An arms expert said Monday he believed the ship was carrying weapons to Somalia, in contravention of a U.N.arms embargo.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

After he leaves New York, he will go to Chile and Brazil. He spoke to reporters after a meeting with the U.N.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

He told a news conference in Beirut that Lebanon and the U.N.disagree on the demarcation of the border.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

After President Zelaya was forced from office in June in an army-backed coup he came to the U.N.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Why he lied I don't know,". This is the last case before the U.N.Special Court for Sierra Leone.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

We hope this will be exercised,". The U.N.envoy said he would not give up on any fronts.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

He said the first 72 hours are critical in saving survivors, and he is still holding out hope for both Haitians and U.N.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

But,he tells the U.N.experts to expand their focus to include countries like his own in their probe.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

He said the U.N.'s own security will need to be increased during this transition period, which will require adequate funding from member states.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is relieved that the military operations in northern Sri Lanka have ended.

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

He initially supported U.N.intervention but worries that East Timor is becoming too dependent on outside help.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

He said lawmakers needed to voice a position before Wednesday's U.N.General Assembly consideration of a resolution supported by Arab countries on the Goldstone report.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

General Allyn says U.N.and Haitian forces continue to have lead responsibility for security, which he says has been mostly good in very difficult circumstances.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

He said this creates a "distorted reality" and the U.N.must take a more balanced approach.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

He is also promising to ensure that procedures laid down for collecting the U.N.panel's data are followed more strictly in the preparation of future reports.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

Iran's president also defended statements he made last Monday before a U.N.conference in which he called Israel the most cruel and racist regime in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

He will then share it with the government of Pakistan and the U.N.Security Council.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

He is the first African leader to be tried at a U.N.-backed court.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

He gave a cautious endorsement of U.S.-backed U.N.plan to handle Iran's enriched uranium.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

He alleged that the U.N.wrongly linked him to Liberians fighting in Sierra Leone.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

(Test) The U.N.Secretary-General says he is "optimistic" a climate-change agreement can be reached in Copenhagen that will include specific recommendations on key elements that will take effect immediately.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

According to a statement from Lieberman's office, he said U.N.forums give an automatic anti-Israel majority to countries with poor human rights records such as Cuba,Bangladesh, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

But Andrew Mwangura of the piracy specialist group East African Seafarers' Assistance Program says he believes the ship is one of the regular weapons carriers circumventing the U.N.arms embargo on Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

He was referring to a resolution by the U.N.Human Rights Council last week which approved the Goldstone Report, accusing the Jewish state of war crimes during the Gaza conflict last December and January.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

U.N.chief Ban Ki-moon told reporters he would go to the Danish capital next week to open the high-level segment that he expects will draw more than "I am encouraged and I am optimistic.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

He dismissed as "biased and unjust" a U.N.Human Rights Council report that accused Israel of war crimes during its December Gaza offensive, saying his country was acting in self-defense against militant rocket fire.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24