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United Nations

The United Nations Organization (UNO) or simply United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions.

Headlines Around the Web

UN, Brazil to host Internet debate on green planet

May 18 - France24

Asia-Pacific set for slower growth, high prices: UN

May 10 - France24

Syria reported to resume attacks on key city

Apr 15 - MarketWatch

Vodafone acts fast on India tax demands

Apr 01 - Independent

Kerry, Summers, Rice on World Bank shortlist: source

Mar 08 - France24

UN rights chief voices concern over Internet restrictions

Feb 29 - France24

Caixin Online: China’s UN representative on global responsibility

Feb 29 - MarketWatch

Iran Dismisses Inspector Concerns While Tripling Uranium

Feb 25 - Business Week

Iran ‘Dismissed’ IAEA Concerns and Tripled Uranium Production

Feb 24 - Business Week

‘Friends of Syria’ to Back Post-Assad UN Force, Diplomats Say

Feb 24 - Business Week

Clinton ‘Betting Against’ Assad as Annan Named Syria Envoy

Feb 24 - Business Week

Kofi Annan Named UN and Arab League Troubleshooter to Syria

Feb 24 - Business Week

Iran’s UN Inspectors Snub Dims Prospects for Nuclear Accord

Feb 23 - Business Week

Iran’s Snub of UN Inspectors Dims Prospects for Nuclear Accord

Feb 23 - Business Week

Somalia: Europe, Asia Plunder Fishing Grounds, Says Report

Feb 22 - AllAfrica News

West Africa: UN Envoy Calls for Closer Ties With Regional Bloc

Feb 20 - AllAfrica News

IAEA Iran Visit May Offer End to War Talk Over Nuclear Work

Feb 20 - Business Week

IAEA Visit May Offer Iran End to War Hysteria Over Atomic Work

Feb 20 - Business Week

Libya: Gaddafi Ghost Still Haunts Investments in East Africa

Feb 19 - AllAfrica News

UN Symbolically Censures Syria’s Assad as Forces Shell Homs

Feb 17 - Business Week

Articles About United Nations

Efrain Rios Montt
Guatemala: Former Dictator Efrain Rios Montt Faces New Genocide Charges For Civil War Atrocities

By IBTimes

Efrain Rios Montt, former dictator of Guatemala, faces a new charge of genocide for the massacres conducted under his leadership during the 36-year Guatemalan Civil War. (8:07 pm)

MORE TOPICS: COURT

Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai To Attend Cannes 2012 Amidst Baby Weight Gain Controversy [PHOTOS]

By IBTimes

Bollywood actress and internationally-renowned beauty, Aishwarya Rai, is set to attend the 2012 Cannes Film Festival amidst recent controversy regarding the weight she gained while pregnant with her baby daughter and perception of beauty in India. (5:26 pm)

MORE TOPICS: INDIA, BOLLYWOOD, AIDS, LONDON

Yemen bomb
UN Condemns Yemen Bombing: 'Terrorists Must Be Held Accountable'

By IBTimes

"This criminal act cannot be justified by any cause," United Nation's chief Ban Ki-moon stated on Monday. "Its perpetrators must be held accountable." (3:45 pm)

MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, BARACK OBAMA, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL LAW

US Travelers
Travel & Tourism Industry Driving Economic Recovery In The Americas: Report

By IBTimes

The WTTC argues that travel and tourism’s contribution to GDP is faster than most other sectors in the Americas and will grow by 3.6 percent over the next 10 years, a much faster rate than mining (1.5 percent), education (2 percent), chemicals (2.5 percent) and financial services (3.4 percent). (May 21)

MORE TOPICS: MANUFACTURING, GDP, ARGENTINA, MEXICO

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano briefs the media after his trip to Tehran at the international airport in Vienna
IAEA Chief Arrives In Iran, Ahead of Major Baghdad Talks

By IBTimes

IAEA officials were denied entry into Parchin on two separate occasions earlier this year. (May 21)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, IRAQ, GERMANY, ISRAEL, RUSSIA

Barack Obama
Obama Announces $3 Billion Pledge to Fight Hunger In Africa

By IBTimes

President Barack Obama announced Friday a private-public partnership of more than a $3 billion to fight hunger and malnutrition in Africa. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, GERMANY, JAPAN, RUSSIA, WHITE HOUSE

Amano
UN Nuclear Agency Chief To Visit Tehran On Sunday

By IBTimes

Iran is getting a visit from the United Nations' nuclear agency on Sunday, a surprise development as Iran prepares for scheduled talks with Western powers next week. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GERMANY, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, RUSSIA, IRAQ

General Robert Mood
Monitors Not Enough To End Violence In Syria, More Dialogue Needed: U.N. Mission Chief

By IBTimes

Speaking from Damascus on Friday, a leader of the United Nations observer mission in Syria said the U.N. monitors' presence alone would not be enough to stop the ongoing violence there. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: AL ARABIYA, HUMAN RIGHTS

Thabo Mbeki
South Africa’s Mbeki In Sudan To Mediate Peace Talks

By IBTimes

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki was in Khartoum on Friday to try and push Sudan and South Sudan back to the negotiation table. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: SUDAN, SOUTH AFRICA

Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen: Hasidic Jews Tried To Kill Me In Jerusalem

By IBTimes UK

Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen had to dodge rocks as he was chased through the streets of Jeruslem by Jewish 'nutcases.' (May 18)