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UN should be concerned for First Nations, says Crowder

The United Nations is likely to find plenty wrong with food access for Canada's First Nations people over the next two weeks, according to Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder. Canada is the first country to be examined for meeting UN food access …See all stories on this topic » Go to Full Job Description [...]

Haiti police, UN crack down on would-be soldiers

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haitian police and UN peacekeepers have begun cracking down on bands of armed men lobbying for the country to restore its armed forces, a UN spokesman said Monday. Lt. Cmdr. Jim Hoeft said UN troops and national police officers …See all stories on this topic » Go to Full Job Description [...]

US, UN chief slam Syria election

UNITED NATIONS: The United States said on Monday Syria's parliamentary election "borders on ludicrous" while UN chief Ban Ki-moon slammed the Syrian government for holding a national election while violence is still raging and for failing to involve …See all stories on this topic » Go to Full Job Description [...]

UN fact finder on indigenous rights wraps up visit

By AP WASHINGTON (AP) — A United Nations fact finder surveying conditions of Native Americans and Alaska Natives says he will recommend in his report that some of their lands are returned. James Anaya has been meeting with tribal leaders, …See all stories on this topic » Go to Full Job Description [...]

UN's HIV-Aids Agencies Visit EAC

Arusha — THE Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), Dr Richard Sezibera, over the weekend received and held talks with a joint team of delegates from United Nations Agencies on HIV and AIDS co-sponsors. At the meeting, the Secretary …See all stories on this topic » Go to Full Job Description [...]

United Nations: U.S. should return land to Native Americans

James Anaya, a UN rapporteur on indigenous peoples, suggested Friday that the United States give back some of the land it took from Native Americans in an effort to combat "continuing and systemic racial discrimination," the UK Guardian reported.See all stories on this topic » Go to Full Job Description [...]

UN weighs in on California politics

The Arizona legislature's passage this week of a bill to prohibit the state and its subdivisions from participating in United Nations Agenda 21 has been dismissed as an act of paranoia, but the UN has shown an increasing interest in the nation's …See all stories on this topic » Go to Full Job Description [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Adviser to UN cautions China vs bullying PHL

WORLD-RENOWNED economist and senior United Nations adviser Jeffrey Sachs cautioned China against bullying the Philippines in a worsening standoff in the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The warning came amid the Philippines actively taking …See all stories on this topic » Go to Full Job Description [...]

United States is Iran's handmaiden against opposition

Despite calls from the US Congress, the European Union and the United Nations, there has been no independent inquiry into the incident. No one has been held accountable. How could this massacre go unpunished? The answer goes into a dark, …See all stories on this topic » Go to Full Job Description [...]

UN voices concern over recent prison breaks in Côte d'Ivoire

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) today voiced concern over the high number of mass prison breaks that have occurred in the West African country this year, and reiterated its commitment to work with the Government to address this …See all stories on this topic » UN News Centre Go to Full Job [...] [...]