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Prison Authority Goes To Local Government - Kosovo
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 10:32 am | United Nations
The United Nations today handed over complete management of detention centres in Kosovo to local officials, as it continues to prepare for final status talks on the ethnically divided province, which it has run since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ... More >>
UNESCO - French Reporter, Translator Missing, Iraq
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 10:29 am | United Nations
In its latest intervention in defence of journalists, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has made an urgent plea for the release of a French reporter and her translator who have been missing in Iraq since early ... More >>
UN pleased with logistical feat of Iraq elections
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 10:24 am | United Nations
Using the term "incredible" several times, the chief United Nations electoral official who led the team giving technical aid and advice for Iraq's national poll on Sunday said today she was "extremely pleased" over what she called "the ... More >>
Tanzania forced nine refugees to return to Burundi
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 10:23 am | United Nations
Though extremely generous towards some half a million refugees on its soil, the Tanzanian Government recently forced two asylum-seeking families with genuine reasons to fear persecution to return to Burundi, reflecting hardening attitudes among the authorities ... More >>
Annan calls for democratic freedoms in Nepal
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 10:21 am | United Nations
Urging calm and restraint in Nepal, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed grave concern at the actions of the constitutional monarchy of King Gyanendra, which today dissolved parliament, imposed a state of emergency and suspended civil ... More >>
Sudanese Government responsible for crimes- Darfur
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 10:18 am | United Nations
A report by a United Nations-appointed commission of inquiry into whether genocide has occurred in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region has found that the Government and Janjaweed militia are responsible for crimes under international law and strongly ... More >>
UN reports more shooting incidents in Darfur
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 10:16 am | United Nations
In further violence in the war-torn Darfur region, the UN mission in Sudan said today it had received reports from the African Union (AU) monitoring team that two AU teams have been shot at in different locations. More >>
Iraqi Election Success Augurs Well For Transition
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 1:03 pm | United Nations
Reacting to early indications following today's polling in Iraq, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan hailed the election's success, urged national reconciliation, and pledged the world body's help in facilitating the country's ongoing political transition. More >>
Europe - Develop Comprehensive Strategy on Asylum
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 1:01 pm | United Nations
European Union (EU) countries can improve the management of refugee problems by focusing on reinforcing protection in the regions of origin, building greater capacity in transit countries and improving the quality of the EU’s own asylum systems, according ... More >>
Hundreds Flee Attack In Eastern DR Of Congo
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:31 am | United Nations
About 2,500 people have fled a village they said came under attack by militias in the Ituri district in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and have gathered near United Nations peacekeepers nearby, the UN mission in the country said ... More >>
Indonesia Welcomes UN Presence In Aceh For Tsunami
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:28 am | United Nations
The Indonesian military has welcomed a more permanent United Nations presence to reinforce aid coordination in the city of Calang in Aceh province, the area most devastated by last month’s tsunami, and infrastructure for a UN office is on the ... More >>
Arrest Warrants Against Afghan Drug Traffickers
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:25 am | United Nations
UN's Top Counter-Narcotics Official Calls For International Arrest Warrants Against Afghan Drug Traffickers More >>
Peacekeepers Must Adhere To Conduct Standards
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:19 am | United Nations
Meeting African leaders at a summit in Abuja, Nigeria, today, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan sounded the alarm about peacekeepers who abuse civilians and reiterated his call for swift punishment of such egregious behaviour. More >>
UN Calls For Huge Investments In Water Use
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:08 am | United Nations
With more than 850 million people worldwide suffering from chronic hunger and undernourishment, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for huge investments in water, agriculture and ecosystems to meet the goal of halving the ... More >>
Tsunami Warning System Could Run Almost At Once
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:05 am | United Nations
In a first step to prevent a repeat of the horrendous toll reaped a month ago by the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, the United Nations is developing an interim early warning system for the region that could be operational almost immediately ... More >>
Palestinian Girl Shot Dead In UN-Run School - Gaza
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:03 am | United Nations
A 10-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and killed today while lining up for afternoon assembly in the yard of a United Nations-run school in the occupied Gaza Strip at a time when firing was heard from the direction of the Israeli-controlled border ... More >>
UNESCO Denounces Journalist’s Murder, in Haiti
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:01 am | United Nations
In yet another denunciation of the murder of a journalist, this time in Haiti and reportedly by police, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15006&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ... More >>
World’s 1st Biodiversity Park Of Its Kind Pakistan
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 9:59 am | United Nations
UN And Partners Open The World’s First Biodiversity Park Of Its Kind In Pakistan More >>
ANNAN STRESSES INCLUSIVENESS AFTER IRAQI ELECTIONS
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 9:56 am | United Nations
With United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan declaring that the success of Sunday’s elections augurs well for Iraq’s transition, his top representative in the country today met with leading politicians to stress the need to bring all Iraqis together ... More >>
UN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE - REDUCING SLUMS IN AFRICA
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 9:55 am | United Nations
Senior African officials started a five-day United Nations meeting in South Africa today to find ways of improving urban slums in which four-fifths of the dwellers have no access to running water and more than 90 per cent lack access to a sewerage ... More >>
