http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2008, 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=27489&Cr=Cyprus&Cr1= Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat today announced that they would meet for full-fledged talks under United Nations auspices on 3 September, in a move aimed at ending the long-running dispute in Cyprus. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27490&Cr=Kosovo&Cr1= Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The situation in Kosovo has changed fundamentally in the past few months and events on the ground have contributed to creating a "profoundly new operating reality" for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission there (UNMIK), the world body's top official in Kosovo told the Security Council today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27476&Cr=ICTY&Cr1= Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations tribunal set up to try those responsible for atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today convicted a Kosovo journalist of contempt of court for publishing details about a protected witness who testified at the trial of Kosovo's former prime minister. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27453&Cr=SRGJAN&Cr1= Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Security Council reform topped the agenda during talks between General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim and Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, held in New York yesterday. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27467&Cr=Kosovo&Cr1= Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The United Nations envoy to Kosovo travelled to Belgrade today to meet with two senior Serbian Government ministers for talks on resolving the dispute over Kosovo's status. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27458&Cr=Postal&Cr1= Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Postal workers play a valuable role in supporting migration, fund transfers, transport, trade, education and literacy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today in a message to the 24th Universal Postal Congress in Geneva. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27461&Cr=Cyprus&Cr1= Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The incoming senior United Nations representative in Cyprus is in New York today for talks with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and briefings with UN officials about the situation in the Mediterranean country. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27444&Cr=ICTY&Cr1= Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader and fugitive war crimes suspect Radovan Karadžić, who had evaded capture for over a decade after being indicted by the United Nations tribunal set up to try those responsible for atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27442&Cr=ICTY&Cr1= Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The chief prosecutor of the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to try those responsible for atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s has welcomed today's arrest of the former Bosnian Serb political leader and notorious fugitive Radovan Karadžić. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27432&Cr=UNEP&Cr1= Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Two music festivals in Norway are both aiming to become a blueprint for a green global music festival movement in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).