A senior Nigerian diplomat has urged students from his country to stay away from university courses taught in English in Ukraine.
The Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki, has urged MPs from all sides to back a power-sharing deal in the country's parliament, seeking to end weeks of violence since his disputed re-election.
The US has urged restraint from both sides, while Chinese state media has warned the US against taking sides.
Nick Clegg has urged politicians from all parties to "get on with" reforming the House of Lords, despite disquiet among Conservative MPs over the plans.
Activist Gloria Steinem has talked about numerous ways women are still suffering and has urged audiences from all over the globe to "get mad" about the present.
He has urged young Muslims from the West to join Al Shabab, an Al Qaeda-aligned organization seeking to overthrow the Somali government.
The Government should get religious groups more involved in the struggling Work Programme, a leading think tank has urged, with backing from the shadow employment minister.
NEW DEHLI A high-profile Indian parliamentary panel on agriculture has urged a retreat from genetically modified (GM) food crops and is seeking the mandatory labelling of all GM foods.
Additionally, since 1998 the WHO has urged health authorities from countries over the world to locate and control the wild polioviruses stored in laboratories as well as potentially infectious materials that could contain these viruses or originate them under particular circumstances.
In his day he has urged engagement with dictators from Vietnam to Iran and Syria.
