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=33310&Cr=LRA&Cr1= Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST In a 10-month rampage of killings, rape and mutilation in neighbouring countries that may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), has killed some 1,300 civilians, abducted 1,400 more, including hundreds of children and women, and displaced nearly 300,000 others, the United Nations reported today. 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=33292&Cr=migrant&Cr1= Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights marked International Migrants Day today by drawing attention to the plight of an estimated 200 million migrants worldwide, many of whom are exposed to violations of their basic rights and continue to be treated as commodities. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33289&Cr=liberia&Cr1= Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST A United Nations human rights expert voiced concern today over the decision of a court to order Liberia to pay debts of about $20 million to two so-called "vulture funds" - private investment firms that buy the debts of struggling countries or companies at below face value and then aggressively pursue repayment of the entire sum. 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=33271&Cr=copenhagen&Cr1= Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The outcome of the historic climate change negotiations in Copenhagen hinges on the issues of emissions reductions and financing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he urged world leaders to use the final days of the talks to strike an ambitious new agreement. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33259&Cr=pillay&Cr1= Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The top United Nations human rights official today called for the universal abolition of the death penalty, citing a host of reasons ranging from the fundamental right to life to the possibility of judicial errors. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33244&Cr=iraq&Cr1=human+rights Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST The resumption of the death penalty in Iraq earlier this year is a source of great concern to the United Nations, according to the world body's latest report covering the human rights situation in the country. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33237&Cr=nepal&Cr1= Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST A top United Nations human rights official arrives in Nepal today to help accelerate the release of nearly 3,000 child soldiers who served in the Maoist army during the country's decade-long civil war and remain in temporary camps three years after a peace deal ended the conflict. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33223&Cr=sri+lanka&Cr1= Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST A senior United Nations official today wrapped up a visit to Sri Lanka aimed at determining first-hand the well-being of children affected by the recent conflict between Government forces and separatist Tamil rebels in the north of the Indian Ocean nation.