UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ - 16 August 2007 –   Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Britain's ambassador to the United Nations departed New York yesterday on retirement from the UK Diplomatic Service.

The ambassador has been the UK Permanent Representative to the UN since 2003 where he has dealt with many difficult and important issues of war and peace in the Security Council.

Ambassador Parry recently sat down with CBS UN correspondent Frank Ucciardo to talk about some of the those key issues as well as his own career and the future of the United Nations.

MaximsNews WORLD: THURSDAY, 16 AUGUST 2007

     UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N. / - 16 AUGUST 2007 – The following is a summary of world news from MaximsNews.com, An Independent Voice from the United Nations:

••• ASIA SOCIETY PRESENTS FIRST-EVER MUSEUM RETROSPECTIVE OF ZHANG HUAN (6 SEPTEMBER THROUGH 20 JANUARY 2008) IN NEW YORK

••• FORD FOUNDATION NAMES LUIS UBINAS AS NEW PRESIDENT TO REPLACE SUSAN BERRESFORD: 14/8/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

 • UN calls on Iraqi leaders to set aside religious differences after deadly car blasts

• UN political chief holds talks with Kyrgyz officials ahead of regional summit

• UN’s ‘malaria express’ spreads 300,000 insecticide-treated nets in Republic of Congo

• UN tourism agency plan aims to hold ‘carbon-neutral’ conference

• Palestinian teenagers, hit by closures and poverty, benefit from UN-backed youth centres

• Sustainable approach to growth crucial in Asia, says top UN official

• UNICEF continues its support in flood-stricken Bangladesh

• Seven arrested in attack on UN convoy in Timor-Leste

• Japanese nuclear plant hit by quake shut down safely, UN expert team concludes

••• MaximsNews WORLD: WEDNESDAY, 15 AUGUST 2007

••• U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL IRAQ RESOLUTION 1770 (FULL TEXT, STATEMENTS) TV VIDEO: 10/8/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• SHOULD DEMOCRACY BE PROMOTED OR DEMOTED? BY FRANCIS FUKUYAMA AND MICHAEL McFAUL (THE STANLEY FOUNDATION)

••• KOREAN HOSTAGES IN AFGHANISTAN: (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)  ••• UN: BAN K-MOON WELCOMES RELEASE OF TWO SOUTH KOREAN HOSTAGES: 14/8/2007  SEE UPDATE >

••• ONU: TV: POINT DE PRESSE QUOTIDIEN DU BUREAU DE LA PORTE-PAROLE DU SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL DE L’ONU: 15 AOÛT 2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) ••• UN: UNITED NATIONS BRIEFING & TV: WEDNESDAY, 15 AUGUST 2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) Ci-dessous les principaux points évoqués par Michèle Montas, Porte-parole du Secrétaire général de l’ONU, M. Ban Ki-moon. MICHELE MONTAS, Spokesperson for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.   SEE:  UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 22 minutes

	••• IAN WILLIAMS: THE CHINA SYNDROME: 13/8/2007  ••• IAN WILLIAMS: BUSH'S MIAMI VICE, CUBAN EMIGRANTS: 13/8/2007
	••• IS U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, THE FATHER OF THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM? by JEFFREY LAURENTI: 10/8/2007
	••• DARFUR: UN SECURITY COUNCIL SENDS 26,000 TROOPS FOR PEACEKEEPING: 31/7/2007 by MAX STAMPER
	••• MARK MALLOCH-BROWN:  POLITICS OF HUMANITARIANISM AFTER IRAQ ••• LORD MARK MALLOCH- BROWN APPOINTED U.K. MINISTER FOR AFRICA, ASIA AND THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW BRITISH CABINET ••• SIR MARK MALLOCH BROWN: CAN THE U.N. BE REFORMED?
	••• STEPHEN SCHLESINGER: WHO IS KILLING AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ? (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) 27/7/2007
	••• MORTON HALPERIN: HUMAN RIGHTS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: TESTIMONY TO U.S. CONGRESS (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) 26/7/2007 ••• MORTON H. HALPERIN: BIO (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
	••• KERRY KENNEDY IN NEW ORLEANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FAIR FLOOD PROTECTION: 02/8/2007

••• NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE PRESIDENT MARC MORIAL PROPOSES OPPORTUNITY COMPACT TO HELP URBAN AMERICA: 27/7/2007 ••• U.N. GOODWILL AMBASSADOR JULIA ORMOND DISCUSSES THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING: 23/7/2007

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