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South Korea Presses UN to Act on Warship Attack

(June 4) -- South Korea said today that it had followed through on its vow to refer the sinking of its warship to the U.N. Security Council, declaring that North Korea must own up to "the reprehensible action" that killed 46 sailors. "North Korea violated our sovereignty and attacked directly our armed forces and one of...

Food Summit Urges More Aid to Farmers

ROME (Nov. 16) -- In line with the idea that it's better to teach people to farm than just to give them food, leaders at a global food summit Monday promised to put more resources into helping the world's 1 billion undernourished people feed themselves. But they failed to say how much money they would commit to that goal...

Background on United nations environment program

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an international institution (a programme, rather than an agency of the UN) that coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices.

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