UN: N. Korean Environment in Poor Shape
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Aug. 27, 2004 - NAIROBI, Kenya Urgent investment is needed in North Korea to deal with severe environmental problems that have depleted the country&#39;s forests, contaminated water supplies and polluted the
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North Korea has been pummelled by heavy rains that have caused &quot;heavy losses&quot; and flooded swathes of cropland for the second time in a month, state media reported.
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North Korea and the UN publish a report which lays bare the country's environmental degradation.
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Japan has created "a horrific atmosphere of terror" for its Korean residents since it began cracking down on their activities, North Korea's U.N. envoy said on Wednesday.
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Japan has created "a horrific  atmosphere of terror" for its Korean residents since it began  cracking down on their activities, North Korea's U.N. envoy  said on Wednesday.
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North Korea's 2-year-old nuclear crisis  has taxed the world's patience, the chief U.N. nuclear  regulator said Wednesday, urging communist Pyongyang to return  to its disarmament treaty obligations.
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North Korea warned that it would slow work to disable its main nuclear complex at Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang, because of delays in deliveries of aid.
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European nations are not doing enough to  fight climate change and should show more leadership before  they criticize the United States and Asia, the head of the U.N.  Environment Program (UNEP) said on Saturday.
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The United Nations nuclear watchdog Friday called on North Korea to give up any nuclear weapons it may have and allow UN inspectors to return to verify that the country&#39;s atomic program is peaceful.
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The world's poor, who are the least responsible for global warming, will suffer the most from climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told environment ministers from around the world on Monday.
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South Korea on Tuesday downplayed the first assessment by the UNâs nuclear watchdog on alleged mistakes in its nuclear activities over the past two decades, dismissing the expression of ``serious
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The world must act against natural disasters as well as climate change , the United Nations says.
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It is now more than obvious that developments in Myanmar have taken a sad turn. The harden- ing of the junta&#39;s position does not augur well for future United Nations involvement.
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UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 6--The U.N. Security Council on Friday issued a statement expressing "deep concern" about North Korea's threat to conduct its first test of a nuclear explosive, saying it would "jeopardize peace, stability and security in the region and beyond."
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Urgent investment is needed in North Korea to deal with serious environmental problems that have depleted the countryâs forests, contaminated water supplies and polluted the air, the United Nationsâ top environmental official has said.
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North Korea wants urgently to restart six-party talks on its nuclear programmes, but is still demanding certain conditions be met, a top UN official has told South Korea&#39;s Yonhap news agency.
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European nations are not doing enough to fight climate change and should show more leadership before they criticize the United States and Asia, the head of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) said on Saturday.