BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–1 April 2011.  The statement that follows is attributed to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. On behalf of NATO, I strongly condemn the attack that took place on the UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif today, in which a number of UN staff were killed. I express my deepest condolences to the families[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 April 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned today’s attack in northern Afghanistan in which a group of demonstrators entered a United Nations compound and killed at least seven people, including a number of UN staff members. The attack took place at an operations centre for the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 April 2011 – Radioactive material from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan is gradually spreading into the global atmosphere, but at extremely low concentrations that do not present health hazards, the United Nations reported today, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for “solid” safeguards for nuclear safety.[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–April 1 – As the conflict continues in Libya, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is pursuing a variety of measures to assist people affected by the violence in the western part of country, regardless of their affiliation or origin. To date, the organization has[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 1, 2011.  Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, leisure and hospitality, and mining. Employment in manufacturing continued to trend[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2011.  In a letter sent to the House of Representatives today, the American Civil Liberties Union asked representatives to cosponsor and vote for H.R. 1212, a bill that would reaffirm Congress’ constitutional authority to decide whether President Obama may use military force in Libya. The Restoring Essential Constitutional[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2011.   When I think of Geraldine Ferraro, I smile. To the millions of women who saw their futures open up thanks to her, she was a pioneer. To the press who covered her 1984 campaign, she was a fresh face, an upstart, a surprise. To at[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2011.   We condemn and deplore the use of violence against citizens demonstrating in Syria, and applaud the courage and dignity of the Syrian people.  We urge all parties to maintain calm and avoid violence, and call on the Syrian government to respect human rights and to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2011.   I condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan today. Together with the American people, I offer my deepest condolences to those injured and killed, as well as to their loved ones. The brave men and women[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 12:30 P.M. EDT.Japan’s nuclear safety agency has reprimanded Tokyo Electric Power Co. for not providing radiation monitors to all emergency workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Each worker is supposed to have an individual radiation monitor, but some emergency teams[Read More…]