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UN West Bank Barrier Resolution Vote Delayed
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 11:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly today delayed until Tuesday a vote on a draft resolution introduced by Arab countries that seeks to end Israel's construction of a separation barrier in and around the West Bank after the barrier was declared illegal ... More >>
Belgrade Unco-operative with War Crimes Tribunal
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 11:08 am | United Nations
Charging that Serbia and Montenegro is still failing to cooperate with the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia despite the public claims of its political leaders, the court's chief Prosecutor today demanded the country either ... More >>
$16 Million To Fight Malaria In African Infants
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 10:13 am | United Nations
With malaria causing an estimated 1 million deaths and a further half billion clinical cases every year among African children, a United Nations-backed consortium has received $16 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate a ... More >>
‘Forgotten’ Tragedy Of Uganda's Child Soldiers
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 9:55 am | United Nations
The United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is shining the spotlight on the plight of thousands of children abducted as soldiers and sex slaves by rebels in northern Uganda, taking the world to task for forgetting a tragedy that “has obliterated the ... More >>
Experts Push For Convention Against Cyber-Crime
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 9:54 am | United Nations
The possibility of creating a new global treaty against cyber-crime will be on the agenda when criminologists from around the world gather today in Seoul for the start of a two-day United Nations meeting on combating computer-related offences. More >>
UN Assists Peru After Snowstorms Threaten Lives
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 9:52 am | United Nations
United Nations emergency relief programmes are channelling money, food and warm clothes to Peruvians today after snowstorms, accompanied by strong freezing winds, have destroyed more than 3,000 houses and threatened the survival of more than 150,000 people in ... More >>
Aids Wreaks Devastating Toll On Human Development
Friday, 16 July 2004, 11:51 am | United Nations
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is having a catastrophic impact on human development in sub-Saharan Africa, reducing life expectancy and living standards in many countries and reversing the effects of any gains made in other fields, the United Nations Development Programme ... More >>
Anti-Landmine Drive To Get Boost At Nairobi Summit
Friday, 16 July 2004, 11:49 am | United Nations
This year's Nairobi Summit for a Mine Free World should generate international momentum towards eradicating the indiscriminate weapons, experts attending a panel at United Nations Headquarters in New York said today. More >>
Rwanda: Ex-Finance Minister Gets Life For Genocide
Friday, 16 July 2004, 10:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for Rwanda today sentenced a former government finance minister to life in jail for his role in the genocide that engulfed the country in 1994. More >>
1000s Malnourished Liberians Threatened By Famine
Friday, 16 July 2004, 10:24 am | United Nations
More than 300,000 Liberians will be threatened by famine and thousands more waiting for repatriation will be unable to return to the post-conflict West African country from neighbouring countries unless the United Nations refugee agency and emergency ... More >>
Afghan Voter Registration Passes 7 Million Mark
Friday, 16 July 2004, 10:22 am | United Nations
More than 7 million Afghans – over two-thirds of the estimated electorate – have now registered to vote in the country’s upcoming elections, and the gender gap is closing as a greater percentage of women continue to sign up, the United Nations ... More >>
UN: Murder Of US Journalist In Moscow Condemned
Friday, 16 July 2004, 10:21 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization today “categorically condemned” the murder of Paul Klebnikov, chief editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, who was killed in Moscow on July 9. More >>
UN: Somali Peace Process Obstructors Condemned
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 10:11 am | United Nations
With national reconciliation in Somalia mired in an impasse, the Security Council today condemned elements obstructing the country's peace process and warned that those who persist on the path of confrontation and conflict would be held accountable. More >>
UN Middle East Envoy Urges Israel/PNA Peace Talks
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 9:23 am | United Nations
A day after the senior United Nations envoy to the Middle East briefed the Security Council on the situation in that troubled region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today echoed his call for peace talks. More >>
Australia Alters Policy Allowing Refugees To Stay
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 9:20 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has praised an Australian initiative that could allow thousands of people living temporarily in the country to stay permanently. More >>
AIDS Orphans To Reach 17 Million in Six Years
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 9:17 am | United Nations
With the number of African AIDS orphans likely to reach nearly 17 million in six years, priority should now be given to providing the surviving parent free anti-retroviral drugs, a representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today. More >>
1000s Serbian War Refugees Benefit From UN Housing
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 9:14 am | United Nations
Tens of thousands of war refugees and other vulnerable people in Serbia will benefit from a major new housing and social integration programme launched by the United Nations settlements agency and Italy to fill the gap left by major international ... More >>
Children Die As Severe Cold Weather Strikes Peru
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 9:11 am | United Nations
Severe cold weather – including snowstorms and heavy rainfall – has struck southern and central Peru, where nearly 20 children have died from acute respiratory infections, the United Nations humanitarian office said today. More >>
Israel Forces Attack UN Relief Convoy in Gaza
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 9:10 am | United Nations
The top United Nations relief official for Palestinian refugees was forced to take cover today when part of a UN aid convoy that had delivered food to 20,000 Gaza Strip residents besieged by Israel came under fire, apparently from an Israeli armoured ... More >>
Italy Allows Three Dozen Refugees To Disembark
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 11:11 am | United Nations
Welcoming Italy's decision to allow 37 refugees on the Cap Anamur ship to disembark in the European country after spending several weeks stuck at sea, the United Nations refugee agency said today it would try to speak to the group to find out if they ... More >>
