by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Cape Town have spoken to Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking for help for churches in Zimbabwe as well as mediation and monitoring to ensure a free and fair presidential run-off, and...
by Sean Reilly | May 10, 2008
Burma’s military regime is distributing international aid today. But it is covering the boxes with the names of top generals in an effort to turn the relief effort for last week’s devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise, say news agencies. The...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 22, 2008
On 10 December 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly ‘as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 28, 2008
The Anglican Bishop of Taiwan and one of his senior priests say they are saddened by the failure of the electorate on the island to pass two referendums asking whether Taiwan should enter the United Nations – writes Francis Wong. One referendum sought to have...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 28, 2008
Rival political leaders in Kenya have reached an agreement on a coalition government after weeks of bitter negotiations, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan announced today, before a major press conference. Full details on the deal between President...
