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UN Ready For 10,000 Strong Troop Deployment, Sudan
Monday, 7 February 2005, 12:58 am | United Nations
Peace Agreement, Security Council Told Special Representative Says Troops Already Committed Mean First Phase Awaits Only Mandate, Status-of-Forces Agreement More >>
Annan vows prompt action on Oil-for-Food report
Monday, 7 February 2005, 12:53 am | United Nations
Declaring that he did not want a shadow to hang over the United Nations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today again pledged prompt action after an interim report by an independent panel faulted the official in charge of the UN-managed Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme ... More >>
Helping Afghanistan to Boost Its Low Literacy Rate
Friday, 4 February 2005, 11:17 am | United Nations
Aiming to lift Afghanistan's perilously low literacy rates, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have begun a series of programmes with the country's government ministries to build or renovate hundreds of schools, train ... More >>
Safeguarding Freedom Of Expression On The Internet
Friday, 4 February 2005, 11:15 am | United Nations
In fulfilment of its mandate to nurture the democratic debate, the United Nations cultural agency today convened 150 media professionals, policy-makers and freedom of expression advocates to consider ways of safeguarding that freedom on the Internet. More >>
UN Works With European Countries To Combat Cancer
Friday, 4 February 2005, 11:13 am | United Nations
With the death toll from cancer claiming 1.7 million Europeans each year, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency - better know for its efforts to combat the spread of nuclear weapons - is teaming up with countries across the continent on projects ... More >>
UN - Seven Speedy Steps To Curb Weapons Spread
Friday, 4 February 2005, 11:11 am | United Nations
As parties to the Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) prepare to meet this spring to curb the spread of illicit arms, the United Nations atomic watchdog today spotlighted a series of steps for speedy action including a moratorium on new ... More >>
US Engagement Vital For UN Success
Friday, 4 February 2005, 11:10 am | United Nations
With the United Nations and the United States collaborating on "causes of great importance," they are moving forward in reforming the world body for its contemporary role and have held successful elections in Iraq and Afghanistan, UN Deputy Secretary-General ... More >>
'No Impunity' For War Crimes In Darfur, Sudan
Friday, 4 February 2005, 10:53 am | United Nations
The Security Council is determined to ensure there is no impunity for anyone who has committed war crimes or crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur region, its President for February said today as he announced that the situation in Africa's ... More >>
Côte D'ivoire Government And Opposition Armaments
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 10:29 am | United Nations
Security Council Calls For Lists Of All Côte D'ivoire Government And Opposition Armaments More >>
Clinton Accepts Role - UN Envoy For Tsunami Relief
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 10:10 am | United Nations
Former United States President Bill Clinton has accepted the offer by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to become his special envoy for countries affected by last month's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, Mr. Annan's spokesman confirmed today. More >>
Projects That Help City Dwellers Honoured By UN
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 10:07 am | United Nations
Projects that help impoverished city dwellers in countries ranging from Argentina to Uzbekistan have been honoured by the United Nations settlements agency. More >>
General Assembly Critiques High-Level Panel Report
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 10:06 am | United Nations
In a wide-ranging critique of a high-level panel's report on the challenges facing the United Nations, members of the General Assembly have questioned what they see as the panel's inadequate treatment of the role that economic development plays in ... More >>
UN - European Crackdown On Illegal Migrants
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 9:59 am | United Nations
Concerned that genuine asylum seekers are mixed in with the flow of illegal migrants that the European Union (EU) is battling, the United Nations refugee agency, in cooperation with the European Commission, is launching a one-year project to gather essential ... More >>
UN Prepares For Early Landmark In 60th Anniversary
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 9:54 am | United Nations
Some time this month, in an early landmark during the United Nations 60th anniversary year, a man, woman or child will become the 38 millionth visitor to take a guided tour of the UN’s New York Headquarters in a series that began 52 years ago to bring ... More >>
International Tourism Climbed 10 Per Cent In 2004
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 9:51 am | United Nations
International tourist arrivals jumped to a record 760 million last year, a 10 per cent increase over 2003 and the best growth rate of the past 20 years, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (WTO) said today. More >>
UN Discuss Security With Rebels In Côte D'ivoire
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 9:46 am | United Nations
Two senior officials in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire held talks today with the rebel Forces Nouvelles on restoring its participation in the transitional coalition government and on security issues. More >>
New UN Envoy To Visit Damascus, Beirut
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 9:45 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's newly appointed top envoy on the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon will meet in the coming week with the leaders of Lebanon and Syria, which has 14,000 troops on its smaller neighbour's soil, a United Nations ... More >>
Top UN Envoy Meets With Iraqi Prime Minister
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 9:43 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq met with interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi today to discuss the role the world body will play in supporting the political process following Sunday's polls to elect a national assembly that will write a new democratic ... More >>
UN Nuclear Watchdog Calls On US,Join Talks On Iran
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 10:37 am | United Nations
UN Nuclear Watchdog Calls On US To Join Europe In Talks On Iran’s Activities More >>
UN Appeals To Rehabilitate Refugee Areas In Guinea
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 10:35 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations refugee agency has pledged to help raise funds to rehabilitate the areas in which Guinea hosted half a million refuges from civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia over the past 16 years. More >>
