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(Newser) - North Korea has for the first time openly confirmed that it is seeking to enrich uranium for the development of nuclear weapons, the BBC reports. The state news agency today announced that the nation plans to “weaponize” its plutonium stocks, and will consider any “blockade” attempts by the... More »

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 UN Imposes New 
 Sanctions on N. Korea 


Jun 12, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(AP) - The UN Security Council today punished North Korea for its recent nuclear test, imposing new sanctions, expanding an arms embargo, and authorizing ship searches on the high seas. Russia and China joined Western powers and nations from every region in unanimously approving the resolution. North Korea has said it would... More »

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China • North Korea • United Nations • United States • Pyongyang • six party talks • UN sanctions • nuclear test • Rosemary DiCarlo



 UN Begins Gaza 
 War Crimes Probe 

Israel alleges bias, but Jewish rapporteur draws wide praise

Jun 2, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UN team investigating possible war crimes by the Israeli army and Hamas has arrived in the Gaza Strip for a weeklong fact-finding mission. Israel is refusing to cooperate with what it calls a "masquerade," alleging that the UN Human Rights Council is unfairly biased. But the selection... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Hamas • war crimes • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • United Nations Human Rights Council • Gaza war

UN Fights to Release Child Soldiers in Chad

Boys as young as 13 held captive by African nation's army

Jun 1, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN has obtained access to 80 child soldiers, some as young as 13, who have been taken prisoner in Chad near the Sudanese region of Darfur. UNICEF says that the children were captured and paraded before television cameras after a battle in early May between the Chadian army and... More »

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(AP) - The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea's nuclear test as a clear violation of its resolutions. The council said in a statement today that it will begin work immediately on a new legally binding resolution addressing North Korea's violations. More »

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UN Scrambles to Meet as World Slams N. Korea

US, Japan want to act, but China may block tough action

May 25, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's surprise nuclear test this morning drew protests in the South and threats from world governments to punish the regime with further sanctions. Barack Obama and Gordon Brown both condemned the blasts, and France said it would discuss "strengthening sanctions" at today's emergency Security Council meeting. Even China,... More »

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China • Barack Obama • North Korea • United Nations • Gordon Brown • Susan Rice • UN Security Council • nuclear test

(Newser) - The United Nations is being hammered by a string of sexual harassment cases filed by employees, reports the Wall Street Journal. The development is particularly painful for an organization that is supposed to uphold human rights around the world. Victims complain about an old-boys' network of adjudication that allows colleagues... More »

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United Nations • sexual harassment • workers • workers' rights • employee

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is hoping text messages can save Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The Secretary of State is asking Americans to text “swat” to 20222 to make a $5 donation to help refugees from the fighting there, Foreign Policy reports. The money would go to a UN agency, which provides... More »

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Hillary Clinton • United Nations • Pakistan • donation • text message • refugee • Swat Valley • humanitarian aid

(Newser) - Bill Clinton will be named the United Nation’s special envoy to Haiti this week, Foreign Policy reports. Clinton’s popularity in the deeply impoverished nation remains high from his presidential tenure, when he intervened to restore Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the presidency after his 1994 ouster. The announcement, expected tomorrow,... More »

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 Army: Sri Lanka War 
 in 'Final Stage' 

Tens of thousands of civilians trapped; UN envoy arrives

May 15, 09 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Sri Lankan government claims to be within 48 hours of capturing the last holdout of Tamil Tigers, as the Red Cross warned of "an unimaginable human catastrophe" for the tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone. Only a few hundred rebels remain in a two-mile-square... More »

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United Nations • civilian casualties • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • IMF • civilians • Mahinda Rajapaksa • Ban Ki-Moon • Sri Lankan Army • Tamils

 Ground Troops Reach 
 Taliban HQ: Pakistan  

Refugee crisis mounts as fighting ramps up

May 12, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani soldiers descended on a Taliban stronghold in Swat Valley today to “search and destroy,” a military spokesman tells Reuters. Ground troops were also moving toward the remote northwest region as the military ramps up its offensive against insurgents there. Officials say 751 of the vastly outnumbered militants... More »

