Dec 1st, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama also formally nominated Eric Holder as attorney general, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations.
Nov 19th, 2008 · The United Nations is warning that hundreds of thousands of people in the Gaza Strip face severe shortages of fuel and food because Israel has sealed the borders. Israel allowed a minimal amount of aid into the coastal territory on Monday before reclosing the borders citing Palestinian rocket and mortar fire. The informal truce between Israel and Hamas, which controls Gaza, has all but collapsed. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.
Oct 27th, 2008 · Training a police force in Haiti has been a huge challenge for the United Nations mission there. It's working with the remnants of a force with a notorious legacy of brutality.
Oct 8th, 2008 · The United Nations declared 2008 the International Year of the Potato. Bill Campbell organized the Palmer Potato Pageant in Palmer, Alaska, to honor the potato for its benefits — both nutritional and recreational. He talks about the pageant.
Sep 22nd, 2008 · With the first presidential debate coming Friday, the candidates are walking a tightrope on the new economic bailout plan. And VP candidate Sarah Palin will visit the United Nations this week.
Sep 22nd, 2008 · Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is visiting the United States and the United Nations — where he is expected to confront the U.S. over its policies. But in an interview with NPR, Ahmadinejad disputed that view — up to a point.
Aug 11th, 2008 · Georgia claims Russia has been interfering with its affairs in South Ossetia. Alex Chadwick talks to Irakli Alassania, Georgia's permanent representative to the United Nations, about the conflict.
Aug 1st, 2008 · The United Nations is relaxing its "dress protocols" this summer, encouraging staff to get out of their formal wool suits. U.N. headquarters says it could save $100,000 by re-setting thermostats to a warm 77 degrees during New York's sweltering month of August.