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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 >>
Humanitarian appeals for Africa receive less
Friday, 28 January 2005, 9:46 am | United Nations
Nearly four-fifths of the recent United Nations humanitarian appeals have addressed African problems, but the response has been slow to nearly non-existent, the chief of the UN humanitarian office told the Security Council today. More >>
CALLS ON UN DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE TO END DEADLOCK
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 10:22 am | United Nations
After six years of deadlock on reaching an agenda, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for such talks, to move forward and start work on substantive issues that are ... More >>
TREATING 3 MILLION AIDS PATIENTS BY END OF 2005
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 10:12 am | United Nations
By the end of 2004, 700,000 AIDS-infected people in developing countries were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART), an increase of 75 per cent over a year ago but still posing an enormous challenge in order to meet the target of reaching 3 million people ... More >>
Safeguarding Jerusalem’s cultural heritage
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 9:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today began work on a blueprint for safeguarding the cultural heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem. More >>
Montagnards can return to Viet Nam or re-settle
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 9:25 am | United Nations
UN refugee agency signs deal allowing Montagnards to return to Viet Nam or re-settle More >>
Wave of deadly clashes in Sudan's Darfur region
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 9:22 am | United Nations
Dozens of people have been killed or injured during a series of attacks by rebels or armed tribesmen against villages in Sudan's war-scarred Darfur region, the United Nations Advance Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS) reported today. More >>
UNICEF appeals for $763 million for emergencies
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 9:19 am | United Nations
Saying that people care deeply about youngsters caught in the emergencies that are highlighted by the news, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today appealed for more than $760 million to help children struggling to survive conflicts and other ... More >>
Sunday's election in Iraq not 'be-all and end-all'
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 9:16 am | United Nations
Sunday's election in Iraq not a 'be-all and end-all' but merely a staging post – UN More >>
UN 'routine visit' to Sudan's war-torn Darfur
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 10:25 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for Sudan will begin "a routine working visit" tomorrow to the western Darfur region, where renewed fighting last week uprooted nearly 8,000 people. More >>
Indonesia faces massive loss of livelihoods
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 10:21 am | United Nations
Beyond the enormous loss of life, Indonesia – the country most ravaged by last month's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami – faces a massive loss of livelihoods with the destruction of about 40,000 hectares of rice paddies and 70 per cent of the fishing industry, ... More >>
UN - Human fertility declines significantly
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 10:18 am | United Nations
With government polices generally supporting family planning programmes, men and women in developing countries are following the trend set in rich nations by waiting longer to marry and then having fewer children, according to the United Nations. More >>
UN reviews steps to ensure fairness in Iraqi poll
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 10:13 am | United Nations
With five days to go until Iraqis vote for a national assembly that will appoint a new provisional government, write a constitution and organize definitive elections by the end of the year, the top United Nations envoy in the country today reviewed ... More >>
Calls for political solution to Georgian-Abkhaz
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 10:11 am | United Nations
Fresh from a briefing by the top United Nations envoy for Georgia, the Security Council today renewed its call to the Georgian Government and Abkhaz separatists to reach a lasting political solution within the country's recognized borders to the decade-old ... More >>
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO HELP MEXICO CITY BREATHE
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 9:26 am | United Nations
With air pollution contributing to some 12,000 deaths each year in Mexico City, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency, better known for its efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons, is using nuclear technology to help the citizens ... More >>
Meetings with Iraqi leaders in run-up to elections
Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 10:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations special envoy for Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, has been holding intensive meetings with Iraqi leaders to identify specific mechanisms to improve the security and political environments in which Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission will ... More >>
UN help ranges from topography to AIDS - tsunami
Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 10:21 am | United Nations
As the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster moves into its fifth week, United Nations agencies are producing topographical satellite maps to aid rehabilitation while raising the alarm for extra vigilance to avoid the further spread of AIDS through people forced ... More >>
UN disaster assessment and aid team goes to Guyana
Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 10:17 am | United Nations
A four-member United Nations team has been sent to Guyana to assess the needs of thousands of people who have been forced out of their homes in the flooded capital and coastal villages of the South American country, the UN Office for the Coordination ... More >>
Burundi- UN deplores provincial governor's killing
Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 10:13 am | United Nations
The murders of the governor of Bubanza province and his bodyguard were deplorable, the top United Nations envoy for Burundi said today. More >>
60th anniversary of liberation of Nazi death camps
Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 10:07 am | United Nations
With everlasting regret for the past and "never again" resolve for the future, the United Nations today commemorated the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps, symbol of the Holocaust that slaughtered at least 6 million ... More >>
