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Security Council meets to discuss Kosovo

Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 10:32 pm | United Nations

In the wake of last week's shooting death of two Kosovo Serb teenagers, and the injuring of four others, the United Nations Security Council today met to consider the situation in Kosovo during which participants condemned the brutal killings and expressed concern ... More >>

Former Rwandan mayor pleads not guilty to genocide

Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 10:31 pm | United Nations

A former mayor in the Kigali Rural prefecture appearing before the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered attacks against Tutsi minorities in Rwanda and participated in those ... More >>

Council should formally lift Libya sanctions

Monday, 18 August 2003, 10:14 pm | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for the Security Council to formally lift sanctions imposed against Libya in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. More >>

Afghanistan: UN envoy condemns attacks on aid work

Monday, 18 August 2003, 10:13 pm | United Nations

The chief United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today deplored a recent "brutal and premeditated" deadly attack on aid workers, but affirmed that the relief drive will continue. More >>

UN & Finland President Hotspots & multilateralism

Monday, 18 August 2003, 10:12 pm | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the President of Finland have held talks on a number of the world's most troubled regions as well as the need for a concerted international approach to global problems. More >>

Suspected war criminal Mitar Rasevic detained

Monday, 18 August 2003, 10:10 pm | United Nations

Mitar Rasevic, a suspected war criminal facing charges of murder and torture, has been transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague. More >>

Kosovo: UN pays tribute slain Serbian teenagers

Monday, 18 August 2003, 10:09 pm | United Nations

The recent killing of two Kosovo Serbian teenagers should serve as the impetus to promote reconciliation in the area, a senior United Nations official said at the funeral. More >>

Annan condemns two suicide bombings against Israel

Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 11:59 am | United Nations

Voicing deep concern over the escalation in violence, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the two suicide bombings in the Israeli town of Rosh Ha'ayin and outside the settlement of Ariel, and urged both Israelis and Palestinians to ... More >>

Iraq: UN envoy welcomes steps to new constitution

Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 11:58 am | United Nations

The top United Nations envoy in Iraq today warmly welcomed steps taken by the Iraqi Governing Council to draft a new constitution for the country and offered the world body's help. More >>

UN Radio: Humanitarian Workers Return to Monrovia

Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 12:03 am | United Nations

UN Radio Special Report: International Youth Day focusses on ushering the young into the employment sector More >>

UN Radio: Liberia’s President Taylor Resigns

Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 9:22 am | United Nations

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has welcomed the decision of Liberian president Charles Taylor to resign office. And he expects that Mr. Taylor will immediately leave Liberia as he had promised to do. In a statement Monday, the Secretary-General expressed ... More >>

Annan hopes nightmare is over for Liberians

Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 9:18 am | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the decision of Liberian President Charles Taylor to resign office, hoping that it marked the beginning of the end of the "long nightmare" of the people of the war-torn West African ... More >>

Annan condemns Hezbollah shelling Israel

Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 9:17 am | United Nations

Strongly condemning Hezbollah's shelling of Israel from Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged all governments with influence over the group to "deter it from any further actions which could increase the tension in the area" and ... More >>

Liberia: response to dire humanitarian situation

Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 9:16 am | United Nations

With the long-awaited political transition underway to end hostilities in Liberia, the top United Nations envoy for the West African country is headed there to work with regional leaders on a strategy to save an estimated 1 million people on the ... More >>

Sudan: $8.6 million appeal for flood victims

Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 9:14 am | United Nations

United Nations humanitarian agencies and their non-governmental organization (NGO) partners launched today in Khartoum, an $8.6 million appeal to assist some 100,000 people left homeless by severe floods in the Sudan. More >>

World airline passenger traffic set to rebound

Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 9:13 am | United Nations

World airline passenger traffic is forecast to rebound with 4.4 per cent growth in 2004 and 6.3 per cent in 2005 following three years of decline or stagnation, thanks to a gradual restoration of confidence and an improving world economy, the United ... More >>