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Darfur Fighting Ebbs ; Banditry, Attacks Continue
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 11:00 am | United Nations
While clashes between Sudanese Government forces and rebels, as well as between armed militias and tribesmen, in wider Darfur have tapered off in the past week, the United Nations mission reported today that banditry continued to plague the northern reaches ... More >>
UN Rushes Cholera Medication To São Tomé
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 10:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has rushed medication and medical equipment to São Tomé, where more than 130 cases of cholera and three deaths have been reported and most of the island's population is at risk of the dehydrating disease. More >>
Israel, PA and Jordan Team With UN to Fight Medfly
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 10:55 am | United Nations
Collaboration between Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and two United Nations agencies has wiped out the medfly pests that had hindered fruit and vegetable farming in a shared region of the Mediterranean Basin. More >>
Refugee Agency Welcomes Costa Rica Credit Decision
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 10:53 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency, which has been operating a microcredit programme in refugee camps in Costa Rica, has welcomed the decision of the country's courts to allow local banks to give loans to some 8,000 Colombians using their refugee identity ... More >>
Quartet Reaffirms Commitment To Two-State Solution
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 11:52 am | United Nations
The Quartet working to restore peace in the Middle East – the United Nations, United States, European Union and Russian Federation – today reiterated its willingness to help Israelis and Palestinians with the hard work and difficult decisions needed ... More >>
Concern at Israel Flights over Lebanese Airspac
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 11:49 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced concern about Israeli overflights into Lebanese airspace, reminding the parties of the fragile situation in Lebanon and the wider region. More >>
Annan: Empowerment of Women Best Development Tool
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 11:41 am | United Nations
No tool for development is more effective than the empowerment of women, which raises economic productivity, cuts infant mortality, improves nutrition and promotes health – including the prevention of HIV/AIDS, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan ... More >>
Annan: Environmental Degradation Bad for Security
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 11:39 am | United Nations
International efforts to promote security, development and human rights, and to pursue sustainable development, would all be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated, according to United Nations Secretary-General ... More >>
UNICEF Seeks Safe Return Of Child Camel Racers
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 11:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a $2.7 million agreement to help return and re-integrate underage camel racers in their home communities. More >>
Jolie Calls for Assistance for Afghan Refugees
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 10:14 am | United Nations
Wrapping up her visit to Pakistan, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie thanked the country for hosting millions of Afghan refugees and appealed for international assistance to help both Afghanistan and Pakistan attack poverty through economic ... More >>
UN Worker, Two Others Killed in Afghan Blast
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 10:12 am | United Nations
Condemning a suspected suicide bombing which killed a United Nations worker and two others in Afghanistan over the weekend, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged measures to combat insecurity in the war-ravaged country. More >>
UN Sets Up Farm Training Schools for Aids Orphans
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 10:11 am | United Nations
With many AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa unable to farm because their parents died without passing on essential skills, the United Nations agricultural agency has set up 34 field schools to help provide the enthusiastic children with farming ... More >>
Conference on Dvpt for Rural Women in South Asia
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 10:09 am | United Nations
Recognizing that rural women in South Asia are among the poorest people in the world, two United Nations development agencies are teaming up to co-host a conference in New Delhi, India, to promote policies and programmes aimed at reducing gender inequality ... More >>
General Assembly Marks 60th Anniversary of VE Day
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 10:06 am | United Nations
As the world's nations looked back today to honour the dead and pay respects to the heroes of World War II, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said it was equally important to look ahead and "reaffirm our commitment to ... More >>
AU Suda Mission Effective But Needs Strengthening
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 10:04 am | United Nations
The African Union's (AU) "groundbreaking" mission in Sudan is effective where deployed and needs strengthening to enable it to expand its presence to cover more of the vast and difficult terrain in Darfur, United Nations Secretary-General ... More >>
UN Electoral Team Starts Work in Lebanon
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 10:02 am | United Nations
With the United Nations having aided countries with 200 elections worldwide, its electoral team started its assignment in Lebanon today by holding meetings with high-level officials on deploying international observers for parliamentary elections to take ... More >>
UN Launches New Air Route for Darfur Food
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 10:00 am | United Nations
The first flight taking food aid from Libya directly into western Sudan’s troubled Darfur region took place over the weekend as the United Nations food agency launched a campaign to reach nearly 2 million people during the rainy season, which begins ... More >>
UN Says Number of Refugees Fleeing Togo Down
Monday, 9 May 2005, 11:23 am | United Nations
The number of people fleeing violence since last month's presidential election in Togo has slowed down sharply, the United Nations refugee agency said today. More >>
Annan Congratulates UK's Blair on Elections
Monday, 9 May 2005, 11:21 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed his warmest congratulations to Prime Minister Tony Blair on the results of the elections held Thursday in the United Kingdom. More >>
Volunteers Training for Polio Vaccination Campaign
Monday, 9 May 2005, 11:19 am | United Nations
Hit by a re-emergence of polio cases after a decade of having none, Indonesia today ended the first phase of an emergency vaccination campaign in the worst-hit area around Jakarta, the capital, and, together with United Nations agencies, prepared ... More >>
