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UN General Assembly

Type: Organization

Name: UN General Assembly

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 8 Documents

U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged. ... [Reuters Africa - 6 hours ago]

Entities: CONDEMNATION, Iran, UN General Assembly

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 Documents

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF)

Macedonia steps up protection of children's rights

TIRANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Macedonian parliament and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed on Friday an agreement on long-term cooperation to protect the rights of children.Parliament speaker Trajko Veljanoski and UNICEF representative ... [Xinhua News Agency - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Macedonia, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF), Tirana, UN General Assembly

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents

Dmitry Medvedev

Russian president calls for coordinated fight against road violations

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponGlobal efforts should be coordinated to ensure road safety, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday.'We need to coordinate the international ... [People's Daily Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Road Safety, Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow, Russia

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland

What will Europe's foreign minister Baroness Ashton do?

Baroness Ashton of Upholland has been appointed high representative for foreign and security policy on Thursday. But what will she actually do?The appointment of Europe's foreign minister will quickly lead to the European Union becoming a non-voting member ... [Telegraph - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, European Union, Diplomatic Corps

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

[EDITORIAL] N.K. human rights

The international community, once again, has condemned the deplorable state of human rights abuses in North Korea.The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee adopted a resolution condemning North Korea for its "systemic, widespread, and grave violations" ... [Korea Herald - 18 hours ago]

Entities: North Korea, Human Rights, Human Rights Council, UN General Assembly, Pyongyang

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

United Nations

UN General Assembly president warns small islands to "suffer more" from climate change

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The president of the UN General Assembly (GA) said on Thursday that small islands stand to 'suffer more' in the growing face of climate change and hoped that next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen can achieve ... [Xinhua News Agency - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, UN General Assembly, United Nations, Copenhagen

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban

GENEVA: Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery. Algeria and Pakistan have taken the lead in lobbying to bring the matter to a vote in the UN General Assembly. The countries ... [Daily Times - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Muslim, UN General Assembly, Developing World, Algeria, Geneva

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

India, US along with other states discuss way ahead for Afghanistan

Kabul: India today joined the US, Pakistan and a dozen other countries in discussing a way forward for Afghanistan, including reconstruction of the war-torn nation, amid threat of a rise in the Taliban insurgency.External affairs minister SM Krishna, ... [DNA India - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, India, Hamid Karzai, Rangeen Dadfar Spanta

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

The Big Picture: Climate

An exhibition of photographs taken by Helena Christensen documenting the threats of climate change on people living in Peru has opened in London. The photographs premiered at the United Nations in New York when the UN General Assembly met in September ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Climate, Helena Christensen, United Nations, Oxfam, UN General Assembly

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Peak environment group backs binding Copenhagen treaty

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, SPREP, has backed pleas for the adoption of a legally binding treaty at next month's UN climate change talks. Eleven Pacific nations have already come together to tell the UN General Assembly ... [ABC Radio Australia - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Copenhagen, Environment, Kiribati, Global Warming/Climate Change

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

India honours Sheikh Hasina with Indira Peace Prize

Tags: Hasina, Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, Bangladesh, Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust, United Nations General AssemblyBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [ Images ] has been chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi [ Images ] Prize for Peace, ... [rediff.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh, Indira Gandhi

First Reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Myanmar urged to free 2,000 activists

UNITED NATIONS: A key UN committee late on Thursday strongly condemned human rights violations in Myanmar and urged the government to release more than 2,000 political prisoners and open the upcoming elections to all political parties. Myanmar's United ... [The News International - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, United Nations, Human Rights Violations

Quotes

A non-binding resolution Thursday from the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee on human rights highlighted "systematic, widespread and grave violations of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights"

N.Korea slams UN resolution [Straits Times - 2 hours ago]

...Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most ratified human rights treaty in human history," said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M Veneman. "It has transformed the way children are viewed and treated throughout the world." The Convention has 193 ratifications, the process by which countries decide to be bound by the articles of an international treaty...

UNICEF's State of The World's Children report commemorates 20 years of the CRC [UNICEF - 2 hours ago]

...Sheldon Yett signed the document on the day when the world is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. "The parliament is strengthening its role in protecting children s rights by putting more emphasis on supervision and implementation of existing laws, policies and strategies concerning children" said Veljanoski...

