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All posts tagged "UN"

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  UN says China to make pledge for climate treaty this month

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations’ top adviser on climate change says China is expected this month to formally submit its pledge for a global climate treaty that countries are seeking to finalize by December. U.N....

  • Posted June 4, 2015
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  N. Korea’s Peaceful Reunification Committee vows to ‘punish’ S. Korea over human rights office

  SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened on Friday to retaliate against South Korea over the U.N.’s plan to open a Seoul office in order to monitor the North’s dismal human rights records. The North will...

  • Posted May 29, 2015
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  S. Korea to give nearly $1 million to N. Korea to support handicapped

  SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) — South Korea said Tuesday it has decided to provide about 1 billion won (US$917,850) to support the physically handicapped in North Korea, a move aimed at boosting inter-Korean cooperation. The Ministry of...

  • Posted May 19, 2015
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  Late businessman allegedly influenced Sri Lanka for UN Chief’s election: associates

  By Jun Ji-hye Deceased Keangnam Enterprises Chairman Sung Woan-jong claimed that he contributed considerably to the election of Ban Ki-moon as United Nations secretary general, Sung’s associates were quoted as saying by a South Korean newspaper. Sung...

  • Posted April 17, 2015
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  UN chief gets dragged into late businessman suicide scandal

  By Do Je-hae The latest headlines on the Sung Wan-jong bribery scandal are zeroing in on the relationship between the late businessman and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as both hail from the Chungcheong region. Although Ban...

  • Posted April 16, 2015
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  UN chief gives 007 a special mission _ to eliminate mines

  United Nation (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Daniel Craig, who has won international acclaim portraying James Bond, as the first U.N. Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards. And Ban has given...

  • Posted April 14, 2015
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  UN says North Korea aid faces ‘significant underfunding’

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new United Nations report says humanitarian aid for North Korea faces “significant underfunding” while about 70 percent of the population faces food insecurity, and it says recent U.S. sanctions forced U.N. agencies...

  • Posted April 9, 2015
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