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No Grounds For Disciplining Aide In Oil-For-Food
Friday, 29 April 2005, 11:23 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has found that there is no ground for disciplinary action against his former Chef de Cabinet, Iqbal Riza, who was criticized by the independent committee probing alleged misconduct and mismanagement in the United Nations Oil-for-Food ... More >>
New UN Political Mission For Timor-Leste Approved
Friday, 29 April 2005, 11:20 am | United Nations
With the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Timor-Leste set to wrap up its work in mid-May, the Security Council today mandated a special political mission to help ensure the nascent country continued its journey toward self-sufficiency ... More >>
UNSC Extends UN Mission In Western Sahara
Friday, 29 April 2005, 11:19 am | United Nations
Calling again on the parties and States of the region to cooperate with the United Nations to end the current impasse in Western Sahara and make headway towards a political solution, the Security Council today extended the UN peacekeeping mission there until ... More >>
New Iraqi Government Important Step In Transition
Friday, 29 April 2005, 11:16 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for Iraq today welcomed the formation of a new government as an important step in the democratic transition and renewed the world body’s pledge of support in tackling the challenges of the coming months, during which a new constitution ... More >>
Job Related Deaths Top 2 Million Annually
Friday, 29 April 2005, 11:16 am | United Nations
With job-related accidents and illnesses claiming more than 2 million lives each year, and the toll rising because of rapid industrialization in some developing countries, the United Nations labour and health agencies joined forces today in calling for ... More >>
UNICEF Has Been Big Boost To Child Survival
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 5:03 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reduced child mortality significantly over the past decade and has expanded its mandate to cover protecting youngsters from exploitation, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the consequences of extreme poverty, ... More >>
Peacekeeping Force Arrives In Southern Sudan
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 5:01 pm | United Nations
Twelve Nepalese soldiers, the vanguard of what will eventually be a 10,000-member United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Sudan, has arrived on the ground at the start of the launch of a massive operation to help the vast region stabilize ... More >>
$7.5 Million Appeal For Drought-Stricken Djibouti
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 5:00 pm | United Nations
With Djibouti currently facing worsening drought conditions following three consecutive failed rainy seasons, the United Nations today appealed for some $7.5 million to stave off the severe food crisis threatening the tiny Horn of Africa country. More >>
Reform, Security & Aids - Annan's Talks In India
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 4:59 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan met today with India's top leaders for talks on a range of issues, including United Nations reform, regional security, post-tsunami recovery work and HIV/AIDS. More >>
Meeting On Curbing Most Dangerous Pollutants
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 4:58 pm | United Nations
As part of a United Nations-backed effort to rid the planet of some of the worst pollutants tied to cancer, birth defects and immune system damage, 800 government officials and observers from 130 countries will gather next week in Uruguay for the ... More >>
DR Congo: Support For Political Transition
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 4:56 pm | United Nations
As the political transition in the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) enters a key phase, the United Nations Security Council today urged the country's parties to maintain their commitment to a peaceful and inclusive process. More >>
Unesco Calls For Protection Of Journalists In Iraq
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 4:56 pm | United Nations
Describing the number of media workers killed, injured or kidnapped in Iraq as “shocking,” the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) has called for measures to improve the safety of journalists after a new attack brought ... More >>
UN Peacekeeping Mandate In Côte D'ivoire
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 4:54 pm | United Nations
To meet the requests of Ivorian leaders for greater United Nations assistance in resolving post-conflict issues, the Security Council would need to expand the peacekeeping mission's mandate to include supervising elections, policing rebel-held areas and ... More >>
UN Calls On Africa To Commit To Knowledge Economy
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 4:52 pm | United Nations
With information and communication technologies (ICT) spinning off new industries in Africa, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today called on the continent's governments to commit themselves to policies that create information ... More >>
Turk Chosen To Head UN Development Agenda
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 4:49 pm | United Nations
New York, Apr 26 2005 Choosing from over 100 nominations by Governments and other institutions, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named a Turkish former World Bank executive, who was responsible for developing new poverty reduction strategies, ... More >>
Abandoned Darfur Villages Burned
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 11:08 am | United Nations
Ibrahim, a resident of Seraf, took UNHCR staff for an on-site inspection of the village, which he said had been burned to the ground four days earlier by men he called Arabs or Janjaweed militias. More >>
UN Goes Online To Educate Rural People
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 11:02 am | United Nations
Efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of slashing world hunger and poverty in half by 2015 received a new boost today from an online educational tool More >>
Ethiopian Obelisk Taken By Italy Returns Home
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 10:58 am | United Nations
One of Ethiopia’s most iconic monuments, the celebrated obelisk of Aksum, has finally returned More >>
UN Crime Congress Pledges Closer Co-operation
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 10:38 am | United Nations
Greatly concerned by the rapid expansion of transnational organized crime, delegates at a United Nations forum on criminal justice have pledged closer international cooperation to tackle global economic and financial graft, as well as increasingly sophisticated ... More >>
UN Refugee Chief Brings Back Grim Images
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 10:30 am | United Nations
Some 13,000 houses destroyed in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan's capital; an eight-year-old girl raped night after night in a camp in the Darfur region; and a huge shortfall in funds – such were the ... More >>
