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Early Childhood Care Lags in Populated Countries
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:31 am | United Nations
Despite enormous demand, early childhood care and education remains a privilege for young children in most of the world's nine high population countries, according to a report published today by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ... More >>
West Africa Needs UN Help To Prevent Instability
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:29 am | United Nations
After a fact-finding trip to seven West African countries last month, United Nations Security Council members are recommending strengthening of institutions working for regional stability, such as the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) and the Economic ... More >>
Fight Against Terrorism Must Not Exclude Rights
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:28 am | United Nations
The struggle against terrorism must be reconciled with the imperatives of personal safety and dignity, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has asserted. More >>
Emergency UN Session On Israeli Wall Friday
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly will reconvene on Friday its long-running emergency special session on the question of Palestine to examine the advisory opinion issued last week by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of ... More >>
Liberian Police Training Begins
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:25 am | United Nations
The head of the United Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the chairman of the West African country's transitional government have launched a training programme for new police and a repair project at the university's law school, the mission said today. More >>
Youth Demand Education To Combat HIV/AIDS, Unicef
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:24 am | United Nations
Young people at the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok told the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today that the epidemic is spiralling out of control because they are being denied such rights as prevention education, testing and treatment. More >>
Clashes Persist But Gaza Pullout Could Spark Peace
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:20 am | United Nations
The political stalemate and accompanying violence in the Middle East continue to take a heavy toll, but Israel's planned withdrawal from Gaza, if executed properly, could constitute a breakthrough, the United Nations Middle East envoy told the Security ... More >>
Hunger Drives Darfur's Locals To Take Relief Food
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:18 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies reported today that many residents of a town in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, driven by hunger, are taking advantage of the humanitarian crisis to accept emergency food relief meant only for internally displaced people ... More >>
UN Condemns Latest Israel Killing Of Palestinians
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 10:53 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, today condemned the rash of killings of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over the past few days. More >>
Health Concerns Postpone Miloševic Trial Again
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 10:07 am | United Nations
The genocide trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloševic has been delayed again by judges at a United Nations war crimes tribunal after they received a medical report advising he should rest further because of high blood pressure. More >>
Sudan: Mixed Progress On Humanitarian Access
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:56 am | United Nations
While there has been progress in improving humanitarian access to civilians in the violence-wracked Darfur region of western Sudan, United Nations agencies report that local authorities are still demanding travel permits in some areas. More >>
UN Outlines Steps To Curb Problem Of Spam Email
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:55 am | United Nations
A United Nations meeting has concluded that while there is no "silver bullet" to stop unsolicited commercial email, solutions involving legislation, technical innovation and international cooperation could eventually curb the worldwide abuse ... More >>
How Asia Tackles HIV/AIDS Will Affect Future
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:44 am | United Nations
How governments of Asia and the Pacific address the multi-faceted challenge of HIV/AIDS will affect the very future of the region, United Nations Secretary-General told a ministerial meeting today in Bangkok. More >>
Afghanistan Faces Challenges In Holding Elections
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:43 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan has warned that the country still faces enormous organizational challenges if it is to successfully hold national and local parliamentary elections that have been delayed until next April. More >>
Agreement To Rebuild Destroyed Homes In Gaza Strip
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:37 am | United Nations
Two United Nations agencies and the Palestinian Authority have signed an agreement paving the way for the UN to build homes on land donated by the Authority to replace those destroyed during Israeli incursions in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. More >>
Former Political Prisoner 1st Adviser On Genocide
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:35 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan informed the United Nations Security Council today that he has chosen a human rights advocate, lawyer and former political prisoner from Argentina as his first Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. More >>
Oversight Body Reports To UN On Iraqi Oil Sales
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:33 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has transmitted to the Security Council a new report on the International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq (IAMB), which serves as an audit oversight body dealing with the country's oil revenues. More >>
Israel Aims For Middle East Free Of Nuke Weapons
Monday, 12 July 2004, 11:44 am | United Nations
Concluding a three-day visit to Israel this week, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency said he welcomed the country’s pledge to work towards a Middle East that is free of nuclear weapons. More >>
Asia Will Continue To Be Plagued By Bird Flu
Monday, 12 July 2004, 11:42 am | United Nations
New outbreaks of bird flu in three Asian countries in the past fortnight show that the virus which killed almost two dozen people and devastated the region’s domestic poultry population earlier this year remains endemic and a threat to human health, ... More >>
Afghanistan Presidential Parliamentary Poll Dates
Monday, 12 July 2004, 11:41 am | United Nations
Afghanistan will hold presidential elections on 9 October and delay national and local parliamentary elections until April 2005, its electoral authorities announced today in a decision welcomed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. More >>
