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Annan Calls on Women’s Group to help Reform
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 1:14 pm | United Nations
Describing the two major set of recommendations to meet global challenges that world leaders will debate and decide on at the United Nations summit in September, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on a UN-affiliated women’s group to help seize the opportunity ... More >>
UN: ‘10 Stories the World Should Hear More About’
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 1:11 pm | United Nations
Does deforestation improve or worsen human health? What exactly has happened in Somalia since Hollywood released a film called “Black Hawk Down?” How can farmers living at the mercy of middle men far from urban centres in Africa, Asia, or Latin America ... More >>
UN Counter-Terrorism Experts Praise Kenya
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:47 am | United Nations
United Nations counter-terrorism experts today praised Kenya for its cooperation with UN efforts to fight the scourge, noting that the East African country was considering setting up a unit to control the financing of terrorists. More >>
Death Toll From Resurgent Malaria a Million a Year
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:43 am | United Nations
The prevention and treatment of malaria has made progress since 2000, but an annual death toll of 1 million people presents challenges as the mosquito-borne parasitic disease makes a comeback, the first joint malaria report from the UN World Health ... More >>
Indonesia Has First Case of Polio in a Decade
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:30 am | United Nations
Calling for more funds and a quicker response from governments to combat the polio virus in endemic countries and regions, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed Indonesia’s first case of the crippling disease since 1995. More >>
UN Observes World Press Freedom Day
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:28 am | United Nations
With last year’s toll of journalists adding up to 56 killed, 19 missing and 124 jailed, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today marked World Press Freedom Day by paying tribute “to those who have fallen victim to their calling.” More >>
Floods in Kenya Kill Young Boy, Displace Thousands
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:24 am | United Nations
Floods caused by driving rains have displaced 25,000 Somali refugees living in a camp in Kenya, killing a young boy and leaving three others injured, the United Nations refugee agency said today. More >>
Un Transfers Congolese Refugees To New Sites
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has begun transferring thousands of Congolese encamped along the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda for safety reasons and to free up space for new arrivals in the transit centres. More >>
UN Asks Cities To Help Eradicate Nuclear Weapons
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:21 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged a gathering of mayors from around the globe to press ahead with their valuable work – building bridges of international cooperation at the community level – to help revitalize the long-term vision of a ... More >>
Health Aspect of Tsunami Focus of UN Conference
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:20 am | United Nations
New York, May 3 2005 10:00AM The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is convening a meeting of global policy makers this week in Thailand to identify key barriers and lessons learned in the first days of the emergency response and in the ... More >>
UN Endeavours On Political Fronts In Sudan
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations today continued its efforts to help usher in peace and stability for troubled Sudan, holding political talks in Kenya and opening a camp in eastern Chad to ease congestion and relocate refugees from along the Sudanese border. More >>
Sierra Leone Court Orders Prosecution For Threats
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:18 am | United Nations
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has ordered the prosecution of five individuals for contempt of court for allegedly revealing the identity of, and threatening, a protected witness. More >>
UN Mission Calms Côte D’ivoire Tensions
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission has held a reconciliation meeting of traditional leaders from various ethnic groups and representatives of local and national government and militias in the strategic western Côte d’Ivoire town of Duékoué after ethnic ... More >>
Nuclear Conference Opens, Hears UN Watchdog Call
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 11:02 am | United Nations
The world’s nations gathered today in New York to begin their review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and heard the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency renew his call for a moratorium on new fuel-cycle facilities while international ... More >>
Nepal: Annan Welcomes Lifting State Of Emergency
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 11:01 am | United Nations
Though still concerned about the overall human rights situation in Nepal, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the Nepalese Government’s decision to lift the state of emergency over the weekend, and to free in the last few weeks ... More >>
Orphanage Founder ‘Angel Of Burundi’ Gets UN Award
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 11:00 am | United Nations
A much decorated Burundian humanitarian worker will receive the top award of the United Nations refugee agency next month for her work caring for 10,000 children displaced by civil wars in her home country and in neighbouring countries and for ... More >>
Guinean Named Annan’s Special Envoy For Somalia
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 10:58 am | United Nations
Former Guinean Prime Minister François Lonseny Fall has been chosen to be United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Representative for Somalia, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
Refugee Numbers Fleeing Togo Climb Over 16,500
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 10:57 am | United Nations
The number of people fleeing insecurity in post-election Togo has risen to more than 16,500, some of them citing harassment by security forces, according to the United Nations refugee agency. More >>
Unicef Chief To Help Developing Nations Meet Goals
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 10:55 am | United Nations
Former United States Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman today became the fifth chief of the 60-year-old United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and promised that the agency would play a key role in helping countries meet the Millennium Development ... More >>
Engaging Iraqis in Constitution Drafting Process
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 10:48 am | United Nations
With senior officials from Iraq’s neighbouring countries gathered for a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, the top United Nations Envoy for Iraq has stressed the importance of a constitution-drafting process that engages the Iraqi population in the final ... More >>
