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H&M To Fight Aids And Help Girls’ Education
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 9:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the global fashion company H&M today announced a joint partnership to promote HIV/AIDS prevention and help girls to obtain the same basic education as boys, with the firm donating $1.5 million for ... More >>
Locust Swarms Begin Invading West Africa
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 9:24 am | United Nations
The first desert locust swarms have moved into several West African countries, posing a threat to crop production in a broad swath of land stretching from the Atlantic coast in Mauritania to Chad, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture ... More >>
23 African Countries Facing Food Emergencies
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 9:23 am | United Nations
Millions of people in 23 sub-Saharan countries are facing a food emergency this summer caused in part by erratic rains, civil strife and desert locusts, according to a new United Nations report released today. More >>
Quartet Backs Egypt's Israeli Gaza Pullout Plan
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 9:21 am | United Nations
Representatives of the diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East meeting in Jerusalem today reiterated their strong support for Egypt's efforts to assist the two sides in bringing the Israeli initiative to withdraw from Gaza to a successful conclusion, ... More >>
Miloševic Trial To Resume Pending Health Check
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 9:18 am | United Nations
The genocide trial of the former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will resume on 14 July if a cardiologist agrees that he is healthy enough to conduct his own defence, a United Nations war crimes tribunal announced today. More >>
Former Judge Of UN War Crimes Tribunal Dies At 65
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:31 am | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia paid tribute today to Sir Richard May of the United Kingdom, a judge who served on the tribunal for almost seven years and died this morning at the age of 65. More >>
Afghan Election Date Nears
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:30 am | United Nations
Afghan Election Date Must Be Set Soon If Poll Is To Take Place In September - UN More >>
Formula One Star Trulli Targets Child Hunger Death
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:28 am | United Nations
In an effort to slash the death toll from child hunger, the United Nations emergency feeding agency has recruited Italian Formula One racing star Jarno Trulli in a public service announcement that shows the speed at which malnourished children are dying ... More >>
UN Backs Quartet On Israeli Gaza Withdrawal
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:25 am | United Nations
A United Nations conference on the rights of the Palestinian people has given its backing to the position of the diplomatic Quartet that any pullout by Israel from the Gaza Strip should be a full withdrawal and part of the Road Map peace plan. More >>
Congo Refugees In Burundi Total More Than 34,000
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:24 am | United Nations
With instability and high tension reigning in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the number of people who have crossed into neighbouring Burundi has risen to more than 34,000, the United Nations refugee agency said today. More >>
UN Mission In PNG and Bougainville Extended
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:23 am | United Nations
Eyeing the possibility of elections in Bougainville by the end of the year, the Security Council has agreed to a final six-month extension of the mandate of the United Nations mission there in order for it to finish tasks related to the implementation of the ... More >>
Cambodia Reduces Intestinal Parasite Infestation
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:21 am | United Nations
Six years ahead of schedule Cambodia has become the first country to reach the United Nations health agency's 2010 goal of treating three-quarters of its school-age children for intestinal parasites. More >>
US To Withdraw Some Peacekeepers, UN Confirms
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:20 am | United Nations
The United States Government has informed the United Nations that Washington will withdraw some US personnel from the world body's peacekeeping operations, a UN spokesman confirmed today. More >>
Sudan: Annan Reports 'Gross And Systematic' Abuses
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:18 am | United Nations
There have been "gross and systematic" violations of human rights in the Darfur region of Sudan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today after meeting refugees on the final day of a visit to the troubled region. More >>
Transfer Of Displaced In Darfur Sparks Concern
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:17 am | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies say they are concerned by the Sudanese Government's abrupt transfer of more than 5,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in the war-torn Darfur region from one IDP camp to another without any consultation or advance warning. More >>
Plans Released To Tackle Terrorism Scourge
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:16 am | United Nations
The new head of the United Nations Counter-terrorism Committee's (CTC) Executive Directorate today outlined plans to tackle the scourge by working with allies in the fight and operating with maximum efficiency. More >>
Sierra Leone: UN Aircrash Victims Being Identified
Friday, 2 July 2004, 8:54 am | United Nations
The remains of the United Nations workers who died in Monday's helicopter crash in Sierra Leone have been taken to a hospital in the capital for forensic identification tests, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said today. More >>
World's Largest Refugee Camp In Ethiopia Closed
Friday, 2 July 2004, 8:52 am | United Nations
What was once the world's largest refugee camp, hosting more than 250,000 Somalis in Ethiopia, has closed after the final return convoy left for northwest Somalia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today. More >>
Redgrave Calls For More Aid For Palestinians
Friday, 2 July 2004, 8:51 am | United Nations
Making her first visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, the British actress Vanessa Redgrave, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), today urged countries to increase their humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians ... More >>
UNESCO Condemns Murder Of Bangladeshi Journalist
Thursday, 1 July 2004, 8:30 am | United Nations
Declaring journalism a vital element for democracy, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the murder of a Bangladeshi editor who had denounced far-left movements for turning into criminal ... More >>
