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Belafonte Urges All Countries To End School Fees
Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 8:42 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today reported that its goodwill ambassador, Harry Belafonte, has issued a call on all developing countries today to follow Kenya's example and permanently abolish primary school fees. More >>
Kosovo Protection Corps Members Arrested
Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 8:41 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy in Kosovo today informed top leaders in the province that a number of protection force (KPC) members have been arrested in connection with serious crimes, including murder of Kosovo Albanians. More >>
UNESCO Condemns Yet More Murders Of Journalists
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:56 am | United Nations
For the fifth time this year the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) condemned the murder of journalists today as “an intolerable undermining” of one of the pillars of democracy, this time deploring ... More >>
Bird Flu Still Spreading In Asia
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:55 am | United Nations
Although some 80 million chickens have so far been culled to fight the Asian bird flu epidemic, the spread of the virus is still not under control in several countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. More >>
Breakthrough In Cyprus Talks
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:53 am | United Nations
More than 40 years after the United Nations first became involved in the Cyprus problem, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said a settlement is “in reach” after the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders committed to his plan to reunify the island nation ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Concerned Over Murder Trial
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has praised the swift handling of the investigation and trial of individuals convicted of the murder of a UN staff member, while raising concerns about the trial process. More >>
Foreign Investment Drops for Africa's Poorest
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:48 am | United Nations
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in five least developed countries (LDCs) in Africa declined in 2002 and though two other nations on the continent made small gains, they did not keep pace with large recent losses, the United Nations Conference on ... More >>
Reviewed of Aid Mobilization for World's Poorest
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations Economic and Social Council will hold a meeting next week to examine what help the world is giving to the 50 poorest nations to lift them out of poverty and instability. More >>
UN: Unhindered Humanitarian Access Urged in Haiti
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations is calling for a humanitarian corridor to be established in Haiti to allow aid workers access to the country's north, which has been cut off for days because of the violence convulsing the Caribbean nation's cities. More >>
5million Returning To Home Countries In Africa
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:33 am | United Nations
With more than 5 million African refugees and internally displaced people preparing to return home, the United Nations refugee agency announced plans today to hold a ministerial-level meeting next month on comprehensive regional approaches to repatriation ... More >>
100 Moroccan Pows In Western Sahara Released
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:30 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara today hailed the decision by the Frente POLISARIO group to release 100 Moroccan prisoners-of-war. More >>
Annan Deplores Deaths During Israeli Incursions
Friday, 13 February 2004, 10:18 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today deplored the deaths of at least 15 Palestinians, including civilians, during Israeli military incursions in Gaza Wednesday. More >>
UN Official Appointed To Executive Post At Unicef
Friday, 13 February 2004, 10:15 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations plan to refurbish its New York headquarters has been appointed the Deputy Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), effective from 1 March. More >>
UN Military Observer Killed In Dr Of Congo Ambush
Friday, 13 February 2004, 9:53 am | United Nations
A United Nations military observer was killed today in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the ambush of a UN convoy as it returned from investigating allegations of extortion by local militia members. More >>
Need For Security To Enable UN Return To Iraq
Friday, 13 February 2004, 9:11 am | United Nations
In the face of two major deadly car bomb explosions in Iraq in the last two days, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has again stressed the need for security to enable the United Nations to return to the country even as a UN team is on the ground there ... More >>
Cameroon-Nigeria Fresh Visit To Disputed Border
Friday, 13 February 2004, 9:10 am | United Nations
The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission, set up by the United Nations to peacefully resolve their border dispute, has decided to make extra field visits to the contested land boundary between the countries. More >>
Continuing UN Fact-Finding Mission In Iraq
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 8:57 am | United Nations
Lakhdar Brahimi, who is leading a United Nations team assessing the feasibility of early elections in Iraq, held meetings today with a number of officials as well as representatives of civic groups. More >>
Haiti Civil Crisis Preventing Food Aid Deliveries
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 8:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations food relief agency today expressed its growing concern over the recent outbreak of civil strife in Haiti, warning that the closure of key roads is blocking the delivery of food aid to almost 270,000 needy people. More >>
Fighting Hunger Today May Halt Obesity - UN
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 8:48 am | United Nations
Reducing hunger and undernourishment in pregnant women and children now could prevent them from becoming overweight and obese and reduce associated health costs in later life, according to a study released today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ... More >>
UN Agency To Buy Palestinian Olive Oil
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 8:47 am | United Nations
In an effort to address the dire social and economic conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the United Nations World Food Programme today announced a plan to purchase $1.3 million worth of olive oil from 2,600 selected poor farmers. More >>
