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Threats From Non-State Users Of WMDs Discussed
Friday, 23 April 2004, 1:41 pm | United Nations
THREATS FROM NON-STATE USERS OF WMDS DISCUSSED IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL New York, Apr 22 2004 8:00PM More >>
Oil-For-Food Inquiry Panel Could Be Announced Wed.
Friday, 23 April 2004, 1:40 pm | United Nations
An official announcement that Secretary-General Kofi Annan will set up an independent inquiry to look into allegations of corruption in the United Nations Oil-for-Food programme for Iraq is expected on Wednesday, his spokesman confirmed today. More >>
Expert Concerned At Execution Of Hamas' Rantissi
Friday, 23 April 2004, 1:38 pm | United Nations
Joining the chorus of condemnation over the assassination of Hamas leader Abdelaziz Rantissi, the United Nations expert on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions today called on Israel to stop using such tactics in accordance with international ... More >>
UN Mission To Haiti Should Send Troops In May
Friday, 23 April 2004, 1:35 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed sending United Nations military and police forces to Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, beginning in the latter half of May as the vanguard of an 8,300-strong United Nations stabilization mission that will take ... More >>
Chance To Remove Landmines 'Once And For All'
Friday, 23 April 2004, 1:33 pm | United Nations
Urging the world’s leaders to seize the opportunity to remove landmines forever, the head of the http://www.mineaction.org/ United Nations anti-mine service said today that countries must use a major conference later this year to map out the strategy ... More >>
Russian Veto Defeats Draft Resolution On Cyprus
Friday, 23 April 2004, 1:32 pm | United Nations
RUSSIAN VETO DEFEATS SECURITY COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON CYPRUS New York, Apr 21 2004 8:00PM More >>
Albanian President Pays First Visit To Kosovo
Friday, 23 April 2004, 11:36 am | United Nations
The president of Albania today paid the first official visit ever by an Albanian head of state to United Nations-administered Kosovo just a month after tensions between ethnic Albanians and Serbs boiled over into violence in which 19 people died and ... More >>
Deadly Consequences Of Israeli Incursion Into Gaza
Friday, 23 April 2004, 11:35 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced alarm at the deadly consequences of a two-day Israeli incursion into the northern Gaza Strip, noting that there were reportedly at least 10 civilians, including five children under the age of 15, among ... More >>
Asia-Pacific Needs To Tap Financial Systems
Friday, 23 April 2004, 11:34 am | United Nations
The Asia-Pacific region, by harnessing market forces and maintaining the world's highest savings rate, has become a global economic leader, but needs to tap the potential of its financial systems to benefit 800 million people struggling to survive on less ... More >>
Libya Commended For Decision To Abandon WMDs
Friday, 23 April 2004, 11:32 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today welcomed Libya's decision to cooperate with the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and abandon its programmes to develop weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), along with the means to deliver them. More >>
SecurityCouncil Condemns Child Soldier Recruitment
Friday, 23 April 2004, 11:30 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today condemned the recruitment of child soldiers and called on Secretary-General Kofi Annan to create a monitoring mechanism, preferably within three months, "to provide timely objective, accurate and reliable information ... More >>
Files On Kuwaitis Missing In Iraq Progressing
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 10:14 am | United Nations
While over 200 cases remain unresolved, appreciable progress has been made in identifying the remains of Kuwaiti prisoners of war as well as the nationals of other countries who have been missing since the 1990 invasion by Iraq, according to a United Nations ... More >>
Gaza: Food To 600,000 Palestinians Resumes
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 9:49 am | United Nations
The main United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees today resumed distributing emergency food aid to 600,000 people in the Gaza Strip following a three-week suspension after Israel imposed new restrictions at the sole commercial crossing point. More >>
Basra Bombings Indicate Iraqi Violence Spreading
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 9:48 am | United Nations
Having announced previously that the return of the United Nations to Iraq depends on the country’s security and stability, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was concerned that today’s deadly car bombings in Basra were an indication that violence ... More >>
Oil-For-Food Probe Independent Panel Named
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 9:46 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan today announced the formation of the independent panel that will conduct an inquiry into allegations of impropriety in the administration and management of the Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme. More >>
Travel Agent's Code Launched Curbs Child Sex Tours
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 9:45 am | United Nations
With reports indicating that a quarter of international sex tourists are American, and that the number of children being exploited worldwide estimated at 2 million and growing, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today launched a code-of-conduct ... More >>
Georgian And Abkhaz Representatives Meet In Geneva
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 9:38 am | United Nations
Representatives from Georgia and Abkhazia met in Geneva today in United Nations-initiated talks on international security guarantees in the conflict zone in Abkhazia, where Georgian government and separatist forces fought a war 10 years ago which forced ... More >>
Chair of Oil-For-Food Inquiry Pledges Full Probe
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 9:35 am | United Nations
Paul Volcker, the former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, today pledged a thorough inquiry into allegations of impropriety in the administration and management of the United Nations Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme. More >>
Sri Lanka: rebels asked to end child soldier drive
Wednesday, 21 April 2004, 8:38 am | United Nations
Confirming the deaths of two child soldiers last week during fighting between two factions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Children’s Fund has called on the rebel group to free its remaining child ... More >>
UN Transfers $500 Million In Oil Revenues to Iraq
Wednesday, 21 April 2004, 8:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations today reported transferring $500 million in surplus money from its now-defunct Oil-for-Food programme to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). More >>
