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Afghanistan: 18 Candidates Found Eligible
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 2:07 pm | United Nations
The Afghan Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB), which works with United Nations participation, today announced the names of 18 eligible candidates for the 9 October Presidential election, seen as a major landmark on the road to bringing peace and ... More >>
Côte D'Ivoire President Signs Power-Sharing Decree
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:29 am | United Nations
President Laurent Gbagbo of Côte d'Ivoire has signed a new power-sharing decree giving some of his responsibilities to Prime Minister Seydou Diarra, a United Nations spokesman said today. More >>
Haiti: Team Plans To Open Routes To Rebel Areas
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:28 am | United Nations
A United Nations team has visited Hinche, a now-isolated town northeast of the capital, to assess the security and humanitarian situations in an area controlled by discharged Haitian military forces along the border with the Dominican Republic, the country ... More >>
Venezuelans - Resolve Disputes Through Dialogue
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:26 am | United Nations
As Venezuela prepared to hold a recall referendum on President Hugo Chavez on Sunday, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all sides in the political dispute to remain committed to resolving all issues through consultations and dialogue. More >>
UN Appeals For $97 Mn To Help Get Food To Kenya
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations today appealed for $97 million to help get food and basic supplies to Kenya, which is suffering from an agricultural crisis and where 2.3 million people need emergency assistance. More >>
Call On Israel To Cease Over-Flights Of Lebanon
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:22 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy in southern Lebanon today called on Israel to end its numerous over-flights of Lebanese territory, calling them violations of the Blue Line marking the point of withdrawal between the two countries. More >>
Officials Prepare For Next Stage Of Darfur Action
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:21 am | United Nations
Senior United Nations and Sudanese officials met today to prepare for the next stage in the plan for the Government of Sudan to act within 30 days to disarm militias responsible for deadly attacks in the troubled Darfur region, improve security for ... More >>
Illegal Land Claims Fuel Present Clashes In Congo
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:18 am | United Nations
The Ituri district in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is undergoing one of the world's worst and most ignored human rights crises, largely stemming from illegal land seizures which have led to ethnic strife, the ... More >>
Debilitating Skin Disease In Afghanistan
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:16 am | United Nations
With an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan threatening to escalate out of control without immediate action, the United Nations health agency today launched an emergency campaign combining drug treatment and insecticide-treated nets to curb ... More >>
Urgent Aid To Feed 1.4 Million Hungry Angolans
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:15 am | United Nations
With an acute funding shortage seriously hampering efforts to resettle tens of thousands of Angolans who fled their homes during the decades-long civil war, the United Nations today appealed for urgent international aid to help feed nearly 1.5 million hungry ... More >>
Pressure On Sudan Until The Commitments Are Met
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 9:37 am | United Nations
The United Nations will keep up the pressure on the Sudanese Government until its meets its commitments to disarm the militias responsible for deadly attacks in the troubled Darfur region and to restore security so that the estimated 1.2 million ... More >>
States UrgedTo Cooperate With War Crimes Tribunals
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 9:35 am | United Nations
With United Nations war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia processing cases amid severe budget shortfalls, the Security Council today urged States support this effort and called on the courts to complete their work by 2010. More >>
UN Appeals For States To Observe Olympic Truce
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 9:33 am | United Nations
With less than 10 days to go before the start of the Olympic Games, the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Julian R. Hunte, today appealed to all States to demonstrate their commitment to peace by observing the traditional truce during ... More >>
K-2 Ascent Anniversary To Boost Conservation
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 9:32 am | United Nations
The United Nations environmental agency today praised Pakistan and Italy for using the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of K-2, the world’s second highest mountain – and the one deemed hardest to climb – to cast a spotlight on the need to protect ... More >>
UN Agency Relocates More Staff Out Of Gaza
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 9:30 am | United Nations
For the second time in two weeks, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has decided to relocate international staff out of the strife-torn Gaza Strip because of Israeli incursions and general instability. More >>
Annan: Sudan Will Cooperate With Resolution
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 10:37 am | United Nations
Sudan is indicating it wants to comply with the Security Council's demand that it show progress in meeting its dual pledges to disarm the armed militias that have conducted deadly attacks in the troubled Darfur region and to restore security for ... More >>
Australian Chosen To Monitor Summary Executions
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 10:36 am | United Nations
An Australian lawyer with a long record of working for the United Nations and of teaching law has been appointed Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. More >>
Humanitarian Supplies Airlifted Into Eastern Chad
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 10:29 am | United Nations
The French military is airlifting tons of humanitarian supplies to the town of Abeche in Chad's remote east to bring relief to the estimated 200,000 people seeking shelter and safety there from the violence engulfing Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nations ... More >>
Kosovo: More Needed To Repair Psychological Damage
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 10:27 am | United Nations
While there has been some progress in reconstructing buildings and restoring community relations in Kosovo after March's deadly outbreak of ethnic violence, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says a lot "remains to be done to repair the physical and psychological ... More >>
Security Council Breifed On Côte D'ivoire & Sudan
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 10:25 am | United Nations
Security Council Set To Hear Briefing By Annan On Côte D'ivoire And Sudan More >>
