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Reports Of Violence Still Coming Out Of Dafur - UN
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 12:31 am | United Nations
Reports of violence continue to come out of Sudan's western Darfur region and several routes in South Darfur state are currently closed for United Nations movement because of ongoing insecurity, the UN Advance Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS) said today. More >>
Former Yugoslav General - 8 Years For War Crimes
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 12:30 am | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today http://www.un.org/icty/pressreal/2005/p932-e.htm ">sentenced retired Lt. Gen. Pavle Strugar to eight years in jail in connection with the bombardment of historic and religious sites in the Old Town of Dubrovnik ... More >>
Mandate of UN force in southern Lebanon extended
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:14 am | United Nations
Calling for an end to "serious breaches" of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the peacekeeping United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for another six months and urged ... More >>
Build logistics, cooperation before next tsunami
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:12 am | United Nations
Briefing Member States on the key lessons learned from the United Nations-coordinated relief response to last month's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, the world body's top relief official today stressed the need to build up logistics, communications ... More >>
Sudan's deadly bombing raid on village in Darfur
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:10 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today he was deeply disturbed by reports that Sudanese Government airplanes have bombed a village in the north of the war-scarred Darfur region, killing or injuring as many as 100 people. More >>
2005 a year of renewal for UN and hope for Africa
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:08 am | United Nations
2005 should be year of renewal for UN and hope for Africa, Annan tells Abuja Summit More >>
Annan tells Iraqis to exercise democratic rights
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:06 am | United Nations
Two days before Iraq holds its first free elections in a generation amid continuing violence and uncertainty, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on Iraqis to turn out in large numbers, cautioned insurgents against intimidating ... More >>
UN – Iraq Electoral Fact Sheet
Friday, 28 January 2005, 5:26 pm | United Nations
Iraq Electoral Fact Sheet Table of Contents Who is responsible for organizing the elections?.2 What is the role of the UN?.2 What is the election date? .2 How will voters be registered?.2 What is the out come of the Registration Process?.3 has been ... More >>
Multi-Sector Monitoring Needed For GM Crops - UN
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:43 am | United Nations
Faced with the “dramatic increase” in the range and scale of genetically modified (GM) crops, especially in developing countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( http://www.fao.org ">FAO) today http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/89259/index.html ... More >>
UN - 6.5 Million Hungry People In DPR Of Korea
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:42 am | United Nations
UN Needs $202 Million To Feed 6.5 Million Hungry People In DPR Of Korea More >>
2004 Record Year For UN Population Fund
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:23 am | United Nations
A record 166 countries contributed to the United Nations Population Fund ( http://www.unfpa.org ">UNFPA) in 2004 for total contributions of $326 million, the highest ever in the 35-year history of the world's largest international source of funding for population ... More >>
Further Sporadic Human Cases Of Bird Flu - UN
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:20 am | United Nations
With the number of human bird flu cases in http://www.who.int/csr/don/2005_01_26/en/ ">Viet Nam since mid-December now reaching 10, nine of them fatal, the United Nations health agency has warned that further sporadic cases and occasional family ... More >>
UN Food Agency Sends Help To Flooded Guyana
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:18 am | United Nations
A United Nations relief agency is sending Guyana enough food for 10,000 of the people worst-affected by the recent flooding, but warnings have come of more rains in the next few days, with high tides along the low-lying Atlantic coast of the South American ... More >>
New Initiative With Business Sector To Boost Aid
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:16 am | United Nations
Calling it “a virtuous circle,” the United Nations refugee agency today announced the formation of a Council of Business Leaders to boost its assistance to refugees and returnees, thus contributing to more stable societies, which in turn are clearly ... More >>
Gates’ Gift To Upgrade Polio Vaccine
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:13 am | United Nations
Grants totalling $10 million from the Gates Foundation will allow the distribution of a polio vaccine in Egypt that tackles a stubborn form of the virus in the ongoing campaign to eradicate the crippling disease globally, the United Nations public heath ... More >>
Dealing With Past Abuses in Afghanistan
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:12 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official is due to arrive in Afghanistan later today to offer her support to local efforts to tackle past human rights abuses during the country's many years of civil war and Taliban rule. More >>
Militias disrupting efforts in DR of Congo
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:06 am | United Nations
Two rebel militias, who are about to become integrated into the national army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a peace accord ending several wars, are trying to destabilize the eastern Ituri region, slowing United Nations ... More >>
Casualties in bombing raid on village in Sudan
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:04 am | United Nations
Dozens of casualties in bombing raid on village in Sudan's Darfur region reported to UN More >>
UN's agenda: reform, war on poverty and terror
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:02 am | United Nations
The United Nations faces the daunting task in 2005 of delivering on an ambitious reform agenda while ensuring that the war on poverty and hunger and the fight against terrorism are not seen as mutually exclusive, according to Secretary-General Kofi ... More >>
Inquiry into possible genocide in Sudan's Darfur
Friday, 28 January 2005, 9:48 am | United Nations
The report from the United Nations-appointed commission of inquiry into whether genocide has occurred in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region arrived today at UN Headquarters in New York. More >>
