Male: The United Nations on Monday backed Maldives' new leader's proposal for a national unity government, though the ousted leader is calling for a snap poll to resolve a political crisis. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco called on all parties to come together "on the principle of inclusiveness and national unity, and reach a consensus on the way forward." Former President Mohamed Nasheed resigned on February 7...
08:08 AM, Feb 14, 2012
The Indian Envoy to the UN, Hardeep Puri, on Friday categorically ruled out any unwarranted interference by the Indian Government in the Maldives. ...
01:57 PM, Feb 10, 2012
United Nations: Diplomats have failed to reach agreement on a UN resolution aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria, leaving discussions in limbo pending consultations with their home governments. Envoys said on Thursday that yet another text is being drawn up for them to send to their capitals for consideration. British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant told reporters after the session that the new version will be put to a vote...
11:21 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Beit Hanoun (Gaza Strip): Dozens of Palestinians on Thursday tried to block UN chief Ban Ki-moon from entering the Gaza Strip and pelted his armoured convoy with shoes and sticks, accusing him of being unfairly biased toward Israel. The incident cast a shadow over Ban's visit to Gaza, which was meant to draw attention to humanitarian issues in the crowded seaside strip. Ban was in Gaza on the second day...
08:57 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: The United Nations has released new data, which shows that India is the most dangerous place in the world for the girl child. An Indian girl child aged between 1 year to 5 years is 75 per cent more likely to die than an Indian boy of the same age, making India the worst gender differential in child mortality in the world. India and China are the only...
12:02 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Beirut: Syrian troops crushed pockets of rebel soldiers on Tuesday on the outskirts of Damascus and the UN Security Council took up a draft resolution demanding that President Bashar Assad halt the violence and yield power. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told the Security Council that action to end the violence in Syria would be different from UN efforts to pacify Libya. "I know that some members here...
08:04 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Vienna: Senior United Nations nuclear inspectors will arrive in Tehran early on Sunday to press Iranian officials to address suspicions that the Islamic state is seeking atomic weapons. The UN International Atomic Energy Agency hopes Iran, which has indicated readiness to discuss the issue for the first time since 2008, will end years of stonewalling on intelligence pointing to an intention to develop nuclear arms technology. "We are trying to...
07:39 AM, Jan 29, 2012
New York: India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, collectively known as the G4 group of countries, have made a joint bid for the expansion of the UN Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership. Each of these countries aspires to be a permanent member of the United Nations and play a larger global role. They made the joint bid at the informal plenary of the intergovernmental negotiations...
05:11 PM, Jan 27, 2012
United Nations: India will push hard for an early implementation of comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council and expansion in its membership when inter-governmental negotiations on the issue begin on Thursday. The negotiations will be chaired by Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Zaheer Tanin. Tanin is the Chair of the 'Intergovernmental Negotiations on the question of equitable representation and increase in the membership of the Security Council.'...
12:47 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Geneva: A United Nations telecom meeting has approved the next generation of mobile technology, which experts say will make devices 500 times faster than 3G smartphones and eliminate the wait time between the tap of a finger and the appearance of a Web page. The technology will be used immediately for planning changes to equipment but it could take two years to show up on consumers smartphone, tablets and other...
04:04 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Ramallah: Israel has stripped Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of VIP status and given him a watered-down travel permit that is valid for just two months, Palestinian officials charged on Sunday. The officials said that Abbas complained about the permit at an internal meeting of his Fatah Party last week. In a speech, Abbas said the new permit, similar to those required for Palestinian labourers entering Israel, was a reflection of...
10:24 AM, Jan 16, 2012
United Nations: As tensions continue to simmer between Iran and the Western world, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has asked the parties to resolve their differences through peaceful means, but stressed that it is Tehran's responsibility to prove their nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only. Iran is the world's fourth largest oil producer and has threatened to block oil deliveries that pass through the Strait of Hormuz if sanctions...
11:48 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Beirut: Syrian security forces, undaunted by the presence of Arab League observers, have killed at least 12 protesters as hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, opposition activists said. Five members of the security forces were also killed in a shooting in the city of Homs, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. Assad, 46, has signed up to an Arab League plan...
08:49 AM, Dec 31, 2011
United Nations: Adjusting to tough economic times, the United Nations has taken a five per cent cut in its budget for 2012-2013 at $ 5.15 billion, making it only the second time in 50 years that the world body's budget has declined over the previous year. The budget was approved by the 193-member UN General Assembly after night-long negotiations over the weekend. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the new budget...
11:50 AM, Dec 28, 2011
United Nations: The General Assembly has approved a budget of $5.15 billion to cover the United Nations' regular operations in 2012-2013, cutting its two-year budget for the first time in 13 years by 5 per cent. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who proposed a 3.2 per cent budget cut in October, thanked the 193-member world body for agreeing to "cut fat" at a time when governments and people everywhere are struggling because...
01:26 AM, Dec 28, 2011
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