2008 United Nations News
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- Nuclear accident drill in Mexico hailed a ‘success’ by UN agency UN News Centre 11 Jul 2008 -- The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency has successfully carried out a simulated accident at Mexico’s Laguna Verde nuclear power plant, intended to test national and international emergency response systems should an actual incident occur.
- Simulated nuclear accident to be staged in Mexico to test response systems – UN UN News Centre 08 Jul 2008 -- The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency is to stage a simulated accident at a nuclear power plant in Mexico tomorrow to test emergency response systems.
- Ban urges progress towards achieving nuclear-free world UN News Centre 01 Jul 2008 -- A robust Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is essential to take steps towards checking nuclear proliferation and achieving disarmament, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, marking the 40th anniversary of the United Nations-backed pact’s opening for signature.
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May
- United States ratification puts nuclear pact close to entry into force – UN agency UN News Centre 23 May 2008 -- The United States’ ratification of a key nuclear pact, which seeks to create uniformity in compensation for victims of nuclear accidents, brings it within shot of entering into force, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced.
- More than 150 States have reported on moves to keep WMDs from terrorists – UN UN News Centre 06 May 2008 -- As of the end of April, more than half of United Nations Member States have submitted assessments to the Security Council regarding efforts to keep nuclear, chemical and biological weapons out of the hands of terrorists and black marketeers, it was announced today.
April
- UN urges stepped up efforts to keep WMD from terrorists IRNA 26 Apr 2008 -- The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday urging stepped up efforts to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of terrorists and black marketeers.
- Renewed UN mandate aims to stop spread of weapons of mass destruction UN News Centre 25 Apr 2008 -- The Security Council today issued a three-year extension to the mandate of a United Nations committee which works to halt the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
- Flexibility necessary during Security Council reform talks – Assembly President UN News Centre 11 Apr 2008 -- General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim today called on United Nations Member States to show “effective flexibility” during negotiations on reshaping the Security Council’s size and membership and to remember that without compromises by all sides there will be no reform.
- Secretary-General urges States to work toward world free of chemical weapons UN News Centre 07 Apr 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on States to redouble their efforts to eliminate the scourge of chemical weapons, in a message to a gathering of parties to the global treaty banning these instruments of mass destruction.
- Ban Ki-moon urges 'incremental' progress in deadlocked disarmament arena UN News Centre 07 Apr 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged United Nations Member States to reverse the setbacks of recent years in controlling the threats posed by weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons – by reaching consensus on even small steps forward.
- Security Council to focus on relationship with regional organizations this month UN News Centre 02 Apr 2008 -- Strengthening the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations such as the African Union will be the focus of the programme of work at the Security Council this month, its current President told reporters today.
- Ban Ki-moon outlines steps to bolster collaboration with regional organizations UN News Centre 01 Apr 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed a series of measures to strengthen the partnership between the United Nations and regional organizations to address common peace and security challenges, recognizing the vital role they play in preventing and resolving crises.
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January
- Secretary-General renews call on States to end disarmament stalemate UN News Centre 23 Jan 2008 -- Deeply troubled by the impasse in the work of the world’s only multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed his call to countries to move forward in a spirit of compromise to improve the global security climate.
- Russia for UN Security Council reform - foreign minister RIA Novosti 23 Jan 2008 -- Russia supports the opinion that membership of the UN Security Council should be extended, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
- UN Secretary General Urges Action to Forestall Arms Races VOA 23 Jan 2008 -- In a blunt statement to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, the U.N. Secretary-General urged the 65-member body to start negotiations on a nuclear weapons material treaty
