http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2012, 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=41197&Cr=HIV&Cr1=AIDS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Asia-Pacific nations at a United Nations meeting in Bangkok have agreed to boost cooperation and to develop regional accountability mechanisms and financing modalities to accelerate progress towards global HIV/AIDS commitments. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41209&Cr=myanmar&Cr1= Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which is already assisting with a number of initiatives in Myanmar, voiced its readiness to work even more closely with the South-East Asian nation as it moves forward with planned reforms. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41192&Cr=maldives&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A senior United Nations official urged all sides in the Maldives to exercise restraint and pursue dialogue after he arrived in the Indian Ocean archipelago late today for talks, just days after the country's president resigned amid mounting political tensions. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41173&Cr=Pakistan&Cr1= Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The head of the United Nations agency in charge of defending press freedom today condemned the recent death of a Pakistani journalist and called for measures to improve security conditions for reporters in the Asian country. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41177&Cr=afghan&Cr1= Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A new United Nations-backed survey has found that most workers in Afghanistan's brick kilns are bonded child labourers, and calls for a strategy that will both provide relief to bonded families and help them escape the cycles of debt, dependence and poverty. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41165&Cr=maldives&Cr1= Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced hope today that the resignation of the President of the Maldives and the appointment of his deputy as the new leader will help to peacefully end the ongoing political crisis in the Indian Ocean country. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41147&Cr=HIV/AIDS&Cr1= Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Although the Asia-Pacific region has witnessed widespread gains in combating the spread of HIV, experts at a United Nations meeting were told today that the epidemic is still outpacing the region's efforts against new infections. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41151&Cr=myanmar&Cr1= Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Recent reforms in Myanmar have already had a positive impact, the United Nations expert on the human rights situation in the country said today, but warned that serious challenges remain and must be addressed to strengthen the transition to democracy. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41154&Cr=indonesia&Cr1= Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged eight key countries that have not ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) to do so and thus accelerate its entry into force, following the addition of its newest member, Indonesia. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41143&Cr=Afghan&Cr1= Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The number of civilian casualties resulting from the conflict in Afghanistan has risen for a fifth consecutive year, the United Nations reported today, blaming a change in tactics by the Taliban and other anti-Government forces for the higher death toll.