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Security Cl to Hold Informal Talks On USResolution

Friday, 5 September 2003, 11:21 am | United Nations

United Nations Security Council members will hold informal talks tomorrow on the thrust of a new United States resolution on Iraq, the Council President for September, United Kingdom Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry said today. More >>

Civil society in Middle East peace 'indispensable'

Friday, 5 September 2003, 11:19 am | United Nations

Once again appealing to Israel and the Palestinians to break the cycle of violence and counter-violence, United Nations secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on non-government organizations (NGOs) and grassroots groups to provide their "indispensable" ... More >>

Liberia: UN Aid To 50,000 People Fleeing Flighting

Friday, 5 September 2003, 11:15 am | United Nations

UN rushes emergency aid to over 50,000 people fleeing fresh fighting in central Liberia More >>

Chief prosecutors for UN war crimes tribunals

Friday, 5 September 2003, 11:13 am | United Nations

The United Nations Security Council today appointed a senior Gambian jurist to try cases stemming from the 1994 Rwanda genocide, and reappointed Carla del Ponte to focus on the Balkan wars of the 1990s, after last week's decision to split the prosecutorial ... More >>

UN Radio Iraq Talks Begin To Transfer Sovereignity

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 9:37 pm | United Nations

UN Radio special report: UN Arms Inspectors Poised to Return to Baghdad at Short Notice - UNMOVIC Spokesman Buchanan More >>

Sovereignty must be restored to Iraq ASAP

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 9:31 pm | United Nations

A new United Nations resolution on Iraq should emerge within days and its starting point would be the need to achieve the political, security and economic conditions necessary to transfer sovereignty to the Iraqi people as soon as possible, the Security ... More >>

Iraq: UN weapons inspectors ready to return

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 9:30 pm | United Nations

Despite damage to their Baghdad monitoring centre, United Nations weapons inspectors would be able and ready to resume their search for banned weapons of mass destruction in Iraq at short notice if the Security Council so requests, according to the latest ... More >>

Warning that nuclear test ban is vital

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 9:29 pm | United Nations

Warning that a ban on nuclear testing is more vital than ever given the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on 12 key nations whose ratification is essential for the treaty to enter into force ... More >>

Congo: Security Council lauds EU for Int. force

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 9:28 pm | United Nations

The United Nations Security Council today praised the European Union for deploying the French-led emergency force, which "helped avoid a humanitarian tragedy" in the troubled northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and was instrumental ... More >>

UN Radio: Peacekeepers TakeOver French in DR Congo

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 12:07 pm | United Nations

UN Special Report: UN Peacekeepers Take Over Ituri Region in DR Congo from European Force More >>

Security handover to UN Mission in DR of Congo

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 12:03 pm | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has welcomed the smooth changing of the guard in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where UN peacekeepers will now police the war-torn town of Bunia and its surroundings, taking over from ... More >>

Efforts to ensure peace, stability in Liberia

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 12:02 pm | United Nations

In the uneasy calm that has settled over battle-scarred Monrovia, the top United Nations envoy for Liberia continued his meetings with local and regional players to cement the fragile peace, while UN agencies continued helping people in and around ... More >>

UN staff to be temporarily removed from Iraq

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 12:00 pm | United Nations

The United Nations has decided to temporarily remove a substantial number of international staff from Iraq while security issues are examined on the ground following the terrorist attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad two weeks ago which killed 22 people and injured ... More >>

Myanmar: UN 'deeply disturbed' by hunger strike

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 11:58 pm | United Nations

The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar today voiced deep concern over reports that Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD), is on hunger strike and called on the Myanmar government to release her immediately ... More >>

Influx of Sudanese refugees into eastern Chad

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 11:57 pm | United Nations

Influx of Sudanese refugees into eastern Chad swells to 65,000 since April - UN agency More >>

UN Radio: USA's Productivity Exceeds EU & Japan

Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 10:26 am | United Nations

Special Report: The United States Tops The World's Productivity List - And Developing Countries Work Harder but Produce Less - ILO report More >>

Western Sahara: release of over 200 war prisoners

Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 10:21 am | United Nations

Reacting to the latest developments concerning Western Sahara, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the release by the Frente Polisario of 243 prisoners of war who were repatriated to Morocco by the International Committee of the Red Cross ... More >>