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=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=33010&Cr=sanitation&Cr1= Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations today marked World Toilet Day, stressing access to proper sanitation as a human right due to all, with a particular focus on "forgotten" prisoners and detainees in state institutions. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32997&Cr=conakry&Cr1= Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with the members of the International Commission of Inquiry set up to probe September's violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea, ahead of the team's visit to the country next week. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32977&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST A United Nations report released today criticizes the judicial process in a Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) military court in connection with the trial of a murdered Congolese journalist, including the alleged bribery of the presiding judges. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32972&Cr=judiciary&Cr1= Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations human rights chief has called on judges across South Asia to ensure that everyone has access to justice, as part of efforts to combat the scourges of inequality and discrimination. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32967&Cr=palestin&Cr1= Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Israel should end the blockade of Gaza, cease evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes, and ensure that the rights of children are respected and that all allegations of torture and ill-treatment are promptly investigated and perpetrators prosecuted, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in an annual report released today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32958&Cr=tolerance&Cr1= Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today cautioned against the erosion of diversity and rise of discrimination as the forces of globalization and technology bring disparate communities across the world closer together, in a message marking the International Day for Tolerance. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32948&Cr=pillay&Cr1= Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST While Brazil has an "impressive" set of laws and policies to promote human rights and improve socio-economic well-being, indigenous groups and Afro-Brazilians face serious discrimination, injustice and violence, the United Nations human rights chief said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32922&Cr=armed+conflict&Cr1= Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations human rights chief today called on the Security Council to put more muscle into protecting civilians in armed conflict, citing Israel's war in Gaza and the situations in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Afghanistan as examples of the need to end impunity. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32901&Cr=georgia&Cr1= Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST An independent United Nations human rights expert who just completed a visit to South Ossetia has called for "more pragmatism and less politics" to improve the situation of those displaced during last year's armed conflict that pitted Georgia against separatists and their Russian allies.