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Progress Against Sexual Exploitation In Asia - UN
Thursday, 11 November 2004, 10:39 am | United Nations
Three years after Asian countries committed themselves to fighting the commercial sexual exploitation of children, new initiatives in the region are leading the way in countering the scourge, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today. More >>
Uranium Mine In Dr Of Congo Must Stay Closed
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 11:17 am | United Nations
A United Nations team has found that a uranium mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that collapsed in July, killing eight people, is at high risk of caving in again and must remain closed. More >>
WHO Warns Of Shortage Of Anti-Malarial Drug
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 9:56 am | United Nations
As increasing demand for artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for malaria is likely to result in a shortage in the next four months, the United Nations public health agency has advised certain countries to be prepared to use alternative medicines. More >>
UN Envoy Certifies Kosovo Election Results
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 9:55 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for Kosovo today certified the results of last month's elections in the ethnically-divided province which the world body has administered for the past five years, appealing to all parties to heed the concerns of minorities, ... More >>
Russia 1st Step In Slowing Greenhouse Gases Growth
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 9:54 am | United Nations
Russia’s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, enabling the treaty to go into effect, is a significant first step in slowing down growth in harmful greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, according to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. More >>
260,000 Displaced Liberians To Their Homes
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 9:52 am | United Nations
The first batch of 500 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and spontaneous returnees in Liberia have began their journey home, kicking off a six-month United Nations drive to settle more than 260,000 people uprooted by a decade and a half of civil ... More >>
Extreme Concern For Iraqis Fleeing Fallujah
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 9:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced extreme concern over the fate of tens of thousands of Iraqis who have fled the city of Fallujah to escape the fierce fighting in an assault launched on rebels there by United States and Government forces. More >>
UN Urges Steps To Keep Nukes From Terrorists
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 11:36 am | United Nations
Declaring that the “threat of nuclear terrorism is real and current,” the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog today called for urgent international measures to prevent radioactive matter from falling into the hands of terrorists, citing increased ... More >>
Malaysian Expert Appointed To Senior UN Post
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 11:34 am | United Nations
A Malaysian expert in political economics and development has been appointed to a senior post in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs DESA) to lead and coordinate statistical demographic and macroeconomic data gathering and ... More >>
Cote D’ivoire: Foreigners Seek Refuge UN Buildings
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 11:33 am | United Nations
The situation in Cote d’Ivoire continues to cause great concern, foreign nationals have sought refuge in United Nations buildings and the atmosphere in the commercial capital of Abidjan remains very tense and volatile despite the restoration of relative ... More >>
World Must Act Now On Global Warming Threat
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 11:25 am | United Nations
The Arctic climate is warming rapidly, much larger changes are in store due to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases from human activity and the global impact such as rising sea levels will be “staggering,” presenting one of the most serious threats ... More >>
Iraq: UN Head Annan Meets to Discuss Fallujah
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 12:13 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Iraq’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaidaie, met today for talks on the situation in Fallujah as well as preparations for elections next January. More >>
Annan Says UN Will Do All It Can To Help Iraqis
Monday, 8 November 2004, 12:51 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today pledged the world body's full support for the political process in Iraq as a senior UN aide announced that more international staffers would head to the war-ravaged country to help with preparations ... More >>
UN Receives Support On Afghanistan Abductions
Monday, 8 November 2004, 12:50 am | United Nations
Afghans calling an official hotline in Kabul have expressed their solidarity with the United Nations over the abduction of its three staff members a week ago, authorities told the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today. More >>
Displaced Camp In Sudan's Darfur Looted, Destroyed
Monday, 8 November 2004, 12:50 am | United Nations
A humanitarian team, sent by the United Nations mission in Sudan, has found that the El Geer camp, from which Sudanese police and military units removed internally displaced people (IDPs) in Darfur, was looted and destroyed. More >>
UN Asks Striking Workers To Return To Work
Monday, 8 November 2004, 12:49 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees today asked thousands of staff who walked off the job last month because of a pay dispute to return to work delivering food and medicines to people in the West Bank. More >>
Concern Mounts: Montagnards Crossing Into Cambodia
Monday, 8 November 2004, 12:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today said it is concerned that a growing number of Montagnards from Viet Nam have crossed into Cambodia under the mistaken impression that it could help them get their confiscated lands back. More >>
World Population In 2300 Could Stabilize At 9b
Friday, 5 November 2004, 11:45 am | United Nations
The world's population three centuries from now will stabilize at 9 billion if fertility levels continue their decline, particularly in the developing world, but could also top more than 1.3 trillion if they remain unchanged from current rates, according ... More >>
Int. Court Of Justice Appointment Set For February
Friday, 5 November 2004, 11:44 am | United Nations
The Security Council today decided that an election will be held next February to fill a vacancy on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) created by the resignation of Judge Gilbert Guillaume. More >>
Nuclear Plant Safety Standards on Agenda
Friday, 5 November 2004, 11:42 am | United Nations
Experts have recommended that countries harmonize global safety standards for everything from the design to the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, the United Nations atomic watchdog said today. More >>
