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Côte D'ivoire: Withdrawal Of Heavy Weapons Begins
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:55 am | United Nations
Côte d'Ivoire Government troops and the fighters from the West African country's major rebel force started their four-day withdrawal of heavy weaponry from the frontline today and it has been proceeding without a major hitch, the United Nations peacekeeping ... More >>
Israel And Palestinians Must Do More
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:54 am | United Nations
The Palestinians must do more to reorganize their security forces to prevent violence and Israel must halt all settlement activity if recent hopes for resolving the Middle East conflict are to be sustained, the top United Nations political officer told ... More >>
Children In Niger Facing Malnutrition
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:52 am | United Nations
Drought, Locusts Leave Thousands Of Children In Niger Facing Malnutrition, UN Says More >>
UN Effort To Help Restore Iraq’s ‘Garden Of Eden’
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:51 am | United Nations
UN Effort To Help Restore Iraq’s ‘Garden Of Eden’ Marshes Moves Step Closer More >>
Newest Applicant To Join UN Tourism Agency
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:48 am | United Nations
Timor-Leste, the world’s youngest country, has http://www.world-tourism.org/newsroom/Releases/2005/april/timor.htm become the newest applicant for membership of the United Nations tourism agency, a global forum that plays a decisive role in promoting the development of responsible, ... More >>
UN-Backed Project Helps DPR Of Korea
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:47 am | United Nations
Seeking to reverse the agricultural devastation caused by floods and droughts in recent years and the soil erosion stemming from extensive deforestation, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is expanding a United Nations-sponsored pilot project ... More >>
Visiting Desperate Refugees In Darfur
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:45 am | United Nations
On a visit to desperate widows and small children living under trees in a dry river bed and to families huddled in miserable tiny twig shelters in squalid villages in Sudan’s strife-torn western Darfur region, the top United Nations refugee official ... More >>
Annan urges respect for rule of law in Ecuador
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 5:23 pm | United Nations
As power shifts in Ecuador, Annan urges respect for rule of law 20 April 2005 – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged respect for the rule of law in Ecuador after Vice-President Alfredo Palacio assumed the functions of the presidency. More >>
Ted Turner Receives Global Peace Award At UN
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 11:54 am | United Nations
Ted Turner, who in 1997 established the United Nations Foundation with his $1 billion contribution to support the world body's goals, was honoured today with a peace award for his outstanding work to end threats posed by nuclear weapons, his advocacy for ... More >>
Security In Haiti Improves
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 9:55 am | United Nations
The leader of the United Nations Security Council fact-finding mission just back from Haiti expressed cautious optimism today, saying security was gradually improving, but that the international community must remain engaged if the strife-torn nation ... More >>
Unicef Condemns Bombings Of Private Schools
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 9:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund has condemned the recent bombings of private schools in Nepal after call by the Maoist rebels for all private schools to close indefinitely from 15 April. More >>
Côte D'ivoire Government And Rebels To Withdraw
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 9:38 am | United Nations
Government and rebel forces in Côte d'Ivoire will start withdrawing heavy weaponry from the frontline beginning Thursday, the United Nations mission in the West African country announced today, a move it welcomed as a strong signal that the sides are ... More >>
Darfur Women Tell UN Refugee Chief Of Terror
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 9:35 am | United Nations
Shouting “no” and gesturing dramatically with their hands, dozens of women in Sudan’s strife-riven western Darfur region have told the top United Nations refugee official that they were terrified to go home after being driven from their villages by Janjaweed ... More >>
UN Ambassador Jackie Chan Takes On Aids
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 9:33 am | United Nations
Action film superstar and United Nations ambassador Jackie Chan will take on the twin foes of AIDS and the lurking danger of millions of buried landmines in a visit this week to Cambodia and Viet Nam. More >>
UN mobilizes to meet challenges of media attacks
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 11:49 am | United Nations
19 April 2005 – Despite efforts to counter attacks in the media, and other successful initiatives to tell the world body’s story to people around the globe, “the United Nations’ standing in many countries has never been lower,” and the organization is ... More >>
Annan congratulates newly Pope Benedict XVI
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 11:48 am | United Nations
19 April 2005 – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today congratulated Pope Benedict XVI on his assumption of the papacy and wished the new leader of the Catholic Church "every strength and courage as he takes on his formidable responsibilities." More >>
Talks Between Govt. & Op.Forces In Côte D'ivoire
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 11:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire is taking part in talks, scheduled to start today in the country's east, on withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline between Government forces and opposition troops in the West African ... More >>
Emergency rice distribution to 150,000 Cambodians
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 12:07 am | United Nations
19 April 2005 – With an estimated 500,000 rural Cambodians struggling to cope with food shortages caused by a searing drought, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it had started distributing emergency rice rations to ... More >>
Helping resolving the cases of missing Kuwaitis
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 12:04 am | United Nations
19 April 2005 – The United Nations Security Council today voiced confidence that the new Iraqi Government would help resolve the cases of hundreds of murdered Kuwaiti prisoners of war and third-country nationals who disappeared after the ousted regime ... More >>
No Improvement In Strife-Torn Darfur Region
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 10:06 am | United Nations
Clashes between the Government and rebels in Sudan's western Darfur region, attacks against international aid workers, rape and the persecution of its victims, abuse of children, and torture by security forces, underscored a continuing dire situation, ... More >>
