"Cool" UN to go green by cutting on AC
Dharam Shourie United Nations, July 31 (PTI) The culture of stiff collar and smart suits in summer might be over at the United Nations as it ratchets up thermostat on weeks days and completely shut
Indira Jaising elected to UN committee on women discrimination
Dharam Shourie United Nations, July 31 (PTI) India's Indira Jaising, an eminent Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist, has been elected to the UN's Committee on the Elimination ofDiscrimination
Facing US heat, Pak blames India, Afghanistan for unrest
Islamabad, July 31 (PTI) Facing intense U.S.
U.N. Secy Gen voices concern over aftermath of talk-collapse
Dharam Shourie New York, July 31 (PTI) United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern over the effects of the collapse of the Doha round on the developing and poorcountries, hoping
World is ill-prepared to deal with terrorism: Pillay
M Subramoney Durban, Jul 30 (PTI) Voicing concern over rising terror attacks across the world, including India, newly appointed Indian-origin UN human rights chief Navanethan Pillay Wednesday said
Personal experience of apartheid will help in new post: Pillay
United Nations, July 30 (PTI) The newly appointed Indian origin UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay said she will be able to perform better in her new assignment based on her ow
Kakodkar camps in Vienna for IAEA meeting, to lobby NSG states
Vienna, Jul 30 (PTI) Ahead of a crucial IAEA meeting on Friday, India's top nuclear official arrived here Wednesday for negotiations on the safeguards agreement and an Additional Protocol to be cle
Obama tells Gilani to act against Taliban, N proliferation
Washington, July 30 (PTI) Describing Pakistan's tribal areas as the "central front in the war on terrorism", Barack Obama who had rattled Islamabad by endorsing direct military strikes in the regio
WTO members trade charges after Geneva talks fail
Yoshita Singh Geneva, July 30 (PTI) Failure of talks to reach a world trade deal set off a blame game, with rich and developing nations raring to pin responsibility on the other for collapseof nego
