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Antonio Polosa appointed as the new chief of IOM Moldova
January 27, 2012The Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the Republic of Moldova has a new Chief. Mr. Antonio Polosa, a national of Italy is the new head of IOM to Chisinau, informs the United Nations Mission to Moldova on its website. Antonio...
A powerful bomb exploded outside the UN building in Gaza
June 26, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- The UN mission headquarters’ wall was damaged by the powerful blast in Gaza. No casualties and injuries have been reported yet. Blast made a hole depth of two meters in the wall surrounding the building...
Rwanda: Ex-women's minister guilty of genocide, rape
June 24, 2011A former Rwandan women's minister has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the genocide and the rape of Tutsi women and girls. Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, 65, is the first woman convicted by the UN-backed tribunal for the Rwanda genocide. She...
Moldova and new NATO strategies (VIDEO)
June 18, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia/ Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- There were held meetings of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership in Chisinau 16-17 of June. During the first in its kind for Moldova meeting of NATO there also was held a public lecture at the Free International...
Afghanistan: UN says May deadliest month for civilians
June 11, 2011The UN says May was the deadliest month for civilians in Afghanistan since 2007, when the organisation started recording civilian casualties. The UN said "anti-government elements" were responsible for 82% of the 368 "conflict-related...
UN nuclear watchdog refers Syria to Security Council
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June 09, 2011The UN nuclear watchdog is to report Syria to the Security Council over its alleged covert nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted to rebuke Syria on claims of an undeclared nuclear reactor. The alleged structure, which...
China rebuffs UN plea over 'disappeared' Tibetan monks
June 09, 2011China has denied claims by the UN that some 300 monks from a Tibetan monastery may have been illegally detained over the past three months. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said there had been no "enforced disappearances" at the Kirti monastery...
Ratko Mladic to make first war crimes court appearance
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June 03, 2011Ex-Bosnian Serb army head Ratko Mladic is due to make his first appearance at The Hague war crimes tribunal. He was arrested last week in Serbia after 16 years on the run from charges of having committed atrocities during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. His...
Ratko Mladic awaits war crimes trial in The Hague
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June 01, 2011Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic has spent his first night in UN custody in the Netherlands, awaiting trial on genocide charges. The 69-year-old was admitted to the detention unit in The Hague on Tuesday and placed in an isolation...
Ratko Mladic to file appeal against Hague extradition
May 30, 2011Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is to file an appeal later against his extradition to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. His family says Gen Mladic is too sick to travel, but the Serbian government is expected to reject the appeal....