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UN launches independent review of climate panel

ExpressIndia: 1 hour ago
United Nations launched an independent review of IPCC, which has come under much criticism in the recent months. ...read article

Independent body to review controversial UN climate panel

Mail & Guardian: International: 2 hours ago
An international scientific body will review the UN's Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors in a key report on global warming. ...read article

World › U.N. report: Much of Somalia's food aid diverted

Japan Today: World: 3 hours ago
Up to half the food aid intended for the millions of hungry people in Somalia is being diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamic militants and… ...read article

World › World's top scientists to review climate panel

Japan Today: World: 3 hours ago
At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the… ...read article

Libyan UN head on Europe travel ban list

TVNZ : International: 3 hours ago
The Libyan president of the UN General Assembly is among dozensÂ of people banned from travelling to Europe due to a diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland ...read article

DRC-UGANDA: Aid workers battle to help 'forgotten' refugees

UN : WFP: 3 hours ago
With at least 67,000 refugees in southwest Uganda, the government and aid workers are still battling inadequate resources in what a UN official described as a 'silent emergency'.(..)Stanlake Samkange, Uganda's WFP country director, told IRIN the ... ...read article

Ban: Myanmar's electoral laws fail to meet UN expectations

The Earth Times: 3 hours ago
New York - Myanmar's new laws in preparation for general elections this year fail to meet UN demands for a credible and politically inclusive democratic process, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. Ban said he was carefully studying the ... ...read article

UN Requests Independent Review of It's Climate Panel

Voice of America : Environment: 3 hours ago
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon acknowledges that IPCC, had 'a very small number of errors' in its 2007 report ...read article

Obama administration shifts gears on Iran sanctions

Christian Science Monitor: 3 hours ago
On Iran sanctions, the Obama administration shifts gears to focus less on UN sanctions and more on modifying measures before Congress. ...read article

Science body to review UN climate panel

The Australian: World: 4 hours ago
A RESPECTED international scientific body will review the UN's Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says. ...read article

Helen Clark meets with Prime Minister Manmohon Singh

UN : UNDP: 4 hours ago
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India today on her last day of official visit to the country. ...read article

Ban speaks out against Israeli plans to expand settlements

UN : Security Council: 4 hours ago
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has repeatedly called for Israels settlement construction to come to a halt, has condemned its announcement that it is building 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem. ...read article

UN political chief arrives in Nepal as appeal for aid is launched

UN : Security Council: 4 hours ago
The top United Nations political official arrived in Nepal today for a three-day visit to assess the state of the peace process which ended 10 years of fighting between the Government and Maoists. ...read article

Myanmar: Secretary-General voices concern at new electoral laws

UN : Security Council: 4 hours ago
New electoral laws unveiled by authorities in Myanmar do not meet United Nations expectations of what is required for an inclusive political process in the Asian country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today. ...read article

In Gaza, UN teams destroy unexploded ordnance with white phosphorus

UN : Security Council: 4 hours ago
Special United Nations bomb disposal units today successfully destroyed two unexploded ordnance (UXO) containing white phosphorus in the Gaza Strip, the first of a series of planned activities to be conducted in the region over the coming months. ...read article

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