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Latest OCHA Earthquake and Tsunami Report
Tuesday, 28 December 2004, 11:15 am | United Nations
India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand and, Somalia Earthquake and Tsunami: OCHA Situation Report No. 4 More >>
Russia Has Much To Do To Improve Women's Rights
Tuesday, 28 December 2004, 11:10 am | United Nations
Although Russia has undergone administrative and legislative change that has contributed to improvements in the situation of women over the past decade, violence – particularly in the home – continues to cause injuries and claim the lives of thousands of women ... More >>
UN, Iran Mark First Anniversary Of Bam Earthquake
Tuesday, 28 December 2004, 11:09 am | United Nations
Calling the Iranian Bam cultural landscape "an outstanding representation of the interaction of man and nature in a desert environment" the United Nations cultural agency today marked the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated ... More >>
UN Launches Flash Appeal For Tsunami Victims
Tuesday, 28 December 2004, 10:37 am | United Nations
The United Nations today rushed in more aid to the victims of the devastating tsunami that struck south Asia as it prepared to launch a flash appeal in what relief officials called an unprecedented effort by the world body to forestall the dangers of disease ... More >>
UN Steps Up Aid To Tsunami Victims
Tuesday, 28 December 2004, 10:36 am | United Nations
As the United Nations system rushed more aid to the victims of the devastating tsunami that struck south Asia, the UN refugee agency today opened up its relief stockpiles in Sri Lanka to deliver immediate emergency assistance to the Indian Ocean island, ... More >>
Indian Ocean Countries Devastated By Tidal Waves
Monday, 27 December 2004, 12:47 am | United Nations
United Nations relief experts are headed to Sri Lanka to help coordinate the international response to the massive tidal waves that struck the Indian Ocean nation after a series of earthquakes rocked the western coast of Northern Sumatra in Indonesia as well ... More >>
UN Nuclear Watchdog Launches Peaceful Nuke Project
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 8:38 am | United Nations
Furthering its mission to harness nuclear technology for peaceful uses, the UN watchdog entrusted with preventing the spread of nuclear weapons has launched a pilot project for collaboration with distinguished institutions around the world for research on ... More >>
Millions In Southern Africa Face Hungry Xmas
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 8:36 am | United Nations
With the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) facing a severe shortfall in funds, millions of people across southern Africa are again confronted by the grim prospect of not having enough to eat during the Christmas season and beyond unless donors ... More >>
1 Million Refugees Worldwide Threatened By Hunger
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 8:35 am | United Nations
With more than a million refugees worldwide threatened with hunger and malnutrition in the New Year due to food shortages, the United Nations today launched an urgent appeal for international aid, especially for Africa where some woman have resorted ... More >>
Annan Sees 'Important Openings' In 2005
Wednesday, 22 December 2004, 9:16 am | United Nations
Seeking to put behind a difficult 12 months of controversy surrounding the United Nations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today looked ahead towards 2005 as a year of opportunity to bring peace to several hotspots around the world. More >>
Israeli Offensive: School Shelters 600 Families
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 10:53 am | United Nations
Following a two-day offensive by Israeli forces into the Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, the main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees has opened one of its schools to provide temporary accommodation to 600 families displaced ... More >>
Global Production Of Rice Still Falls Below Need
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 10:51 am | United Nations
Global rice production this year almost hit the 1999 record, but was inadequate for projected consumption and left little available for trade, the United Nations agricultural agency says. More >>
Annan Recommits UN To Help Iraq Hold Elections
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 8:50 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today pledged anew full United Nations support for the Iraqi people in holding elections following yesterday's terror attacks that killed over 60 people, including three election workers, while in Baghdad his top envoy ... More >>
Drought, Locusts, War Hits Sub-Sahara
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 8:45 am | United Nations
Drought, invasions by crop-devouring locusts and civil conflicts have seriously affected food security in sub-Saharan Africa, with 23 countries facing emergencies, aid deliveries way below the previous period and needs increasing in the coming year, according ... More >>
UN’S Push Against Al-Qaida Yields Results
Monday, 20 December 2004, 10:01 am | United Nations
The Chairman of a United Nations Security Council committee monitoring international sanctions against the Taliban and Al-Qaida today reported that progress is being made against those groups, but stressed that all countries must be given the necessary ... More >>
UN And Thailand Re-Register Myanmar Refugees
Monday, 20 December 2004, 10:00 am | United Nations
In an effort to provide protection for some 140,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand and assist in any solution to the decade-old problem, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and the Government have begun a massive five-month-long operation ... More >>
Thousands At Risk Of Displacement In Colombia
Monday, 20 December 2004, 9:59 am | United Nations
Thousands of people in an area of northwestern Colombia that was the site of a church massacre two years ago are living in fear and are at risk of displacement because of the growing number of irregular armed groups in the region, the United Nations ... More >>
UN Will Revive Afghan Sugar Industry
Monday, 20 December 2004, 9:58 am | United Nations
In a move that could curb the massive growth in opium production in Afghanistan, origin of much of the world’s heroin, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced plans to help the war-torn country to resume sugar production. More >>
UN Geneva Office Bugged
Monday, 20 December 2004, 9:57 am | United Nations
A sophisticated bugging device has been found in a room used for high-level meetings at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), the world body’s largest duty station outside its New York Headquarters, but it is not known who was responsible for this ... More >>
Two Long-Time Laotian Political Prisoners Released
Friday, 17 December 2004, 11:52 am | United Nations
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today welcomed the release of two long-time Laotian political prisoners whose freedom the agency has sought for many years. More >>
