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Kabul: Security Council approves expanding force
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 11:15 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council gave its approval today for the international troops in Afghanistan to move out from the capital, Kabul, citing the importance of extending the Government's authority throughout the country and providing security ... More >>
Qatar donates $15 million for UNESCO fund
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 11:14 am | United Nations
The first lady of Qatar and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have announced the launching of an initiative to rebuild Iraq's university system. More >>
Second reported slaughter in DR of Congo
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 11:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched an investigation into the killing of 16 civilians, primarily women, during an attack on 6 October in South Kivu Province, near Burundi, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
UN Radio: More Judges Needed for Rwanda War Crimes
Friday, 10 October 2003, 12:44 am | United Nations
Special Report: UN Communications Chief Edward Mortimer on Radical Reforms to Strengthen the United Nations More >>
Secretary-General condemns Baghdad violence
Friday, 10 October 2003, 12:40 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the bombing at a Baghdad police station and the murder of a Spanish diplomat in the Iraqi capital. More >>
Security Council welcomes Burundi agreement
Friday, 10 October 2003, 12:39 am | United Nations
United Nations Security Council members today welcomed the signing of a power-sharing agreement designed to end a 10-year civil war in Burundi and urged the two signatories to negotiate an accord on the outstanding issues without delay. More >>
Colombians flocking to Bogotá need more help
Friday, 10 October 2003, 12:37 am | United Nations
The number of people fleeing rural conflicts and taking shelter in Colombia's capital, Bogotá, has skyrocketed, but they have had little or no assistance with integration into city life, according to a report issued by the United Nations High Commission ... More >>
New prosecutor for Rwandan war crimes
Friday, 10 October 2003, 12:36 am | United Nations
The new prosecutor for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) told the Security Council today that he has put in place methods of reviewing dozens of cases so that he can soon determine realistic figures for the work to be ... More >>
UN: Middle East nations must stop violence cycle
Thursday, 9 October 2003, 11:21 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, said today that the situation between Israel and its neighbours, Syria and Lebanon, has deteriorated sharply in the last few days and that the recent cycle of attacks would lead only ... More >>
UN Radio: War Crimes Chamber is Being Established
Thursday, 9 October 2003, 11:19 pm | United Nations
Special Report: Adolescents' Reproductive Health Is Critical to Fighting Poverty and HIV/AIDS - State of World Population 2003 Report More >>
New Sarajevo court to transfer expertise to locals
Thursday, 9 October 2003, 11:12 pm | United Nations
The planned Sarajevo War Crimes Chamber within the State-Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will play a crucial role in ensuring justice in that country, the President of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said ... More >>
UN Radio: Mission Finds Evidence of Congo Massacre
Wednesday, 8 October 2003, 12:44 am | United Nations
An investigating team sent by the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has found 65 bodies at Kachele, northeast of Bunia. The team found 23 people killed in a church and others who were buried in a mass grave. Most of the dead were children. ... More >>
UN Condemns Lebanese Attack Killed Israeli Soldier
Wednesday, 8 October 2003, 12:38 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, today condemned an attack from Lebanese territory that killed an Israeli soldier across the southern withdrawal line last night and urged Beirut to control the use of force everywhere ... More >>
UN team finds 65 bodies in eastern DR of Congo
Wednesday, 8 October 2003, 12:36 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has discovered 65 bodies, mostly children, apparently massacred Monday, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
Security Council Disagrees Over Israel Air Strike
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 9:57 pm | United Nations
Full Coverage: The United Nations Security Council has failed to agree over whether Israel was justified in attacking Syria. The U.S. claimed Syria is on the "wrong side" of the war against terrorism. More >>
UN Radio: Syria Calls for Condemnation of Israel
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 10:06 am | United Nations
UN Special Radio Report: Syria Asks Security Council to Condemn Attack on its Territory - Israel Insists it Acted in Self-Defense More >>
Security Council denounce Israeli attacks in Syria
Monday, 6 October 2003, 10:23 pm | United Nations
Meeting in response to the latest developments in the Middle East, speakers in the Security Council today denounced Israel's attacks on Syrian territory, which were widely viewed as a grave escalation of violence in an already volatile region. More >>
Israeli Air Strike on Syrian Territory Deplored
Monday, 6 October 2003, 11:38 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly deplored the Israeli air strike on Syrian territory, warning that it could inflame violence in the troubled region. More >>
Afghanistan: UN refugee agency deplores attacks
Monday, 6 October 2003, 11:36 am | United Nations
Responding to a spate of attacks on relief personnel in Afghanistan, the United Nations refugee agency today condemned the trend while vowing to continue its work on behalf of the country's beleaguered people. More >>
Iraq: UNSC starts discussing new US resolution
Friday, 3 October 2003, 3:50 pm | United Nations
2 October – As the Security Council today began discussing a new United States draft resolution on Iraq, which according to a US representative seeks to enhance the United Nations role in Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that - at first glance - ... More >>
