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7 Gang Members Killed In Joint UN-Haiti Police Op
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:33 pm | United Nations
A joint weekend operation between the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti and the national police in a northern district of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, resulted in the deaths of two long-sought gang leaders and five followers of one ... More >>
Boost To Nuclear Power Plant Safety Discussed
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:32 pm | United Nations
As part of an effort to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants and prevent a repeat of a Chernobyl-style disaster, top officials from more than 30 countries are meeting at the Vienna headquarters of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency to share ... More >>
Major Effort Urged To Meet UN Millennium Goals
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:31 pm | United Nations
With inadequate progress being made towards meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of slashing maternal and child deaths by 2015, a meeting of experts from around the world has called for a major cooperative effort that could ... More >>
Funding Shortfall Threatens 200000 Darfur Refugees
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:29 pm | United Nations
Just days after warning that a drastic shortage of money will force it to cut rations to more than 1 million people hit by fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has added a further 200,000 refugees who fled ... More >>
Reformed UN Could Be Even More Effective
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is a more effective prevention instrument than many realize, but with reform, it can be far more useful in fighting poverty, promoting human rights, stopping the spread of illicit weapons and keeping violence in check, Deputy Secretary-General ... More >>
Aid Shortfall Threatens 3 Million Ethiopians
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 2:27 pm | United Nations
The future of three million hungry Ethiopians is in jeopardy with malnutrition on the rise, little over half the food aid required for this year so far in hand and less than a fifth of non-food items forthcoming, the United Nations World Food Programme ... More >>
Clinton Foundation Pledges $10Million For Hiv/Aids
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 11:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today hailed former United States President Bill Clinton’s announcement that his foundation will donate $10 million to provide treatment for 10,000 HIV-positive children in developing countries in 2005. More >>
Marburg Outbreak In Angola Could Spread - UN
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:54 am | United Nations
There risk that the deadly Marburg outbreak in Angola could spread is greatly increased if families tend their sick at home without protective gear instead of isolating them in hospital, the United Nations health agency warned today in its latest update ... More >>
UN Sets Up Human Rights Office In Nepal
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:53 am | United Nations
UN Sets Up Human Rights Office In Nepal To Fight Abuses By All Sides In Conflict More >>
Uganda: ICJ Opens Hearings On Armed Activities
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:52 am | United Nations
ICJ Opens Hearings On Claims Of Armed Activities By Uganda On Dr Of Congo Territory More >>
Iraqis Seek Greater UN Role In Transition
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:44 am | United Nations
Virtually all sectors of Iraqi society want the United Nations to play a larger role as the country moves forward in its political transition to writing a new constitution and holding fresh elections, the Security Council was told today. But improved security ... More >>
Belarus Joins UN Tourism Agency
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:43 am | United Nations
Belarus has formally joined the World Tourism Organization (WTO), which the United Nations specialized agency says will allow the country to gain many benefits for its tourism industry. More >>
UNICEF Condemns Killing Of Palestinian Children
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:42 am | United Nations
A senior official of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the fatal shooting, reportedly by Israeli military gunfire, of three Palestinian children while at play Saturday in the southern Gaza Strip. More >>
Côte D’ivoire: Attackers Fire On UN HQ
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:41 am | United Nations
Unidentified assailants fired up to 20 shots at the United Nations peacekeeping mission’s headquarters in western Côte d’Ivoire on Sunday before fleeing, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
Arms Embargo Against Somalia Reappointed
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:39 am | United Nations
With Somali armed groups reported to be still receiving weapons despite a 1992 embargo, United Nations Kofi Annan has appointed four experts as members of a re-established sanctions Monitoring Group called for by the UN Security Council. More >>
Arab World Makes Progress In Child Welfare
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:38 am | United Nations
Arab World Makes Much Progress In Child Welfare But Still Has Way To Go – UN More >>
UN Tackles Issue Of Gases That Protect Ozone Layer
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:37 am | United Nations
Faced with an environmental conundrum, a new United Nations report today tackled the problem of chemicals that safeguard the world’s ozone layer protecting humankind from skin cancers and cataracts, yet contribute to greenhouse gases heating up the ... More >>
Africa: Anti-Polio Vaccinations To Cover 100mil
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:36 am | United Nations
Second Phase Of UN’S Anti-Polio Vaccinations In Africa Aims To Cover 100 Million Children More >>
North Korea Requests UN Aid In Fighting Bird Flu
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:35 am | United Nations
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has formally appealed for United Nations and other international help in its fight against bird flu among chickens, including diagnostic tools and technical aid for control strategies and vaccination, ... More >>
Sudan: Annan Appeals For $2.6 Billion For Peace
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:34 am | United Nations
Convening to put financial backbone in an accord ending two decades of war in southern Sudan, yet meeting under the shadow of ongoing conflict in the country’s western Darfur region, an international donors’ conference opened today with United Nations ... More >>
