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In Iraq, Brahimi Continues Talks On Transition
Friday, 14 May 2004, 11:15 am | United Nations
United Nations Special Adviser Lakhdar Brahimi continued his consultations in Iraq today , meeting with a former head of government as part of the effort to prepare for the transition to sovereignty set for 30 June. More >>
Plans For Repatriating Sudanese Refugees To South
Friday, 14 May 2004, 11:13 am | United Nations
UN AGENCY PLANS FOR REPATRIATING SUDANESE REFUGEES TO SOUTH New York, May 13 2004 4:00PM More >>
Arab Journalists Urged To Give Full Picture Of UN
Friday, 14 May 2004, 11:06 am | United Nations
With Western Asia and the Middle East grappling with "profound unease" and "disappointed aspirations," the top United Nations communications official today called on the region's media experts and journalists to help refine a strategy ... More >>
Cancellation Of UN Food Mission To Zimbabwe
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:48 pm | United Nations
By withdrawing its staff from a United Nations food production assessment mission last week, the Government of Zimbabwe has effectively cancelled the mission and UN aid agencies may not be able to rebuild their operations quickly in case of an emergency. More >>
Thousands Of Sudanese Driven From Homes By Clashes
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:47 pm | United Nations
The intensified fighting between Sudanese Government-backed militias and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has driven up to 100,000 people from the Shilluk Kingdom of southern Sudan, with about half of them fleeing into areas that are inaccessible ... More >>
Annan Horrified By Hostage's Murder
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:45 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the brutal execution of a civilian hostage in Iraq recently , which was captured on videotape and broadcast worldwide Tuesday. More >>
Iraq: Un Electoral Team Arrives In Baghdad
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:43 pm | United Nations
A United Nations electoral team arrived today in Iraq , where UN Special Advisor Lakhdar Brahimi continued his meetings with a broad spectrum of the country's people. More >>
Conf. Seeks To Boost Trade Through Afghanistan
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:42 pm | United Nations
For more than two decades Afghanistan’s war-torn borders were an obstacle to trade from South to Central Asia, but a three-day United Nation-backed conference is now seeking to exploit the new opportunities in the region to boost economic cooperation, ... More >>
UN Envoy Appeals For Neighbours’ Help In Iraq
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:39 pm | United Nations
With Iraq “in the midst of an exceptionally tense political transition” just 49 days before the handover of sovereignty, a senior United Nations envoy to the country today appealed for help from neighbouring states. More >>
Indigenous Education Boosts Women’s Prospects
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:38 pm | United Nations
A supportive policy environment as well as political commitment is needed to ensure quality indigenous education both as a right in itself and as a means to improve the economic and health prospects of women, the United Nations Permanent Forum on ... More >>
UN Official Urges Top Priority For Fighting Hunger
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:37 pm | United Nations
With one child dying every five seconds from hunger-related diseases, the head of the United Nations emergency feeding agency has appealed to the United States to put a greater priority on funds for people suffering from chronic hunger than just ... More >>
Catastrophic Loss Of Wild Bamboo Threatens Pandas
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 10:49 am | United Nations
With such iconic wildlife species as the giant panda, mountain gorilla and lemur facing an even-greater struggle for survival because of the “catastrophic loss” of wild bamboo, the United Nations environmental agency today called for urgent action ... More >>
IRAQ: Detained Children Abuse Allegations Surface
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 10:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF) is profoundly disturbed by news reports alleging that children might have been among those abused in detention centres and prisons in Iraq, a spokesman said today. More >>
Hiv/Aids: World At Critical Moment In Aids Fight
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 10:45 am | United Nations
With more money, more political will and more attention being paid to HIV/AIDS than ever before, the world has reached a crucial moment in the history of the pandemic and now has an unprecedented opportunity to alter its course, according to a new ... More >>
Afghanistan: Blast Strikes Vehicle Carrying Four
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 10:44 am | United Nations
A vehicle carrying four electoral workers in the northeastern part of Afghanistan has been hit by an explosive device, the second such attack in less than a week, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today. More >>
DPR Korea: UN Expert Calls For End To Persecution
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 10:41 am | United Nations
UN Expert Calls For End To 'Persecution' Of Refugees Escaping Hunger In DPR Of Korea More >>
Gaza: Annan 'Disturbed' By Latest Violence
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 10:40 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is deeply disturbed by the alarming violence in Gaza City that started today, which left several Palestinians, including civilians and children, and at least six Israeli soldiers dead, his spokesman said. More >>
Recent Violence In Kosovo Shook UN Mission
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 10:39 am | United Nations
Although the recent wave of violence shook the United Nations mission in Kosovo "to its foundations," it aimed to root out and punish the perpetrators while remaining resolute in its task to help prepare the province for self-governance, the UN's senior ... More >>
Middle East: UN Envoy Meets With Syrian President
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 12:11 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, met with Syrian President Bashar Assad today for talks on the situation in the region, particularly the stalled peace process. More >>
Sierra Leonean War Crimes Trials Begin 3 June
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 12:10 am | United Nations
The joint war crimes trial of three leaders of Sierra Leone's now-defunct civilian militia, which was active during the West African country's 10-year civil war, is set to start on 3 June, the Special Court for Sierra Leone said today. More >>
