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Six People Dying From Diabetes Every Minute
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 9:51 am | United Nations
With six people dying every minute from diabetes-related illnesses, the United Nations health agency today launched a major preventive campaign for low- and middle-income countries and communities based on simple lifestyle adjustments such as a healthy ... More >>
UN Nuclear Watchdog Fights Heavy Water
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 9:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations nuclear watchdog may well sniff out plutonium-producing heavy water in its war against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, but in a less heralded programme it is also working to sustain dwindling freshwater supplies ... More >>
UN Afghanistan Envoy Strongly Condemns Killings
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 9:46 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan strongly condemned today's killing of two international staff and their Afghan interpreter who were scouting locations for voter registration sites in the country's mountainous northeast. More >>
UN Urges Halt To Israeli-Hezbollah Strikes
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 9:44 am | United Nations
A United Nations envoy today called on Israel to end its overflights of the region and for the Lebanese side to stop its retaliatory anti-aircraft fire, reminding the parties that one violation cannot justify another. More >>
States Need Help To Report On Al-Qaida
Thursday, 6 May 2004, 9:41 am | United Nations
Countries are committed to the international sanctions against Al-Qaida, the Taliban and their associates but some lack adequate resources to fulfil their reporting obligations, according to the Chairman of the Security Council committee dealing with the issues. More >>
UN Meeting: Quartet Reacts To Israel's Gaza Plan
Wednesday, 5 May 2004, 11:16 am | United Nations
Meeting today at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the so-called Quartet issued a positive reaction to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw all Israeli settlements from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, calling it a "rare moment ... More >>
UN War Crimes Tribunal: Serbia Non-Cooperation
Wednesday, 5 May 2004, 9:57 am | United Nations
"Extremely serious" and persistent failures on the part of Serbia and Montenegro to cooperate with the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia are threatening to push the trials of key suspects beyond the target completion date ... More >>
Annan Meets Quartet On Search Middle East Peace
Wednesday, 5 May 2004, 9:55 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan joined his colleagues from the European Union (EU), Russian Federation and United States at United Nations Headquarters in New York today for a high-level meeting of the so-called diplomatic Quartet seeking to bring peace ... More >>
Iraqi People Must Control Electoral Process
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 11:29 am | United Nations
A United Nations elections expert just back from Iraq emphasized today that the country's people must have control of the polling process, and that a secure environment and adequate resources were essential to the balloting's success. More >>
Probe Iraq Oil-For-Food Programme
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 10:06 am | United Nations
With the United Nations poised to play a key role in Iraq's transition to sovereignty, critics of the world body are seizing on unsubstantiated allegations regarding the Oil-for-Food relief effort before a high-level panel appointed by Secretary-General ... More >>
Reports Of Abuse Of Iraqi Prisoners Concerns UN
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 9:36 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert added his voice today to the chorus of concern over the reports that Iraqi detainees have been mistreated soldiers from the United States and the United Kingdom. More >>
Probe Into Humanitarian Crisis In Fallujah
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 9:34 am | United Nations
An expert of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights today wrote to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) strongly recommending that it establish an independent inquiry into the health situation of the civilian population of Fallujah following ... More >>
Reduced UN Force In Timor-Leste Recommended
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 9:30 am | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers have played a crucial role in the extraordinary political progress made by newly independent, post-conflict Timor-Leste, and a reduced force of nearly 700 troops should remain for another year to allow the country to become ... More >>
UN: Independence Of Media Stressed
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 9:28 am | United Nations
Eminent writers and reporters gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York today to observe World Press Freedom Day, which Secretary-General Kofi Annan said provided an opportunity for everyone to reaffirm their commitment to the independence ... More >>
UN Expert Committee Against Torture To Begin
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 9:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations expert panel charged with monitoring worldwide efforts to ensure adequate protection for all persons against torture and other cruel or degrading treatment or punishment opened its thirty-second annual session today in Geneva. More >>
Annan Notes Likud Party Referendum On Gaza
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 9:24 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan is taking a wait-and-see approach after the referendum Sunday held by Israel's Likud party, although the United Nations has previously welcomed the Gaza withdrawal plan proposed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, his spokesman said ... More >>
UN Spotlights Top 10 Issues
Monday, 3 May 2004, 10:25 am | United Nations
To shine a spotlight on some of the important international issues and developments that often do not get sufficient media attention, the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) today launched a new initiative, presenting a list of "Ten ... More >>
Iraq: Annan Disturbed By Images Of POW Humiliation
Monday, 3 May 2004, 10:23 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is "deeply disturbed" by images appearing in the media of Iraqi prisoners being mistreated and humiliated by United States prison guards, his spokesman said today. More >>
Security Council Approves Peacekeeping in Haiti
Monday, 3 May 2004, 10:21 am | United Nations
The Security Council today unanimously approved a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti to help stabilize the country, establish democratic institutions and eventually organize “free and fair” elections. More >>
Middle East ‘Quartet’ Prepares For Meeting
Monday, 3 May 2004, 10:20 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process, Terje Roed-Larsen, joined his colleagues from the European Union, Russian Federation and United States today in London to prepare for next week’s meeting of the so-called Quartet, a UN ... More >>
