http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2009, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33283&Cr=judges&Cr1= Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Despite important steps taken by the Colombian Government, a climate of fear pervades the country's judicial system due to attacks and threats against the judiciary, victims and witnesses, a United Nations independent human rights expert warned today, calling for greater transparency, independence and more equal access to justice. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33273&Cr=judges&Cr1= Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Decrying what they termed "a blow by President Hugo Chávez to the independence of judges and lawyers in the country," three independent United Nations human rights experts today called for the immediate release of a Venezuelan judge arrested after ordering the conditional release of a prisoner held for almost three years without trial. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33224&Cr=undp&Cr1= Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Even though young people aged 15 to 29 in the so-called Mercosur countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are better educated than ever before they are more likely to be unemployed, while a Latin American youth is 30 times more likely to be murdered than one in Europe, according to a United Nations report released today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33216&Cr=eclac&Cr1= Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Latin America and the Caribbean will bounce back faster than expected from the global financial crisis, with growth projected at over 4 per cent next year, a regional United Nations agency for economic development announced today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33174&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom has condemned the murder of Mexican journalist José Emilio Galindo Robles, the second such killing in less than one month. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33118&Cr=Messenger&Cr1= Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST United States singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is joining the prestigious roster of United Nations Messengers of Peace to advocate for the Organization's work, with the artist - blind since birth - championing people with disabilities. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33083&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The momentum for a deal at next month&#39s United Nations climate change summit is strong and growing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, urging world leaders to make the extra push to achieve a firm foundation for a legally binding treaty as early as possible in 2010. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33076&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST On the final lap of the years-long marathon to the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon takes his call for urgent action to a meeting of Commonwealth leaders in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, the last global gathering before the summit. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33021&Cr=economic+crisis&Cr1= Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Nine million more people in Latin America will fall into poverty this year due to the global economic crisis, bringing the total number of poor in the region to 189 million, or 34 per cent of the population, according to a United Nations report released today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33018&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is hoping to boost momentum for December's climate change conference in Copenhagen when he meets with political leaders at the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago next Friday, his spokesperson said today.