Evacuation at UN council blamed on sewage stink
United Nations, Dec. 21: Sewage from an unusually high tide caused a stink that forced the emergency evacuation of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, a UN spokesman said.
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UN slams Ivory Coast hostilities
Abidjan: The head of the UN mission in Ivory Coast on Monday accused Laurent Gbagbo's regime of carrying out 'hostile acts' against foreign diplomats, harassing peacekeepers and disrupting their suppl
China blocked UN action on Lashkar men
Washington, Dec. 5: China, at the apparent request of Pakistan, put a “technical hold” on an Indian request to the UN Security Council to slap sanctions on three terrorists, says a state department ca
UN climate change meet opens in Mexico
Cancun: The UN climate chief has launched the annual climate change meeting in Cancun in Mexico, asking negotiators to strike a "compromise" and weave together elements of a solid response to globa
UN driver shot dead in Philippines
A gunman shot dead a filipino driver delivering rice for the United Nations in the restive southern Philippines, the agency said on Sunday.
UN says Nepalese peacekeepers to stay in Haiti
The United Nations will not move Nepalese peacekeepers out of Haiti despite deadly protests over accusations that they caused a cholera epidemic, a top UN official said on Tuesday.
J&K removed from list of disputes under UN
In a significant development, Jammu and Kashmir has been removed from the UN list of unresolved disputes, giving a setback to Pakistan which has been asking the world body to intervene on the issue.
UN meet on survival of species begins
Tokyo: Delegates from more than 190 nations today kicked off a UN conference aimed at ensuring the survival of diverse species and ecosystems threatened by pollution, exploitation and habitat encroach
Intl community nowhere near goal of N-weapon free world: India
United Nations: India has asserted that the international community is nowhere close to the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons by the year 2010 under an action plan presented by former Prime Minister
‘World will ask India to join UNSC in next 15-20 yrs’
Sydney: India should not push for urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council as the world will come forward and ask New Delhi to join the UNSC as a permanent member in next 15-20 years, acco