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=33308&Cr=nepal&Cr1= Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations human rights office has called for restraint in the wake of clashes between police and protestors on the first day of nationwide strike called by Maoists. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33309&Cr=unhcr&Cr1= Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations refugee agency has voiced deep distress at the forcible return of 20 ethnic Uighurs from China who had filed claims for asylum in Cambodia but whose cases had not yet been heard, saying it was part of a disturbing increase worldwide in such cases. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33318&Cr=philippines&Cr1= Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST United Nations humanitarian officials are working with authorities in the Philippines to prepare for what scientists believe to be the imminent eruption of Mount Mayon, an active volcano within close reach of tens of thousands of people. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33312&Cr=afghan&Cr1= Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations warned today that insecurity and corruption continue to disrupt humanitarian efforts to the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan, hindering delivery of food and other forms of aid this winter. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33296&Cr=pakistan&Cr1= Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations refugee agency is rushing hundreds of tents to supplement Government relief efforts in north-west Pakistan, where some 40,000 people have fled an intensification of military operations over the last few weeks. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33299&Cr=timor&Cr1= Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations handed over further policing responsibilities to Timor-Leste today as part of the gradual transfer of the security functions it assumed in 2006 after dozens of people were killed and 155,000 others - 15 per cent of the population - were driven from their homes in an eruption of violence in the newly independent country. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33297&Cr=transport&Cr1= Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Transport ministers from across Asia agreed today to work on a treaty to develop so-called dry ports - inland transport and logistics hubs - as part of a United Nations-backed network of more than 250,000 kilometres of railways and roads to spur intra-regional trade and growth, especially for landlocked countries. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33288&Cr=qaida&Cr1= Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The Security Council today authorized the creation of an ombudsperson to help deal with the question of removing individuals and entities from the list of those subject to sanctions in connection with Al-Qaida and the Taliban. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33281&Cr=unodc&Cr1= Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The potential export value of Afghanistan's opium has dropped 18 per cent this year, the United Nations anti-drug body reported today, but it cautioned that further progress hinges on rooting out corruption in the South Asian nation. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33272&Cr=cambodia&Cr1= Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Although working conditions in Cambodian garment factories continue to improve, some concern remains over restrictions imposed on workers' rights and lingering discrimination, according to a new report from the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) released today.