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UN: Iraqis must make decisions that affect them
Thursday, 26 June 2003, 11:07 am | United Nations
Reiterating that it was vital that the Iraqis themselves make all decisions affecting them, United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello today continued wide-ranging consultations with a full spectrum of the country's society, meeting with a group of eminent jurists ... More >>
Liberia: Annan condemns fresh violence in Monrovia
Thursday, 26 June 2003, 11:05 am | United Nations
In the wake of renewed fighting in Liberia, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemned again any attempts to resolve political differences through armed violence and called on the parties to give splintered peace talks a chance to succeed. More >>
UN Radio: Reconstructing Iraq – Palestinian Plight
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 11:03 am | United Nations
UN Radio: Reconstructing Iraq – Palestinian Plight in Iraq - Protecting People with Disability – SARS Beijing Travel Advisory Lifted - Tobacco Treaty Draws 41 Signatures the First Week More >>
Iraq: UN Int. Donors pledge conference in autumn
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 10:41 am | United Nations
A wide-ranging international meeting convened by the United Nations and for the first time including the United States-run administration in Baghdad agreed today to hold a donor reconstruction conference for Iraq this autumn after hearing repeated calls ... More >>
UN meeting: global anti-doping treaty for athletes
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 10:39 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) opened a meeting in Paris today of experts gathered to consider preparations for an international instrument against doping in sports. More >>
UN: help Palestinians, Syrians and Kurds in Iraq
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 10:37 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency is stepping up its relief efforts in Iraq on several fronts, ranging from finding housing for hundreds of evicted Palestinians and registering undocumented Syrian refugees to providing aid for returning Iraqi Kurds forced from ... More >>
Security Council mission headed to West Africa
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 10:35 am | United Nations
Searching for new opportunities for progress towards peace and stability in West Africa, members of the United Nations Security Council are set to leave tomorrow for a special mission to seven countries in the conflict-plagued sub-region. More >>
Kenya: UN concerned about violence in refugee camp
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 10:34 am | United Nations
After 11 people died during nearly a week of fighting between local residents and Sudanese refugees in northwestern Kenya, officials from the United Nations refugee agency today expressed grave concern about the violence and loss of lives, and warned ... More >>
UN Radio: World Economic Forum, HK Cleared of SARS
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 10:07 am | United Nations
UN Radio: World Economic Forum – HK Cleared of SARS – New Appeal For Iraq – Liberian President’s Assets Frozen – Mid-East leaders Urged not to be deflected by violence – UN Observers Released in Congo More >>
World at crossroads between past horrors and hopes
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 10:00 am | United Nations
Declaring the world at a crossroads between a return to the horrors of the first half of the twentieth century or the burgeoning hopes of the second, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on the international community today to rise ... More >>
Donors make up shortfall Iraq humanitarian appeal
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 9:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations today appealed to donor countries to make up an outstanding $259 million in funding needed to carry out its humanitarian relief operations in Iraq through to the end of the year. More >>
UN:Myanmar democracy leader's detention deplorable
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 9:56 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan voiced grave concern today over the conditions under which Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is being held, terming it "truly deplorable" and again calling for her immediate release. More >>
Congo, Burundi key to peace in Great Lakes
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 9:55 am | United Nations
Having just wrapped up a special mission to Central Africa, the United Nations Security Council says it considers that the installation of the transitional government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the successful conclusion of a ceasefire ... More >>
UN: additional $259 million in relief aid to Iraq
Monday, 23 June 2003, 12:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations will launch a new humanitarian appeal for Iraq next week calling for an additional $259 million on top of a $2.2 billion dollar flash request it opened in March to cover relief operations until the end of the year. More >>
Abducted UN military observers in DR of Congo
Monday, 23 June 2003, 12:02 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged all warring parties in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to cooperate unconditionally in the release of two United Nations military observers who were abducted in the town of Beni. More >>
Security Cl: focuss on civilians in armed conflict
Monday, 23 June 2003, 12:01 am | United Nations
With much of the world's attention focused on Iraq, the United Nations Security Council must remain vigilant to the plight of civilians caught in the cross-fire of armed conflict in other parts of the world, particularly with fighting raging across the ... More >>
UN calls on Iran to allow nuclear inspectors in
Friday, 20 June 2003, 11:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency today called on Iran to allow environmental sampling of alleged enrichment activities and to agree to enhanced inspections of its nuclear programmes following an official report that it had failed to disclose ... More >>
UN envoy ‘strongly condemns’ militant attacks
Friday, 20 June 2003, 11:39 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official for the Middle East today strongly condemned two recent attacks by Palestinian militants in Israel and called on the Palestinian Authority to “bring to justice the perpetrators of these murderous acts.” More >>
UN: 'fragile' situation in Guinea-Bissau
Friday, 20 June 2003, 11:37 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today expressed concern over the fragile political situation in Guinea-Bissau and urged the country's leaders and the international community to work more purposefully together to ensure humanitarian and peace-building ... More >>
Symposium On African's Displaced Persons Opens
Friday, 20 June 2003, 9:05 am | United Nations
Un Refugee Agency Chief Opens Symposium On African's Displaced Persons The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ruud Lubbers, today opened an international symposium in Tokyo on the refugee crisis in Africa, where nearly 4.6 million people ... More >>
