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Africa’s Economic Growth Highest In Eight Years
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 10:05 am | United Nations
Economic growth in sub-Saharan African (SSA) jumped last year to an eight-year high of 5 per cent and average inflation fell to a 25-year low, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports, but it cautioned that increased growth rates have to be sustained ... More >>
UN: India And Pakistan Dialogue Gets Warm Support
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 8:54 am | United Nations
Ahead of his visit to the region this week, United Nations Secretary-General today expressed his warm support for the efforts by India and Pakistan to advance the ongoing dialogue which the two countries have now declared is "irreversible." More >>
UN: School Gender Gap Still Yawns Wide
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 8:50 am | United Nations
In a “good news-bad news review” on the gender gap in education, a new United Nations report today shows more youngsters than ever going to school, but with millions of girls still excluded, a “quantum leap” – and an extra $5.6 billion a year in international ... More >>
UN Dismay And Utmost Concern Over Uzbek Execution
Monday, 18 April 2005, 12:22 am | United Nations
In its latest expression of “dismay and utmost concern” over executions in Uzbekistan, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has called on the Government to provide “a prompt explanation” of what it called another “grave breach” of a rights protocol. More >>
No Conclusions Over ‘Removal’ At Iraqi Nuke Sites
Monday, 18 April 2005, 12:21 am | United Nations
Satellite imagery reveals “significant dismantling and removal activities” at 37 Iraqi sites linked to Saddam Hussein’s clandestine nuclear programme since his fall two years ago, but without on-site inspections no conclusions can be drawn, the United ... More >>
UN To Tackle Illicit Web Trade In Pharmaceuticals
Monday, 18 April 2005, 12:20 am | United Nations
Serious national and international efforts are urgently needed to counter the illicit trade of pharmaceutical drugs through the Internet to prevent an increasing risk of misuse by children and adolescents as well as to protect individual consumers ... More >>
UN Considers Wind-Power In Developing Countries
Friday, 15 April 2005, 2:38 pm | United Nations
Early results from an international survey to pinpoint some of the world's best sites for renewable energy show that the potential for deploying solar panels and wind turbines in some developing countries is far greater than previously supposed, the ... More >>
Sudan: Errors Of Bosnia Must Not Be Repeated
Friday, 15 April 2005, 2:37 pm | United Nations
Following up on his appeal to international donors to honour their pledges of aid for reconstruction and peace-making in war-ravaged Sudan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the world not to repeat the mistakes of past crises when ... More >>
UN Mission In Afghanistan On Standby For Flooding
Friday, 15 April 2005, 2:34 pm | United Nations
After the harshest winter and heaviest snowfalls in years cut off supplies for tens of thousands of Afghans, the United Nations mission in the country is on alert for potential flooding that could affect up to 100,000 people. More >>
UN Assembly Adopts Treaty Against Nuke Terrorism
Friday, 15 April 2005, 2:33 pm | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly today adopted by consensus an international treaty against nuclear terrorism, strengthening the global legal framework to combat it, requiring the extradition or prosecution of those implicated, and encouraging the ... More >>
Iraq: Little Progress On Missing Kuwaitis Search
Friday, 15 April 2005, 2:32 pm | United Nations
The search for the remains of Kuwaiti prisoners of war and third-country nationals missing since Iraq’s occupation of its small neighbour 14 years ago has not progressed substantially in recent months because of the difficult security situation, United ... More >>
UNESCO Condemns Murder Of Mexican Journalist
Friday, 15 April 2005, 2:30 pm | United Nations
Deploring yet another attack on the freedom of the press, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization called on the Mexican authorities to do all in their power to find and prosecute the murderers of a journalist reportedly linked ... More >>
European Proposal Will Hike Foreign Aid Levels
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 3:05 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed a proposal from the European Union that its members increase their official development assistance (ODA) to a level that will provide an additional $25 billion to developing countries by 2010. More >>
UN Probe Zero-Tolerance Sexual Exploitation Policy
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 3:03 pm | United Nations
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is investigating two weekend incidents for possible breaches of its zero-tolerance policies on sexual exploitation and abuse, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
UN Calls On Global Media To Fight Aids
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 3:02 pm | United Nations
Global Media Leaders Urged To Expand Their Response To UN's Call To Fight Aids More >>
UN To Set Up Human Rights Office In Nepal
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 3:00 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the signing of an agreement between the United Nations human rights office and the Government of Nepal to set up an operation to monitor the observance of civil liberties and international law in the Himalayan ... More >>
Latvian President Named UN Reform Envoy
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:39 pm | United Nations
Latvian President Named Envoy To Help Promote Annan's Reform Agenda Ahead Of UN Summit More >>
UN Calls For Calm Along Lebanese-Israeli Border
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:37 pm | United Nations
A day after arriving to take up his new post, the United Nations envoy for southern Lebanon called on all parties today to maintain "total calm" along the Blue Line separating Israel and Lebanon, citing a Hezbollah drone that breached Israeli ... More >>
Donors Pledges $4.5 Billion For Sudan
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:35 pm | United Nations
A two-day donors’ conference to support the peace accord between the Government and rebels in southern Sudan has pledged $4.5 billion for 2005-2007, nearly $2 billion more than the amount United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan identified as needed ... More >>
Greece And Republic Of Macedonia Enter Talks
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:34 pm | United Nations
In an effort to solve the long-running dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the senior United Nations envoy for talks between the now independent country and its southern neighbour, Greece, today outlined an intensified ... More >>
