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=27417&Cr=Rwanda&Cr1= Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The Security Council today extended the tenure of the judges serving on the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, so as to ensure that all remaining cases can be completed by the deadline set for the court's work. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27405&Cr=icc&Cr1= Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The creation of the International Criminal Court represents one of the biggest milestones of international law, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he marked the tenth anniversary of the ICC's founding. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27403&Cr=Afghan&Cr1=Heroin Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST More than three tons of precursor chemicals used to produce heroin were recently seized in Afghanistan in an operation supported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27399&Cr=ICJ&Cr1= Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The principal judicial organ of the United Nations today ordered the United States to delay the executions of five Mexican nationals on death row in its prisons until the court issues a final ruling on the matter. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27367&Cr=Charles&Cr1=Taylor Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), which is trying former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, says many commentators refer to the court as a model for international justice. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27361&Cr=Darfur&Cr1= Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Three years after the United Nations Security Council requested him to investigate atrocities committed in Darfur, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court today presented evidence against Sudan's President for alleged war crimes in the strife-torn region, including genocide. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27360&Cr=Darfur&Cr1= Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has emphasized to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir the independence of the International Criminal Court, amid reports that ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is preparing to seek an indictment against the African Head of State. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27355&Cr=Bhutto&Cr1= Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST During a meeting between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Pakistan&#39s Foreign Minister yesterday, a broad understanding was reached on some issues concerning United Nations help for Pakistan&#39s efforts following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27346&Cr=ICTY&Cr1= Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Dragoljub Ojdanic, the former Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army, has been granted temporary provisional release on compassionate grounds by the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27306&Cr=ICC&Cr1= Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has suspended the release of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a Congolese rebel militia leader accused of recruiting child soldiers.