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UN condemns Israel's extra-judicial assassinations
Tuesday, 26 August 2003, 9:19 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed- Larsen, today condemned Israel's extra-judicial assassination on Sunday of four Palestinians, when helicopter gun-ships fired missiles into a car in Gaza City, reportedly killing a Hamas militant ... More >>
Annan to return to New York following Rio funeral
Monday, 25 August 2003, 9:59 am | United Nations
Annan to return to New York following funeral in Rio for slain Iraq envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello More >>
Annan vows to honour de Mello's dying wish
Monday, 25 August 2003, 9:58 am | United Nations
Annan vows to honour Sergio Vieira de Mello's dying wish that the UN remain in Iraq More >>
UN Radio: Special Report Bombing Of UN In Baghdad
Friday, 22 August 2003, 8:55 pm | United Nations
Special Audio Report: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Vows UN Will Persevere in Iraq Undaunted by Recent Bomb Attack More >>
UN: The ache in our souls almost too much to bear
Friday, 22 August 2003, 8:45 pm | United Nations
Declaring “the ache in our souls is almost too much to bear,” Secretary-General Kofi Annan sought today to console the grief of the United Nations family worldwide with a message of sheer determination to carry on undaunted by the deadly terrorist bombing ... More >>
Annan & Powell discuss security in Baghdad
Friday, 22 August 2003, 8:42 pm | United Nations
Determined to boost the safety of United Nations staff and stay the course in Iraq despite Tuesday’s deadly terrorist bombing, Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed additional security measures today with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. More >>
Annan deeply concerned by Middle East violence
Friday, 22 August 2003, 8:41 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced deep concern at the sharp escalation in violence in the Middle East, and calling on both sides to curb their actions he reaffirmed the importance of sticking to the Road Map peace plan. More >>
UN Radio: Annan Vows to Continue UN Work in Iraq
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 9:42 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the work of the UN in Iraq will continue in spite of the devastating attack on the headquarters in Baghdad. Mr. Annan says security would be reassessed but the UN would not be deterred by a senseless ... More >>
Annan Determined For UN Iraq Mission To Continue
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 9:33 pm | United Nations
Declaring "we shall not be deterred," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan rushed back to New York today to consult with the Security Council on the terrorist attack in Baghdad that killed top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, seeking ... More >>
Security Council vows to build peace in Iraq
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 9:16 pm | United Nations
Condemning the deadly terrorist bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad as "an attack against the international community as a whole," the Security Council today declared that the world body would not be intimidated by such attacks ... More >>
Tributes pour in for slain UN envoy
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 9:11 pm | United Nations
The United Nations system worldwide paid homage today to top UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and other staffers killed in Tuesday’s terrorist bombing in Baghdad, expressing sorrow at the grievous loss, voicing outrage at the savage attack and vowing to redouble ... More >>
Chief UN refugee official to Africa's Great Lakes
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 9:08 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Rudd Lubbers, arrived today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), kicking off a four-nation visit to review UN operations and various peace initiatives that could pave the way for the return ... More >>
UN team in China investigate SARS virus in animals
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 9:05 pm | United Nations
A joint team of specialists from two United Nations agencies is in China to assist the government to design further investigations into a possible animal reservoir of the virus that causes the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). More >>
UN Radio: Explosion at UN Baghdad Leaves 14 Dead
Wednesday, 20 August 2003, 11:28 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has just announced that the top official in Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello has been killed in this morning's terrorist attack in Baghdad. Mr. De Mello was appointed Special Representative in Iraq in late May in what was to ... More >>
Iraq: Annan mourns envoy's death as ‘bitter blow’
Wednesday, 20 August 2003, 8:32 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced the attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad today as an inexcusable “act of unprovoked and murderous violence” and mourned the death of his top envoy for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, as “a bitter ... More >>
Top UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello killed
Wednesday, 20 August 2003, 8:31 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was killed today when terrorists blew up the UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 14 others and injuring dozens more in what Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced as an inexcusable ... More >>
UN Radio: Power-Sharing Accord Near in Liberia
Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 10:48 pm | United Nations
A power sharing agreement for Liberia was being signed this afternoon in Accra, Ghana. Agreement was reached on all aspects of the accord after the rebel group Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), dropped its demand for one of the ... More >>
Annan welcomes Liberia peace accord
Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 10:38 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement for Liberia and called on all parties to seize the opportunity to work together to restore peace and stability in the war-torn country. More >>
UK & US ready to lift sanctions against Libya
Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 10:36 pm | United Nations
The United Kingdom and United States have told the Security Council they are ready to see sanctions lifted against Libya following the North African country’s compliance with United Nations resolutions passed against it in connection with the deadly bombing ... More >>
UN secures pact - rebels to allow aid into Liberia
Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 10:34 pm | United Nations
With desperately needed food and medical supplies now trickling into Liberia's capital, Monrovia, the United Nations envoy for that country has secured a pact with the government and two main rebel factions to give humanitarian workers and organizations free and ... More >>
