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Security Council hears Congo peace mission calls
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 10:40 am | United Nations
A special Security Council mission and several regional players today called for reinforcing the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), especially in the eastern region where factional fighting has recently ... More >>
'Golden Triangle' Shows Downward Trend In Opium
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 10:34 am | United Nations
'Golden Triangle' Shows Downward Trend In Opium Cultivation - UN Report While opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar and Laos has shown a significant drop over the past year, suggesting that eliminating the drug trade in two sides of the infamous "Golden ... More >>
UN Radio: Liberian Truce and other world news
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 12:32 am | United Nations
UN Radio: Liberian Truce – Monrovia Refugee Camps – Afghan Peace Process – UN Official Meets Kurd Leader – Drought and Desertification World Problem More >>
Afghanistan needs help to fight insecurity & drugs
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 12:21 am | United Nations
With insecurity threatening to derail Afghanistan's entire political process and the country's drug production turning the old Silk Road into a new "opium-paved road," two top United Nations officials called on the international community ... More >>
UN backs Afghanistan efforts to fight opium trade
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 12:18 am | United Nations
The Security Council today strongly backed efforts in Afghanistan to reign in lawlessness, with a particular emphasis on curbing the illicit drug trade emanating from that country. More >>
Annan Welcomes Transition Team To Bougainville
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 9:28 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the decision by Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Vanuatu to dispatch a small civilian transition team to Bougainville after the group currently monitoring the peace process there leaves the Papua New ... More >>
UN Radio: Iran and Atomic Energy
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 12:24 am | United Nations
UN Radio: Iran and Atomic Energy – Security Council Mission to Central Africa – Int Criminal Court Prosecutor Sworn In – UN Envoy To Iraq Meets Groups… More >>
UN Talks toIraqi politicians, jurists, journalists
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 12:15 am | United Nations
United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, in a second week of talks with a wide spectrum of Iraqi society, today met with the head of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchists Movement, Sherif Ali Bin Hussein, who told him the UN should not only play a humanitarian ... More >>
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Sworn In
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 12:12 am | United Nations
Prominent Argentinean litigator Luis Moreno Ocampo was sworn in today as the chief prosecutor of the world’s first permanent war crimes court. More >>
Quartet Jordan meeting to boost Middle East peace
Monday, 16 June 2003, 1:14 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will participate in a meeting in Amman, Jordan, on 22 June with fellow sponsors of the Road Map peace plan - the United States, European Union and Russia - in an effort to boost the initiative in the face of continuing ... More >>
Israel-Palestinians must 'stay course' of peace
Monday, 16 June 2003, 1:12 pm | United Nations
Saying that "the alternative is no alternative," a senior United Nations official today urged Israel and the Palestinians to "stay the course" of the latest peace initiative in the face of a recent upsurge of violence, and he exhorted ... More >>
UN concerned over murdered Guatemalan activist
Monday, 16 June 2003, 1:10 pm | United Nations
A senior United Nations rights official has expressed grave concern over the recent murder of a human rights activist in Guatemala. More >>
UN Radio: Peacekeepers Immune From Criminal Court
Friday, 13 June 2003, 11:46 am | United Nations
The UN Security Council has just voted to adopt a resolution to exempt some member states from the proceedings of the International Criminal Court. The court was established last July to try cases of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, after ... More >>
Annan concerned on peacekeepers'immunity from ICC
Friday, 13 June 2003, 11:39 am | United Nations
As the Security Council met today to consider extending immunity for United Nations peacekeepers from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Secretary-General Kofi Annan voiced concern that it might become an annual routine that could undermine ... More >>
Peacekeepers exempted from war crimes for 1 yr
Friday, 13 June 2003, 11:33 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today approved a 12-month extension of immunity that effectively shields UN peacekeepers from potential prosecution by the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal. More >>
UN Radio: Situation Deteriorates In Liberia
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 10:18 am | United Nations
UN Radio: Liberia, Seeking Arrest of Liberian President, situation deteriorates in Congo, Annan condemns suicide attack in Jerusalem, Israel Prevents UN relief team from Attending Meeting, food aid for Palestine… More >>
WHO concerned resurgence of SARS cases in Toronto
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 10:07 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today it was deeply concerned by the resurgence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Toronto, Canada, which had been removed last month from the list of areas with recent local transmission. More >>
Annan and Powell discusses world's hot spots
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 10:06 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed a wide range of international issues with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell today, touching on the Middle East, Iraq, UN operations in Congo and Liberia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe. More >>
UN: Attack in Jerusalem as 'utterly reprehensible'
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 9:59 am | United Nations
Calling such attacks "utterly reprehensible," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the suicide bombing by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Jerusalem, saying such actions ... More >>
Dire situation as rebels move on Liberia's capital
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 10:34 am | United Nations
Forced to evacuate staff and suspend deliveries of desperately needed medical and health supplies, United Nations relief agencies in Liberia warned that a "dire humanitarian situation" is unfolding as rebel forces close in on the capital, ... More >>
