UN RESOLUTION: Unanimous on Nuclear disarmament

The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for nuclear disarmament, in a session chaired by US President Barack Obama. The resolution calls for further efforts to stop the spread of nuclear arms, to boost disarmament and to lower the risk of “nuclear terrorism”....

September 24th, 2009 | NATION | Read More

RENEWED PLEDGE: TO Clean Energy sources, Obama

President Obama joined other world leaders Tuesday in calling for immediate and substantive steps to combat climate change, saying failure to act now would bring “irreversible catastrophe.” Speaking to a special summit on climate change at the United Nations, Obama pledged the full commitment...

September 22nd, 2009 | WELLNESS | Read More

GAZA CONFLICT: War crimes condemned by United Nations

WAR CRIMES CONDEMNED There is evidence that both Israeli and Palestinian forces committed war crimes in the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip, a UN report says. It accuses Israel of deliberately using “disproportionate force” in the three-week operation in December and January. The report...