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Restrictions Adversely Affect Palestinian Women
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 11:19 am | United Nations
Calling on Israeli authorities and the Palestinian Authority to provide good basic services for women, seven United Nations institutions today said the health of Palestinian women, especially those who are pregnant, have been negatively affected by restrictions ... More >>
AIDS Infection Of Women In Terrifying Pattern
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 10:15 am | United Nations
As the United Nations observed http://www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2004/ International Women's Day, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on men to assume the responsibilities that would reduce the "terrifying pattern" of HIV/AIDS infection among ... More >>
Investigators Search Taylor's Monrovia Properties
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 10:13 am | United Nations
Investigators from the Special Court for Sierra Leone have searched the properties of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who has been indicted by the court on war crimes charges. More >>
Serious Concerns Over Iran’s Nuke Declaration Gaps
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 9:50 am | United Nations
While noting with satisfaction marked progress in cooperation by Iran, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency today voiced serious concern over gaps in Tehran’s declaration of nuclear activities and called on it to take the “vital” ... More >>
Annan Invites Nato Support For African Missions
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 9:48 am | United Nations
If the United Nations undertakes new peacekeeping operations in Africa and Haiti this year as expected, stronger support from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would be "tremendously helpful," Secretary-General Kofi Annan said ... More >>
Wave Of Returning African Refugees Expected
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 9:47 am | United Nations
Pointing to the expected repatriation of millions of refugees and internally displaced people across Africa, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today called for global support to break the continent's cycle of poverty, violence and ... More >>
UN: Latest Round Of Middle East Violence Deplored
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 9:42 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly deplored the latest round of violence over the weekend in the Middle East. More >>
Tribunal Indicts Two Former Croatian Generals
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 9:40 am | United Nations
Two retired Croatian generals have been charged by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for their alleged role in the permanent removal of Serbs from the Krajina region in August 1995. More >>
Burning of girls' schools in Afghanistan condemned
Monday, 8 March 2004, 11:25 am | United Nations
As Afghanistan prepares to commemorate International Women's Day, the senior United Nations envoy to the country today deplored recent violence against girls' schools – institutions that were banned under the fallen Taliban regime. More >>
Kosovo: Police Disable Home-Made Bomb At UN HQ
Monday, 8 March 2004, 10:46 am | United Nations
Kosovo Police Service officers today discovered and helped to disable an improvised explosive device outside the headquarters compound of the UN mission in the province (UNMIK). More >>
UN Peacekeeping Troop Numbers Will Keep Growing
Monday, 8 March 2004, 10:45 am | United Nations
The number of United Nations peacekeepers serving around the world continues to grow even as the number of missions remains relatively static, according to the latest overview of the UN peacekeeping budget. More >>
Access To Humanitarian Aid Throughout Haiti Urged
Monday, 8 March 2004, 10:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council called today for "safe and unimpeded humanitarian access" to vulnerable people in Haiti after the breakdown in law and order there necessitated emergency international assistance to help stabilize the volatile country. More >>
Chad: Unicef To Use Horses To Reach Ill Children
Monday, 8 March 2004, 10:41 am | United Nations
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Chad's Public Health Ministry will use horses to reach some of the country's most remote areas during a campaign to inoculate nearly 90,000 children - half of them Sudanese refugees - against measles. More >>
Venezuela: Annan Vows UN Support To Stop Violence
Monday, 8 March 2004, 10:39 am | United Nations
Voicing dismay at the violence that has rocked Venezuela over the past week, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today pledged the world body's backing in achieving a peaceful resolution. More >>
Libya Submits Report On Its Chemical Arms Scheme
Monday, 8 March 2004, 10:36 am | United Nations
Meeting its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, Libya today submitted a complete initial declaration on those arms to the treaty's watchdog agency, a United Nations spokesman reported. More >>
Myanmar: UN Ends Reconciliation Trip
Monday, 8 March 2004, 10:35 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Envoy has http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sgsm9183.doc.htm concluded a visit this week to Myanmar, where he continued efforts to facilitate national reconciliation and democratization based on the participation of all parties ... More >>
Three Times As Long to Recruit Peacekeeping Staff
Friday, 5 March 2004, 9:45 am | United Nations
The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) took an average of 347 days to recruit staff to professional-level and other senior posts in 2002 - almost three times longer than the UN target - according to a report issued today ... More >>
Proposal To Revitalize UN Counter-Terrorism Body
Friday, 5 March 2004, 9:37 am | United Nations
Members of the United Nations anti-terrorism committee today agreed on the need to "revitalize" its work in order to adapt to the evolving nature of its mission and voiced support for a plan that aims to enhance the Security Council's ability ... More >>
Sudan: horror, aerial bombings, militia attacks
Friday, 5 March 2004, 9:21 am | United Nations
After spending a day in the field listening to horror stories of aerial bombings and militia attacks, the United Nations refugee chief has acknowledged that the estimated 110,000 Sudanese who have fled their country and poured into eastern Chad may not ... More >>
Afghan Voters Reach Mid-Way Point At Reg. Centres
Friday, 5 March 2004, 9:19 am | United Nations
More than half the Afghans eligible to enrol in the first phase of the voter registration drive for national elections have already done so, the United Nations announced today. More >>
