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UN Agencies Fight Meningitis Epidemic In Burundi
Friday, 30 July 2004, 10:17 am | United Nations
United Nations relief agencies are teaming up with the Government of Burundi to help fight a meningitis epidemic in the country's north, where 24 cases were confirmed last week. More >>
Int. Criminal Court To Probe Uganda Rebel Actions
Friday, 30 July 2004, 10:16 am | United Nations
The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today announced plans to open an investigation into the situation concerning Northern Uganda, where the country's Government says rebels are committing atrocities, a United Nations spokesperson ... More >>
UN Observer Mission In Georgia Through January 05
Friday, 30 July 2004, 10:14 am | United Nations
With peace talks between authorities in Abkhazia and the Government of Georgia at a near standstill, the Security Council today unanimously extended the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) until the end of January 2005 to maintain stability ... More >>
UN Force In Lebanon Extended Another 6 Months
Friday, 30 July 2004, 10:13 am | United Nations
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Lebanon, backing the mission’s efforts to maintain a ceasefire along the line of withdrawal where Hezbollah and Israeli military forces have been engaging ... More >>
Millions Of Bangladeshi Children At Risk
Friday, 30 July 2004, 10:12 am | United Nations
Millions of children in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka are facing an increasing risk of potentially fatal diseases as fetid sewers mix with the floodwaters that have devastated the south Asian country, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ... More >>
Delivery Of Food Aid To North Korea Hampered
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 9:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations today said the severe shortfall in funding for its humanitarian programme in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is forcing cuts in its deliveries of vital rations to millions of hungry people. More >>
Afghanistan Two Killed At Voter Registration Site
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 9:24 am | United Nations
Two people at a voter registration site in eastern Afghanistan were killed in a bomb blast today, prompting the top United Nations envoy in the country to voice his anger at the attack. More >>
UN To Ease Bangladesh's Worsening Flood Crisis
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 9:22 am | United Nations
With more than 23 million people in Bangladesh affected by devastating floods that could yet worsen after already killing at least 275 people and damaging or destroying over 12 million houses, United Nations agencies are rushing in aid ranging from essential ... More >>
Political Actors In Venezuela Accept Talk Offer
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 10:30 am | United Nations
All political actors in the Venezuelan crisis have accepted a United Nations proposal for a dialogue, a UN envoy has reported to Secretary-General Kofi Annan. More >>
International Criminal Court Arrives In Congo
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 10:09 am | United Nations
Officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) have arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for their first investigation into serious violations of international law allegedly committed in the Great Lakes country in the past two ... More >>
Locust Swarms Multiply In West Africa
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:32 am | United Nations
Desert locust swarms invading cropping areas in Mauritania, Senegal and Mali from Northwest Africa have multiplied in the past two weeks and several countries have appealed for urgent international aid to stop the situation from developing into ... More >>
Ethiopia Needs Nearly $7m For Malaria Epidemic
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:31 am | United Nations
With a potentially devastating malaria epidemic threatening to break out in Ethiopia, United Nations agencies are working with the country's Government to raise nearly $7 million to purchase new medicines needed to treat the disease. More >>
Supplies To Help Quake Victims In Afghanistan
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:30 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies are rushing food and other relief supplies to Afghans whose homes were destroyed or damaged by two recent earthquakes in the country's west and southeast. More >>
60 Children die In Prolonged Cold Snap In Peru
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:28 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with communities in Peru to combat the effects of a cold snap which has killed scores of people as the country’s authorities struggle to deliver supplies to isolated mountain regions in the southern ... More >>
Dead Journalist: Iran Urged Observe Human Rights
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:27 am | United Nations
Voicing “profound concern” over the case of a journalist who died in Iran after reportedly being beaten, three United Nations human rights specialists today called on the government to comply with humanitarian norms, warning that failure to ensure due process set ... More >>
Swiss Asylum Laws Reform Draw UN Concerns
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:24 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency expressed concern today over proposed changes to Switzerland’s asylum laws, warning they may breach international conventions at a time when the number of asylum-seekers across Europe has fallen rapidly. More >>
Eritrea: 425000 Children Suffering Extreme Poverty
Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 11:45 am | United Nations
Death rates are rising among more than 400,000 children in Eritrea are living in extreme poverty due to the prolonged drought and the aftermath of the war with Ethiopia, with many youngsters under five suffering acute malnutrition, according to a new ... More >>
Board Overseeing Iraq Oil Revenues Briefs UN
Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 10:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council was today briefed in closed-door consultations on the report of the international oversight body for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI), which was set up last year to take over management of the country's petroleum ... More >>
Afghan Voter Registration To Begin Winding Down
Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 9:26 am | United Nations
With almost 8 million people now registered to vote in Afghanistan, and the pace of enrolment increasing in the south, the United Nations mission to the country (UNAMA) has announced that the long-running registration process is set to wind down. More >>
Congo: 20,000 Fleeing Fighting In East
Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 9:24 am | United Nations
Nearly 20,000 people are in a “critical humanitarian state” in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after fleeing renewed fighting between central government forces and dissident troops around Lake Kivu, according to the UN Office for the ... More >>
