United Nations
INTERNATIONAL: Rights activist replaces Louise Arbour
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday appointed South African jurist Navanethem Pillay to...
GEORGIA/INTERNATIONAL: Germany makes Abkhaz overture
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits Tbilisi today to discuss a proposal to end...
GeorgiaRUSSIA/UN: Moscow blocks Western move against Mugabe
The United States and United Kingdom have accused Russia of going back on a G8 summit promise to...
RussiaNIGERIA: Gambari resigns from peace committee
Ibrahim Gambari, the UN special advisor selected last month to head a steering committee...
NigeriaIRAN/UN: Nuclear incentives receive softer response
The incentives package recently presented to Tehran by the Permanent Five UN Security Council...
IranETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UN considers UNMEE future
The UN Security Council considered yesterday a Belgium-sponsored draft resolution on the future...
EthiopiaLATIN AMERICA: Andean coca acreages rise
The UN on June 17 published its latest annual estimates for coca and cocaine production. Although...
Latin AmericaKOSOVO/UN: New UNMIK head arrives at tricky time
Italy's Lamberto Zannier took over on Friday as seventh head of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),...
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