http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/United_NationsFind stories, videos, and photos about United Nations from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:19:39 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/United_Nations14433Find stories, videos, and photos about United Nations from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/05/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/05/un.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution endorsing a U.N. report calling for both Israel and Palestine to carry out independent investigations of possible war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip during last winter's conflict.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:30:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/afghanistan.un/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/afghanistan.un/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations said Thursday it would pull about 600 staff members out of Afghanistan in the wake of a militant attack that killed five staff members and wounded nine.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber killed at least 35 people Monday by detonating explosives outside a bank where people had lined up to pick up their monthly checks, police said.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/02/un.aid.congo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/02/un.aid.congo/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations has suspended assistance to a Congolese army brigade battling rebels amid allegations that its troops killed 62 civilians, including women and children, between May and September.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/afghanistan.un/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/afghanistan.un/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Afghan capital Monday, less than a week after an attack on a guesthouse killed five U.N. workers and wounded nine others.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:52:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/afghanistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/afghanistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations is reviewing its security procedures after an attack on a private guesthouse in central Kabul killed five U.N. staff members Wednesday.Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/31/afghanistan.attack.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/31/afghanistan.attack.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextSix Afghans have been arrested for planning this week's guest house suicide attack that killed five U.N. employees in Kabul, Afghanistan's chief of national security said Saturday.Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/24/amanpour.congo.rape.documentary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/24/amanpour.congo.rape.documentary/index.html#cnnSTCTextRape has turned into a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the number of attacks on women having grown threefold over the past few years, human rights activists said in October.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/afghanistan.staff.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/afghanistan.staff.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo of the five United Nations personnel killed this week in an attack by Taliban gunmen were helping the Afghan government plan for the November 7 runoff election, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Friday.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/afghan.un.staff.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/afghan.un.staff.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is calling for additional security for U.N. staff in Afghanistan, citing a "dramatically escalated threat" due to the world body's support for that nation's electoral process.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/afghan.un.staff/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/afghan.un.staff/index.html#cnnSTCTextNon-essential U.N. staff across Afghanistan have been ordered to pack their bags and be ready for evacuation after a deadly attack on a U.N. guesthouse, a senior U.N. official said Thursday.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/29/un.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/29/un.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn what the World Food Programme called a first, relief workers from the U.N. aid agency are using text messages to deliver food vouchers to refugees.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/29/zimbabwe.un.expert/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/29/zimbabwe.un.expert/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N. special investigator on torture said he was denied entry into Zimbabwe on Wednesday for an eight-day trip to look into alleged attacks against opposition party members.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/afghanistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/afghanistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree U.N. staff members were killed in a firefight in central Kabul on Wednesday morning, a U.N. spokesman said.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/intl.un.nkorea/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/intl.un.nkorea/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly 40 percent of North Koreans are starving, and a shortfall in international aid means that a fraction of those people will receive food donations, a U.N. rights expert said.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/23/un.north.korea/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/23/un.north.korea/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly 40 percent of North Koreans are starving, and a shortfall in international aid means that a fraction of those people will receive food donations, a U.N. rights expert said.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/22/un.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/22/un.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor the fourth year in a row, Iraqis top a growing roster of people seeking asylum in an industrialized nation. They are just ahead of people fleeing wars in Afghanistan and Somalia, said a report published by the U.N. refugee agency Wednesday.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/16/africa.displaced/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/16/africa.displaced/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbout 11.6 million Africans have been forced from their homes by wars and other conflicts, according to the United Nations. Next week in Uganda, leaders from across the continent will converge to tackle the issue.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/15/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/15/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. Council for Human Rights began debate Thursday over whether to adopt the recommendations of a controversial U.N. report examining the three-week winter war between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/lake.chad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/lake.chad/index.html#cnnSTCTextUp to 30 million people are facing "a humanitarian disaster" as one of Africa's biggest lakes shrinks, a United Nations agency warned Thursday.