United Nations

UN votes to increase African force in Somalia (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012

A detail about a pirated ship is displayed on a screen at the Joint Operations Centre and Maritime Security Centre Horn of Africa during a media briefing at the EU NAVFOR Operations Headquarters at Northwood in north west London February 20, 2012. EU NAVFOR Somalia - Operation ATALANTA's main tasks are to escort merchant vessels carrying humanitarian aid of the 'World Food Program' (WFP) and vessels of 'African Union Mission in Somalia' (AMISOM), and to protect vulnerable ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean and to deter and disrupt piracy. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: MILITARY CRIME LAW POLITICS)AP - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize an increase in the African Union force in Somalia from 12,000 to about 17,700 and expand its areas of operation in an effort to intensify pressure on al-Shabab militants who recently joined al-Qaida.


UN: W. Africa cocaine trade generates $900M a year (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
AP - The U.N. agency that fights drugs and crime estimated that cocaine trafficking is generating some $900 million annually in West and Central Africa as South American cartels use the shortest route to transport drugs to Europe.

UN warns about flood risk in Eastern Europe (AP) - Tue, 21 Feb 2012

People break the ice on a frozen part of Danube River, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Big chunks of melting ice moving on the Danube River have damaged hundreds of small boats and several restaurants located on rafts, officials said Monday. The thick ice, which had closed hundreds of miles (kilometers) of Europe's busy waterway during the region's recent cold snap, started moving Sunday afternoon because of rising temperatures.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP - The United Nations is warning that Eastern European countries along the Danube could face flooding as the iced-over waterway thaws following a record-breaking cold snap.


Russia proposes sending UN envoy to Syria (AP) - Tue, 21 Feb 2012
AP - Russia on Tuesday urged the United Nations to send a special envoy to Syria to help coordinate security issues and the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Rebels hold 3 peacekeepers in Sudan']);" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_sudan" target="_blank">Rebels hold 3 peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur (AP) - Mon, 20 Feb 2012

Rebels hold 3 peacekeepers in Sudan']);" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_sudan">Journalists of the independent al-Tayar newspaper protest the confiscation of the publication's Monday edition, in front of the National Press Council in Khartoum February 20, 2012. Sudanese security agents confiscated an entire edition of the al-Tayar newspaper on Monday, its editor said, in the latest crackdown on media in the African country. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MEDIA)AP - Three civilians with a joint United Nations/African Union peacekeeping force are being held by rebels in Sudan's Darfur and accused of being spies, a spokeswoman for the mission said Monday.


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China supports Arab League']);" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120219/ap_on_re_as/as_china_syria">Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun speaks to the media in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Jun said China was 'extremely concerned' about the escalation of the crisis in Syria. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)AP - China said Saturday that it supports the Arab League's proposals for ending the violence in Syria, a striking show of support just two weeks after Beijing vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing the league's plans.


UN calls for more help in W. Africa hunger crisis (AP) - Sat, 18 Feb 2012
AP - Top United Nations officials say 10 million people need help amid a food crisis in West Africa's Sahel region.

UN says Haiti police force best body for security (AP) - Fri, 17 Feb 2012

U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, left, meets with residents of the Carradeux camp, a shelter for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. Rice is part of a delegation representing the U.N. Security Council that arrived for a four-day visit to meet with senior Haitian officials and study U.N. operations in the nation. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)AP - Haiti's national police force is the best body for providing security in this poor nation and the government should concentrate on building up the force, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday.


U.N. assembly adopts resolution condemning Syria (Reuters) - Thu, 16 Feb 2012
Reuters - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly ratcheted up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday by overwhelmingly approving a resolution that endorses an Arab League plan calling for him to step aside.




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