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Iraq: Garden Of Eden Marshes To Be Restored
Monday, 26 July 2004, 11:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations today announced an $11 million project to help restore the marshlands of southern Iraq, considered by some to be the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden, after they were massively damaged by dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and ... More >>
Humanitarian Crisis Looms Over Bangladesh Floods
Monday, 26 July 2004, 11:12 am | United Nations
Unceasing heavy rains in Bangladesh have prevented water levels from dropping, leading to continued flooding as well as the potential for a major humanitarian crisis, the United Nations warned today. More >>
Sudanese Rebel Leaders Start Negotiations
Monday, 26 July 2004, 10:45 am | United Nations
The leadership of two rebel groups in Sudan's Darfur region today agreed to take part in substantive negotiations to resolve the political dispute that has led what is widely considered the world's worst humanitarian crisis. More >>
Italy Expels African Asylum Seekers
Monday, 26 July 2004, 10:40 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today wrote to the Italian authorities criticizing the expulsion of a group of African asylum seekers at the centre of an international furore and voicing strong concern over the apparent disregard for accepted international ... More >>
Health Care For Refugees Returning To Burundi
Friday, 23 July 2004, 5:05 pm | United Nations
Seeking to satisfy basic health needs and prevent epidemics among returning refugees in Burundi, where a decade of war displaced over 1 million people and destroyed hospitals and health centres, United Nations humanitarian agencies are teaming up to help the ... More >>
Crop Failure Has Kenya On Verge Of Disaster
Friday, 23 July 2004, 5:03 pm | United Nations
Several years of poor rainfall, leading to severe crop failure, has brought Kenya to the brink of declaring a national disaster, the United Nations said today. More >>
German Development Bank Moves To Prevent HIV
Friday, 23 July 2004, 5:02 pm | United Nations
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the German Development Bank today signed an agreement to work jointly on encouraging the prevention of HIV infection in severely affected regions through educational campaigns and condom distribution, ... More >>
Five Eligible Afghans Now Registered To Vote
Friday, 23 July 2004, 5:00 pm | United Nations
Almost four out of every five estimated eligible voters in Afghanistan have registered for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, the United Nations Assistance Mission to the country (UNAMA) announced today. More >>
Iraq Must Protect And Promote Women's Rights
Friday, 23 July 2004, 4:59 pm | United Nations
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is preparing a statement urging the new Iraqi authorities to ensure gender equality throughout the process of political transition and reconstruction, its chairperson said today at United ... More >>
Tension At Israel/Lebanon Border Withdrawal Line
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 11:11 am | United Nations
Amid mounting tensions at the withdrawal line between Israel and Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended extending the UN force in the area for an additional six months. More >>
Satellites & Internet Intel Aids Rural Poverty
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 10:10 am | United Nations
Using satellite imagery and spatial databases on the frontline of the battle against hunger and rural poverty, United Nations agencies have developed a new Internet-bases system to provide vital agricultural information to decision-makers in developing ... More >>
UN Team To Check Remaining Iraqi Nuclear Materials
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 10:05 am | United Nations
The United Nations atomic watchdog agency is planning to inspect remaining nuclear materials in Iraq this month to ensure that they conform to the country’s safeguard obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). More >>
Sudan Relief Ops Face $200 Million Budget Gap
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 10:03 am | United Nations
The United Nations has received just $145 million so far of the $349 million in funds it has requested to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis engulfing Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today, explaining the world body particularly needs ... More >>
Palestine Should Tackle Crisis Through Reform
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 9:58 am | United Nations
The current turmoil in the Palestinian Authority should prompt reforms, United Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today, spelling out measures that could serve to foster progress. More >>
UN Concerned For Indigenous Community In Colombia
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 11:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced “deep concern” for the safety of more than 1,200 indigenous people in north-west Colombia who have returned to the homes they fled in March because of fighting, calling on the government to protect them ... More >>
UN Rushes Relief Funds To Flood-Hit Tajikistan
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 10:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations is rushing relief funds to Tajikistan, where massive floods and landslides have polluted the water supply in the capital, Dushanbe, leaving an estimated 40,000 people without clean water and susceptible to disease. More >>
Afghans Continue To Return Home At Strong Rate
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 10:58 am | United Nations
More than two years after Afghans began returning to their country on a large scale following decades of war and harsh rule, the pace of voluntary repatriation remains strong, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today. More >>
1000s Of African Refugees In Chad Face Starvation
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 10:57 am | United Nations
With less than half of the needed funds in hand, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said starvation is looming over 27,000 Central African Republic refugees who escaped from fighting between Government and rebel forces in the last two years ... More >>
Lebanon: UN Officials Work To Restore Calm
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 10:55 am | United Nations
United Nations officials are working to restore calm in Lebanon, where clashes today between Hezbollah and Israeli forces turned deadly. More >>
Palestinian Authority, Facing Crisis
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 11:40 am | United Nations
The Palestinian Authority must reform its security apparatus to tackle prevailing turmoil, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today. More >>