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/15/un.world.hunger/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/15/un.world.hunger/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe global economic crisis has caused a spike in world hunger that has left more than a billion undernourished, United Nations agencies said in a new report.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/09/honduras.mercenaries/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/09/honduras.mercenaries/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of independent U.N. experts expressed concern Friday over the increased use of mercenaries in Honduras, where a de facto president has been in power since a military-led coup in June.Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/09/un.haiti.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/09/un.haiti.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextAll 11 people aboard a U.N. plane carrying military personnel died Friday afternoon when the aircraft crashed into a mountainside in Haiti, a spokeswoman said.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/indonesia.earthquake.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/indonesia.earthquake.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds remained missing Sunday beneath mud and debris in Indonesian villages from a pair of devastating earthquakes that struck the country at its center.Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/indonesia.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/indonesia.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations officials said Saturday.Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/30/rollins.obama.world/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/30/rollins.obama.world/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe president had his first foray into the byzantine world of U.N. politics last week and walked away cheered on by the anti-America crowd.Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/29/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/29/un.gaza.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextPalestinians on Tuesday urged the United Nations to "punish" Israel as a scathing U.N. report accused the nation of war crimes during its military offensive in Gaza last winter.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/24/iftikhar.ahmadinejad.gaddafi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/24/iftikhar.ahmadinejad.gaddafi/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations this week hosted two of the world's most notorious dictatorial clowns.Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/24/UN.women/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/24/UN.women/index.html#cnnSTCTextA parade of world leaders took the lectern at the United Nations on Wednesday. But days before the speeches on a host of issues, the global body quietly undertook an issue that often flies under the radar: Women.Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/23/wirth.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/23/wirth.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn Tuesday, more than 100 world leaders gathered at the United Nations for a climate summit. They were called together by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to build momentum for the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, this December.Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/22/un.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/22/un.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTextWorld leaders converge Tuesday in New York to focus on climate change, with the clock ticking down toward a summit this year in Denmark, where a global climate change pact is to be signed.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/17/somalia.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/17/somalia.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuicide attackers breached security at the African Union base in Somalia's capital by using vehicles with United Nations logos to carry out a deadly double car bombing, the organization told CNN.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/08/west.africa.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/08/west.africa.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTextTorrential rains and flooding since June have affected 600,000 people in 16 West African nations, the United Nations reported Tuesday.Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/sri.lanka.united.nations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/sri.lanka.united.nations/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N. special representative wants an "independent investigation into the authenticity of a video" purportedly showing Sri Lankan troops killing two "naked and helpless men," as other corpses lay nearby.Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/un.iran.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/un.iran.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree independent United Nations human rights experts have accused Iran of torturing confessions from detainees charged with fomenting political unrest, the international organization said Thursday.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/north.korea.sanctions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/north.korea.sanctions/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States on Thursday imposed economic sanctions on a North Korean company that the United Nations said is linked to the country's nuclear weapons program.Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/25/congo.conflict.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/25/congo.conflict.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextA new outbreak of fighting in the embattled eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has forced 35,000 people from their homes, the U.N. refugee agency said.Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/22/united.nations.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/22/united.nations.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world may be facing a deep recession but the United Nations says it needs a record $4.8 billion more in humanitarian aid for 2009 because several crisis situations "deteriorated significantly" in the first half of the year.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/07/20/bia.journey.for.change.june/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/07/20/bia.journey.for.change.june/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeveral of the kids who participated in "Journey for Change," a youth empowerment program founded by activist Malaak Compton-Rock, were asked to blog about their experiences last August when they traveled to South Africa. They have continued to blog about their journey and share what they've learned from their experiences after they returned home to Bushwick, Brooklyn.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/pakistan.un.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/pakistan.un.