http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2013, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/apps/news/en/images/content/logo_ncs_sm_rss.png http://www.un.org/news 143 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44998&Cr=tribunal&Cr1= Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Members of the Security Council on Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, recognizing the Hague-based body&#39s commitment to the fight against impunity for perpetrators of war crimes. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44987&Cr=bosnia&Cr1= Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST An independent United Nations human rights expert today voiced concern at the extent to which political bodies have influence over cultural institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and urged the Government to ensure that people have opportunities to engage freely in cultural life. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44995&Cr=iceland&Cr1= Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST As the world's top performer on gender equality, Iceland needs to sustain its achievements and bridge remaining gaps on employment and gender based violence, a group of independent United Nations experts today urged as the country's newly formed Government took office. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44966&Cr=Syria&Cr1= Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has provided $9.8 million to support the establishment of a new camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan and to help meet the growing needs of those fleeing the ongoing conflict. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44906&Cr=bosnia+and+herzegovina&Cr1= Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still falling short of the expectations of their citizens and the international community, causing the country to slip farther behind its neighbours in regional integration, the Security Council was today told. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44851&Cr=peacekeeping&Cr1= Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 EST From stopping the spread of nuclear weapons to countering all forms of human trafficking, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world's largest regional security grouping, today outlined areas for greater collaboration with the United Nations in its annual address to the Security Council. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44802&Cr=greece&Cr1= Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Greece and its international bailout lenders must adopt a human rights-based approach to economic reform, a United Nations expert reiterated today, warning that some austerity measures are undermining people's access to jobs, health, water and energy. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44797&Cr=netherlands&Cr1= Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today warmly congratulated Willem-Alexander on his inauguration as King of the Netherlands - ‘an indispensable partner of the United Nations' - and paid tribute to the public service that his mother, Princess Beatrix, rendered over the past 33 years. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44762&Cr=nuclear&Cr1= Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked the 27th anniversary of the worst nuclear power plant accident in history by stressing that the impact of the Chernobyl disaster must never be forgotten and calling for continued international assistance for the people and regions affected. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44763&Cr=Kyrgyz&Cr1= Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST Alcohol abuse and domestic violence, early and forced marriages and bride kidnappings are among the factors making children in Kyrgyzstan more vulnerable to sexual exploitation and forced labour, warned a United Nations independent expert at the end of her recent visit to the country.