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By Joseph Schuman - AOL NewsThe Obama administration and international allies today stepped up pressure on Moammar Gadhafi to quit Libya, freezing billions of dollars of the strongman's assets and threatening to impose a no-fly zone to stop his government from striking rebel forces from the sky. The U.S. Treasury Department said it has frozen at least $30 billion in Libyan government assets so far under the executive order signed Friday by President Barack Obama. David Cohen, the acting Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, called the freeze "the largest blocking under any sanctions program ...
UN Turns Up the Heat on Libya
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today on the Security Council to take urgent action against Moammar Gadhafi's regime, which is believed to have killed thousands of protesters in Libya. "It is time for the Security Council to consider concrete action," Ban told the 15-nation body. "Whatever your course, let us be mindful of the urgency of the moment. Frank Franklin II, AP U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Friday on the Security Council to take "concrete action" to end the bloodshed in Libya. "This is an historic turning point, and the international community must ...
UN Security Council Condemns Violence in Libya
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsThe U.N. Security Council today condemned the violence against pro-democracy protesters in Libya and called for accountability on the part of those who carried out attacks against them. The statement came as Moammar Gadhafi's regime orchestrated a brutal crackdown on demonstrators, which includes firing at protesters from fighter planes. Following an emergency meeting, the 15-member Security Council said it "condemned the violence and use of force against civilians, deplored the repression against peaceful demonstrators and expressed deep regret at the deaths of hundreds of civilians." "The ...
UN Declares 2011 the 'International Year of Forests'
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- Some 380 million years after the first trees grew on Earth, the United Nations today declared 2011 to be the "International Year of Forests," saying that forests and the 1.6 billion people who depend on them for their livelihood need to be protected. "Each minute that we spend on this planet breathing in and breathing out, about 25 hectares [62 acres] of forests are lost," Joseph Deiss, president of the U.N. General Assembly, said at the global launch of the event. "Ultimately, as history reminds us, in the past, entire civilizations collapse due to deforestation." There ...
US Wants UN Human Rights Expert Fired for 9/11 Comments
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- The United States demanded today that the U.N. expert on Palestinian human rights be fired for suggesting that 9/11 was carried out by the U.S. government and then covered up by the American media. "In my view, Mr. [Richard] Falk's latest commentary is so noxious that it should finally be plain to all that he should no longer continue in his position on behalf of the U.N.," said Susan Rice, U.S. envoy to the world body. Falk, a law professor from Princeton University, wrote in his blog on Jan. 11 that "awkward gaps and contradictions in the official explanations" fuel ...
As Vote Looms, US Offers Sudan Incentives for Peace
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UNITED NATIONS (Nov. 16) -- Anxious to prevent a new civil war, world leaders gathered at the U.N. Security Council today to scold and cajole the Sudanese into ensuring that no violence erupts after the Jan. 9 referendum, when the people of South Sudan are expected to opt to declare independence from the North. The United States, in particular, offered Sudan clear incentives if the referendum is carried out peacefully. The U.S. has imposed crippling sanctions on Sudan, which once sheltered al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, but the Obama administration has signaled a willingness to engage the ...
Nobel Laureate Urges Political Sanctions Against Iran
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UNITED NATIONS (Nov. 9) -- Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi today urged the international community to impose "political sanctions" on Iran, where she said human rights for women and political prisoners are rapidly deteriorating. Ebadi, who is Iranian herself, called for steps such as travel bans and freezing assets of those leaders and officials who were involved in human rights abuses. She noted that eight Iranian officials had recently been barred from entering the United States. Eckehard Schulz, DAPD / AP Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi wants the international community to impose travel ...
Reducing Maternal Deaths Is Top Goal of UN Summit
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NEW YORK (Sept. 20) -- Ticktock, ticktock ... an inexorable beat began at 9 this morning in the heart of Times Square, a grim reminder of the hundreds of thousands of women who die each year from complications of childbirth. The digital billboard clock, set up by Amnesty International, will tick for three days while world leaders at the United Nations renew their commitments to fulfill the most basic needs of people around the world: food, water, basic health care and sanitation. Spencer Platt, Getty Images U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the opening of the Millennium ...
Maternal Health Emerges as Global Priority
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS (Sept. 15) -- With 1,000 pregnant women dying every day, improving maternal and reproductive health is emerging as the central target of next week's U.N. summit, where President Barack Obama and 168 other heads of state are expected. Reducing maternal mortality is viewed as critical for meeting the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals. Next week's summit will focus on those goals, which include halving the number of people living in abject poverty and improving child health worldwide. Ignacio Iribarren, AFP / Getty Images U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, named ...
UN Chief: Never Seen Anything Like Pakistan Floods
By not in system - AOL NewsISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Aug. 15) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he has never seen anything like the flood disaster in Pakistan, and urged foreign donors to speed up assistance to the 20 million people affected. Ban's comments after surveying the devastation over the weekend reflect the concern of the international community about the unfolding disaster in Pakistan, which is battling al-Qaida and Taliban militants, has a weak and unpopular government, and an anemic economy propped up by international assistance. "This has been a heart-wrenching day for me," Ban said Sunday after ...
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