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Bosnian activist says UN meeting was biased

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Bosnian activist Munira Subasic lost 22 close family members in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslims by Bosnian Serbs, yet she was barred from speaking at a U.N. meeting where Serbia's ultranationalist president attacked the international body's war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia which has been prosecuting leaders of the genocide.

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press , April 11, 2013

UN adopts treaty to regulate global arms trade

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first U.N. treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Tuesday, a goal sought for over a decade to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands of terrorists, insurgent fighters and organized crime.

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press , April 02, 2013

Mali seeks French help against extremists

Mali's president is asking France for help to counter an advance by extremist and terrorist groups who are heading south.

January 10, 2013

UN climate talks go into overtime in Qatar

Delegates worked through the night to salvage a deal at United Nations climate talks, as efforts to bridge gaps over financing for poor countries and demand for bolder actions by rich countries on emissions made little headway.

December 08, 2012

UN nuke agency to meet with Iran next month

Officials from Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog will meet in Tehran next month in an attempt to restart stalled nuclear talks, the international agency announced Friday.

November 09, 2012

UN council holds makeshift meeting

The United Nations Security Council held a makeshift meeting after superstorm Sandy forced the world body to remain mostly closed for a third day.

October 31, 2012

Netanyahu says world must draw "red line" for Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Thursday that Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb by next summer and urged the world to draw a clear “red line” to stop it in its tracks.

September 27, 2012

UN council threatens sanctions on Mali fighters

The U.N. Security Council threatened sanctions against Islamist fighters in northern Mali and condemned the destruction of sacred tombs in the ancient city of Timbuktu, but did not authorize an intervention force in a resolution passed Thursday.

July 06, 2012

UN council reaches tentative agreement on Syria

France's UN Ambassador says the Security Council has reached a tentative agreement on a resolution that would expand the number of UN cease-fire observers in Syria from 30 to 300.

April 20, 2012

UN agency criticizes Brazilian court's rape ruling

The United Nations refugee agency said Thursday it was deplorable that Brazil's top appeals court ruled that sex with a 12-year-old does not necessarily constitute statutory rape.

April 06, 2012

UN chief warns Syria crisis is getting worse

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday the crisis in Syria is getting worse and claiming more lives every day even though President Bashar Assad's government insists it is withdrawing troops ahead of a U.N. deadline to end the violence.

April 06, 2012

UN conference struggling to reach climate deal

Negotiators from Europe, tiny islands threatened by rising oceans and the world's poorest countries sought to keep alive the only treaty governing global warming and move to the next stage, struggling against an unlikely alliance of the United States, China and India.

December 10, 2011

US says UN OKs deal to release Libyan funds

The U.S. and South Africa reached a deal Thursday that will release $1.5 billion in frozen Libyan assets in American banks which the U.S. is earmarking for the cash-strapped rebels fighting to oust Moammar Gadhafi.

August 26, 2011

U.N. backs gay rights for first time ever

The United Nations endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people for the first time ever Friday, passing a resolution hailed as historic by the U.S. and other backers and decried by some African and Muslim countries.

By By Frank Jordans, The Associated Press , June 18, 2011

UN backs gay rights for first time ever

GENEVA — The United Nations endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people for the first time ever Friday, passing a resolution hailed as historic by the U.S. and other backers and decried by some African and Muslim countries.

By By Frank Jordans, The Associated Press , June 17, 2011

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