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen killed a guard and a U.N. worker during a kidnapping attempt in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.displaced.return/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.displaced.return/index.html#cnnSTCTextA trickle of Pakistanis who fled their homes during the fighting in the country's volatile northwestern region have begun returning under a government operation, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/09/mideast.barrier/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/09/mideast.barrier/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top U.N. official on Thursday urged Israel to "dismantle" its barrier separating the West Bank from the Jewish state and "make reparation for all damage suffered by all persons affected by the wall's construction" on Palestinian land.Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/06/24/climatechange.advertising/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/06/24/climatechange.advertising/index.html#cnnSTCTextTo guard against public indifference to climate change the United Nations has enlisted a coalition of the world's leading advertising agencies.Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/08/ocean.trash.unep/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/08/ocean.trash.unep/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world's oceans are full of trash, causing "tremendous" negative impacts on coastal life and ecology, according to a U.N. report released Monday.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/05/kenya.united.nations.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/05/kenya.united.nations.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N. special investigator called for the resignation of top Kenyan officials and sweeping changes in the country's security forces to end reported widespread killings by police across the African nation.Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/sri.lanka.united.nations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/sri.lanka.united.nations/index.html#cnnSTCTextShell-shocked and scarred both inside and out, they huddle in tents, water and medicine in short supply -- hundreds of thousands of people, civilian victims of Sri Lanka's recently-ended civil war.Mon, 25 May 2009 02:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/pakistan.refugee.camp/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/pakistan.refugee.camp/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's an exodus on an almost biblical scale. And it has produced a mosaic of plastic and canvas that is now home to more than 93,000 people -- with more arriving each day.Mon, 25 May 2009 02:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/pakistan.refugees.appeal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/pakistan.refugees.appeal/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly a half-billion dollars in "urgent contributions" are needed, the United Nations said Friday to aid displaced Pakistanis whose numbers are nearing 2 million.Fri, 22 May 2009 22:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/sri.lanka.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/sri.lanka.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations is demanding full access to refugee camps that are home to an estimated quarter of a million people fleeing war in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday.Wed, 20 May 2009 13:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/sri.lanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/sri.lanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextSri Lanka summoned a U.N. official to protest remarks by an agency spokesman about a civilian "bloodbath" in the government's war against Tamil militants, Foreign Ministry sources told CNN Tuesday.Wed, 13 May 2009 01:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/sri.lanka.tamils.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/sri.lanka.tamils.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds of civilians died during weekend fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil rebel fighters, the United Nations reported Monday.Tue, 12 May 2009 07:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/06/un.israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/06/un.israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael won't accept "one word" of a U.N. report blaming it for deaths and more than $10 million in damage to U.N. buildings during its monthlong offensive in Gaza, its president said Wednesday.Wed, 06 May 2009 19:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/05/04/un.diplomatch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/05/04/un.diplomatch/index.html#cnnSTCTextDefense and diplomacy were on full display when the United Nations secretary-general took to the soccer field in the first U.N. '"DiploMatch."Mon, 04 May 2009 19:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/24/climate.change.eskimos/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/24/climate.change.eskimos/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe indigenous people of Alaska have stood firm against some of the most extreme weather conditions on Earth for thousands of years. But now, flooding blamed on climate change is forcing at least one Eskimo village to move to safer ground.Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/un.nkorea/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/un.nkorea/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N. panel Friday targeted three North Korean companies to have their assets frozen in response to Pyongyang's April 5 rocket launch.Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/sri.lanka.un/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/sri.lanka.un/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Sri Lankan offensive against the faltering Tamil Tiger rebel movement has killed or wounded "significant numbers," and thousands are trapped by the fighting, the United Nations said Wednesday.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/sri.lanka.un/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/sri.lanka.un/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations humanitarian chief Wednesday criticized a two-day pause in the fighting between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels as "inadequate."Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council concluded Sunday without an official reaction to North Korea ignoring repeated international warnings and launching a long-range rocket, the council president told reporters.Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/pakistan.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/pakistan.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn American U.N. worker kidnapped in Pakistan more than two months ago has been freed, officials said.Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/cambodia.court/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/cambodia.court/index.html#cnnSTCTextA joint Cambodian-United Nations court, currently trying five former members of the ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge group on war crimes charges, is itself facing allegations of corruption and bribery.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/30/un.law.and.order/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/30/un.law.and.order/index.html#cnnSTCTextMurder and justice have always been hallmarks of the "Law & Order" stable of TV shows, but never before have the fictional New York City crimes guided the show's detectives and attorneys to the United Nations -- until now.Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/24/un.