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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will hold a special meeting on a border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand that has sparked fears of a military clash, France and Vietnam said on Wednesday.
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will hold a special meeting on a border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand that has sparked fears of a military clash, diplomats said on Wednesday.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the English-speaking world, many cell phone users leave emergency contact information in the devices' address books under an entry labeled "ICE" _ for "in case of emergency." Now, the U.N. International Telecommunication Union is trying to adapt that...
Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Turkey hopeful for a non-permanent seat at U.N. Security Council Turkey stood a good chance to get a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said late on Tuesday in New York. Babacan flew the U.S. to lobby for his country's UN bid." More: Turkey hopeful for a non-permanent seat at U.N. Security Council
International (Free subscription) | yesterday
FIRST WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OPENS IN SOMALIA WITH UN HELP New York, Jul 23 2008 1:00PM The first women lawyers association in Somalia has been established in the Somaliland region with the help of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). "It will take time for the male-dominated legal profession to understand and accept the importance of women lawyers in society," Antonia Lulvey, UNDP's...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Reuters By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, July 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will hold a special meeting on a border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand that has sparked fears of a military ...
International (Free subscription) | yesterday
SUDAN AND UN SIGN FOUR-YEAR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PLAN New York, Jul 23 2008 11:00AM The Sudanese Government today signed an agreement with United Nations agencies operating in the country on a four-year aid plan covering peacebuilding, governance and the rule of law, employment, education and health care as well as other services. The agreement, known as the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF),...
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SUDAN AND UN SIGN FOUR-YEAR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PLAN New York, Jul 23 2008 11:00AM The Sudanese Government today signed an agreement with United Nations agencies operating in the country on a four-year aid plan covering peacebuilding, governance and the rule of law, employment, education and health care as well as other services. The agreement, known as the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF),...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
from the Financial Times A report from a UK parliament committee asks for the doubling of aid to the UN's World Food Programme. - Kale By Javier Blas in London Donations to the United Nations' World Food Programme must double to secure aid for those pushed into poverty by rising food and fuel prices and to compensate for higher procurement costs, a report warned yesterday. The UK parliament's International...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to intervene in its dispute with Thailand over land near an ancient temple.
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The African Union said on Wednesday it was incapable of stabilizing the situation in Somalia and urged the United Nations take over peacekeeping operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
The United Nations is to stop flying in aid to Myanmar next month, forcing relief agencies to find another way to get vital supplies to cyclone survivors, its logistics head said yesterday.The U.N.'s ...
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BELGRADE, July 23 (RIA Novosti) -- Serbia said on Wednesday it had agreed to open talks on reshaping the UN mission in Kosovo, stressing, however, that it must be in compliance with Resolution 1244 an...
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
July 22 - Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the capture of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. Karadzic's lawyer vowed to appeal his extradition to a U.N. war crimes court.
