UN receives highest honour from Timor-Leste
The United Nations on Friday received the highest honour of Timor-Leste from the country's outgoing president. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta thanked the United Nations on his last day as Timor's president…
18 May 2012 / Listen /Fighting dengue fever with genetically modified mosquitoes and vaccines
Some new weapons are being developed to fight dengue fever. One is genetically modified mosquitoes and the other is…
20 May 2012 / Listen /Australia celebrates Aboriginals and other indigenous peoples at UN event
The Australian Mission to the United Nations held a celebration for the permanent forum on indigenous issues, with a…
19 May 2012 / Listen /UN mission chief says Syria dialogue cannot happen unless violence stops
The violence in Syria can only be stopped if all parties genuinely commit to a process that will lead…
18 May 2012 / Listen /Celebrating five years of the declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
Following more than two decades of negotiation, the United Nations in 2007 adopted a declaration on the rights…
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