Topic: United Nations
A respected international scientific body will review the UN's Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors in a key report on global warming, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said. Ban told reporters that the Amsterdam-based InterAcademy Council (IAC), which groups presidents of 15 leading science academies, will carry out the task "completely independently of the United Nations ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - Motorists under the influence of drugs are a growing threat on U.S. roads, while the number who drink and drive has fallen thanks to education and law enforcement, a top U.S. drug control official said on Tuesday. The United States is calling for discussions at United Nations level to tackle "drugged driving" and says it wants ...
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Haiti's plight was still "dire" after its earthquake and warned after meeting Haitian President Rene Preval of a possible new humanitarian disaster. The US leader expressed fears that looming spring rains in Haiti could pose a severe threat to 1.3 million vulnerable people left homeless after the January quake which killed more ...
