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Enormous Problems Persist For Tsunami Relief Op
Friday, 7 January 2005, 10:11 am | United Nations
While relief operations after last week's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami are making "phenomenal progress" in areas that can be reached, "enormous problems" still persist in Indonesia, the top United Nations emergency coordinator said today. More >>
Jakarta: Annan Launches Nearly $1 Billion Appeal
Friday, 7 January 2005, 9:50 am | United Nations
Spearheading the international effort to bring relief to the victims of last week's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday launched a $977 million flash appeal for emergency aid -- by far the largest ... More >>
Tsunami Relief Must Feed 2 Million For 6 Months
Friday, 7 January 2005, 9:49 am | United Nations
The nearly $1 billion United Nations flash appeal that Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched today for the survivors of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami ranges from the massive cost of feeding 2 million people for the next six months to relatively ... More >>
Small Islands Meeting Scheduled In Mauritius
Friday, 7 January 2005, 9:47 am | United Nations
In reports written before the devastating tsunami raced through the Indian Ocean last month, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns of the toll tidal waves, cyclones and other natural disasters take on the economies of small island ... More >>
Iraq Neigbours Want UN To Play Central Role
Friday, 7 January 2005, 9:46 am | United Nations
Iraq's Neighbours Call For UN To Play Central Role In Supporting Its Political Transition More >>
UN Warns 150,000 Could Die Without Urgent Care
Thursday, 6 January 2005, 9:21 am | United Nations
On Eve Of Tsunami Flash Appeal, UN Warns 150,000 Could Die Without Urgent Care More >>
UN Officials Tour Countries Hit By Tsunami
Wednesday, 5 January 2005, 11:04 am | United Nations
As Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to South Asia to attend a global conference to coordinate aid for countries devastated by last week’s tsunami, United Nations agency heads toured the area to fine-tune responses to the disaster that killed nearly ... More >>
UN-Backed Expedition To Sail To Antarctica
Wednesday, 5 January 2005, 10:57 am | United Nations
In a United Nations-backed project, a two-masted ship will set sail this month from the tip of South America for Antarctica to witness first-hand the impacts of global warming and environmental change on the world’s most southerly continent. More >>
Annan Spearheads Donor Drive Will Visit Indonesia
Tuesday, 4 January 2005, 11:52 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today he would attend a high-level international conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, later this week to launch an appeal for emergency funds for the massive relief effort the UN is helping to coordinate ... More >>
UN: Over $2 Billion In Tsunami Relief Pledges
Monday, 3 January 2005, 10:25 am | United Nations
With some 40 countries offering support for the victims of the tsunami disaster, over $2 billion in pledges had already been recorded for the emergency and recovery phase, a senior United Nations relief official said today. More >>
UN: Pledges For Tsunami Victims Top $1.1 Billion
Saturday, 1 January 2005, 8:01 pm | United Nations
As Pledges For Tsunami Victims Top $1.1 Billion, Annan Says Logistics Is Biggest Challenge More >>
UN Response To Tsunami Focuses On Large And Small
Saturday, 1 January 2005, 8:00 pm | United Nations
>From water storage tanks in India to safe delivery kits for pregnant women in the Maldives to fishery experts in Indonesia, the massive United Nations relief operation for the victims of the Asia's devastating tsunami today continued to address a vast ... More >>
New Bird Flu Case: Call For Control In Vietnam
Saturday, 1 January 2005, 7:58 pm | United Nations
The United Nations health agency has called for heightened control measures against bird flu in Vietnam following informal reports of a new human case, warning that increases in poultry marketing, transportation, and consumption with the approach ... More >>
Top UN Envoy Renews Support For Iraqi Elections
Saturday, 1 January 2005, 7:57 pm | United Nations
As Iraq moves into high gear for elections in just one month's time, the top United Nations there today delivered a New Year message pledging the world body's continued support "to help foster the future peace and prosperity" of all the war-torn ... More >>
Congo: Kidnapped UN Staffers Released
Friday, 31 December 2004, 11:18 am | United Nations
A consultant to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and three local aid workers, kidnapped by militia members week before last, have been released, but in poor health. More >>
Relief Takes Various Forms In Worst-Hit Countries
Thursday, 30 December 2004, 9:40 am | United Nations
As the United Nations system moves into high gear to identify the immediate needs of the countries devastated by the South Asian tsunami that has reportedly claimed nearly 70,000 lives and affected millions more, initial actions have been tailored ... More >>
UN Mobilizes To Aid Asian Tsunami Survivors
Wednesday, 29 December 2004, 10:20 am | United Nations
With deadly diseases now stalking the survivors of the massive South Asian tsunami that has reportedly already claimed an estimated 40,000 lives, United Nations agencies today turned to the urgent task of providing clean drinking water and health care ... More >>
Unesco Launches 12-Country Aids Education Project
Wednesday, 29 December 2004, 10:18 am | United Nations
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today that it has joined with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in a two-year project to reduce the impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in a dozen ... More >>
Bombing Outside Home Of Iraqi Political Leader
Wednesday, 29 December 2004, 10:17 am | United Nations
Voicing his dismay at today's deadly bombing outside the Baghdad home of an Iraqi political leader, Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the country's people to unite so that next month's national assembly elections can be peacefully and smoothly staged. More >>
UN GA To Strengthen World Body's Security
Wednesday, 29 December 2004, 10:16 am | United Nations
Noting "a new security environment," the United Nations General Assembly has approved an appropriation of nearly $54 million to strengthen and unify the world body's security system. More >>
