http://un.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for U.N. en Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:41:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045045 unknown@Netscape.com The U.N. Security Council agreed Wednesday to an Iraqi request to extend the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force after the country's foreign minister said the troops were "vitally necessary." Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:41:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045045U.N.supportsU.S.TroopsiniraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2022036 unknown@Netscape.com More than four years after the fall of Baghdad, the U.N. is spending millions of dollars in Iraqi oil money to continue the hunt for Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. But the inspectors' primary mission has become irrelevant since the U.S.discovered that Iraq had destroyed its most lethal weapons after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 06:39:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022036U.N.iraqwmdU.S.inspectorsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1603859 unknown@Netscape.com The United Nations rebuked Iraq's government on Wednesday for refusing to disclose politically sensitive civilian casualty figures in what it described as a "rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis." Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:13:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1603859iraqciviliansdeathwarU.N.News http://web2announcer.com/go/1588568 unknown@Netscape.com Pressure has been mounting on Sudan to allow the United Nations peacekeepers into the troubled Darfur region. The latest is US President George Bush, who has threatened tougher sanctions against Khartoum. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:33:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1588568sudandarfurU.N.GenocideHolocaustNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1354627 unknown@Netscape.com The United States, which pays 22 percent of the U.N.'s regular annual budget of 1.8 billion dollars, has arrogantly demanded a dominant voice in management and administration -- primarily because it is the biggest single financial contributor to the world body. "U.N. member states, and particularly its largest contributors, want to know if Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:40:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1354627U.S.getsasmuchitgivesToTheU.N.News http://web2announcer.com/go/1168840 unknown@Netscape.com Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, 53, discusses efforts to resolve the conflict over Tehran's nuclear program, his country's right to resist and its offer to help bring peace to Iraq. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:57:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1168840iraninterviewMottakiNuclearprogramU.N.News http://web2announcer.com/go/919019 unknown@Netscape.com Women in Darfur continue to be subjected to rape by all sides in the brutal conflict in western Sudanese region, the U.N. human rights chief said Thursday - International Women's Day. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:05:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/919019U.N.darfurrapeinternationalWomensdayNews http://web2announcer.com/go/883865 unknown@Netscape.com The United States said on Tuesday it would not seek a seat on the new U.N. Human Rights Council, saying it was not a "credible body," a decision that immediately drew harsh criticism from a veteran Congressman. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:22:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/883865U.S.U.N.humanrightsCouncilPoliticsbushadministrationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/773540 unknown@Netscape.com To head off the worst of climate change, governments must pour tens of billions of dollars more than they are into clean-energy research and enforce sharp rollbacks in fossil-fuel emissions, an expert scientific panel reported to the United Nations on Tuesday. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:59:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/773540environmentglobalwarmingClimatechangeScienceU.N.News http://web2announcer.com/go/330956 unknown@Netscape.com The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday condemning the denial of the Holocaust, with only Iran rejecting it as an attempt by the United States and Israel to exploit the atrocity for their political interests. Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:48:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/330956U.N.adoptsHolocaustdenialresolutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/280088 unknown@Netscape.com Kazakh border guards arrested a man trying to smuggle 500 parrots in his car from neighbouring Uzbekistan, media reported on Tuesday. Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:44:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/280088U.N.ConventiononinternationaltradeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/233757 unknown@Netscape.com A U.N. panel on climate change is set to give its strongest warning yet that human use of fossil fuels is stoking global warming, informed sources said on Friday. A draft of the report by 2,500 scientists says it is "very likely" that human activities are the main cause of warming in the past 50 years. Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:38:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/233757ClimatechangeU.N.globalwarmingSciencepollutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/181688 unknown@Netscape.com More than 34,000 civilians were killed in violence in Iraq during 2006, a UN human rights official has said. The figure is nearly three times higher than calculations previously made on the basis of Iraqi interior ministry statistics for 2006. Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:11:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/181688iraqdeathtoll2006civiliansU.N.News