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Chemical Weapons Treaty Universal Adherence Urged
Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 8:44 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan today urged the three dozen countries outside the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) to sign and ratify the treaty as part of the international effort to head off terrorism. More >>
UN team finds northern Liberian city 'broken'
Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 8:42 am | United Nations
A United Nations interagency team undertaking the first assessment trip in four years to the northern Liberian city of Voinjama found it "broken" by 14 years of civil war, and in need of assistance. More >>
African women 175 times more likely to die
Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 8:40 am | United Nations
African women are 175 times more likely to die in childbirth than women in developed regions of the world, according to a United Nations interagency report released today. More >>
UN Radio: SC Adopts U.S-sponsored Iraq Resolution
Friday, 17 October 2003, 8:53 am | United Nations
The Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution that outlines the political future of Iraq. Today's action followed intense negotiations and revision of the United States-sponsored draft. The resolution authorizes a multinational force to ... More >>
Security Council details roles for peace in Iraq
Friday, 17 October 2003, 8:47 am | United Nations
After weeks of intensive negotiations, the United Nations Security Council today unanimously adopted a new resolution outlining the roles of the United Nations, the United States-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and the Iraqi Governing Council ... More >>
Annan welcomes passage of new Iraq resolution
Friday, 17 October 2003, 8:44 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the new Security Council resolution on Iraq – approved unanimously at the end of what he said was a “difficult” process of negotiation – and pledged to do his “utmost” to implement the text’s provisions. More >>
Members hail Security Council unanimity on Iraq
Friday, 17 October 2003, 8:43 am | United Nations
Addressing the Security Council after their unanimous vote on a new United Nations resolution on Iraq today, several members of the 15-nation body said that unanimity was important to show the Iraqi people international solidarity for their plight, ... More >>
UN Radio: Security Council Plans Meeting on Iraq
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 12:24 am | United Nations
Special Report: Ahead of Madrid donor conference, UNDP Deputy Administrator Taft presents study of Iraqi reconstruction needs More >>
Secretary-General condemns attack on US diplomats
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 12:12 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan strongly condemned the attack on a United States diplomatic convoy in Gaza today, killing three Americans, and he urged the Palestinian Authority to bring the guilty to justice speedily. More >>
Timor-Leste making good progress, more help needed
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 12:11 am | United Nations
Timor-Leste has made tremendous progress in governing itself in the 17 months that the United Nations has been helping the newly independent country, but serious problems of security, order and economic transformation remain, the top UN envoy in the country ... More >>
Chernobyl victims need coordinated int. help
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 12:10 am | United Nations
Seventeen years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station the situation in the area remains "difficult' - as does the coordination of international relief efforts, according to a United Nations report issued today. More >>
UN Radio Security Cl Discusses New Iraq Resolution
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:24 am | United Nations
UN Special Report: New Draft on Iraq Comes Closer to Drawing Consensus in Security Council More >>
Annan says no ‘major shift’ in new Iraq resolution
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:17 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said today the new draft resolution on the future of Iraq is not a “major shift” from the previous one submitted by the United States, but he said that he was “grateful” that the framers had taken into ... More >>
Liberians Told Liberia Is Theirs To Rebuild
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:15 am | United Nations
The inauguration of the new National Transitional Government of Liberia marked a "turning point" for that country, but it also presented challenges, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message to the handover ceremony ... More >>
Annan expresses concern about violence in Bolivia
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:13 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed concern about violence and loss of life in Bolivia and called on the Government and the opposition to settle their differences through peaceful means and dialogue. More >>
Fréchette To Speak Tourism Organization in China
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:09 am | United Nations
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today headed to Vancouver for a foundation meeting, to be followed by a speech before the World Tourism Organization in China. More >>
Seagrass declining worldwide, threatening wildlife
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:07 am | United Nations
Some 15 per cent of the entire world's seagrass has been lost in the past 10 years, putting at greater risks already threatened manatees and sea turtles, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) said today. More >>
UN Radio: 1200+ Made Homeless by Israeli Incursion
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 11:27 am | United Nations
Relief teams working for the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) have completed their assessment of the number of homes destroyed during Israel's military incursion into Raffah over the weekend. Spokesman for UNRWA, Paul McCann, says they've ... More >>
Israeli incursion makes 1240 Palestinians homeless
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 11:17 am | United Nations
The Israeli demolition of refugee shelters in Rafah camp on the southern Gaza Strip last week has left 1,240 people homeless, United Nations relief workers said today. More >>
Security Council shows increasing burden of work
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 11:16 am | United Nations
The latest annual report on the United Nations Security Council shows that an already heavy workload continues to grow, as the 15-member body focuses on regional tensions and the fight against terrorism, the President for October, Ambassador John Negroponte ... More >>
