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Annan Stresses To Take Security Threats Seriously
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 9:55 am | United Nations
Reflecting on the year since a terrorist's bomb destroyed United Nations offices in Iraq and killed more than 20 people, the worst attack deliberately aimed at the world body in its history, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today stressed the importance ... More >>
UN Food Agency Extends Operations In Palestine
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 9:53 am | United Nations
With continuing violence and conflict in the Palestinian territories further undermining the lives and livelihoods of the population, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that it will extend its emergency operations there for a further ... More >>
UNICEF Needs $8m For Kenya Drought-Affected Areas
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 9:52 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today said it was seeking an additional $8 million to bolster its ability to help women and youngsters in drought-affected areas across Kenya, where some 2.3 million people are faced with food shortages. More >>
UN Helps Togo Meet Counter-Terrorism Standards
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 9:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations anti-narcotics office is assisting the West African country of Togo to change its national criminal laws to satisfy international legal standards on combating terrorism, organized crime and drug smuggling. More >>
Nigerian Resumption Of Polio Vaccination Vital
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 9:48 am | United Nations
With Sub-Saharan Africa on the verge of the largest polio epidemic in recent history, a United Nations-backed campaign to eradicate the virus today hailed resumption of immunization in the Nigerian state of Kano, seen as vital for eliminating the disease ... More >>
Côte D'Ivoire Parties Renew Commitment To Peace
Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 3:46 pm | United Nations
CÔTE D'IVOIRE PARTIES RENEW COMMITMENT TO PEACE AGREEMENT New York, Aug 2 2004 12:00AM More >>
UN Urges Sudan To Reject Ethnic Divisions
Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 9:51 am | United Nations
Just back from a week-long mission to Sudan’s troubled Darfur region – scene of what is considered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis – a United Nations rights expert today called for the country to foster a national identity based on inclusiveness ... More >>
Thailand Pledges Help For Drug Users To Avoid AIDS
Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 9:20 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the decision by Thailand to treat injecting drug users – who are vulnerable to the deadly HIV virus – as patients rather than criminals. More >>
UN Seeks 13.4 Million To Help Flood-Hit Bangladesh
Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 9:19 am | United Nations
Emergency assistance is needed to meet the needs of 25 million Bangladeshis affected by the South Asian country’s worst floods in six years, especially the nearly 1 million children living in temporary shelters and exposed to diseases from filthy water, ... More >>
North Korea: UN Food Distribution To Resume
Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 9:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations emergency feeding agency will be able to resume cereal distribution to nearly 2 million hungry people in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) following a major shipment of Russian aid, but has still only received little more ... More >>
Georgia: UN To Assist Flood-Ravaged Svaneti Region
Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 9:15 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rushing aid to the impoverished Svaneti region of northwest Georgia where floods have destroyed over 70 per cent of crucial crops such as potatoes and hay, washed away pasture land and domestic ... More >>
UN Deployed To Flood-Stricken Bangladesh
Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:49 am | United Nations
The United Nations has deployed a disaster team to Bangladesh to help the country respond to devastating floods that have affected more than 30 million people, including many who have lost their homes and are in urgent need of provisions. More >>
Breastfeeding Saves 1 Million Lives Yearly
Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:47 am | United Nations
If more infants worldwide are given only mother’s milk and no food or formula until the age of six months, at least 1.3 million lives could be saved this year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today. More >>
Terrorist Bombings In Uzbek Capital Condemned
Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:46 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced his dismay at a series of bombings in Uzbekistan against the United States and Israeli embassies, as well as the office of the country’s prosecutor. More >>
Two Pakistani Hostages Killed In Iraq
Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:45 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reiterated his condemnation of all hostage-takings and acts of violence against innocent civilians following the killing of two Pakistani nationals Thursday in Iraq. More >>
Networks Set Up Fight Deadly Bird Flu
Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:44 am | United Nations
With bird flu continuing to pose a serious threat after killing almost two dozen people and ravaging Asia's domestic poultry earlier this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced a series of regional veterinary ... More >>
Afghanistan: Half Million Refugees Return
Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:42 am | United Nations
More than half a million Afghans have gone home from Iran and Pakistan so far this year, bringing the number of returnees since 2002 to over 3 million out of the 4.6 million estimated to have fled decades of war and violence in their homeland, the ... More >>
Former Bosnian Croat General's Convictions Quashed
Friday, 30 July 2004, 11:43 am | United Nations
A former Bosnian Croat general who had been sentenced to 45 years in prison for taking part in a massacre of Muslim villagers in the early 1990s will be set free next week after the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today quashed ... More >>
Annan Sounds Alarm On Darfur Rapes
Friday, 30 July 2004, 11:42 am | United Nations
Citing reports of rapes and other attacks by militiamen against villagers in Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the Government to protect civilians, while the Security Council prepared to vote tomorrow on a resolution threatening ... More >>
UN Out Of Gaza But Palestinians Still Get Aid
Friday, 30 July 2004, 10:18 am | United Nations
Responding to prevailing insecurity in Gaza, the head of the main UN agency helping Palestine refugees has relocated some staff out the area while pledging today that the move will not hamper the provision of aid or services to those in need. More >>
