UN climate chief holds out hope for global pact
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 19. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
JOHN HEILPRIN
Associated Press
November 19, 2009
The U.N. climate chief has a message for naysayers about the Copenhagen climate conference next month: It will succeed.
Yvo De Boer, the U.N. official who is shepherding the talks, sought to assure reporters Thursday that the long-anticipated United Nations-led meeting Dec. 7-19 isn’t a failure even before it’s started. In large [...]
U.N. Head: World Faces Era of Crisis ‘Like No Other’
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 07. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Asssociated Press
July 7, 2009
DUBLIN — The United Nations is struggling to keep its peacekeeping missions staffed and supplied as the world endures an unprecedented combination of crises, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday as he opened a two-day visit to Ireland.
“We are living through an era like no other. There are multiple crises: a food crisis, [...]
Iran cautions UN chief against “interference”
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 26. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
WashingtonTV
June 26, 2009
In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, the Islamic Republic’s permanent mission conveyed Tehran’s “serious expectation” that Ban will “preserve the independence and dignity of the position of general-secretary, and refrain from taking stances which can be considered as interfering in the internal affairs of United Nations members.”
Iran’s UN ambassador, [...]
UN, New York to stage Climate Week in September
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 23. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
AFP
June 23, 2009
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and the mayor of New York on Tuesday announced plans to launch “Climate Week NYC” on the sidelines of a UN summit in September to galvanize public support for a landmark global warming treaty by year’s end.
The event, to be held September 21-25, will feature five days of cultural [...]
Oceans Rising Faster Than UN Forecast, Scientists Say
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 18. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Alex Morales
Bloomberg
June 18, 2009
Polar ice caps are melting faster and oceans are rising more than the United Nations projected just two years ago, 10 universities said in a report suggesting that climate change has been underestimated.
Global sea levels will climb a meter (39 inches) by 2100, 69 percent more than the most dire forecast made [...]
Syria plays down uranium find by UN nuclear agency
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 16. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Associated Press
June 16, 2009
VIENNA (AP) — Syria’s nuclear chief is suggesting the U.N. nuclear agency’s discovery of new uranium traces in the country do not harden allegations that Damascus has a hidden nuclear program.
Ibrahim Othman’s comments are the first from Syria about the International Atomic Energy Agency’s recent announcement that it found unexplained traces of [...]