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UN Rights Experts Seek Access To Prisoners In Iraq
Monday, 28 June 2004, 11:43 am | United Nations
Noting serious alarm in the international community about certain detention conditions, nearly three dozen United Nations human rights experts today called for UN access to those people who have been "arrested, detained or tried on grounds of alleged ... More >>
UN Takes Over Peacekeeping Operation In Haiti
Monday, 28 June 2004, 11:42 am | United Nations
The United Nations today took over responsibility for the peacekeeping operation in Haiti from the United States-led multinational force at a ceremony in the capital, Port-au-Prince. More >>
North Korea: Aid Needed To Solve Impasse
Monday, 28 June 2004, 11:36 am | United Nations
There will be no resolution to the international tension over the nuclear programme of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) unless the impoverished Asian country receives support for its ailing economy, a United Nations envoy said today. More >>
Afghanistan: Two Female Electoral Staff Killed
Monday, 28 June 2004, 11:35 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today voiced profound outrage at a deadly attack against electoral workers which left two women killed on the outskirts of Jalalabad. More >>
Prohibition Of Torture 'Absolute,' UN Officials
Monday, 28 June 2004, 11:33 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan leads a chorus of United Nations human rights officials and experts denouncing torture today, saying that international prohibitions against such cruel treatment are absolute and apply whether in peacetime or war. More >>
UN Radio Launches New Africa Programme
Friday, 25 June 2004, 11:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations Radio service today launched a new weekly programme dedicated to Africa and all issues relevant to the continent, featuring an exclusive interview with Secretary-General Kofi Annan. More >>
Food Supply In Afghanistan Remains Unreliable
Friday, 25 June 2004, 9:54 am | United Nations
Unveiling figures showing that it delivered supplies to 2.1 million people across Afghanistan in the first quarter of this year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that the country remains heavily dependent on food aid. More >>
Egypt Supports Planned Israeli Pullout From Gaza
Friday, 25 June 2004, 9:53 am | United Nations
Members of the diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East today hailed Egypt's efforts to help both sides to the conflict to establish arrangements supporting the Israeli initiative to withdraw from Gaza, the United Nations reported. More >>
US Drops Immunity For Its Troops In UN Operations
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 11:15 am | United Nations
The United States announced today that it would not proceed with a Security Council resolution that would have extended, for a third consecutive year, the immunity of some United Nations peacekeepers from prosecution by the world's first permanent ... More >>
Desperate Need For Middle East Political Solution
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 9:26 am | United Nations
Events in the past month showed yet again how desperately the people of the Middle East need a political solution to their long conflict, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today. More >>
Sudan: UN Field Workers Report Fresh Attacks
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 12:54 am | United Nations
Arab Janjaweed militias continue to attack villages in the south of Sudan's Darfur region, burning and looting homes on Monday and reportedly killing six civilians, United Nations field workers say. More >>
Annan: Nations Urged To Support International Law
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 12:50 am | United Nations
The world's States must unite and strengthen their commitment to upholding international law and defending the principles of the United Nations Charter, or risk giving "the enemies of order and human rights" a victory, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said ... More >>
Sudan: UN Contributors Ready to Send Troops
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 12:48 am | United Nations
A potential United Nations mission in Sudan as well as support for other African peacekeeping efforts are among the issues being discussed during a two-day meeting of countries contributing troops to a stand-by arrangement for UN operations. More >>
HIV & Hunger Spell Death Spiral For Sthrn Africa
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 11:39 am | United Nations
A "death spiral" of HIV and food insecurity is depleting public services and debilitating southern Africa, a United Nations relief official said today. More >>
6-Month Extension For UN Force In Golan Heights
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 11:38 am | United Nations
Although the situation in the Golan Heights has remained generally quiet over the past six months, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended extending the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the area through the end of the year. More >>
Russia: UN Staffer Killed In Ingushetia Crossfire
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 11:36 am | United Nations
A local staff member for the United Nations was killed last night during fighting between rebels and government forces in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, prompting the UN to review security arrangements for staff working in the northern Caucasus ... More >>
600,000 Refugees Plan Return to Sudan
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 10:32 am | United Nations
The Assistant United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is in Sudan holding talks on the potential return of some 600,000 refugees to the country’s south if a peace accord is reached between the Government and rebels ending their 21-year ... More >>
Central Africa May Soon Face Polio Epidemic
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 10:21 am | United Nations
West and Central Africa could be facing its worst polio epidemic in years, with thousands of children at risk of paralysis, following confirmation that the recent outbreak has spread to the Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ... More >>
Western Sahara: 100 Moroccan Pows Released
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 10:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara has welcomed the announcement yesterday by the Frente POLISARIO that it intends to free 100 Moroccan prisoners of war. More >>
Congolese Fleeing To Burundi Jumps To 31,000
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 10:15 am | United Nations
Fear of renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has brought the number of refugees in Burundi to 31,000 today from an estimated 25,000 just four days ago, but the deployment of DRC troops along the border area may have ... More >>
