Senior Officials Voice Outrage At Killing Of Two UN Consultants In Somalia
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Senior United Nations officials today voiced outrage at the killing of two consultants working for the world body's arm dealing with drugs and crime who were shot by unknown gunmen in Somalia's Puntland region.
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UN Chief Commends Guinea-Bissau People For Orderly Peaceful Elections
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has applauded the people of Guinea-Bissau for their orderly and peaceful participation in yesterday's presidential and legislative elections, and called on all candidates to respect the upcoming results.
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UN Chief Commends Guinea-Bissau People For Orderly Peaceful Elections
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has applauded the people of Guinea-Bissau for their orderly and peaceful participation in yesterday's presidential and legislative elections, and called on all candidates to respect the upcoming results.
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On World Intellectual Property Day UN Celebrates Movies Filmmaking
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Film tastes are as varied as the people around the world watching them, and as cinematic excellence sprouts up in dozens of countries, the United Nations and the global intellectual property (IP) system are helping to keep the reels rolling by supporting filmmaking through this year's theme for World Intellectual Property Day –“Movies – A Global Passion.”
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On World Intellectual Property Day UN Celebrates Movies Filmmaking
UN Crime News
Film tastes are as varied as the people around the world watching them, and as cinematic excellence sprouts up in dozens of countries, the United Nations and the global intellectual property (IP) system are helping to keep the reels rolling by supporting filmmaking through this year's theme for World Intellectual Property Day –“Movies – A Global Passion.”
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UN Crime Chief Urges Global Action To Disrupt ruthless Illegal Wildlife Trade
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Urging the international community to ?come together at the highest political level? to halt the escalation of wildlife and forest crime, the United Nations crime chief said today that the $8-$10 billion reaped annually from this ?ruthless trade? ranks it alongside the trafficking of human beings, arms and drugs in terms of illicit profits.
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Synthetic Drugs Flooding Market New UN Study Shows
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?An unprecedented expansion? of synthetic drugs is taking an ever-greater share of the illicit drugs market, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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Shocked UN Chief Sends Condolences To Families Of Victims In Brussels Jewish Museum Shooting
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Following a shooting today at the Jewish Museum of Brussels which may have been an act of anti-Semitism, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his strong condemnation of all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
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