New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the Sudanese government on Wednesday to cooperate with the joint UN- African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur despite the arrest warrant issued against President Omar al-Bashir.
Islamabad - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday, in last ditch efforts to save the life of an abducted colleague, sought assistance from the Pakistani government, a day before a deadline set by the captors expires.
John Solecki, the head of the UNHCR in Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen from provincial capital Quetta on February
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New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and former US president Bill Clinton are scheduled to visit Haiti next week, working together to achieve an economic recovery in one of the poorest nations in the region, the UN said Tuesday.
Ban plans to be in Haiti Monday for a one-day visit, accompanied by Clinton, who successfully led international efforts to help Southeast Asian nations devastated by the
2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
Amsterdam/Khartoum - The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will on Wednesday announce what is seen as perhaps its most important decision amid fears of a deterioration of the situation in Sudan and threats from African nations to withdraw its recognition of the fledgling United Nations court.
Judges of the fledgling ICC are due to announce Wednesday whether it will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes in Sudan's western Darfur region since 2003.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday strongly condemned the assassinations of Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernardo Vieira and his Army chief General Batista Tagme Na Waie.
The UN was preparing to provide further assistance to Guinea- Bissau to implement peace building projects and democratic reform following the recent successful legislative elections under the slain president. Vieira was slain Monday by soldiers loyal to General Wai, who died in a bombing Sunday evening.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the Sudanese government on Wednesday to cooperate with the joint UN- African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur despite the arrest warrant issued against President Omar al-Bashir.
Islamabad - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday, in last ditch efforts to save the life of an abducted colleague, sought assistance from the Pakistani government, a day before a deadline set by the captors expires.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and former US president Bill Clinton are scheduled to visit Haiti next week, working together to achieve an economic recovery in one of the poorest nations in the region, the UN said Tuesday.
Amsterdam/Khartoum - The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will on Wednesday announce what is seen as perhaps its most important decision amid fears of a deterioration of the situation in Sudan and threats from African nations to withdraw its recognition of the fledgling United Nations court.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday strongly condemned the assassinations of Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernardo Vieira and his Army chief General Batista Tagme Na Waie.
