http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2012, 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=41208&Cr=libya&Cr1= Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations political mission for Libya today voiced serious concern over the killing of seven internally displaced persons (IDPs), including three children and two women, and urged authorities to investigate the crime and bring those responsible to justice. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41206&Cr=palestin&Cr1= Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process today called on Israel to do everything in its power to preserve the health of a Palestinian detainee who is on a hunger strike and to resolve the case. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41205&Cr=sudan&Cr1= Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern over the lack of progress in talks to resolve post-independence issues between Sudan and South Sudan, as well as the possibility of an escalation in tensions after unilateral decisions taken by the two governments over their oil dispute. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41204&Cr=argentina&Cr1= Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced hope that Argentina and the United Kingdom can avoid escalating their dispute over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and resolve their differences through dialogue. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41200&Cr=syria&Cr1= Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The General Assembly will meet on Monday to discuss the situation in Syria, where the death toll keeps rising as Government forces continue their bloody crackdown against a pro-democracy uprising. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41196&Cr=kosovo&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The situation in northern Kosovo and the ongoing process of European Union-facilitated dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade topped the agenda during talks today between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41194&Cr=kosovo&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A closer partnership between the United Nations and the 56-member Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world&#39s largest regional security grouping, is vital, the Security Council heard today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41192&Cr=maldives&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A senior United Nations official urged all sides in the Maldives to exercise restraint and pursue dialogue after he arrived in the Indian Ocean archipelago late today for talks, just days after the country's president resigned amid mounting political tensions. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41190&Cr=south+sudan&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has helped to launch the construction of a training centre in the west of the country that is aimed at helping former soldiers disarm, demobilize and return to civilian life. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41185&Cr=libya&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations political mission in Libya today welcomed the North African country's adoption of new electoral laws, calling the move "an important step in Libya's transition to democracy."