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=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=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." http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41186&Cr=forests&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations today wrapped up its year-long campaign to raise awareness on the importance of forests and the people who depend on them with a series of events that spotlight their role and impact in socio-economic activities. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41188&Cr=horn+of+africa&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The rap star Curtis Jackson, known as 50 Cent, was able to see first-hand the food crisis in the Horn of Africa region during a field visit to Somalia and Kenya this week that was hosted by the United Nations food relief agency. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41191&Cr=oceans&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A United Nations-backed scientific expedition which has been travelling the world’s oceans for almost three years is in New York seeking to raise public awareness of the impact of climate change in oceans. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41184&Cr=Syria&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST After another day of deadly violence in Syria, a senior United Nations official today added her voice to calls on the country’s Government to stop the killing and maiming of children. 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. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41189&Cr=ohchr&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A senior United Nations human rights official has voiced concern over a wave of violence inside prisons in South America, where at least eight inmates have been killed in the past two weeks in four separate countries. 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=41193&Cr=fao&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Global food prices rose overall last month for the first time in six months, demonstrating the volatility of international food markets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. 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=41195&Cr=sustainable+development&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A senior United Nations official today outlined a set of priorities that Member States should tackle ahead of the Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) in June so that there is a clear framework of action during the event.