After four years of negotiations, representatives of 135 nations have unanimously agreed on the text of a protocol to end the illicit trade in tobacco products. Nations are expected to adopt the protocol, the first under the WHO Framework Convention...
The 24th of October is United Nations Day. It was on this day in 1945 that the U.N. was created. The day became a holiday in 1971. The U.N. General Assembly decided there needed to be a day to make the work of the U.N. better known around the world....
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 23 November 2007 After two days of urgent talks in the Egyptian capital, Arab states have agreed to send their foreign ministers to the Middle East peace conference in the U.S. state of Maryland next week. Saudi Arabia say...
By Meredith Buel Washington 18 June 2007 Western nations are working quickly to support the new Palestinian government in the West Bank, following the violent takeover of the Gaza Strip by the Islamic militant group Hamas. The United States and Europ...
By Barry Kalb Hong Kong 23 February 2007 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says that nations like the United States and Australia simply cannot indulge in the option of ignoring safe havens for terrorist groups around the world. Speaking in Sydney, he...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 09 February 2007 Five nations held a ceremony in Rome Friday to launch a $1.5 billion vaccine program to save the lives of millions of children in poor nations. Pope Benedict XVIpraised the initiative and encouraged the in...
By Ivana Kuhar Washington, DC 01 February 2007 watch Cuba Transition Lessons As questions continue over Cuban leader Fidel Castro's health, there is a widespread speculation that his communist regime will not survive without him. Many wonder whether...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 27 January 2007 Trade ministers cautiously agreed Saturday to resume world trade negotiations that have been stalled for months. Reporting for VOA from Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on an issue that dominated the last day of the a...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 29 November 2006 A new report by the European Parliament accuses some European governments of being aware of alleged CIA abductions, transportation and detentions of alleged terrorist suspects. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports th...
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 04 April 2006 Dr. David Nabarro, UN's chief coordinator for avian influenza speaks to journalists in Beijing, China, April 4, 2006 The top UN official for avian influenza says...