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UN: Global Affairs Theme on 3rd Day of Assembly
Friday, 24 September 2004, 12:28 am | United Nations
Primacy of UN in global affairs key theme on third day of Assembly's debate More >>
Obasanjo To Brief Security Council On Darfur
Friday, 24 September 2004, 12:25 am | United Nations
African Union (AU) Chairman and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is slated to brief the United Nations Security Council tomorrow on the situation in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, where thousands of people are dying every month and 1.45 million have ... More >>
Annan Urges Nations To Ratify Nuke Test-Ban Treaty
Friday, 24 September 2004, 12:23 am | United Nations
Welcoming today's statement of 42 countries in support of the global pact banning nuclear tests, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged those countries which have not yet signed or ratified the treaty to do so immediately so that it takes effect. More >>
Health Facility in Nepal Bombed
Friday, 24 September 2004, 12:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today voiced concern over recent reports that a health facility in Nepal has been destroyed, but was confident that a measles immunization campaign that just got underway would not be jeopardized. More >>
Israel Continues To Violates Lebanese Airspace
Friday, 24 September 2004, 12:06 am | United Nations
After a 24-hour period marked by nine Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace, a senior United Nations envoy to the region today called for an end to the overflights. More >>
UNSG Kofi Annan Address To UN General Assembly
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 1:11 pm | United Nations
It is good to see so many countries represented here at such a high level. I know this reflects your understanding that, in these difficult times, the United Nations is – as you stated four years ago in the Millennium Declaration – ''the indispensable ... More >>
UN Radio: Annan Calls For Nations To Respect Law
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 11:30 am | United Nations
World leaders gathered at the United Nations Tuesday as the General Assembly opened debate in its 59th session on a global agenda highlighted by terrorism and conflict, humanitarian disasters and a widening gap between rich and poor countries. More >>
Afghanistan: Pres. Karzai Calls for Global Aid
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 11:24 am | United Nations
With just over two weeks before Afghanistan is scheduled to hold historic presidential elections, the country's current leader today appealed to top officials from across the world meeting at the United Nations to sustain their support for the nascent ... More >>
UN: Darfur’s displaced still live in fear
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 11:22 am | United Nations
21 September 2004 – A sense of fear pervades the many camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan's Darfur region, and most residents remain sceptical that local authorities can guarantee their security, two senior United Nations human rights ... More >>
Storm: 600 dead in Haiti & Dominican Republic
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 11:20 am | United Nations
21 September 2004 – More than 600 people are dead and at least 1,000 others missing after Tropical Storm Jeanne tore through northern Haiti and the Dominican Republic at the weekend, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) reported ... More >>
Annan urges nations to restore respect for law
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 11:19 am | United Nations
Decrying what he described as “shameless” disregard for the rule of law around the globe, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged world leaders gathered at the General Assembly to do everything within their power to restore respect for ... More >>
Bush Proposes Democracy Fund at UN Assembly
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 11:15 am | United Nations
As 95 Heads of State and Government began arriving at United Nations Headquarters in New York today for the start of the General Assembly's annual high-level debate, United States President George W. Bush called on the world body to support democracy ... More >>
Leaders Head to UN for Annual General Assembly
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 11:06 am | United Nations
Leaders from nearly 100 countries are headed to New York to participate in the main annual debate, which is slated to open tomorrow and run through the end of the month at the United Nations General Assembly. More >>
Aid Rushed To Haiti As Storm Death Toll Mounts
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 11:04 am | United Nations
Hundreds of people are feared dead in Haiti after tropical storm Jeanne lashed the impoverished Caribbean country at the weekend, United Nations agencies said as they launched emergency relief operations in the wake of devastating floods and mudslides. More >>
Darfur: How Can UN Protect Civilians From Abuse?
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 11:02 am | United Nations
Two senior United Nations human rights officials have arrived in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan to examine how to shield beleaguered civilians there from further militia attacks. More >>
New data show sizeable drop in wasted fish numbers
Monday, 20 September 2004, 10:32 am | United Nations
Are better fishing practices responsible for decrease, or are there just fewer fish to waste? More >>
UN meet seeks end Israeli occupation of Palestine
Friday, 17 September 2004, 12:31 am | United Nations
A new draft plan in support of Palestinian rights adopted by a non-governmental conference committee meeting at the United Nations calls for escalating pressure on Israel to end its occupation and threatens to seek divestment, arms embargoes and other sanctions ... More >>
Sth Africa's nuclear smuggling case gets UN help
Friday, 17 September 2004, 12:29 am | United Nations
South African authorities are working closely with the United Nations atomic watchdog agency in investigating cases of illicit trafficking of sensitive nuclear technology allegedly intended to help Libya’s now-abandoned nuclear weapons programme. More >>
Lessons of Iraq war underscore importance of UN
Friday, 17 September 2004, 12:25 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan believes that the Iraq war in 2003 demonstrated the need for the international community to address the issue of preventive action in the context of Charter principles and showed the importance of joint efforts on matters ... More >>
Cycle Of Violence Undermines Iraq Reconstruction
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 10:30 am | United Nations
Noting that the "vicious cycle of violence" was continuing even as he addressed the Security Council today, the top United Nations envoy for Iraq warned that lack of security was halting efforts to rebuild the country and undermining the world ... More >>