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/24/un.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than one million people in Darfur are at risk of losing food, water and shelter in coming months, following the expulsion of international aid groups by Sudan's government, the United Nations' chief humanitarian coordinator said Tuesday.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/12/sudan.darfur.abduction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/12/sudan.darfur.abduction/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) staffers have been abducted in the war-torn Sudanese province of Darfur, the group said Thursday.Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/un.forestry.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/un.forestry.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations is urging countries to invest in green jobs working with "sustainable forest management" to address the growing problem of unemployment worldwide.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/nkorea.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/nkorea.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextMilitary officials from North Korea and the U.S.-led U.N. Command held their first high-level talks in nearly seven years Monday.Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/01/lebanon.un.tribunal.hariri/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/01/lebanon.un.tribunal.hariri/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations Sunday launched a special tribunal to prosecute the assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:04:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/27/lebanon.un/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/27/lebanon.un/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe tribunal established to prosecute people allegedly responsible for the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others will officially convene at The Hague in Netherlands on Sunday.Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/26/darfur.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/26/darfur.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting has prompted thousands of people in the southern part of Sudan's Darfur region to seek security and shelter at a refugee camp in the northern part of the war-torn area, according to the United Nations.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:40:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/25/un.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/25/un.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTextProtesters outside the United Nations headquarters in New York angrily marked the Tibetan New Year by chanting anti-China slogans and calling for the UN to "wake up."Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/afghanistan.civilian.casualties/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/afghanistan.civilian.casualties/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe number of civilians killed in armed conflict in Afghanistan rose 40 percent last year, to a record 2,118, a U.N. report said Tuesday.Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/pakistan.un.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/pakistan.un.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTextConflicting reports have emerged about deadlines involving the kidnapping of a U.N. official who was abducted earlier this month in Pakistan, the United Nations said Monday.Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:47:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/11/somalia.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/11/somalia.journalists/index.html#cnnSTCTextA controversial comment by the top U.N. envoy to Somalia "motivates" those who have carried out recent fatal attacks against journalists in the war-torn country, the head of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) said Wednesday.Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/06/gaza.un.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/06/gaza.un.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. agency that provides humanitarian aid to Middle East refugees has suspended relief to Gaza after two incidents this week in which the ruling Hamas government seized the supplies, the U.N. group said Friday.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/pakistan.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/pakistan.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani militants on Monday kidnapped John Solecki, a senior U.N. official, in a brazen daylight attack that killed his driver, the United Nations said.Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/pakistan.un.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/pakistan.un.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTextA senior U.N. official was kidnapped in southwest Pakistan and his driver was shot dead Monday, a U.N. information officer told CNN.Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:23:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/sri.lanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/sri.lanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextA "handful" of United Nations staff members are working around the clock to save a growing number of children caught in heavy crossfire between government forces and Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka's volatile northeast, a U.N. spokesman said Saturday.Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:41:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/sri.lanka.children.rescued/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/sri.lanka.children.rescued/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnited Nations aid workers rescued 50 critically injured children from intense fighting in Sri Lanka Thursday, another example of the major humanitarian crisis unfolding in the area, a spokesman said.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:41:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/29/davos.wef.ban.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/29/davos.wef.ban.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday launched a humanitarian appeal to provide emergency aid to the people of Gaza in the aftermath of Israel's military offensive in the region.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:45:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/26/somalia.takeover/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/26/somalia.takeover/index.html#cnnSTCTextRadical Islamist fighters seized control of the seat of Somalia's U.N.-backed transitional government Monday, raiding the parliament building and demanding that several lawmakers publicly surrender, according to a journalist who witnessed the spectacle.Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/24/un.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/24/un.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations considered suspending delivery of food to areas of Somalia after the recent killings of two aid workers, said a spokesman for the organization's World Food Program.Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:51:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/20/gaza.war.