”United Nations” News

Ex-UN employee gets nine years for raping girls in Africa

PARIS (AFP) - A French court on Thursday sentenced a former mechanic employed by the United Nations to nine years in prison for raping young girls when he was working in Africa.
09 13 2008 10:01AM (...more)

UN gives aid to Guinea Bissau to fight cholera epidemic

BISSAU (AFP) - The United Nations gave 400,000 euros (600,000 dollars) in aid to the tiny west African nation of Guinea Bissau to fight a cholera epidemic that has claimed 40 lives to date, the UN said Saturday.
08 17 2008 9:17AM (...more)

U.N. says Somali gunmen release two of its workers

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali gunmen released two United Nations workers from Sweden and Denmark hours after kidnapping them in the Bakool region of southern Somalia on Saturday, U.N. officials said.
06 29 2008 5:22AM (...more)

UN chief asks Ivory Coast to stick to November poll deadline

ABIDJAN (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon Thursday urged Ivory Coast's political leaders to hold long-delayed elections on November 30, after they signed a pact promising a fair vote in a country split by a 2002 uprising.
04 25 2008 11:39AM (...more)

U.N. cuts tours as guides stay away in protest

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Tours of the United Nationsheadquarters in New York were drastically cut back on Thursdayafter tour guides stayed away from work as part of a disputewith management, the world body said.
12 11 2007 5:14PM (...more)

Isolated Cypriot hamlets want to drop the barriers

KATO PYRGOS, Cyprus (Reuters Life!) - It may be only fivekilometers away, but it takes Andreas Karos almost three hoursto drive from his Cypriot village to the neighbors.
06 13 2008 9:00AM (...more)

U.N. urges family planning ahead of World Population Day

TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - As thousands of groups in 140 countries prepare to mark World Population Day on Friday, the United Nations is calling for more action to promote women's rights and reduce the millions of deaths resulting from unwanted pregnancies.
07 12 2008 1:33AM (...more)

U.N. says 220,000 reported missing in Myanmar cyclone

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The number of people reported missing in the Myanmar cyclone was about 220,000, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Sunday, warning of environmental damage, violence and mass migration.
05 12 2008 2:21AM (...more)

Russia blasts U.N. Kosovo chief as EU role planned

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia demanded disciplinary action against the head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo onThursday for preparing to hand over powers to a European Unionmission that Moscow says is illegal.
06 13 2008 2:29PM (...more)

UN appeals for 13 million dollars to help Afghan children

KABUL (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of Afghan children lack proper food, water and other essentials while conflict hampers the delivery of help, UNICEF warned Tuesday in an appeal for 13 million dollars' emergency aid.
02 13 2008 6:04AM (...more)