Macedonia steps up protection of children's rights [Xinhua News Agency - 4 hours ago]

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Macedonia steps up protection of children's rights [People's Daily Online - 12 mins ago]
UN body condemns rights violations, growing num... [National Council of Resistance of Iran - 34 mins ago]
Myanmar urged to free 2,000 activists [The News International - 1 hour ago]
N.Korea slams UN resolution [Straits Times - 2 hours ago]
UN GA Condemns Post-Election Abuses in Iran [GlobalSecurity.org - 2 hours ago]
UNICEF's State of The World's Children report c... [UNICEF - 2 hours ago]
Georgia commemorates 20 years of the CRC with c... [UNICEF - 2 hours ago]
UNICEF chief calls for end of "unspeakable... [Xinhua News Agency - 3 hours ago]
UN Panel "deeply concerned" at "... [Kuwait News Agency - 3 hours ago]
CLIMATE CHANGE: Health at Risk [Inter Press Service - 4 hours ago]
Muslims say ban blasphemy [Deccan Chronicle - 4 hours ago]
Macedonia steps up protection of children's rights [Xinhua News Agency - 4 hours ago]
A billion deprived children still need help, sa... [South China Morning Post - 6 hours ago]
Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 yea... [United Nations - 6 hours ago]
UNICEF Releases "The State of the World's ... [Turkish Weekly - 6 hours ago]
U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crac... [Reuters Africa - 6 hours ago]
UN resolution on Iran sends powerful message on... [Bahai World News Service - 7 hours ago]
U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crac... [Yahoo! News Australia - 7 hours ago]
U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crac... [InSing.com - 7 hours ago]
UN General Assembly Condemns Post-Election Abus... [VOA News - 8 hours ago]
Around 40% of children in Kyrgyzstan below pove... [AKI Press - 8 hours ago]
Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. ou... [Yahoo! News - 8 hours ago]
Islamic nations seek accord against blasphemy [SmartBrief - 8 hours ago]
UN rebukes North Korea, Myanmar over rights rec... [SmartBrief - 8 hours ago]
Human Rights resolution on Iran [Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 8 hours ago]
U.N. committee slams Iran for post-election cra... [Yahoo! News Australia - 8 hours ago]
U.N. committee slams Iran for post-election cra... [Reuters - 9 hours ago]
Mexico [Student Operated Press - 9 hours ago]
Human Rights for Orphans Recognized Worldwide [Street Insider - 9 hours ago]
â$¢ New threats to children need new ... [IRIN - 9 hours ago]

Blogs

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Oops! Frequent Maddow Guest Cox Undercuts Nicol... [NewsBusters.org blogs - 2 hours ago] Don't be surprised if McCain '08 campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace passes up future chances to vent for Rachel Maddow.Wallace did not appear on the Maddow show, agreeing ...
Trudie Styler: Do We Want To Be The Generation ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 6 hours ago] The following post was originally delivered at the UN General Assembly's meeting on climate change on Thursday, November 19th. It has been 20 years ...
Ann M. Veneman: Five Major Child Advocates: Chi... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 8 hours ago] On the anniversary of twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - the most ratified human rights treaty in human history -- the ...
A UDI won't mean Palestinian statehood \| Victor... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2009] The Palestinian Authority lacks the support to issue another unilateral declaration of independence – it should not be hastyThe Palestinian Authority has been making ...
Death on the world's roads \| Sheena McDonald [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2009] Every day 700 children are killed on the road. Thankfully, the UN is starting to pay attention to road safetyRoad safety in Britain evokes Tufty, and accelerates ...

Audio/Video

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Is Nidal Malik Hasan a "Terrorist"? [Slate Magazine - 11/11/2009]
Is accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan ... [Slate Magazine - 11/11/2009]
Riz Khan - The Goldstone report dispute - 4 Nov... [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/05/2009]
Riz Khan - The Goldstone report dispute - 4 Nov... [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/05/2009]
U.N. report blasts Israel over Gaza [Reuters - YouTube - 11/04/2009]

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