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New EU Law On Asylum Seekers
Monday, 3 May 2004, 10:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed concern at new European Union legislation on asylum, warning that it might lead in practice to breaches of international refugee law. More >>
Plight Of Detained Child Asylum Seekers In US
Friday, 30 April 2004, 11:03 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today spotlighted the plight of tens of thousands of asylum seekers detained in the United States, including more than 5,000 children held every year. More >>
Fate Of 370,000 Displaced Sri Lankans ‘Critical’
Friday, 30 April 2004, 11:02 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today said it was “critical” to resolve the plight of 370,000 displaced Sri Lankans, victims of a separatist conflict that has claimed more than 65,000 lives in the past two decades, by restoring property rights, clearing ... More >>
Health Needs Of Blast Victims In DPR Of Korea
Friday, 30 April 2004, 11:01 am | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies are stepping up efforts to meet the health needs of people affected by the massive explosion last week near the Chinese border in the Democratic People’s Republic Korea (DPRK), which killed at least 161 people and ... More >>
Afghanistan: ‘Brutal Slaying’ Of Aid Workers
Friday, 30 April 2004, 10:59 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today voiced shock at Monday’s “brutal slaying” of two local workers of a non-governmental organization (NGO) in southern Kandahar, strongly condemning it as “yet another tragic and unacceptable act” against ... More >>
Annan urges U.S. caution in Fallujah
Thursday, 29 April 2004, 11:54 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to all the parties in Iraq to refrain from violence, urging the United States to do all it can to seek a peaceful end to the confrontation in Fallujah and warning that violent military ... More >>
Kosovo: Inquiry Into Drowning Of 3 Children Stalls
Thursday, 29 April 2004, 11:03 am | United Nations
An investigation by the United Nations mission in Kosovo into the alleged criminal drowning of three children, which sparked last month's large-scale inter-ethnic violence, has stalled because of a lack of evidence, a spokesperson for the UN police said ... More >>
Insecurity In Iraq Undermines UN Refugee Work
Thursday, 29 April 2004, 9:53 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency said today “the dire security situation” and upsurge in fighting in Iraq have further undermined its capacity to operate effectively inside the country, “where the needs just get bigger and bigger.” More >>
Cyprus Vote Disappointing - Security Council Told
Thursday, 29 April 2004, 9:52 am | United Nations
While the outcome of Saturday's vote in Cyprus on a unity plan was disappointing, the United Nations had come closer than ever before to resolving one of the most delicate and complex conflicts on its agenda, a senior UN official told the Security ... More >>
Annan - Some Oil-For-Food Charges 'Outrageous'
Thursday, 29 April 2004, 12:29 am | United Nations
While reiterating his determination to "get to the bottom" of allegations surrounding the United Nations Oil-for-Food programme in Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today stressed that some of the issues have been blown out of proportion and the UN has ... More >>
UNDP: Small Niue takes big aid steps
Thursday, 29 April 2004, 12:20 am | United Nations
28 April, Wellington, New Zealand - For the first time, aid agencies involved in the rebuilding of the world's smallest island country after Cyclone Heta's recent devastation, will meet in New Zealand to discuss improved methods of co-ordinating ... More >>
Iraq: Security Council Backs Brahimi’s Ideas
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 11:18 am | United Nations
The Security Council today gave its backing to ideas outlined by United Nations Special Adviser Lakhdar Brahimi for the formation of an interim Iraqi Government take over from the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) at the end of June. More >>
Iraqi Interim Government Named By End Of May
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 10:29 am | United Nations
United Nations Special Adviser Lakhdar Brahimi told the Security Council today he intends to quickly resume talks with Iraqis to reach agreement by the end of May on the composition of a caretaker government to succeed the United States-led Coalition ... More >>
World's Youth Better Off Today - UN Report
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 10:27 am | United Nations
The world's youth are better off today than earlier generations, although many are still severely hindered by a lack of education, poverty, health problems, unemployment and the impact of conflict, the United Nations says in a new report released today, ... More >>
DPR Of Korea: Un Agency Appeals For Fresh Aid
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 9:14 am | United Nations
Fresh from delivering the first humanitarian aid to hospital victims of last week’s railway disaster in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations World Food Programme today called for urgent extra donations to feed thousands ... More >>
10 Years of Post-Apartheid Democracy In Sth Africa
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 9:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations today marked the 10th anniversary of South Africa’s battle to make the transition from apartheid racism to democracy in what Secretary General Kofi Annan called “a struggle that galvanized the entire world community.” More >>
Nrth-West Africa Faces Most Serious Locust Threat
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 9:12 am | United Nations
Warning of “the most serious locust situation” in West and Northwest Africa in 10 years, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today issued yet another alert, calling for $17 million to continue the current preventive campaign ... More >>
Iraqi Council Adopts Independent Election Proposal
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 9:10 am | United Nations
The Iraqi Governing Council has announced that it is adopting recommendations put forward by a United Nations electoral assessment mission on the formation of the Independent Elections Commission of Iraq, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
Slow Progress Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 9:09 am | United Nations
Although progress in resolving the Georgian-Abkhaz separatist conflict in northwestern Georgia remains "painfully slow" 10 years after the United Nations established a mission there, Secretary-General Kofi Annan cites "reason for cautious optimism ... More >>
Advisory - United Nations Development Programme
Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 2:55 pm | United Nations
The media is invited to attend the opening session and statements of the Niue Donor Roundtable being held tomorrow at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. A media conference is being held in the afternoon. More >>
