UN nuclear agency considering Fukushima office
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said the agency is considering opening a branch office in Fukushima to monitor efforts to contain the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl, a report said
16 kilogram cocaine mistakenly sent to UN headquarters
A 16 kilo (35.5 pounds) consignment of cocaine that Mexican drug traffickers recently lost has turned up in an unlikely place - the United Nations in New York.
Police and UN officials on Thursday des
Climate change: UN launches online database for businesses
The UN has launched a new online database to showcase successful strategies that businesses and communities are using to adapt to climate change while simultaneously increasing their profits and using
G-4 makes joint bid for UNSC expansion
India, Brazil, Germany and Japan have made a joint bid for the expansion of the UN Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership.
Collectively known as G-4, the fo
Arabs to seek UN support on Syria, extend mission
Arab League foreign ministers on Sunday asked for UN support in their efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis and decided to extend their observer mission in the country rocked by 10 months of political
Stop killing your own people: Ban tells Assad
In a strongly worded statement, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has asked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to immediately stop violence against his own people.
"I say again to President
US, UN condemn bombing in Pakistan
The US and the UN have strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Pakistan's Khyber Agency that killed over 30 people and injured 60 others.
"The United States strongly condemns the bombing at a mar
UN, US lift Libya financial sanctions
The UN Security Council and United States on Friday lifted sanctions on Libya's central bank in a bid to ease a cash crunch in a post-Gaddafi era, diplomats said.
The UN council ended a freeze on the
Syria crackdown toll over 5,000: UN
More than 5,000 people are now believed to have been killed in the Syrian government's crackdown on protests, UN rights chief Navi Pillay told the UN Security Council on Monday.
Pillay also said ther
World on brink of another economic meltdown: UN
The United Nations has warned that the world is on the brink of another recession, projecting that global economic growth will slow down further in 2012 and even emerging powerhouses like India and Ch