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April 21, 2011
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Articles About the United Nations
Kiss Recreates 'Detroit Rock City' at Mini Stand
In full makeup, the rock group was on hand promote four custom-painted Mini Countrymen, which are to be auctioned to benefit Unicef.
April 21, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: Automobiles, New York International Auto Show, Kiss, United Nations Children's Fund, Simmons, Gene
Time for Plan B on Fissile Material Treaty
A ban on producing nuclear weapons fuel is too important to let Pakistan block negotiations.
April 20, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ARMS CONTROL AND LIMITATION AND DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, INDIA, PAKISTAN
Israeli Luminaries Press for a Palestinian State
Dozens of Israel’s most honored intellectuals and artists have signed a declaration endorsing a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 borders.
April 19, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS, PALESTINIANS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, TEL AVIV (ISRAEL), WEST BANK, ISRAEL, NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN, EZRAHI, YARON
South Africa Holds a Clue to Goldstone’s Shift on Gaza
A report by Richard Goldstone for the United Nations accused both Israel and Hamas of wrongdoing, much like a ruling decades earlier on South Africa.
April 19, 2011
France’s Actions in Africa Remind Some of Françafrique Days
Recent military interventions in Libya and Ivory Coast have prompted some to ask if France is returning to the old days of colonial politics, known as Françafrique.
April 17, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNREST (2010- ), DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, IVORY COAST, AFRICA, FRANCE, SARKOZY, NICOLAS
United Nations to Host Cooper-Hewitt Show
The fall exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design is focused on design solutions to the problems of global slums.
April 17, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: ART, COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM
Iraq: Inquiry Sought in Deaths
The United Nations human rights chief called for an independent investigation into the deaths of at least 34 people during an Iraqi military raid on a camp housing Iranian exiles last week.
April 15, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, IRAN, IRAQ
Somalia, Wobbly on Ground, Seeks Control of Its Airspace
The country hopes to collect millions of dollars in flyover fees if it regains authority over traffic in its airspace, which the United Nations has controlled since 1996.
April 15, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: AIRLINES AND AIRPLANES, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PRICES (FARES, FEES AND RATES), SECURITY AND WARNING SYSTEMS, SOMALIA
Iraq: U.N. Says 34 Iranians Killed at Exile Camp
The United Nations confirmed the claims that dozens of Iranian exiles were killed by Iraqi security forces last week at a camp north of Baghdad.
April 15, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS, IRAQ, IRAN, PEOPLE'S MUJAHEDEEN OF IRAN
Pennsylvania: Ex-U.N. Inspector Convicted in Sex Sting
Scott Ritter, the former United Nations chief weapons inspector in Iraq, was convicted Thursday in a sex sting for exchanging explicit online messages with a detective posing as an under-age girl.
April 15, 20113 on U.N. Panel Reject Goldstone’s Shift on Gaza War
Members of the U. N. panel that investigated Israel’s Gaza war two years ago rejected former chairman Richard Goldstone’s retraction of their finding that Israel had deliberately targeted civilians.
April 15, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: PALESTINIANS, DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, ISRAEL, GAZA STRIP, UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, GUARDIAN, GOLDSTONE, RICHARD
Croatian Generals Guilty of War Crimes
The decision of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague was also an indirect verdict on the late president of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman.
April 15, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: WAR CRIMES, GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, CROATIA
800 Civilians Killed This Year in Southern Sudan, U.N. Says
In the violence after a January vote for independence, 93,000 people have fled their homes, including more than 40,000 in the last month, officials say.
April 14, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN, LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY
Ivory Coast Gets a New Chance
Former President Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast should be tried for his crimes.
April 13, 2011MORE ON THE UNITED NATIONS AND: WAR CRIMES, GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, EDITORIALS, IVORY COAST, GBAGBO, LAURENT, OUATTARA, ALASSANE D
U.N. Praises Palestinian Authority Progress Toward a State
A report issued Tuesday echoes similar assessments by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank last week.
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TimesCast | Arab Leaders Unify on Libya
Michael Slackman talks with political analysts about the rare show of support from many Arab leaders for the Western-led military intervention in Libya.
Ibrahim Dabbashi's Press Conference
On Feb. 21, Libya's ambassador to the United Nations gave a press conference to announce that mission staffers are calling upon Muammar el-Qaddafi to leave Libya.
U.N. Truck Burned in Ivory Coast
Students loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo burned a United Nations pick-up truck as they accused the peacekeeping mission of arming supporters of Gbagbo's rival, Alassane Ouattara. Jon Decker reports.
New Tensions in a World Heritage Site
Residents of Djenné, Mali, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, complain that the guidelines to maintain that designation are too restrictive.
Security in a Lawless Congo
In late July, hundreds of armed men gang-raped at least 200 women in Luvungi -- an embarrassment for United Nations peacekeepers who seem to be failing at their most basic task: protecting civilians.
The U.N.’s Battle Against Brutality
A rebel attack on a Congolese village, which lasted four days and included the rape of at least 200 women, highlights the difficulty of the peacekeeping mission there.
A Day of Protests
On another rackety day of dissent at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York, various groups decried world leaders appearing at the United Nations General Assembly.
Securing the Peace in Liberia
Women of the United Nations police and peacekeeping forces that entered Liberia after the civil war have inspired a new generation of Liberian women to don uniforms.
Women in Uniform
As modern peacekeeping has evolved, the number of female police officers in U.N. missions around the world has doubled during the past five years.
Coupon System Under Way in Haiti
United Nations workers initiated a new, more organized system of distributing food, issuing coupons that Haitians could redeem for bags of rice.
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