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/20/gaza.war.israel/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. chief has visited the burned-out shell of a U.N. compound in Gaza and urged both Israeli and Palestinian leaders to achieve political reconciliation after what he said was the "heartbreaking" violence of the last three weeks.Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:13:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/somalia.security.council/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/somalia.security.council/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expressing its intent to, eventually, send U.N. peacekeeping forces back to the fractured, unstable nation of Somalia.Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/23/city.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/23/city.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTextThis month, Just Imagine took a look at cities, the ways in which they might change in the future and what this might mean for the people who live in them.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/afghanistan.mines/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/afghanistan.mines/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N. official said Monday that the global economic crisis is hurting efforts to clear land mines in Afghanistan, one of the world's most heavily mined countries.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/08/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/08/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli forces fired on a U.N. aid convoy Thursday in Gaza, killing at least one contract worker and prompting the U.N. to halt some of its operations in Gaza, U.N. officials said.Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/israel.gaza.school/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/israel.gaza.school/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N. agency is demanding Israel back up its claims that Hamas was firing on Israeli forces from a U.N. school compound in northern Gaza, forcing Israeli artillery to shell the area and kill more than 40 Palestinian civilians.Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/06/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/06/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsraeli artillery Tuesday struck near a U.N. school sheltering civilians in Gaza, killing at least 40 people after, according to the Israeli military, Hamas militants fired mortars from the location.Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/22/farrow.congo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/22/farrow.congo/index.html#cnnSTCText"Every night someone disappears. Parents and children vanish. We don't know where they have gone. There are killings in the nights. We hear shooting," Valerie, a 27-year-old mother, said of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:18:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/09/starvation.united.nations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/09/starvation.united.nations/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.N. report says hunger is on the rise globally and blames higher food prices.Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:28:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/congo.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/congo.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations is mediating talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo's government and its main rebel group in an effort to "stop the hemorrhage" in the central African nation, a U.N. envoy said Monday.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.uprooted.people/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.uprooted.people/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. refugee agency is expanding its presence in war-torn Iraq to help accommodate thousands of displaced people, many of whom believe it's getting safer and easier to return to their homes in once-perilous neighborhoods.Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least two people were killed early Saturday in a rocket attack near a U.N. compound in Baghdad's Green Zone, an official with the United Nations mission in Iraq said.Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:40:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/congo.camp.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/congo.camp.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTextArmed men entered a Congolese camp for displaced people Friday to kidnap and rape a girl, but when the girl screamed, the gunmen fired shots, killing a 20-year-old woman, a U.N. spokesman said.Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/12/congo.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/12/congo.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextAngola has said it will send troops into the Democratic Republic of Congo, say agencies, as U.N. officials claim that Congolese soldiers have raped women, looted villages and ransacked homes in the wartorn region.Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/08/congo.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/08/congo.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe deaths of 26 victims in the latest wave of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo might constitute war crimes, a United Nations spokesman said Saturday.Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/04/congo.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/04/congo.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting between rebel forces and local Mai Mai fighters forced the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to evacuate a dozen aid workers Tuesday from near Rutshuru, in eastern Congo, U.N. officials said.Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:16:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/03/congo.conflict/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/03/congo.conflict/index.html#cnnSTCTextA fragile cease-fire between government troops and rebels threatening the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma is holding but the situation remains tense, U.N. officials said Monday evening.Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:12:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/01/colombia.UN/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/01/colombia.UN/index.html#cnnSTCTextColombia's U.S.-backed security forces are engaging in "systematic and widespread" extrajudicial executions of innocent civilians as part of their counterinsurgency campaign, a top United Nations diplomat said Saturday.Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/congo.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/congo.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextRebel forces have declared a cease-fire after four days of fighting in the North Kivu province of eastern Congo, the French ambassador to the United Nations said after Security Council talks on the unfolding humanitarian crisis.Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/somalia.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/somalia.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA string of suicide bombings targeting government buildings and a United Nations compound in Somalia left at least 25 people dead Wednesday in attacks a U.S. official said bore hallmarks of the al Qaeda terror network.Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:07:00 EDT