New York, Nov 20 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect "the youngest and most ...

New York, Nov 12 (DPA) Japan has informed the UN of its intention to increase assistance to Afghanistan to $5 billion over the next five years, the UN said. Japan decided to ...

London, Nov 7 (IANS) Hindu leaders in Britain have teamed up with Prince Philip and the UN to launch a long-term action plan that will engage with the community worldwide in the ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Nov 6 (IANS) Their morale boosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging for a national government in Nepal, the former Maoist guerrillas Friday called off another protest that ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 5 (IANS) The UN has lauded the efforts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for improving the conditions of its migrant workers engaged in various sectors, WAM news agency ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Nov 5 (IANS) Paralysed by Maoist protests, Nepal's beleaguered government Thursday lashed out at the UN, accusing it of meddling in Nepal's internal matters. As the former Maoist guerrillas kept ...

Kabul, Nov 5 (DPA) The UN began to relocate up to 600 of its foreign personnel in Afghanistan from danger zones in the country in the face of mounting Taliban attacks, ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) More than 30 years since the massive defoliation campaigns of the Vietnam war, and nearly 20 years since the extensive pollution caused by the destruction of 600 ...

Kabul, Nov 5 (DPA) The UN plans to relocate 12 percent of its workers in Afghanistan, including one third of its international staff, in the face of mounting Taliban attacks, officials ...

Kabul, Nov 2 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived Monday on an unannounced visit to Kabul as political uncertainty deepened in Afghanistan after the pullout of presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah ...

Kabul, Oct 31 (DPA) The Afghan authorities had advanced information about this week's Taliban attack against UN workers in Kabul and moved to avert it, but the insurgents struck one hour ...

United Nations, Oct 31 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he is encouraged by news that an agreement has been reached to resolve the political crisis in Honduras that began when ...

Lahore, Oct.29 (ANI): The United Nations commission, which is probing former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto' s assassination case, is finding it difficult to quiz former President General Pervez Musharraf. According to ...

Moscow, Oct 28 (RIA Novosti) The UN secretary general has said that disbanding militias in Lebanon, particularly Hezbollah, is 'of vital importance'. "The threats posed by the existence of militias outside the control ...

Kathmandu, Oct 23 (IANS) For the first time since 2006, when Nepal's Maoist guerrillas signed a peace pact and confined their "People's Liberation Army" (PLA) to makeshift barracks, the UN Security Council ...

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) It is no secret that union ministers Mamata Banerjee and M.K. Alagiri are habitual absentees from union cabinet meetings, with concerns in their respective states keeping ...

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) When disaster strikes an area, hospitals are the most critical infrastructure. So it is essential to protect the hospitals themselves from disasters, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ...

Yangon, Oct 10 (DPA) Myanmar's military supremo has confirmed that a general election is scheduled for 2010, state media reported Saturday. "Elections will be systematically held in 2010 for Hluttaws (parliaments) that will ...

Nksagar said in his website:Sagar Global Consultant Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize.10.10.2009 06:44:21 Obama accepted the honour but acknowledged he was "both surprised and deeply humbled." Appearing in the White House Rose ...

Kathmandu, Oct 8 (IANS) As the flood toll in Nepal rose beyond 50 people and thousands were marooned in the western region, the UN Thursday said it was sending a special envoy ...

Kathmandu, Oct 8 (IANS) As the flood toll rose in Nepal with over 50 people dead and thousands marooned in the western region, the UN Thursday said it was sending a special ...

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India's Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Tuesday described the suicide bomb attack on the office of the World Food Programme in Islamabad as ...

Peshawar, Oct.6 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for Monday's suicide attack on the UN World Food Programme (WFP) building in Islamabad in which five persons were killed and ...

Brussels, Oct 6 (IANS) Stating that it "was utterly unacceptable" that a UN agency had been made a terror target, the European Union has asked Pakistan to "swiftly apprehend" those behind the ...

London, Oct.6 (ANI): The suicide bomber, who blew himself up inside the premises of a UN building on Monday, had entered the building by pretending that he needed to use the lavatory, ...

Islamabad, Oct 5 (DPA) The UN temporarily closed its offices across Pakistan Monday after a suicide bomber struck a UN World Food Programme (WFP) building in Islamabad, killing five people, including ...

Islamabad, Oct 5 (IANS) Five people, including a foreigner, were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the lobby of the UN World Food Programme office in an upscale locality ...

Geneva, Oct 5 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday condemned the "terrorist attack" on the office of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Pakistan that killed four of the agency's employees. "I ...

New York, Oct 3 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi's legacy of non-violence is an enduring symbol of hope in defeating the growing number of hostile forces threatening the modern world, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ...

London, Oct.1 (ANI): The senior UN envoy, who was removed from his post in Afghanistan, has told the BBC that his dismissal has sent out "a terrible signal" to the world about ...