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UN Calls For Aid For Sudanese Fleeing To Chad
Monday, 2 February 2004, 10:04 am | United Nations
Declaring that it is in a race against time, the United Nations refugee agency today issued an urgent appeal for funds for its emergency operation to help up to 135,000 Sudanese who have fled into barren remote parts of eastern Chad from fighting in ... More >>
Bird Flu: UN Agency Calls For Mass Cullings
Monday, 2 February 2004, 10:03 am | United Nations
With a highly contagious strain of bird flu erupting in Asia and fears that in a worst case scenario it could mutate into a deadly human-to-human infection, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for speedy mass killing ... More >>
UN Meets Colombian Asylum Seekers In Ecuador
Monday, 2 February 2004, 10:02 am | United Nations
A senior official of the United Nations refugee agency is in Ecuador today continuing the second part of a weeklong mission that began in Colombia, which has sent large numbers of asylum seekers to its South American neighbour. More >>
UN Electoral Team Set To Travel To Iraq
Monday, 2 February 2004, 10:00 am | United Nations
An electoral team from the United Nations should be heading to Iraq in a few days to assess the feasibility of holding elections before the transfer of sovereignty at the end of June, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today. More >>
Venezuela: International Observation Of Voting
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:59 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the decision by Venezuela's National Electoral Council to involve international observers in the search by government and opposition for a constitutional solution to the country's political stalemate. More >>
Georgia: UN Mission Extended Through July
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:58 am | United Nations
The Security Council today unanimously extended the 10-year-old United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) through July after Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported that it was critical to maintaining stability along the ceasefire lines between Georgian ... More >>
Somalia:UN Urges Release of Kidnapped Staff Member
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:57 am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in Somalia today strongly condemned the abduction of a UN staff member in the Horn of African country, calling for his immediate and unconditional release. More >>
UN Force In Lebanon Until End of July
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:55 am | United Nations
Calling on the Government of Lebanon to return its effective authority over its southern area bordering Israel, the United Nations Security Council today extended for six months the mandate of the UN force in the area. More >>
Implementing AntiTerror Resolution Hits Obstacles
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council' s Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) says the implementation of a resolution to monitor and try to increase the capability of States to fight terrorism "is encountering serious problems, both at the States and ... More >>
Declaration On Small Island Developing States
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:39 am | United Nations
Ministers and senior government officials meeting in Nassau, Bahamas, today adopted a Ministerial Declaration reaffirming the validity of the Barbados Programme of Action - a blueprint adopted 10 years ago for the sustainable development of small island ... More >>
UN Sanctions Tighten Against Taliban And Al-Qaida
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:37 am | United Nations
The Security Council today tightened the sanctions regime against the Taliban and Al-Qaida in what the President of the 15-member UN body called a significant step forward in the struggle against terrorism. More >>
Annan Appoints Monitors For Somali Arms Embargo
Friday, 30 January 2004, 11:59 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, responding to a Security Council request, has appointed a panel of experts to monitor violations of the arms embargo against Somalia during the coming six months. More >>
Entitlements Across Legally Recognized Marriages
Friday, 30 January 2004, 11:58 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today that any United Nations staff legally married or part of a legally recognized domestic partnership in their home country will be entitled to qualify for the entitlements provided for family members. More >>
Organization Starts Aid Convoy In Eastern Dr Congo
Friday, 30 January 2004, 10:57 am | United Nations
A convoy carrying food and other assistance is rolling along the road from Bukavu to Mwenga in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) distributing needed items to families, the United Nations mission in the country (MONUC) reported ... More >>
Explosions Strike Chadian Border Town, Killing Two
Friday, 30 January 2004, 10:37 am | United Nations
A series of explosions - probably from aerial bombings - near a Chadian border town yesterday has killed at least two people, wounded 15 others and forced aid workers to relocate hundreds of Sudanese refugees, the United Nations refugee agency reported ... More >>
Iraq, Cyprus Focus Of Annan's European Talks
Friday, 30 January 2004, 9:43 am | United Nations
Iraq, Cyprus Continue To Be Focus Of Annan's Talks With European Leaders In Belgium More >>
UN Mission To Afghanistan Steps Up
Friday, 30 January 2004, 9:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations Mission to Afghanistan reported today that it is intensifying efforts to support women's participation in the electoral process, focusing its initiatives on those cities where the female turnout to register to vote is low. More >>
Top UN Relief Official Heads To Ukraine
Friday, 30 January 2004, 9:40 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations relief official is heading to Ukraine and Belarus today after wrapping up a five-day official visit to the Russian Federation, where he held high-level talks in Moscow and travelled to Chechnya and Ingushetia to observe the ... More >>
UN Radio: Asian Ministers Meet to Tackle Bird Flu
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 8:38 am | United Nations
Special Report: UN Agencies Call For International Assistance to Stem the Spread of Avian Influenza in Asia More >>
Gaza: UN urges Israel not to endanger civilians
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 8:32 am | United Nations
Deploring the loss of life in Gaza City today following deadly clashes, the senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East called on Israel to take measures to avoid endangering civilians. More >>
