UN News Centre - UN Affairs, Secretary General http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2012, UN News Centre 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 Nuclear test ban treaty the focus of Ban's visit to Austrian capital http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41187&Cr=nuclear&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Austria next week for a three-day official visit focused on efforts to tackle the illegal drug trade in Afghanistan and the push for a global treaty banning nuclear tests. Kenyan court jails men who killed UN aid worker http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41100&Cr=un+staff&Cr1= Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Josette Sheeran welcomed today the decision by the Kenyan High Court to sentence five men to 56 years in prison each for the murder of a WFP staff member in 2008. Ban urges Egypt to adhere to roadmap on transition to civilian administration http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41078&Cr=ban+ki-moon&Cr1= Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban today urged Egypt to maintain its commitment to implementing the roadmap to an early transition to a civilian administration, and expressed his satisfaction that the recent legislative elections were generally conducted in an orderly manner. Ban urges African countries to entrench civil, political and economic rights http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41073&Cr=African+Union&Cr1= Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged African countries to entrench civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights to boost stability and development in the continent. General Assembly President confers with Security Council counterpart http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41071&Cr=General+Assembly&Cr1= Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, has had discussions with with the Permanent Representative of South Africa, which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month, on several issues, inluding the recent debate on the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union. UN staffer held in Yemen released unharmed http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41066&Cr=yemen&Cr1= Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations confirmed today that a 34-year-old Norwegian staff member who had been held in Yemen for nearly two weeks has been released unharmed. UN chief outlines five-year action plan to build ‘the future we want' http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41034&Cr=Ki-moon&Cr1= Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today outlined a series of actions he believes the global community must take over the next five years to build "the future we want." Ban appoints new force commander for UN operation in Lebanon http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41009&Cr=lebanon&Cr1= Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Paolo Serra of Italy as the new head of the United Nations mission responsible for helping foster stability in southern Lebanon. UN chief heads to Davos forum and African Union summit next week http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40994&Cr=ban+ki-moon&Cr1= Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel next week to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum, and then to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the summit of the African Union (AU). With launch of oral history collection, UN sheds light into its past http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40982&Cr=UN+charter&Cr1= Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST A collection of more than 200 interviews covering major events in the history of the United Nations was launched today at the world body's Headquarters in New York, and will be accessible to the public through a website.