http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2009, 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=33028&Cr=europe&Cr1= Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced the hope for increased cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations following the appointment of Herman van Rompuy as the first EU President and Catherine Ashton as EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33033&Cr=elderly&Cr1= Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The number of elderly people in Europe is on the rise and responding to their changing needs is one of the biggest challenges that governments have to face this century, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32992&Cr=Bosnia&Cr1= Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Security Council today extended for another year the European Union stabilization force (EUFOR) entrusted with ensuring continued compliance by all sides in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the ethnic war there. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32978&Cr=bosnia&Cr1= Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Political disputes in Bosnia and Herzegovina are impeding the return of over 117,000 people, dooming them to endure the consequences of wartime atrocities 14 years after the end of the Balkan conflict that drove them from their homes, an independent United Nations expert said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32985&Cr=cyprus&Cr1= Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Property issues were once again the focus as Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders met today to continue United Nations-backed reunification talks. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32947&Cr=cyprus&Cr1= Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders met today to discuss property rights issues during the latest round of United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32940&Cr=icty&Cr1= Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The Appeals Chamber of the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s today cut four years off the 33-year sentence imposed on a former Bosnian Serb army general who commanded much of the siege of Sarajevo. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32933&Cr=unfpa&Cr1=maternal Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The number of women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia dying from complications in childbirth and pregnancy has been slashed by more than half over the last 10 years, participants at a high-level United Nations gathering in Istanbul heard today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32926&Cr=georgia&Cr1= Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations and its international partners chairing talks on last year's Russian-Georgian conflict in South Ossetia today voiced concern over a number of recent detentions but noted that the overall security situation on the ground remained "relatively stable." http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32911&Cr=sports&Cr1= Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST A senior United Nations official today praised the European Commission for its use of sport in bringing together diverse communities within the continent's geo-political bloc, as well as helping people in poor countries.