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UN Concerned Israeli Lebanese Airspace Violations
Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 12:03 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Personal Representative for Southern Lebanon has expressed "serious concern" over the large number of Israeli air violations that took place across the line of withdrawal today. More >>
Kosovo Envoy Finds Mixed Progress On Serbs Returns
Monday, 11 October 2004, 12:11 am | United Nations
Visiting areas where Serbs have returned to Kosovo, the senior United Nations envoy to the troubled province today observed minority populations facing an uphill climb on the road to integration. More >>
Security Council Condemns String Of Terror Attacks
Monday, 11 October 2004, 12:10 am | United Nations
Fresh off the passage of a new resolution targeting terrorists around the world, the Security Council today strongly condemned a string of attacks this week in Pakistan and Egypt as well as the beheading of a British civilian in Baghdad. More >>
States Behind Schedule In Reducing Child Mortality
Monday, 11 October 2004, 12:09 am | United Nations
Almost 100 countries are behind schedule in reaching the globally agreed goal to reduce the rate of child deaths by two-thirds by 2015, a study released today by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reveals. More >>
UN Says Resolution Takes Aim At All Terrorists
Monday, 11 October 2004, 12:08 am | United Nations
Condemning terrorism as one of the most serious threats to peace and security, the United Nations Security Council today unanimously called on countries to prosecute or extradite anyone supporting terrorist acts or participating in the planning of ... More >>
Nobel Peace Prize To Kenyan Applauded
Monday, 11 October 2004, 12:06 am | United Nations
Describing her as “Africa’s staunchest defender of the environment,” the United Nations green agency today hailed the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Prof. Wangari Maathai of Kenya. More >>
Africa Begins Largest-Ever Immunization Campaign
Monday, 11 October 2004, 12:06 am | United Nations
Africa today began its largest-ever immunization campaign, with more than one million vaccinators in 23 countries fanning out across the continent this month to inoculate 80 million children against polio as part of a United Nations-led response to an ... More >>
Inspections Diplomacy Can Help Keep Nukes In Check
Friday, 8 October 2004, 11:55 am | United Nations
Verification of a country's nuclear activities, used together with diplomacy, can be a very effective way of ensuring compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), but the international community must be prepared to take action in ... More >>
Annan Deplores Mutinous Soldiers In Guinea-Bissau
Friday, 8 October 2004, 11:03 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today deplored the action by a group of mutinous soldiers in Guinea-Bissau that led to the death Wednesday of the country's armed forces Chief of Staff. More >>
Asylum Debate Ignores Problems Faced By Refugees
Friday, 8 October 2004, 11:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency's top protection official said today she is alarmed that in many countries the debate on asylum is distorted by false concerns and ignores the genuine suffering still faced by refugees. More >>
UN Strongly Condemns Bomb Attack In Pakistan
Friday, 8 October 2004, 10:59 am | United Nations
Urging action against terrorist attacks, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly condemned the explosion in Pakistan which reportedly left dozens of people dead and many more wounded. More >>
UN Relief Reaches Families Trapped In Gaza
Friday, 8 October 2004, 10:58 am | United Nations
The first shipment of food and water to people trapped in their homes by the current Israeli incursion into northern Gaza was delivered to half of the 600 families there, the main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees said today. More >>
Syria Has Not Withdrawn Troops From Lebanon, Annan
Friday, 8 October 2004, 10:56 am | United Nations
Syria has not withdrawn its troops from Lebanon as called for by the United Nations Security Council although Damascus said some 3,000 of its forces have been redeployed, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report made public today. More >>
5-Member Panel To Probe Possible Darfur Genocide
Friday, 8 October 2004, 12:15 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the formal establishment of a commission of inquiry to determine whether acts of genocide have occurred in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, selecting an Italian judge and professor to lead the probe. More >>
Peace Talks For Southern Sudan Resume
Friday, 8 October 2004, 12:00 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy for Sudan has arrived in Kenya for today's resumption of peace talks aimed at ending the long-running civil war in southern Sudan. More >>
UN Working On New Tools To Foster Rule Of Law
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 11:39 am | United Nations
Annan Says UN Working On New Tools To Foster Rule Of Law And Transitional Justice More >>
UN Peacekeepers Face Armed Groups In Haiti
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 11:36 am | United Nations
Battling armed groups and street gangs that have attacked civilians and police officers and destroyed shops and properties, United Nations peacekeepers are helping Haitian National Police as they attempt to restore order to some of the most dangerous districts ... More >>
UN Food Relief Agency Helps 1.3 Million Sudanese
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 11:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) last month fed more than 1.3 million people in the beleaguered Darfur region of western Sudan, taking advantage of the end of the rainy season to distribute its biggest amount of aid since the humanitarian ... More >>
Israel Says UN Vehicle Was Used To Carry Rocket
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 9:33 am | United Nations
A United Nations team has arrived in Jerusalem to look into allegations by Israel that a UN ambulance driver was filmed loading a Kassam rocket into his vehicle, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
Locust Threat In West Africa Remains Serious
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 9:31 am | United Nations
Despite control measures, large numbers of locust swarms in West Africa have caused severe damage to the region's harvest, while new groups are likely headed towards the continent's northwest, according to the latest update from the United Nations ... More >>
