http://www.mail.com/organizations/23248-united-nations-general-assembly.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/23248-united-nations-general-assembly.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112194-un-rights-body-agrees-to-urgent-debate-syria.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Monday to hold another urgent session on the civil war in Syria, hoping to prod accountability for the killing of thousands of civilians. The U.S., Turkey and Qatar persuaded the 47-member Human Rights Council to hold a debate Wednesday looking into the violence in the Syrian town of Qusair, near Leban... Mon, 27 May 2013 20:08:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112194-un-rights-body-agrees-to-urgent-debate-syria.html 2013-05-27T20:08:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086564-un-general-assembly-approves-syria-resolution.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to vote "yes" because of its support for the main opposition group and fears the resolution could torpedo a new U.S.-Russia effort to end the escalating conflict. The United States co-... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:13:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086564-un-general-assembly-approves-syria-resolution.html 2013-05-15T23:13:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086816-syria-rebels-regime-troops-fight-aleppo-prison.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rebel fighters battled regime troops inside the walls of the sprawling central prison compound in Syria's largest city Wednesday, hours after blowing open the gate with twin car bombs in an attempted jailbreak, activists said. The orchestrated assault began at dawn, but by nightfall, the rebels had not dislodged regime forces or freed some 4... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:52:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086816-syria-rebels-regime-troops-fight-aleppo-prison.html 2013-05-15T22:52:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073490-hezbollah-syria-to-supply-weapons-to-militia.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria will supply "game-changing" weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli airstrikes on Damascus targeted alleged shipments of advanced Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah. Israel has signaled it will respond with airstrikes to any future weapons shipments, meaning it coul... Thu, 09 May 2013 22:18:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073490-hezbollah-syria-to-supply-weapons-to-militia.html 2013-05-09T22:18:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074264-proposed-un-resolution-backs-transition-syria.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning the regime's escalating use of heavy weapons and "gross violations" of human rights was circulated Thursday to the U.N. General Assembly, but key Syria ally Russia urged other countries to vote "no." In an important related development, the ... Thu, 09 May 2013 21:35:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074264-proposed-un-resolution-backs-transition-syria.html 2013-05-09T21:35:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058770-un-report-wants-moratorium-killer-robots.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Killer robots that can attack targets without any human input "should not have the power of life and death over human beings," a new draft U.N. report says. The report for the U.N. Human Rights Commission posted online this week deals with legal and philosophical issues involved in giving robots lethal powers over humans, echoing cou... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:34:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058770-un-report-wants-moratorium-killer-robots.html 2013-05-02T19:34:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012348-bosnian-activist-un-meeting-was-biased.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Bosnian activist Munira Subasic lost 22 close family members in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslims by Bosnian Serbs, yet she was barred from speaking at a U.N. meeting where Serbia's ultranationalist president attacked the international body's war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia which has been prosecuting leaders of the genocide.... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:48:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012348-bosnian-activist-un-meeting-was-biased.html 2013-04-11T18:48:22Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1993084-un-adopts-treaty-to-regulate-global-arms-trade.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Tuesday, after a more than decade-long campaign to keep weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists, warlords, organized crime figures and human rights violators. Loud cheers erupted in the assem... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:24:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1993084-un-adopts-treaty-to-regulate-global-arms-trade.html 2013-04-02T22:24:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1991568-un-to-vote-tuesday-treaty-regulating-arms-trade.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Tuesday on what would be the first U.N. treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade after Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked its adoption by consensus. Assembly spokesman Nikola Jovanovic told The Associated Press on Monday that the resolution to adopt the treaty r... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:09:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1991568-un-to-vote-tuesday-treaty-regulating-arms-trade.html 2013-04-02T12:09:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983640-iran-nkorea-syria-block-un-arms-trade-treaty.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade for the first time, saying it fails to ban sales to terrorists, but other countries refused to let the treaty die. The treaty's adoption required agreement by all 193 U.N. member states, but some countrie... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:39:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983640-iran-nkorea-syria-block-un-arms-trade-treaty.html 2013-03-29T02:39:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869546-un-report-urges-human-rights-probe-north-korea.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. investigator for human rights in North Korea urged the world body Tuesday to open an inquiry into the secretive Asian nation for possible crimes against humanity. In a report to the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council, Marzuki Darusman recommended that it authorize an investigation of North Korea's "grave, widespread and systematic ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869546-un-report-urges-human-rights-probe-north-korea.html 2013-02-05T15:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1828924-un-apologizes-serb-nationalist-song-ovation.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations apologized Thursday for the ovation given to a militant Serb nationalist song performed at a concert honoring Serbia's presidency of the U.N. General Assembly, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's spokesman said. Martin Nesirky said that "the United Nations was aware that some people were offended by the song "March to ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1828924-un-apologizes-serb-nationalist-song-ovation.html 2013-01-18T02:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1804188-palestine-change-limitations.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — With U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state in his pocket, President Mahmoud Abbas wants official documents to carry a new emblem: "State of Palestine." But scrapping the old "Palestinian Authority" logo is as far as Abbas is willing to go in provoking Israel. He is not rushing to change passports and ID cards Palestinians need... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1804188-palestine-change-limitations.html 2013-01-07T21:02:00Z