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Nearly 31,000 Togolese Refugees Now In Ghana/Benin
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 1:58 pm | United Nations
With the outflow of Togolese fleeing disputes over presidential elections slowing significantly, the United Nations refugee and food distribution agencies are making sure that host families in neighbouring Benin and Ghana can bear the burden of the ... More >>
Creativity Needed To Meet Pacific's Needs
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 1:57 pm | United Nations
Demands for Internet connectivity and revamped transportation infrastructure in Asia-Pacific countries in a climate of slumping foreign investment in the region will mean finding innovative ways to boost financing for development, the head of the United Nations ... More >>
Annan Hails New Law Enfranchising Women in Kuwait
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 11:15 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed a new law in Kuwait which enfranchises women and advances gender equality in the country. More >>
Côte D’Ivoire: Annan Welcomes Disarmament Pact
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 11:00 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed a weekend agreement by the Government and armed opposition in Côte d’Ivoire to undertake a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process (DDR) and called on them to implement other ... More >>
Marking Day of Families, UN Urges HIV Efforts
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 10:27 am | United Nations
The international community must recognize that strong families are one of the first lines of defence against the HIV pandemic and are vital in coping with the infection, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message to mark the International ... More >>
UN Opens Two-Week Forum on Indigenous Issues
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 10:26 am | United Nations
With indigenous peoples being the poorest and most marginalized in many countries, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today said the failure of Member States to negotiate an acceptable declaration on their rights is one of the ... More >>
UN Reform Agenda Crucial to Future Generations
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 10:25 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the graduating class at the University of Pennsylvania today that he is committed to ensuring that the United Nations evolves so that it can tackle global challenges for generations to come. More >>
Deploring Violence in Uzbekistan
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 10:23 am | United Nations
Deploring the violence that broke out in Uzbekistan’s eastern city of Andijan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all parties concerned to show restraint in the use of force and to cooperate with a UN emergency team deployed ... More >>
Collective Action To Tackle Asia-Pacific Problems
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 10:21 am | United Nations
The Asia-Pacific region must unite through collective action to consolidate economic success and overcome the problems posed by crime and natural disasters, officials attending a United Nations meeting in Bangkok said today. More >>
Major Public Health Issues on Agenda at UN Meeting
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 10:19 am | United Nations
The top United Nations health decision-making body kicks off its annual session in Geneva today focusing on a draft global immunization strategy as well as other international strategies aimed at disease control and prevention. More >>
Anti-religious Acts in Sri Lanka
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:14 am | United Nations
Impunity for Individual Anti-religious Acts Can Lead To Broad Intolerance in Sri Lanka – UN Expert More >>
Security Council Welcomes AU Peacekeeping in Dafur
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today applauded the African Union (AU) for the peacemaking leadership role it has taken in the troubled Darfur region of western Sudan, especially its decision to expand its small peacekeeping mission there to ... More >>
Non-Proliferation Conference Agrees on Agenda
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:12 am | United Nations
Nearly halfway through a four-week conference reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), delegations meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York have adopted an agenda which will enable them to go on with their work. More >>
Poverty, Ageing and Tsunami Focus of Meeting
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:11 am | United Nations
The sixty-first session of the United Nations commission for Asia and the Pacific opened today in Bangkok, Thailand, with member delegations joining experts for discussions that touched on poverty reduction, the region's rapidly ageing populations and economic ... More >>
UN War-affected Children Envoy Gets Peace Award
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:10 am | United Nations
Olara Otunnu, the United Nations envoy dealing with war-affected children, has been awarded the 2005 Sydney Peace Prize for his lifetime commitment to human rights and efforts to protect youngsters in time of conflict. More >>
Militia Attacks in Darfur Increased in April
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:09 am | United Nations
As Darfur peace talks remained stalled, militia attacks intensified last month and are the greatest cause of terror and suffering among civilians in the western Sudanese province, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council ... More >>
Iraq Emerging As Transit Country for Drugs
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:08 am | United Nations
An independent United Nations body monitoring global drug proliferation today expressed concern that Iraq was emerging as a transit point for narcotics originating in Afghanistan and on their way to Asia and Europe. More >>
Project Places 14,000 Grain Silos in Afghanistan
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:07 am | United Nations
The United Nations agricultural agency is set to oversee the distribution in Afghanistan of around 14,000 grain storage silos – produced by local tinsmiths and technicians – to farmers in nine provinces. More >>
UN Envoy in Afghanistan Condemns Violent Protests
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:07 am | United Nations
Condemning the violent protests that have rocked the southern city of Jalalabad for the past two days, the head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan today vowed that the street fighting and attacks Wednesday on the mission’s offices will not ... More >>
Concern at Rocket Fired From Lebanon into Israel
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:02 am | United Nations
Emphasizing again the fragility of the situation in Lebanon and the wider region, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced concern over last night's firing of a Katyusha rocket from Lebanon into the village of Shlomi in northern Israel. More >>
