2 hours ago - By Nick Wadhams, AP Writer
The U.N. Security Council must be prepared to commit peacekeepers to East Timor for many years if it orders forces back to the shattered nation as expected, a U.N. envoy said Wednesday. Complete Story
7 hours ago - By Nick Wadhams, AP Writer
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to New York to discuss the crisis in Lebanon with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the European Union foreign policy chief, Annan's top deputy said Wednesday.
13 hours ago - By Sam Cage, AP Writer
The international Red Cross and the U.N. children's and health agencies said Wednesday they were seriously concerned about civilian casualties and new health risks because of escalating violence in Lebanon and Israel.
19 hours ago - By Edith M. Lederer, AP Writer
France circulated ideas for possible inclusion in a U.N. resolution on the escalating Mideast conflict, including a cease-fire, condemnation of "extremist forces" and the possibility of a new international force.
Jul 18 - By Associated Press
The United Nations has received only about one-third of the funding it requested for aid activities in 2006 and urgently needs more money to assist 30 million people worldwide, it said Tuesday.
Jul 17 - By Alexander G. Higgins, AP Writer
The United States must set a better example for the world in areas ranging from its treatment of Latin American migrants to its handling of detainees in the war on terror, U.N. human rights experts said Monday.
Jul 17 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
U.N. Chief Correspondent Edith M. Lederer, who has covered the world diplomatic beat since September 1998, writes a periodic blog about life behind the scenes at U.N. headquarters in New York.
Jul 17 - By Donna Abu-Nasr, AP Writer
A senior U.N. envoy said Monday he will present Israel with "concrete ideas" to end the latest round of fighting after meeting with Lebanon's prime minister.
Jul 16 - By Nick Wadhams, AP Writer
A unanimous U.N. Security Council vote to condemn North Korea's missile launches has set an important precedent and strengthened the powerful U.N. body as it turns to its next challenge: confronting Iran's suspect nuclear program, diplomats said.
Jul 15 - By Edith M. Lederer, AP Writer
Lebanon accused the United States on Saturday of blocking a U.N. Security Council statement calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, saying the impotence of the United Nations' most powerful body sent the wrong signal to small countries and the Arab world.
Jul 15 - By Zeina Karam, AP Writer
Prime Minister Fuad Saniora pledged Saturday to extend his government's control over all of Lebanon, signaling he wants to end Hezbollah's autonomy in the south — a top Israeli demand.
Jul 15 - By Nick Wadhams, AP Writer
The divided U.N. Security Council came closer Saturday to reaching a resolution condemning North Korea's missile tests, with a last-minute proposal dropping the threat of military action.
Jul 14 - By Edith M. Lederer, AP Writer
Lebanon accused Israel on Friday of launching "a widespread barbaric aggression" aimed at bringing the small Mideast nation to its knees and urged the international community to end the military offensive.
Jul 13 - By Nick Wadhams, AP Writer
The U.N. Security Council said Thursday it is willing to consider a peacekeeping force for Somalia and easing an arms embargo so the shattered nation's transitional government can develop a security force.
Jul 13 - By Edith M. Lederer, AP Writer
The world powers are prepared to provide Iran with advanced technology and possibly even nuclear research reactors if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment under a package of incentives revealed in full for the first time Thursday.
Jul 13 - By Nick Wadhams, AP Writer
The United States blocked an Arab-backed resolution Thursday that would have demanded Israel halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, the first U.N. Security Council veto in nearly two years.
Jul 13 - By Edith M. Lederer, AP Writer
The Security Council finds itself having to grapple simultaneously with two threats to the spread of weapons of mass destruction — Iran's refusal to stop enriching uranium and North Korea's nuclear arms program and missile tests.
Jul 13 - By Associated Press
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will send three veteran U.N. officials to the Middle East to try to defuse what he called a "major crisis" there, the United Nations said Thursday.
Jul 12 - By Associated Press
The United States cast the first U.N. Security Council veto in nearly two years Thursday, blocking an Arab-backed resolution that would have demanded Israel halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Jul 12 - By Joshua Goodman, AP writer
President Alvaro Uribe's administration is campaigning behind the scenes to silence the U.N. human rights monitors who have verified thousands of abuses in Colombia in recent years, foreign diplomats and rights groups say.
Jul 12 - By Edith M. Lederer, AP Writer
Sudan's Darfur region is facing a new wave of killings and rapes, with fighting between rebel factions displacing thousands of villagers despite a recent peace agreement, the U.N. humanitarian chief said.
Jul 11 - By Karl Ritter, AP Writer
The upcoming Group of Eight summit is a prime opportunity for world leaders to show they are seriously committed to fighting the spread of infectious diseases, the acting head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Jul 11 - By Edith M. Lederer, AP Writer
Supporters of a U.N. resolution that would impose limited sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests put off a vote again Tuesday after China threatened a veto.
Jul 11 - By Joshua Goodman, AP writer
President Alvaro Uribe's government is lobbying to restrict a U.N. agency that has been the most trusted monitor of human rights violations in Colombia, according to foreign diplomats and rights activists.
Jul 8 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
U.N. Chief Correspondent Edith M. Lederer, who has covered the world diplomatic beat since September 1998, writes a periodic blog about life behind the scenes at U.N. headquarters in New York.
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