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Jun 4, 2013
Jun 3, 2013
Jun 3, 2013

Somalia cases of killing, maiming, abuse of children halved: U.N.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The number of children killed, maimed, abused and recruited to fight in Somalia dropped by more than half in the first quarter of 2013 due to less fighting between Islamist al-Shabaab militants and government forces, the United Nations said on Monday.

In a report to the U.N. Security Council on Somalia, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said there had been 552 verified “grave violations” against children between January and March, down from 1,288 cases during the same period in 2012.
May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013

Big firms should report environmental impact : UN panel

UNITED NATIONS/OSLO (Reuters) – Big companies should report their impact on the environment in addition to their earnings under a U.N. plan to boost economic growth and ease poverty by 2030, according to recommendations by a panel of world leaders released on Thursday.

Slowing climate change and protecting the environment should be at the core of global development, said the 27-member panel, led by British Prime Minister David Cameron, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
May 24, 2013
May 22, 2013

Exclusive: Glencore, Trafigura deals with Iran may have skirted sanctions – U.N.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters reported on March 1 that Glencore had supplied thousands of tons of alumina to an Iranian firm that has provided aluminum to Iran’s nuclear program, an allegation Glencore confirmed as accurate. Afterward, Trafigura acknowledged it had also traded with the same Iranian firm.
May 22, 2013

Glencore, Trafigura deals with Iran may have skirted sanctions -UN

UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (Reuters) – Metals swap deals with
Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata
and Trafigura could have been a way of
skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear
program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts
report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters reported on March 1 that Glencore had supplied
thousands of tons of alumina to an Iranian firm that has
provided aluminum to Iran’s nuclear program, an allegation
Glencore confirmed as accurate. Afterward, Trafigura
acknowledged it had also traded with the same Iranian firm.
May 22, 2013
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      "I am a Reuters correspondent at the United Nations in New York. I have also covered general news for Reuters in the United States, Afghanistan, Australia, South East Asia and the Pacific. Before joining Reuters more than a decade ago, I had a two year stint at The Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh, Scotland and began my career at The Border Mail newspaper in Albury/Wodonga in Australia."
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