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UN Contacts Libya Over Nurses Condemned To Death
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 12:09 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today he planned to speak to Libya "at a high level" on the death sentences given to Bulgarian nurses and other foreign health workers for allegedly infecting Libyan children with HIV/AIDS. More >>
1,100 Palestinian Gaza Homes Destroyed in 10 Days
Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 11:39 am | United Nations
First 10 Days Of Month Sees Homes Of 1,100 Palestinians In Gaza Destroyed – UN Agency More >>
Timor-Leste Issues Warrant For Indonesia's Wiranto
Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 11:37 am | United Nations
A special court issued an arrest warrant today for retired Gen. Wiranto, the former Defence Minister and commander of Indonesian Armed Forces under indictment along with seven others for crimes against humanity in 1999 in Timor-Leste, according to ... More >>
Factional Attacks In Nigeria Kill Hundreds
Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 11:35 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed the efforts of Nigerian authorities and community officials who are trying to probe the killings that took place last week during communal clashes in a town in Nigeria's central Plateau State. More >>
UN Summary Executions Expert To Visit Sudan
Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 11:34 am | United Nations
A United Nations expert on arbitrary executions will visit the Upper Nile and Darfur regions of Sudan next month and report to the UN Commission on Human Rights, according to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). More >>
UN Lebanon For Talks With Senior Officials
Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 11:33 am | United Nations
The chief United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process, Terje Roed-Larsen, was in Beirut today to meet with senior officials of Lebanon and brief them on last week's Quartet meeting in New York. More >>
Terrorist Attack On Chechen President Condemned
Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 11:02 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Security Council today voiced both their dismay and condemnation of Sunday's terrorist attack in Grozny, which killed Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and a number of other bystanders. More >>
Sudan: Massive Human Rights Violations In Darfur
Monday, 10 May 2004, 1:51 pm | United Nations
While black African rebels in western Sudan appear to have violated human rights in their quest for development, the Government of Sudan and its Arab proxy militia have responded with a "reign of terror" of massive human rights violations ... More >>
UN Gen Assembly Palestinians Right To Sovereignty
Friday, 7 May 2004, 10:29 am | United Nations
The 191-member United Nations General Assembly today overwhelmingly affirmed the need to enable the Palestinian people "to exercise sovereignty and to achieve independence in their State, Palestine." More >>
Post-Conflict Bougainville Disarmament Progressing
Friday, 7 May 2004, 10:17 am | United Nations
Bougainville, now autonomous after a decade of secessionist fighting against Papua New Guinea, has destroyed at least half of its weapons, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today. More >>
Sexual Exploitation Of Children Rises In Gambia
Friday, 7 May 2004, 9:43 am | United Nations
Sexual abuse and exploitation of children in Gambia is rising because of sex tourism from Britain and Northern Europe and "sugar daddy" relationships with adult nationals of the West African country, according to a report from the United Nations ... More >>
UN To Upgrade Security At New York Headquarters
Friday, 7 May 2004, 9:42 am | United Nations
The United Nations is set to begin a slate of projects - including the construction a new perimeter fence - to bolster safety and security measures at its New York Headquarters. More >>
Iraq UN Human Rights Report Due End Of May
Friday, 7 May 2004, 9:41 am | United Nations
United Nations human rights experts are working to prepare a comprehensive report covering the situation in Iraq during the past year of occupation by the United States-led coalition forces and will present it to the UN's top human rights body by the end ... More >>
Afghanistan's Disarmament Programme In Jeopardy
Friday, 7 May 2004, 9:40 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan today warned that a plan to disarm the country's warring factions ahead of elections later this year is in "serious jeopardy" because of obstruction by powerful militiamen. More >>
Russia Signs UN-Backed Asian Highway Accord
Friday, 7 May 2004, 9:38 am | United Nations
The largest piece of the jigsaw in the United Nations-backed 140,000-kilometre Asian Highway network of roads linking the vast region from St. Petersburg to Singapore and Seoul to Istanbul has formally fallen into place with the Russian Federation ... More >>
DPR Korea: UN feed programme for 6.5m Under-Funded
Friday, 7 May 2004, 9:36 am | United Nations
United Nations operations to feed 6.5 million of the most vulnerable people in the Democratic People’s Republic Korea (DPRK) remain “critically under-funded,” standing at less than the total raised to help victims of last month's deadly train explosion ... More >>
SC Month To Focus On Africa, Iraq, UN Peacekeeping
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 11:54 am | United Nations
SECURITY COUNCIL'S MONTH TO FOCUS ON AFRICA, IRAQ, UN PEACEKEEPING - PRESIDENT New York, May 4 2004 7:00PM More >>
Sudan Re-Elected To UN Rights Commission
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 11:50 am | United Nations
With the official report on the often-condemned human rights situation in western Sudan still pending, the Khartoum Government was among the 14 elected today by the United Nations Economic and Social Council ( ECOSOC ) to fill vacancies on the Commission ... More >>
UN Report On Human Rights Situation In Iraq
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 11:48 am | United Nations
UN BEGINS COLLECTING INFORMATION FOR REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN IRAQ New York, May 4 2004 6:00PM More >>
UN Disarms Over 18,000 Ex-Rebels In Liberia
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 10:50 am | United Nations
With more than 10,000 weapons collected from over 18,000 ex-fighters, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) is winding down the first phase of its programme to demobilize and disarm the war-torn West African country's three main warring factions. More >>
