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Ancient Silk Road Plan For Trade, Tourism Revived
Monday, 7 March 2005, 3:19 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is pushing ahead with a major regional initiative to revive the ancient Silk Road aimed to renew economic and cultural links bridging China and Central Asian countries by promoting modern forms of cooperation supported by advanced technologies ... More >>
Worst Winter In Years For Afghanis
Monday, 7 March 2005, 3:18 pm | United Nations
Although road clearance and air drops have sped up emergency operations in Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is still struggling to reach the most isolated areas in central areas, where thousands of people struck by the country’s ... More >>
UN: North Korea Must Clarify Japanese Abductions
Monday, 7 March 2005, 3:17 pm | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert today called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to respond “effectively and expeditiously” to Japan's claim that there are a number of abducted Japanese nationals who are still alive in the DPRK ... More >>
UN MIssion Urges Congo To Confine Arrested People
Monday, 7 March 2005, 3:15 pm | United Nations
UN Mission Calls On Dr Of Congo To Confine People Said To Have Been Arrested More >>
Up To 43 Million Africans Can Avoid HIV
Monday, 7 March 2005, 3:14 pm | United Nations
With Help And Effort, Up To 43 Million Africans Can Avoid HIV Over Next 20 Years – UN More >>
UN Envoy To Visit Beirut And Damascus For Talks
Monday, 7 March 2005, 12:34 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dispatching a senior envoy to the Middle East for talks on the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon, a spokesman for the world body announced today. More >>
UN Sends Team: Cyclone Percy Hammers South Pacific
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:26 pm | United Nations
With Tropical Cyclone Percy having sown widespread destruction on the atolls and islands of the South Pacific, the United Nations is sending emergency teams to Tokelau and the Cook Islands to assess damage and humanitarian needs, the UN Office for the ... More >>
DR Of Congo: UN Peacekeepers Kill 50, Destroy Camp
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:17 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) came under attack yesterday while carrying out a search and cordon operation, returned fire and killed at least 50 militia fighters, a UN spokesman ... More >>
Abbas Annan Discuss Shattered Palestinian Economy
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 9:27 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has discussed with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the importance of freedom of movement in occupied Palestinian lands in improving the economy, an essential pillar in securing peace with Israel. More >>
Mixed Reporting On Malaysian Clampdown On Migrants
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency, concerned that thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia could be at risk of arrest, detention or deportation as a crackdown on illegal migrants got under way today, reported that a mixed picture was emerging. More >>
Nile River Basin Countries Get Water Management
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:23 am | United Nations
The 10 countries within the Nile River basin will benefit from better access to information on the availability, use and development potential of the Nile resources they share under a new project to improve water management in the region, the United Nations ... More >>
US Space Agency Sign Accord To Mitigate Disasters
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will use state-of-the-art space technology to help it conserve World Heritage sites, monitor biosphere reserves and mitigate natural hazards such as the recent Indian Ocean tsunami ... More >>
Thailand:Livelihoods Next Step to Tsunami Recovery
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:16 am | United Nations
2 March, Bangkok, Thailand – Restoring livelihoods and rehabilitating the coastal environment top the list of new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) post-tsunami initiatives in Thailand. These areas of long-term recovery support were announced ... More >>
Concern Over Violence Against Women In Mexico
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:14 am | United Nations
With violence against women rife throughout Mexico, including murders, forced prostitution, sexual assaults, domestic violence and gender-based discrimination, a senior United Nations expert has voiced concern over the criminal justice system in addressing ... More >>
UN Seeks To Boost Tourism To Tsunami-Hit Nations
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:13 am | United Nations
Seeking to avoid a new “infodemic,” a repeat of the slump in Asian tourism from the SARS health crisis two years ago, the United Nations tourism agency has called on the world’s media to take care in its coverage of destinations hit by the Indian ... More >>
UN Forecasts Growth In Nuclear Energy Industry
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 8:13 am | United Nations
Signalling a more favourable outlook for nuclear power than predicted five years ago, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency is projecting that at least 60 more plants will come online over the next 15 years to help meet global electricity demands, ... More >>
Asylum Seekers Reach Lowest Level In 16 Years
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:54 pm | United Nations
The number of asylum seekers arriving in industrialized countries fell sharply for the third year in a row in 2004 to its lowest level in 16 years, a development that should undermine public campaigns that seek tighter controls on immigration, the ... More >>
Torture By Law Enforcement Officials In Georgia
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:51 pm | United Nations
Torture and ill-treatment by law enforcement officials still exist in Georgia, compounded by an apparent culture of impunity, but the authorities have taken some positive measures to fight the problem, a United Nations expert on torture said today. More >>
Condemns Palestinian Terrorist Suicide Bombing
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:49 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” last Friday’s terrorist suicide bomb attack in Tel Aviv which killed or wounded dozens of innocent Israelis, and called on the Palestinian leadership to take “immediate, ... More >>
‘Mixed Picture’ In Malaysian Clampdown On Migrants
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:46 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency, concerned that thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia could be at risk of arrest, detention or deportation as a crackdown on illegal migrants got under way today, reported that a mixed picture was emerging. More >>
