the continent must focus on industrialization...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday called on the international community to "seize the opportunity and build a world that is fit for children" at a time when children across the globe fall victim to preventable diseases, such as malnutrition, violence and exploitation. &$ &$UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon addresses the ceremony marking the Universal Children's Day and the 20th...
西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Armed conflict, inadequate infrastructure, weak governance, limited financing and technological abilities, and policies that stifle entrepreneurship, limit competition and raise the cost of doing business are hindering the industrialization that Africa needs to fully join the global economy," says United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon — Industrialization will help Africa fully...
Blood & Treasure (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Good cause but some branding difficulties: The engagement of men and boys is integral to achieving an end to violence against women and girls. In this vein, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the formation of a Network of Men Leaders...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the appointment of Belgium's Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy as first president of the European Union and Catherine Ashton as the EU's top diplomat. Ban said he looks forward to working ...
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"Secretary-General, in Message to Mark International Day for Slavery’s Abolition, Says List of Similarly Abhorrent Modern Practices Is ‘Shockingly Long’. Source Really? "In our globalized world, new forms of slavery have taken shape. The list of abhorrent practices, new and old, is now shockingly long, and includes debt bondage, serfdom, forced labour, child labour and servitude,...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
National parliaments are key allies of the United Nations in its efforts to haul the world's most vulnerable people out of the global economic crisis, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday told an international gathering of lawmakers at the UN headquarters in New York. "The global recession cannot be an excuse to abandon pledges," Ban said at the annual parliamentary hearing here,...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday congratulated Afghan President Hamid Karzai on his inauguration and hailed his commitment to serve all Afghans and to fight corruption, a UN statement said. The statement, issued here by Ban's spokesperson, said, "The secretary-general wishes to congratulate President Hamid Karzai on his inauguration today as the elected president of Afghanistan for...
Newsday (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Cane Producers Association of Trinidad and Tobago (CPATT) intend on writing separate letters to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the issue of the European Union grant funding to Trinidad and Tobago.
Cut Global Warming (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Reacting to the news that the US has become the first country to pledge money to a short term fund to protect tropical rainforests which has been backed by the Prince of Wales, Greenpeace Executive Director John Sauven said: "We all rely on the world’s tropical rainforests for food and rainfall, and to store vast [...]
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