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EU nations increase pressure for UN condemnation of Syrian crackdown
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns Assad government's 'utterly deplorable' use of tanks, artillery and snipers to 'bludgeon its population into submission'.
UAE updates UN on Libya measures
Letter details action on asset freezes and humanitarian efforts.
Ban Ki-Moon likely to win second term at UN
Mr Ban, the eighth secretary general of the world body, faces no opponents in his bid to win a second term.
Strauss-Kahn to claim hotel incident with maid 'was consensual'
Former IMF head once seen as potential presidential candidate in France pleads not guilty to sex attack on a chambermaid in his luxury suite in a Manhattan hotel last month.
UN calls for attitude change on HIV
Rate of new HIV infections in Middle East and North Africa have more than doubled in less than a decade, says new UN report.
International Criminal Court pushes for Arab members to join
Revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia have led both countries to take steps towards ratifying the Rome Statute, the court's founding treaty.
Activists celebrate Syria's withdrawal from Human Rights Council voting
Critics still say replacement of Syria with Kuwait for tomorrow's voting by UN envoys cannot be seen as anything but the most marginal of improvements.
UN report says Iran is bypassing sanctions
Western powers say they suspect Iran is developing the capacity to build nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian atomic energy programme.
UN berates Yemeni rebels for recruiting child soldiers
Hundreds of child soldiers fight in Yemen’s conflicts, with a fifth of Houthi militia under-age, while abuses also take place in Iraq.
Cholera epidemic in Haiti blamed on Nepalese UN peacekeepers
Countries that contribute troops to UN peacekeeping missions will have to vaccinate personnel after cholera outbreak in Haiti last year, as report points to Nepalese base as possible source of the disease.
Experts divided on whether US broke law in killing Osama bin Laden
United States view of the al Qa'eda chief as a military target is not shared universally, with the UN's independent investigator on extra-judicial killings, saying there is 'considerable dispute in legal circles'.
ICC prosecution in atrocity cases is the right thing to do
These are heady days at the International Criminal Court, as legal actions loom over both Ivory Cost and Libya. Critics are still complaining about the ICC's possible effects, but The National's United Nations correspondent argues that moving ahead with such cases is just the right thing to do.
Qaddafi forces committed war crimes, UN told
International Criminal Court to seek three arrest warrants after accusations of rapes and use of heavy munitions against urban areas.
War crimes evidence against Qaddafi collected by ICC
Report prepared for United Nations Security Council by investigators for the International Criminal Court says says Qaddafi’s forces have shot protesters 'as a matter of policy'.
US celebrates Osama bin Laden death at White House
Thousands converge on the White House to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden.
