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UN Concerned Over Plight Of Civilians In Falluja
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 10:16 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today voiced deep concern about the situation of civilians caught up in the ongoing fighting in Falluja, Iraq and called on all concerned to protect them. More >>
Afghanistan Families Of Hostages Plead For Release
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 10:07 am | United Nations
The families and friends of the three United Nations staffers being held in Afghanistan today issued an emotional appeal for the safe return of the trio, who had been working to support the country's historic election when they were abducted late last month. More >>
Rocket Attacks Fired From Southern Lebanon
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 10:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy to Southern Lebanon today expressed his serious concern over repeated violations of the line marking Israel's withdrawal from the area after two rockets were fired from the Lebanese side on Monday. More >>
Curbing Spread of Weapons Uranium To Take 10 Years
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 9:41 am | United Nations
It will take the better part of a decade for all the world’s civil nuclear research reactors to be converted to run on fuel that poses a lower risk of proliferation of weapons-grade high-enriched uranium (HEU), the United Nations atomic watchdog ... More >>
17 Countries Move To Stop Violence Against Women
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 9:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence Against Women today announced grants totaling nearly $1 million to fight the scourge in war-affected countries across the globe, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Southern Sudan ... More >>
UN Thailand Work To Curb Opium Cultivation
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 9:37 am | United Nations
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Thai Government have convened a meeting in Thailand to highlight the need to provide legal alternatives to communities dependent on income from illicit activities. More >>
Birth Attendants Needed To Slash Maternal Deaths
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 9:35 am | United Nations
The number of skilled attendants in developing countries needs to be increased by at least 333,000 if the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of slashing maternal deaths by two thirds by 2015 is to be achieved, according to a statement issued by the United ... More >>
Genocide Warnings Of Ethnic Hate in Côte D'ivoire
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 11:42 am | United Nations
Special UN Adviser On Genocide Warns Of Ethnic Hate Messages In Côte D'ivoire More >>
Report On Srebrenica Massacre Should Spur Action
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 11:00 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said a new Bosnian Serb report on the 1995 massacre against Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica should lead to action against the perpetrators. More >>
Independent Probe Into Mob Killings In Cambodia
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 10:58 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations expert dealing with human rights in Cambodia called today for the establishment of an independent commission to investigate the “deplorable phenomenon of mob killings.” More >>
UN To Withdraw Peace Operation From Timor-Leste 05
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 10:57 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission of Support in East-Timor (UNMISET) is preparing to conclude its work next May by turning over responsibility for key tasks to the East Timorese people, the senior UN envoy to the country told the Security Council today. More >>
Côte D'ivoire Could Trigger Violence Across Africa
Monday, 15 November 2004, 12:29 am | United Nations
Clashes In Côte D'ivoire Could Trigger Violence Across West Africa, UN Envoy Warns More >>
UN Establishes Internet Governance Work Group
Friday, 12 November 2004, 11:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations today formally established a working group to look at spam, cyber-security and other Internet-related issues in preparation for a summit next year in Tunisia. More >>
$1.7b for 26 million people struggling to survive
Friday, 12 November 2004, 11:44 am | United Nations
UN Seeks $1.7 Billion To Help People Caught In World’s ‘Forgotten Crises’ In 2005 More >>
UN: Arafat's Legacy Is Coexistence With Israel
Friday, 12 November 2004, 11:43 am | United Nations
Reacting to the death of President Yasser Arafat, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said President Arafat will always be remembered for having led the Palestinians, back in 1988, to accept the principle of peaceful coexistence between ... More >>
Healthy Ducks May Be Spreading Bird Flu
Friday, 12 November 2004, 11:41 am | United Nations
Domestic ducks without symptoms may be acting as a silent reservoir for a potentially deadly strain of bird flu that could be transmitted to humans, United Nations agencies warned today. More >>
Prevention Techniques Online For Sex Workers
Friday, 12 November 2004, 11:33 am | United Nations
Sex workers around the world can now help protect themselves and their clients from HIV/AIDS with the first-ever online tool kit aimed at bringing valuable expertise and preventive practices to the underground industry, which suffers a general lack ... More >>
Nato Security Force To Stay The Course In Kosovo
Friday, 12 November 2004, 10:20 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for Kosovo today appealed to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members providing the troops that keep the peace in the ethnically-divided province to "stay the course" and maintain adequate force levels to ensure ... More >>
Timor-Leste Not Yet Fully Self-Sufficient
Thursday, 11 November 2004, 10:49 am | United Nations
Timor-Leste Not Yet Fully Self-Sufficient, Annan Says In Seeking Extension For UN Mission More >>
Sudanese Government & Darfur Rebels Find Accord
Thursday, 11 November 2004, 10:40 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today warmly welcomed the signing of humanitarian and security accords between the Sudanese Government and rebels in the western region of Darfur and urged them to resolve without delay what the international ... More >>