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United Nations • Taliban • Pakistan • refugee • Pakistan military • Swat Valley • military offensive

US Lands Seat on UN Human Rights Council

Bush White House had boycotted body over Israel, Darfur stances

May 12, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(AP) - The US today won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council for the first time, along with four countries accused of serious human rights violations: Cuba, Saudi Arabia, China, and Russia. President Bush's administration had boycotted the council over its repeated criticism of Israel and its refusal to cite... More »

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Israel • United Nations • human rights • George W. Bush • United Nations Human Rights Council • Obama administration • President Obama

 UN: Sri Lanka 
 Conflict a 
 'Bloodbath' 

Aid groups urge Japan to push for Security Council action

May 11, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - After intense weekend fighting, the UN says the battle between rebels and the government in Sri Lanka has become a “bloodbath,” the New York Times reports. A government doctor estimates 1,000 civilians died in the heavy shelling of the small coastal area occupied by a few hundred... More »

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 Pakistani Civilians Stuck 
 as 55 Militants Die in War 

Curfew curbs residents' flight in 'war of country's survival'

May 9, 09 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani troops and warplanes killed at least 55 Taliban militants today in what Prime Minister Raza Gilani is calling a "war of the country's survival," the AP reports. Fighting centered in the northwestern Swat Valley, where a curfew prevented residents from fleeing and the main town has... More »

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Sudan Invites Aid Groups
Back to Darfur

After getting the boot in March, NGOs to return to troubled region

May 8, 09 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Sudanese government says it will invite new aid groups to work in Darfur and let the UN and other agencies expand their operations in the region. The announcement comes two months after Sudan expelled 13 NGOs, including Doctors Without Borders, in the aftermath of the International Criminal Court's indictment... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • Omar al Bashir • Doctors Without Borders • humanitarian organizations • humanitarian aid • International Criminal Court


 Palestinians Suffer Behind 
 Bethlehem Barrier: UN  

Residents can only access 13% of the area: report

May 7, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinians have access to just 13% of the land around Bethlehem due to Israeli military zones, a barrier, and settlements, a UN report charges just days before Pope Benedict is due to visit the holy city. “Bethlehem’s potential for residential and industrial expansion and development has been reduced,... More »

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(AP) - Artillery shells hit a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's northern war zone today, killing at least 64 civilians, a government doctor reports, amid growing international pressure to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped in the area. A rebel-linked website accused government forces of shelling the hospital, while the military said soldiers... More »

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UN to Israel: Stop Demolition of  E. Jerusalem Homes

City planning crisis means thousands of illegally built Palestinian houses

May 1, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In East Jerusalem, overcrowding and strict rules about where Palestinians can build houses have led to the illegal construction of thousands of homes. Nearly a third of all Palestinian homes in the sector, occupied by some 60,000 people, were  built without permits. In response, the city government has issued... More »

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United Nations • Arab Israeli conflict • East Jerusalem • urban planning • demolition

Lebanon Frees Generals Held in Death of Ex-PM Hariri

It could boost Hezbollah-led opposition in elections

Apr 29, 09 3:16 PM CDT
(AP) - Lebanon today released four generals held nearly 4 years in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri after a UN-backed tribunal ordered them freed, setting off celebrations with fireworks and dancing. Their release leaves the international tribunal with no suspects in custody after a four-year UN investigation into... More »

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United Nations • Lebanon • assassination • tribunal • election • Rafik Hariri

(Newser) - North Korea is demanding an apology from the UN Security Council for condemning its rocket test this month, threatening more tests of nuclear and conventional missiles if it is not mollified, the Guardian reports. Pyongyang demanded the council drop its resolutions against North Korean military tests. The South Korean government... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • South Korea • Kim Jong Il • UN Security Council

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