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UN Seeks 'Unimpeded Access' To Dpr Of Korea
Monday, 1 November 2004, 11:11 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert today called on the international community to persuade the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to reverse its policy of imposing restrictions on the movement of UN agencies involved in humanitarian ... More >>
UN Envoy Briefed On Situation In Fallujah
Monday, 1 November 2004, 11:10 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy for Iraq today met with a delegation of religious, tribal and civil society leaders from Fallujah for a briefing on the situation in the troubled city. More >>
Southeast Asian Agreement On Human Trafficking
Monday, 1 November 2004, 11:08 am | United Nations
United Nations officials today hailed the signing of a cooperation agreement by six Southeast Asian countries to tackle the scourge of human trafficking. More >>
Liberians Head Home From Guinea
Monday, 1 November 2004, 11:07 am | United Nations
The return of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their homes in Liberia is set to get a boost in momentum when the first convoy of returnees from Guinea arrives over the weekend, the United Nations refugee agency said today. More >>
General Assembly Calls For End To US Cuba Embargo
Friday, 29 October 2004, 11:54 am | United Nations
For the 13th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly today overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling for an end to the 40-year-old commercial, economic and financial embargo by the United States against Cuba and objecting to laws and ... More >>
Miloševic Lawyers Ask To Be Removed From Trial
Friday, 29 October 2004, 10:42 am | United Nations
Miloševic Lawyers Ask To Be Removed From His Trial At UN War Crimes Tribunal More >>
UN Eyeing Developments As Arafat Reported Ill
Friday, 29 October 2004, 9:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations is closely following the situation in Ramallah, where Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat is reportedly ill, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
UN Moves To Protect Kids Caught In War
Friday, 29 October 2004, 8:55 am | United Nations
United Nations operations deployed to strife-torn countries are leading the effort to protect the youngest victims of war, the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict says. More >>
Three UN Staff Abducted In Afghanistan
Friday, 29 October 2004, 8:54 am | United Nations
Three international workers contracted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have been abducted from a UN vehicle in Afghanistan, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
Angelina Jolie Calls For Security For Displaced
Friday, 29 October 2004, 8:53 am | United Nations
Just back from a visit to Darfur, Sudan, Angelina Jolie, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations refugee agency, yesterday said she found conditions too dangerous for the region's vast population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return ... More >>
Morocco & Spain Set To Join Haiti UN Mission
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 11:37 am | United Nations
Spanish marines with their own armoured vehicles will join Moroccan troops in forming a United Nations peacekeeping brigade, which will deploy this weekend in northeast Haiti near the Dominican Republic, an area said to be rife with weapons smuggling, ... More >>
Annan Gives Full Backing To Helping Palestinians
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 11:35 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today gave his complete backing to the head of the United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees after Israel's allegation that a rocket had been loaded into a UN ambulance was disproved. More >>
Largest Convoy Of Liberian Refugees Head For Home
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 11:34 am | United Nations
Whether buoyed or shaken by what they have learnt about the damage to their districts during 14 years of civil war, the largest convoy of Liberian refugees today started a United Nations-organized road trip home from Sierra Leone, becoming the fourth ... More >>
Annan Congratulates Sharon Over Gaza Pullout Vote
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 11:32 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today congratulated Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel on the historic vote in the Knesset, which produced a clear majority in favour of the Israeli leader's initiative to withdraw from Gaza and parts of the ... More >>
Italy To Allow Stranded Asylum-Seekers To Land
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 10:28 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the Italian Government’s decision to allow 13 Turkish asylum-seekers – who had been stranded for almost two weeks aboard a commercial freighter in the Mediterranean Sea – to land in Sicily. More >>
UNESCO Condemns Bangladeshi Journalist's Murder
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 10:26 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the murder of a Bangladeshi journalist and voiced concern about the increasing frequency of such killings in the country. More >>
Many Countries Still Appear Willing To Use Torture
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 12:32 am | United Nations
Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment continue to be meted out by many States, often in the name of fighting terrorism, a United Nations human rights expert warns as he calls for a complete prohibition on the practice. More >>
Human Rights Of Migrants Deteriorating, Warns UN
Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 11:54 am | United Nations
Migrants face increasingly harsh conditions around the world, from exploitation in the workplace to frequent episodes of xenophobia or racism to detention if their status is irregular, a United Nations human rights expert says. More >>
New UN Involvement In Somalia Must Increase Slowly
Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 11:53 am | United Nations
Anticipating a call for the United Nations to intensify its peace-building activities in Somalia, the Security Council today said any enhanced role for the Organization must be incremental and based on the outcome of discussions with the new transitional ... More >>
UF has solution to OECD problem
Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 11:17 am | United Nations
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says his party has the obvious solution to a problem identified by the OECD in its report Babies and Bosses, due to be released tomorrow, which reviews New Zealand’s policies that support parents in their choice of work ... More >>
