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Nigeria's Planned Pullout Of Bakassi Delayed
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 10:25 am | United Nations
Nigeria's planned withdrawal Wednesday from the resource-rich Bakassi Peninsula, part of its disputed border with Cameroon, may be put on hold because of "unexpected technical difficulties," the United Nations chief envoy for West Africa has ... More >>
Security Council Extends UN Mission In Ethiopia
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 10:24 am | United Nations
With the stalemate in the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea ongoing, the Security Council today extended for another six months the United Nations peacekeeping operation overseeing the ceasefire between the two Horn of Africa neighbours. More >>
UN To Help Iraq Clean Up Pollution Threats
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 10:13 am | United Nations
In a long-term plan to clean up widespread pollution in Iraq after well over a decade of instability and conflict, the United Nations environmental agency today announced a pilot project to investigate ecological “hot spots” ranging from chemical spills ... More >>
Agencies Mop Up In Wake Of Hurricane Ivan
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 10:54 am | United Nations
As Secretary-General Kofi Annan offered his condolences today to the families of the victims of Hurricane Ivan, which is wreaking a devastating toll across the Caribbean region, United Nations humanitarian agencies are stepping up their efforts to help ... More >>
Darfur Death Rates Exceed Crisis Threshold
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 9:37 am | United Nations
More than 200 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are dying every day in North and West Darfur in Sudan because of diseases caused by the crowded, unhygienic conditions in camps there or because of violent attacks, according to a survey released today ... More >>
UN Seeks Khartoum's Commitments On Darfur
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 9:25 am | United Nations
The joint body charged with implementing commitments made by the Sudanese Government and the United Nations to alleviate the suffering and end the fighting in the strife-torn Darfur region will hold its next meeting this Friday. More >>
UN Official Deplores Executions In Uzbekistan
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 9:16 am | United Nations
Deploring the reported execution in Uzbekistan of people allegedly tortured into confessing and the government's disregard of United Nations pleas for a stay, a senior UN human rights official today called on the Central Asian country to set a moratorium ... More >>
UN Told Al-Qaida And Taliban Constantly Evolving
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 9:14 am | United Nations
Calling on the Security Council "to stay ahead of the curve," the head of the Council's committee that monitors sanctions against Al-Qaida and the Taliban said today the world needs "to think of new ways to defeat terrorism and its ... More >>
UN Must Be Centre Of Multilateral Action - Annan
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 9:12 am | United Nations
No country can protect itself from threats - ranging from the AIDS pandemic to global warming to the spread of radical ideologies - by turning itself into an impregnable military fortress, according to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Staff Relocated After Kabul Attack
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 9:11 am | United Nations
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has decided to relocate 38 of its staff from the troubled western city of Herat to the capital Kabul for several days following yesterday's violent ransacking of the regional offices of ... More >>
Nepal: UN Food Programme Threatened By Conflict
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 9:08 am | United Nations
The United Nations emergency feeding agency has expressed concern that fighting between the Government of Nepal and Maoist rebels is severely hampering its ability to help hundreds of thousands of hungry people by endangering its staff. More >>
Annan Urges Israel Palestinians To Observe Roadmap
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 9:06 am | United Nations
Voicing alarm at the humanitarian crisis created by Israeli activity in occupied Palestinian territory and strongly condemning the terrorism of Palestinian suicide bombers against Israeli civilians, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today ... More >>
UN Atomic Watchdog Urges Iran’s Co-Operation
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 9:04 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency charged with preventing the spread of nuclear weapons today called on Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment activities “in light of serious international concerns” about the nature of its nuclear ... More >>
UN In Kuwait Seeking Int Support For Darfur Action
Monday, 13 September 2004, 11:20 am | United Nations
As members of the Security Council began closed-door talks on a proposed draft resolution on Sudan, a senior United Nations envoy today visited Kuwait to draw attention to the humanitarian crises raging across Africa's largest nation, especially the Darfur ... More >>
Supplies Rushed To Russian School Attack Survivors
Monday, 13 September 2004, 11:17 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies have been rushing food and medical supplies to the hundreds of children and adults caught up in the hostage-taking tragedy in Beslan, southern Russia, which left 338 people dead and 747 injured. More >>
UN Envoy Condemns Israel's Killing Of Palestinians
Friday, 10 September 2004, 10:21 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for the Middle East today condemned the killing of Palestinian civilians and the wounding of many more in Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip over the last two days and called on the Government of Israel to avoid using ... More >>
Two Accused Generals Trial Moved To Croatia
Friday, 10 September 2004, 10:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today asked three judges to decide whether the trial of two Croatian generals over their role in a 1993 military operation against a Serbian enclave should be transferred to a court ... More >>
UN Atomic Agency Seeks New-Gen Nuke Workers
Friday, 10 September 2004, 10:18 am | United Nations
Seeking to ensure the safe and economic use of nuclear science and technology, the United Nations atomic agency has brought together more than 200 experts, scientists and officials from over 40 countries this week to tackle such issues as the lag in ... More >>
UN Urges Israel Stop Violating Lebanese Air Space
Friday, 10 September 2004, 10:17 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy for Southern Lebanon today called on Israel to cease its violations of Lebanese air space following an escalation of such incidents over the past 36 hours after several weeks of calm. More >>
Security Council To Discuss Darfur Crisis
Friday, 10 September 2004, 10:15 am | United Nations
The Security Council will hold consultations tomorrow afternoon on the humanitarian and security crises engulfing the Darfur region in Sudan as talks continue in Abuja, Nigeria, in a bid to resolve the political dispute driving the conflict. More >>
