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World must act now to provide safe water
Monday, 1 September 2003, 9:16 pm | United Nations
With more than 2 million children dying each year from water-borne diseases, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the international community to avoid further dangerous delays and move from pledges to action in order to halve ... More >>
Iraq: Annan condemns killing of Muslim leader
Monday, 1 September 2003, 9:15 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the terrorist attack in Iraq, which killed a leading Islamic leader and many others, and called on all political and religious groups there to ... More >>
UN Radio: Sergio Vieira De Mello Buried in Geneva
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:40 pm | United Nations
UN Radio special report: Iran to start negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency on adopting an additional protocol for UN nuclear inspections More >>
Sergio Vieira de Mello laid to rest in Geneva
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:35 pm | United Nations
With memorial candles, flowers, a public church service and a private burial, the world bade farewell to Sergio Vieira de Mello today, nine days after the top United Nations envoy in Iraq and High Commissioner for Human Rights was killed by a terrorist's ... More >>
Rwanda war crimes tribunal prosecutor's job split
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:34 pm | United Nations
A separate prosecutor's post was created today for the United Nations war crimes tribunal for Rwanda after the Security Council decided to split the prosecutorial duties of the two UN courts trying cases stemming from the 1994 Rwanda genocide and ... More >>
Month Ends With UN Peacekeeping Debate
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:32 pm | United Nations
Wrapping up their work for August in the shadow of last week's deadly attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq, members of the Security Council today focused on ways of providing better support for UN peacekeeping operations in various parts ... More >>
Afghan Workshop on Former Child Soldiers Opens
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:30 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today opened a workshop organized by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on the demobilization and reintegration of former child soldiers in the war-torn country. More >>
UN Radio: SC Condemns Violence Against UN Workers
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 10:57 pm | United Nations
Special Report: How the UN Security Council Reached Consensus on the Resolution on the Protection of UN Personnel - was it a compromise? More >>
Annan Welcomes Beijing Talks on Nth Korea Nukes
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 10:47 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed six-party talks being held in Beijing, in an effort to defuse nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula as "an encouraging development" that he hoped would strengthen peace and ... More >>
West African leaders back Liberian peace process
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 10:46 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today reaffirmed its readiness to establish a follow-on UN stabilization force to support Liberia's welcome political transition, and joined West African leaders in a pledge to ensure the full implementation of ... More >>
UN agency postpones Iraqi repatriation from Iran
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 10:45 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency said today it has postponed the first repatriation convoy of Iraqi refugees from Iran pending a security review after last week’s terrorist attack against UN headquarters in Baghdad. More >>
Former Yugoslav admiral pleads guilty at Tribunal
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 10:44 pm | United Nations
A former Yugoslav admiral, charged before a United Nations tribunal with war crimes for the shelling and bombing of the historic Croatian coastal city of Dubrovnik in 1991, pleaded guilty today to an amended indictment of violations of the laws or ... More >>
UN Radio: UN Staff March For Slain Colleagues
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 9:39 pm | United Nations
Special Report: UN Mission in Sierra Leone supports reconciliation and reconstruction efforts in Liberia - UN Envoy Alan Doss More >>
UN staff worldwide march in silent memorial
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 9:35 pm | United Nations
United Nations duty stations around the world organized silent marches today in memory of their colleagues and friends who were killed, and in solidarity with those who were injured, in the terrorist attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad last week. More >>
Annan backs protecting UN workers conflict zones
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 9:33 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed a Security Council resolution on the protection of United Nations personnel and other workers serving in conflict zones, saying the measure would send an unambiguous message to those who target the "servants ... More >>
UN Liberia: situation in countryside 'precarious'
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 9:31 pm | United Nations
With a fragile peace accord holding and a slight increase in the overall security in Liberia, life is slowly returning to normal inside war-ravaged Monrovia, but the United Nations today said it remained concerned about thousands of people still struggling ... More >>
Security Council calls protection of UN workers
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 9:30 pm | United Nations
One week after the terrorist attack against United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, the Security Council today strongly condemned all forms of violence against relief workers and urged countries to ensure that crimes against such personnel did not ... More >>
Congo: Security Cl authorizes multinational force
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 9:29 pm | United Nations
Seeking to maintain stability in war-torn Bunia, the United Nations Security Council today authorized countries participating in the French-led force currently policing the tense northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to assist UN peacekeepers ... More >>
UN Radio: De Mello's Work Should Be Completed
Tuesday, 26 August 2003, 9:25 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan paid tribute to his late envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, Saturday, saying Mr. Vieira de Mello's work in Iraq should be completed. The Secretary-General said Mr. de Mello's dying wish was that the United Nations mission there should not ... More >>
UN aid agencies in Baghdad resume some work
Tuesday, 26 August 2003, 9:20 pm | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies in Iraq resumed some of their emergency work in Baghdad over the weekend for the first time since a massive truck bomb destroyed the UN headquarters there last Tuesday, killing top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello ... More >>
