United Nations
UNITED NATIONS: Appeal for food clearing system
The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) yesterday warned that commodity price spikes --...
United NationsLATIN AMERICA: UN reports cocaine supply reduction
The UN World Drug Report was published on June 24. The report points to an 8% fall in cocaine...
RUSSIA/UN: Veto brings UN Georgia mission to an end
Moscow yesterday vetoed a resolution in the UN Security Council that would have temporarily...
RussiaUN/NORTH KOREA: Tighter sanctions will hurt regime
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) yesterday agreed to tighten...
North KoreaNORTH KOREA/UN: Nuclear move is a test for Beijing
The UN Security Council (UNSC) condemned North Korea's nuclear test yesterday.
INTERNATIONAL: Crisis raises business, rights focus
The unanimous three-year extension in 2008 of the special representative's mandate signifies the...
InternationalJAPAN: Pyongyang's test reveals security weaknesses
North Korea's firing off of a rocket was widely taken to be, in fact, a missile test. It revealed...
JapanSOMALIA: Questions remain for international engagement
On April 23, an international donor conference in Brussels pledged more than 213 million dollars...
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