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Collaboration Against Illicit Small Arms Improves
Friday, 18 February 2005, 10:33 am | United Nations
Cooperation among States in observing weapons sanctions and tracing the movement of small arms has improved, but more needs to be done to establish the links between illicit weapons and natural resources contraband, the United Nations disarmament ... More >>
UN Hails Iraqi Vote As 'Immense Success'
Friday, 18 February 2005, 10:32 am | United Nations
With today's announcement of final election results, the Iraqi people have shown the world that they were really up to the occasion and that made this process an immense success, the chief United Nations election expert in the country said. More >>
Risks Of Underground Expansion Must Be Addresed
Friday, 18 February 2005, 10:31 am | United Nations
With growing population pressures on land in big urban centres, city managers find opportunities in using underground space for transportation, shopping and parking but do not always face the possible subterranean risks from natural disasters, according ... More >>
IAEA: No New Discoveries On Iran Nuclear Programme
Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:59 am | United Nations
As the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency prepares to assess Iran’s compliance with its non-proliferation obligations, the agency’s chief says there have been no discoveries in the past six months to substantiate claims that Tehran is secretly ... More >>
Talks May Resume In Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict
Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:57 am | United Nations
The top United Nations peacekeeping official has voiced optimism over a resumption of stalled talks between the Georgian Government and Abkhaz separatists in efforts to resolve a decade-old conflict that forced nearly 300,000 people to flee their ... More >>
Talks May Resume In Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict
Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:57 am | United Nations
The top United Nations peacekeeping official has voiced optimism over a resumption of stalled talks between the Georgian Government and Abkhaz separatists in efforts to resolve a decade-old conflict that forced nearly 300,000 people to flee their ... More >>
UNESCO Condemns Yet Another Journalist’s Murder
Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:56 am | United Nations
Less than a week after voicing increasing concern at the growing insecurity in which journalists around the world exercise their profession, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the murder of a Bangladeshi ... More >>
World’s Population Reaches 6.5 Billion This Year
Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:55 am | United Nations
World’s Population Reaches 6.5 Billion This Year, Could Reach 7 Billion By 2012, UN Says More >>
Uganda's Child Soldiers Trapped In Cycle Of War
Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:54 am | United Nations
Many former child soldiers in Uganda who have been freed from rebel militia groups have been drawn again into armed conflict – this time with the national army, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports, throwing a spotlight once again ... More >>
Fisheries Lost More Than $500 Million To Tsunami
Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:53 am | United Nations
December’s devastating Indian Ocean tsunami inflicted a loss of more than half a billion dollars on the fishing sector of the seven worst-affected countries, with over 111,000 vessels destroyed or damaged, 36,000 engines lost and 1.7 million units ... More >>
UN Applauds Afghanistan’s Disarmament Programme
Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:52 am | United Nations
Afghanistan has passed a new landmark in its demobilization efforts after two decades of war and factional conflict, with more than 40,000 combatants now disarmed, about four-fifths of the total outside the national army, the United Nations mission announced ... More >>
UN’s Kyoto Treaty Against Global Warming In Force
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 10:36 am | United Nations
The Kyoto treaty against global warming came into force today with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan urging the world to save the planet by adding to the limits on greenhouse gases and the UN environment chief stressing that many in the ... More >>
UNESCO Treaty On Protecting Oral Traditions
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 10:15 am | United Nations
A treaty to protect the world’s oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, craftsmanship and knowledge of nature is on track to enter into force next year following a slew of new ratifications, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ... More >>
French Jurist Elected To Fill Vacancy On ICJ
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 10:07 am | United Nations
A prominent French jurist was elected today to fill a vacancy on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations' principal judicial organ for settling disputes between States. More >>
Agriculture Prices Decline, Devastating Countries
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 10:06 am | United Nations
The prices of farm products have declined, devastating the economies of the least developed countries dependent on exporting one or two commodities and depressing incomes in the rural areas of many countries, but also improving the diets of urban ... More >>
Cameroon-Nigeria Panel To Start Demarcating Border
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 10:05 am | United Nations
The United Nations-sponsored Cameroon/Nigeria Mixed Commission will start a pilot field project next month to assess conditions along the formerly disputed border between them, the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) said today. More >>
Annan - Make Arms Moratorium Permanent West Africa
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 10:03 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended that the Security Council take action to support the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by naming violators of the regional body's arms moratorium and embargoes and by prosecuting ... More >>
UN - Twin Challenges In Sudan's West And South
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 10:00 am | United Nations
The United Nations was today struggling with the twin challenges of feeding nearly 3 million people displaced or otherwise affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region while preparing to cope with the enormous needs of up to 500,000 ... More >>
UN Refugee Agency, EC Sign Accords On Asylum Laws
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 9:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency and the European Commission today signed two agreements to bolster their cooperation on the development of European asylum laws, and on policy and assistance for refugees both within the European Union and beyond its borders. More >>
UN Tours Tsunami Countries – First Stop Sri Lanka
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 9:43 am | United Nations
UN Assistant Secretary-General Tours Tsunami Countries to Move Recovery Effort Forward – First Stop is Sri Lanka More >>
