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Yahoo! News: United Nations
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US military chief seeks Turkish support over Iran
(AP)
 AP - The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
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US rights group urges release of Iranian activist
(AP)
AP - A U.S. human rights group urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to secure the release of a prominent Iranian journalist and activist who goes on trial Saturday on charges that carry the death penalty.
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Over two dozen minors raped in eastern Congo: U.N.
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than two dozen children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the hundreds of victims of a recent wave of rapes in the nation's conflict-torn east, the United Nations said on Friday.
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UNHCR urges halt to unsafe Iraqi refugee returns
(AFP)
 AFP - The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops.
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Asia leads world tourism recovery in 2010: UN
(AFP)
 AFP - World tourism rebounded strongly this year from the global financial crisis, led by Asia and the Middle East, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) said Friday.
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Japan approves economic sanctions against Iran
(AP)
AP - Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said.
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Lebanon complains to UN about Israel 'spy ring'
(AFP)
 AFP - Lebanon has filed a complaint with the United Nations over what it says is an Israeli spy ring in the country, giving a list of 141 suspected agents, a diplomat said on Friday.
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Security Council to hold summit on peace
(AP)
AP - Turkey is inviting leaders of the 14 other Security Council nations to a summit meeting to strengthen the council's primary mission — maintaining international peace and security in a world of new and complex threats.
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NY court dismisses case against Italian U.N. "biter"
(Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed the case against a former U.N. employee accused of biting a U.N. security guard after complaining of nepotism at the world body.
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Nations meet on climate cash, U.N. sees long haul
(Reuters)
 Reuters - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.
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UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October
(AP)
AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
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Flood-hit Pakistanis and Afghans may cross to Iran: UNHCR
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Dismal conditions in flood-hit areas in southwest Pakistan could force thousands of Pakistanis and Afghan refugees to cross the border into Iran, the U.N. refugee agency warned Thursday.
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Aid group says workers safe after Congo rebel attack
(Reuters)
Reuters - Congolese rebels attacked a group of aid workers at a remote airstrip in restive eastern Congo Monday, forcing six of them to flee into bush before being rescued, a spokesman for the aid group said Wednesday.
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UN opens first office for south Sudan referendum
(AP)
 AP - The United Nations on Wednesday opened its first field office ahead of Southern Sudan's scheduled January referendum on independence.
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Rwanda considers pulling its peacekeepers from Darfur
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Rwanda is considering pulling out all its troops from United Nations peacekeeping missions, starting with Darfur, after a leaked draft U.N. report said Rwandan troops may have committed genocide in Congo.
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Maria Sanminiatelli named AP North America editor
(AP)
AP - Maria Sanminiatelli, a veteran journalist who has covered news for The Associated Press in Europe and the United States, has been named North America editor, responsible for U.S. news coverage targeted for audiences outside North America as well as Canada and the United Nations.
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Israeli envoy heads home after tough 2 years
(AP)
 AP - Israel's outgoing U.N. ambassador, Gabriela Shalev, calls her job "an almost impossible mission," but she's still heading home on a note of hope.
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U.N. says 270,000 at risk as floods loom in Ethiopia
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are at risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday.
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French government divided over Gypsy expulsions
(AP)
 AP - France's crackdown on Gypsies, which has been criticized by the Vatican and the United Nations, is now exposing cracks in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.
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Outrage Grows Over Failure to Protect DRC Civilians
(OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 (IPS) - As details emerged this week of the U.N.'s knowledge of rebel
activity in the villages where nearly 200 women were
systematically gang raped by armed groups in the eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last month, human
rights groups are demanding an investigation into the U.N.'s
failure to prevent the raid from occurring.
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