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30 UN staff withdrawn from Afghan border
Wednesday, 19 November 2003, 11:48 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency announced today that it was temporarily suspending assistance to Afghan returnees from Pakistan, withdrawing 30 international staff from the border area and closing reception centres in four provinces following the ... More >>
Guinea-Bissau Asks Security Cl help with Elections
Wednesday, 19 November 2003, 11:46 pm | United Nations
The President of Guinea-Bissau, Henrique Perreira Rosa, today appealed to the United Nations Security Council to help his West African country pay its civil servants the salaries owed them and assist his transitional government in preparing peaceful ... More >>
Support for Sudan more critical than ever
Wednesday, 19 November 2003, 11:44 pm | United Nations
Foreign aid and support to the Sudan is more important than ever as the prospects for peace rise, according to the latest humanitarian update from the African country. More >>
UN Radio: A Chaotic Iraq not in Anyone's Interest
Tuesday, 18 November 2003, 9:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations has always indicated that it's prepared to play its role in Iraq. But Secretary-general Kofi Annan says the security situation has to be appropriate. Annan told reporters Monday that if the situation improves the UN is ready to go ... More >>
Annan says time not yet ripe for UN return to Iraq
Tuesday, 18 November 2003, 9:22 am | United Nations
Annan welcomes latest US plan but says time not yet ripe for UN return to Iraq More >>
Repatriation for 100-plus Rwanda rebels from Congo
Tuesday, 18 November 2003, 9:20 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the voluntary repatriation of more than 100 high-level members of the rebel Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) and called on other armed Rwandans in the Democratic Republic of the ... More >>
UN to launch new consolidated humanitarian appeal
Tuesday, 18 November 2003, 9:19 am | United Nations
Joeveth is 12-years-old, a landmine victim and orphan. He sits with other children on a bench, his crutch at his side, at a United Nations-assisted centre for war orphans in the town of Kuito in central Angola. More >>
UN grounds road missions in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 18 November 2003, 9:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today grounded road missions throughout Afghanistan, suspended activities in the eastern province of Ghazni and launched a review of its operations after the weekend murder of a staff member. More >>
African countries to meet over water management
Tuesday, 18 November 2003, 9:15 am | United Nations
More than 40 African countries will meet next month to work out targets for the improved management of continental water supplies at a conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the United Nations regional commission for Africa said today. More >>
UN: attack against refugee workers in Afghanistan
Monday, 17 November 2003, 11:47 am | United Nations
– United Nations officials today voiced outrage at the “heinous” murder of a UN refugee worker in Afghanistan and called for greater security measures to protect those assisting the war-torn country More >>
Annan condemns terror attacks in Istanbul
Monday, 17 November 2003, 11:45 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the terrorist attacks against two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey. More >>
UN deplores terrorist bombings in Turkey
Monday, 17 November 2003, 11:45 am | United Nations
Condemning the deadly terrorist bombings in Istanbul today, the Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the perpetrators must be held accountable under the law. More >>
UN Radio: Focusing on Africa, Liberia ect...
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 12:59 am | United Nations
The top UN official in Afghanistan has welcomed Tuesday's presidential decree for the registration of voters to begin leading to elections for a president and the leadership of the country. Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi described the decree ... More >>
Myanmar's human rights situation has regressed
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 12:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar said today that when he compared the observations he made in March with those he noted in November, he saw "significant setbacks" in the country's human rights situation. More >>
UN: Israeli policies hurting Palestinian children
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 12:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations expert on the right to food said today that Israel should be condemned for the effects that its policies of occupation are having on the nourishment of Palestinian children. More >>
UN Radio Afghanistan Progress But Problems Remain
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 12:19 am | United Nations
The Afghan peace process is on track, but it's plagued by security problems. Ambassador Gunter Pleuger of Germany, who led a Security Council mission to Afghanistan a week ago, cites terror activities, fighting among warlords and crime, as areas of concern. ... More >>
Afghanistan at crucial stage of peace process
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 12:12 am | United Nations
Although Afghanistan has so far met the benchmarks set by the Bonn Agreement, it is now entering the most critical phase of the peace process, the head of a Security Council mission told the 15-member body today. More >>
Two Injured in Blast at UN Afghanistan Compound
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 12:10 am | United Nations
A car bomb exploded outside the United Nations compound in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan today, injuring two people. More >>
70th Anniversary Ukraine famine caused by Stalin
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 12:09 am | United Nations
An exhibit on the 70th anniversary of the great famine in Ukraine, which took millions of lives due to the forced collectivization policies of Joseph Stalin, has opened at United Nations headquarters in New York with several speakers calling the tragedy ... More >>
UN: Afghanistan publishes draft constition
Monday, 10 November 2003, 12:12 am | United Nations
Afghanistan has taken another step forward on the road to democracy with the publication of its draft constitution, the United Nations Mission (UNAMA) in the country announced today. More >>
