NEW YORK-A United Nations report issued on Monday warned that the cooling global economy risks pushing the world into a double-dip jobs recession and triggering an outbreak of social strife unless governments take urgent action to stimulate employment growth.
NEW YORK-The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) yesterday voted to admit Palestine as a full member of the Paris-based agency.
30 September 2011 –The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has rejected a request by the leader of the Serb Radical Party to discontinue proceedings against him, finding he had failed to prove that his right to trial within a reasonable period had been violated.
29 September 2011 –The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today stressed the need to seize the window of opportunity for dialogue and reconciliation that exists, despite the recent killing of the former Afghan president who was spearheading peace efforts in the country.