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16. – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

GENEVA / ROAD SAFETY

According to road safety experts meeting this week in Geneva, for every person killed on the road due to alcohol-related accidents, two to three people are killed in accidents due to fatigue. CH UNTV

7 May 2013 | Read More »

CTBTO / DPRK NUCLEAR TEST

Using Atmospheric Transport Modelling (ATM), which calculates the three-dimensional travel path of airborne radioactivity, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation's (CTBTO) radionuclide network has made a significant detection of radioactive noble gases that could be attributed to the nuclear test announced by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 12 February 2013. CTBTO

24 Apr 2013 | Read More »

CTBTO / DPRK

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation 's (CTBTO) radionuclide network has made a significant detection of radioactive noble gases that could be attributed to the test announced by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 12 February 2013. CTBTO

23 Apr 2013 | Read More »

GENEVA / NPT-IRAN

Irantoday in Genevaurged the West to take a less confrontational approach in talks on its nuclear programme and said that it could be a “reliable and stable partner” in the Middle East. CH UNTV

23 Apr 2013 | Read More »

GENEVA / NPT

The Second Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) opened today in Geneva against the backdrop of rising nuclear tensions in the Korean peninsula and Iran's nuclear enrichment programme. CH UNTV

22 Apr 2013 | Read More »

CZECH REPUBLIC / DUKOVANY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Last year, the IAEA conducted a 'Physical Inventory Verification' (PIV) at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant, in the CzechRepublic, which is situated 170 km south east of Prague. We follow the inspectors as they check the surveillance systems and verify seals. IAEA

13 Apr 2013 | Read More »

GENEVA / HURRICANE SANDY

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says that its Hurricane Committee has retired the name Sandy from the official rotating list of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names due to the destruction it caused in October last year. CH UNTV

12 Apr 2013 | Read More »

MADRID / ONE THOUSAND DAYS TO THE MDGS

As part of his agenda in Spain, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday met young people from the Spanish and European Youth Councils to mark the One Thousand days leading to the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015. UN MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN

5 Apr 2013 | Read More »

ANDORRA / BAN KI-MOON

In a press conference during his trip to Andorrra, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today (2 April) that he was "deeply troubled" by the recent events concerning the DPRK. RTVA

2 Apr 2013 | Read More »

UN / DPRK SANCTIONS

The Security Council today (7 March) unanimously approved a new resolution condemning "in the strongest terms" the 12 February nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and imposing new sanctions. UNTV

7 Mar 2013 | Read More »

 

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