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UN Looks To Improve Lot Of Iraqis
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 10:28 am | United Nations
While the senior United Nations envoy for Iraq continues his almost daily consultations with the top echelons of the political elite, seeking to ensure full participation in writing a new constitution, a second UN body is focusing on the lower reaches ... More >>
UN Military Team Set To Leave For Lebanon
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 10:27 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dispatching a United Nations military team to Lebanon today to verify whether there has been a full and complete withdrawal of all Syrian troops, military assets and intelligence apparatus as mandated by Security Council ... More >>
Annan Heads To India
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 10:23 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today left for India for an official visit after wrapping up his programme in Indonesia, where he attended a summit of Asian and African leaders and also took part in the fiftieth anniversary commemoration ... More >>
Agency And Africa Mark Fifth Anti-Malaria Day
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:52 am | United Nations
The war against malaria in Africa can only be won if Governments, communities and development partners work together against the parasitic disease that kills more than 800,000 Africans per year, the regional director for Africa of the United Nations ... More >>
Meeting On Nuclear Power Plant Safety Ends
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:50 am | United Nations
Nuclear officials from more than 50 countries have wrapped up a meeting at the Vienna headquarters of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency to share information and upgrade precautions in a bid to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants and prevent ... More >>
UN Forum Ends With Agreement
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:48 am | United Nations
The key United Nations forum considering ways to integrate the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic growth, social development and environmental protection – wrapped up its 2005 session with agreement on set of practical policy options intended ... More >>
Taking Time Off From Silver Screen
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:44 am | United Nations
Taking time off from battling fictitious villains, action film superstar and United Nations ambassador Jackie Chan wrapped up a visit today to Viet Nam, joining in the real-life fight against AIDS and sending a powerful message that more must be done ... More >>
Bird Flu Outbreak In DPR Of Korea Contained
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:24 am | United Nations
Thanks to the culling of nearly 220,000 infected chickens, vaccination of others and strict biosecurity measures, the recent outbreak of bird flu in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) More >>
Top UN Refugee Official Wraps Up Darfur Visit
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:19 am | United Nations
United Nations Acting High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Wendy Chamberlin has wrapped up a visit to the victims of the fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region with a pledge to do all in her agency’s power to help those who have fled the brutal conflict ... More >>
Togo: Annan Hails Peaceful Presidential Election
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:09 am | United Nations
Welcoming the peaceful presidential election in Togo today, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said a successful conclusion of the polling process would auger well for the country's future stability and prosperity. More >>
Proposed UN Reforms Would Improve Performance
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:08 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today advocated support for his proposals to reform the United Nations, calling them the most far reaching ever put forward in its 60-year history. More >>
UN Teams Due In Lebanon Soon
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:00 am | United Nations
Two United Nations teams will be heading to Lebanon in the coming days, one to verify the pullout of Syria's military and intelligence forces from its small neighbour, and the other to prepare for a Security Council-mandated inquiry into the assassination ... More >>
Fast-Growing Asia-Pacific Economy
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 9:58 am | United Nations
The economy of the Asia-Pacific region will continue to be the fastest growing in the world this year, but it has been undermined by last December's Indian Ocean tsunami, high oil prices, a weak United States dollar and health problems, the United Nations ... More >>
Fighting Threatens Colombia’s Indigenous Peoples
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 9:51 am | United Nations
Colombia’s indigenous peoples, caught up in the fighting between the Government, rebels and armed militias, are facing tragedy as violent attacks and forced displacement increase, with fears that some smaller and more vulnerable groups and their cultures ... More >>
UN rights teams wrap up assessment visits to Nepal
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 9:45 am | United Nations
April -- Two teams of United Nations human rights experts have wrapped up separate fact-finding missions in Nepal, one looking into the needs of an expanded UN rights office in the Himalayan kingdom and the other examining the situation of internally ... More >>
Time For New UN Rights Body
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 9:42 am | United Nations
Faced with major deficiencies, over-politicization and only selective reviews of countries' abuses, the United Nations Human Rights Commission wrapped up its annual session today with a ringing call for its replacement by a leaner, meaner body, as ... More >>
Aid Workers Unable To Reach 25,000 Displaced
Friday, 22 April 2005, 11:09 am | United Nations
With aid workers unable to reach about 25,000 displaced people in a camp in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a cholera outbreak, the situation is likely to worsen not only for the infected, but also for those who need basic supplies ... More >>
In Indonesia, Annan Keeps Focus On UN Reform
Friday, 22 April 2005, 11:07 am | United Nations
Ahead of an historic Asia-Africa summit this weekend in Indonesia, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today briefed top delegates for nearly three hours, spotlighting his sweeping proposals for United Nations reform and calling for new commitments across a broad ... More >>
UN Human Rights Office In Nepal
Friday, 22 April 2005, 11:06 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert team has wrapped up a fact-finding mission on the needs of an expanded UN rights office in Nepal. More >>
UN Envoy Resumes Broad-Spectrum Talks
Friday, 22 April 2005, 11:02 am | United Nations
Fresh from consultations at Headquarters in New York, the senior United Nations envoy for Iraq is back in Baghdad, re-immersing himself in efforts to ensure that all sectors of society take part in the political transition, especially with the task of writing ... More >>
