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UN: Murder Of Displaced Colombian Families
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:43 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today strongly condemned the brutal murders of eight people, including three children, in northwestern Colombia, the latest in a string of attacks against people who had been displaced by the decades-long conflict ... More >>
DR Of Congo: UN Attackd, Aid Suspended
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:41 pm | United Nations
The distribution of medical and food aid to more than 54,000 displaced people in the troubled Ituri district of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been suspended after militia members ambushed and murdered nine United Nations peacekeepers ... More >>
Annan Pledges Support For Middle East Peace Moves
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:32 pm | United Nations
Citing a moment of “promise and potential” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for global support for an independent, democratic Palestinian state and pledged the world body’s readiness to help in the ... More >>
UN:300 Nigerian Women's Obstetric Injuries Treated
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:20 pm | United Nations
More than 300 of the hundreds of thousands of Nigerian women living with fistula, a debilitating and sometimes fatal childbirth injury, have been treated surgically in the first week of a United Nations co-sponsored campaign in the West African country. More >>
Zero-Tolerance Policy: Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:17 pm | United Nations
Visiting UN Mission In Liberia, Fréchette Stresses Zero-Tolerance Policy For Sexual Abuse By Peacekeepers More >>
UN: Arms Embargo Against Somalia Must Be Tightened
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:13 pm | United Nations
With sporadic fighting continuing in Somalia and preventing the implementation of United Nations programmes in large areas of the country, Secretary-General Kofi Annan is calling for a tighter arms embargo against the Horn of Africa country, especially ... More >>
Iran Denies UN Watchdog Visit To Military Complex
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 5:10 pm | United Nations
Iran has turned down a request by the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency to make a second visit to the Parchin military site, which has been linked in allegations to nuclear weapons testing, a senior agency official said today. More >>
Security Council Condemns Palestinian Suicide Bomb
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 11:59 am | 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 >>
Georgia Law Enforcement Officials Using Torture
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 11:56 am | 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 >>
Aid To Thousands Suspended In Dr Of Congo
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 11:54 am | United Nations
The distribution of medical and food aid to more than 54,000 displaced people in the troubled Ituri district of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been suspended after militia members ambushed and murdered nine United Nations peacekeepers ... More >>
Eight Displaced Colombian Families Murdered
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 11:53 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today strongly condemned the brutal murders of eight people, including three children, in northwestern Colombia, the latest in a string of attacks against people who had been displaced by the decades-long conflict ... More >>
UN Steps Up Battle Against Marine Pollution
Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 12:00 am | United Nations
Coastal pollution, including plastic waste, discarded lead-acid batteries and used oils and lubricants, will come under renewed attack under a new agreement signed by the United Nations environmental agency and an international treaty body controlling ... More >>
UN: World Population Will Reach 9 Billion By 2050
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 8:43 pm | United Nations
World Population Will Increase To 9 Billion By 2050, No Matter The Fertility Rate, UN Says More >>
Debt Repayments Crippling Effort To Fight HIV/AIDS
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 8:37 pm | United Nations
The world's poorest countries spend so much of their income paying off their foreign debts that they have to cut back on funding essential health and education programmes, the United Nations envoy for those nations said today as he called for greater action ... More >>
UN Rape Allegations Against Peacekeepers, Haiti
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 8:33 pm | United Nations
A preliminary investigation into a Haitian woman's rape accusations against United Nations peacekeepers suggests that the encounter involved prostitution, but since the personal code of conduct for "blue helmets" forbids that kind of contact, ... More >>
Timor-Leste: UN Pullout Would Leave Insurmountable
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 8:10 pm | United Nations
The withdrawal from Timor-Leste of United Nations military liaisons and police trainers as scheduled later this spring might leave the country facing insurmountable challenges in its path towards peace and stability, the top UN envoy to the nation told the ... More >>
Annan Denounces Iraqi Terror Attack
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 8:07 pm | United Nations
Denouncing the latest terrorist attack in Iraq as "a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law" that seeks to undermine the prospects of peace, democracy and prosperity, Secretary-General Kofi Annan vowed today that the United Nations ... More >>
Swedish Diplomat Appointed UN Envoy, Côte D'Ivoire
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 7:43 pm | United Nations
A former Swedish ambassador has been nominated to be United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special representative for Côte d'Ivoire, leading peacekeeping efforts in the West African country, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said today. More >>
Thai Economist Named To Head UN Trade Body
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 7:40 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has nominated the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Supachai Panitchpakdi, to head the United Nations agency that for the past 40 years has sought to promote the development-friendly integration ... More >>
Attempted Escape From UN Jail In DR Of Congo
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 7:37 pm | United Nations
One Prisoner Killed, Several Hurt In Attempt To Escape From UN Jail In DR Of Congo More >>
