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3,500 Abused Children Die In Developed Countries
Friday, 19 September 2003, 11:30 am | United Nations
Almost 3,500 children under the age of 15 die every year from physical abuse and neglect in developed nations, according to a new report on maltreatment published today by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). More >>
P5 FMs & UNSG Joint Press Briefing
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 2:23 pm | United Nations
Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, was accompanied by Li Zhaoxing, the Foreign Minister of China, Dominique de Villepin, the Foreign Minister of France; Igor Ivanov, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation; Jack Straw, the Foreign ... More >>
Liberia: UN sends food to tens of thousands
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 11:57 am | United Nations
The United Nations has sent food to tens of thousands of people in the rebel-held Liberian city of Buchanan for the first time since heavy fighting erupted between the government and rebels earlier this year, but hundreds of thousands more in the ... More >>
UN war crimes court doubles Serb's sentence
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 11:56 am | United Nations
Ruling on appeals filed by both the defence and prosecution, the United Nations war crimes court in The Hague today doubled to 15 years the jail term imposed on the Bosnian Serb warden of a notorious prison in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on charges ... More >>
UN Assisted Timor-Leste To Maintain Stability
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 11:55 am | United Nations
While the United Nations mission in Timor-Leste has successfully assisted the country in maintaining stability and order, it is not certain whether the Government will be able to put all necessary structures in place before the UN's departure next year, ... More >>
Junta Commander In Sierra Leone Court Custody
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 11:54 am | United Nations
An alleged former junta commander was transferred today into the custody of the Special Court for Sierra Leone to await trial on 17 counts of war-crime charges. More >>
UN Radio: GA President Calls for Action-Session
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 12:11 am | United Nations
UN Radio Special Report: United States Vetoes Resolution against Israel's Threatened Expulsion of Arafat More >>
UN Radio Klein Calls for Bold Solutions to Liberia
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 11:43 pm | United Nations
The UN's top envoy in Liberia says the country's massive humanitarian and political crisis calls for immediate intervention. Special Representative Jacques Klein says thousands of Liberians do not have access to life's basic necessities of shelter, ... More >>
US Vetos resolution preventing Arafat's expulsion
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 11:37 pm | United Nations
The United States today vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution specifically demanding that Israel not deport or threaten the safety of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. More >>
Security Cl personnel and funds needed for Liberia
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 11:34 pm | United Nations
Seeking 15,000 United Nations peacekeepers and 900 police to bring war-shattered Liberia back from “hellish limbo,” the top UN envoy for the West African country appealed to the international committee today to commit the resources and personnel ... More >>
General Assembly Opens With Multilateralism Plea
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 11:32 pm | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly opened its 58th annual session today with a minute of silence for staff killed in the terrorist attack in Baghdad, a pledge to persevere in the speedy restoration of sovereignty to the Iraqi people, a promise to pursue ... More >>
UNICEF: 123 million children out of school
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 11:31 pm | United Nations
Some 123 million children are being left out as classrooms around the world open their doors for the start of the new school year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today. More >>
UN Radio: UN Not Taking Over and Running Iraq
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 9:15 am | United Nations
UN Radio special report: UN Envoy for Middle East Says Peace Process Is at a Standstill - insists Chairman Arafat "not irrelevant" More >>
Annan Pushes efforts toward Security Cl consensus
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 9:10 am | United Nations
Pushing his efforts to achieve consensus on the next steps in Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan planned to meet today with the remaining members of the United Nations Security Council following his weekend talks with the Foreign Ministers of the 15-nation ... More >>
UN Middle East envoy calls for speeding up RoadMap
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 9:07 am | United Nations
In face of new violence, UN Middle East envoy calls for speeding up Road Map More >>
Annan urges 'determined' resumption of WTO talks
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 9:06 am | United Nations
Voicing regret at the deadlock in the latest round of world free trade talks, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all concerned to "come back in a determined fashion" to reach an agreement within the next year or ... More >>
UN General Assembly caps 2003 work
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 9:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly today closed its fifty-seventh session by unanimously condemning the 19 August attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, and urgently called on all nations to help find and prosecute the perpetrators of this "vicious ... More >>
UNICEF Community-based efforts key child survival
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 9:03 am | United Nations
Strengthening efforts in primary care at the community level and getting life-saving commodities into the home are paramount to reducing child deaths, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today. More >>
UN Radio: Annan Urges Israel To Not Expel Arafat
Sunday, 14 September 2003, 9:15 pm | United Nations
Audio: Special Report - UN Secretary-General and UN Humanitarian Chiefs Discuss Enhanced Security in Iraq More >>
Annan: Veto Council Members Will Build Consensus
Sunday, 14 September 2003, 9:10 pm | United Nations
Seeking to foster progress on the international approach to Iraq, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met today in Geneva with senior officials from each of the Security Council's five veto-wielding States ? China, France, the Russian ... More >>
