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Concern At Security Conditions In Afghanistan

Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 9:31 am | United Nations

Security Council Expresses Concern At Security Conditions In Afghanistan The members of the United Nations Security Council today expressed serious concern at the deterioration of security in many areas of Afghanistan and the recent attacks on UN and other personnel ... More >>

Affect of West Bank ‘wall’ on Palestinians

Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 5:56 pm | United Nations

A new report by international donors, which includes the United Nations, has found that a separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank could cut off 12,000 Palestinians from their land, work and essential social services. More >>

Probe into reported looting of nuclear facilities

Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 5:54 pm | United Nations

Voicing concern over reports that there had been looting at Iraq's nuclear facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has asked the United States to confirm the situation and allow an IAEA team to investigate. More >>

UN expands int relief presence in Baghdad

Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 5:53 pm | United Nations

United Nations relief agencies continued to expand their international operations in Iraq today, five days after returning from a war-imposed absence of six weeks, regaining the use of some offices, confronting the destruction of others, and ready ... More >>

Annan And Australian Prime Minister Meet on Iraq

Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 9:08 am | United Nations

Annan And Australian Prime Minister Meet, Discuss Post-Conflict Iraq Secretary-General Kofi Annan met with Prime Minister John Howard of Australia today at United Nations Headquarters in New York, where they held discussions on a range of topics, including ... More >>

WHO Team Arrives In Taiwan To Combat SARS

Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 8:54 am | United Nations

WHO Team Arrives In Taiwan To Support Efforts To Combat Spread Of SARS A United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) team arrived today in Taiwan Province of China, to support health authorities there in combating the Severe Acute Respiratory ... More >>

Permanent humanitarian staff presence in Basra

Monday, 5 May 2003, 6:02 pm | United Nations

The United Nations today established a permanent presence of humanitarian staff in war-ravaged Basra, Iraq's largest southern city and home to over 1 million people. More >>

Attack on deminers in Afghanistan leaves 1 dead

Monday, 5 May 2003, 6:00 pm | United Nations

One anti-landmine staffer has been killed and another seriously injured after their car was attacked in Afghanistan, the United Nations reported today. More >>

Security Council schedules four meetings on Iraq

Monday, 5 May 2003, 5:59 pm | United Nations

The United Nations Security Council has scheduled four meetings this month on Iraq to discuss humanitarian issues and the Oil-for-Food programme which provided the sole source of food for 60 per cent of the population of the sanctions-bound country, ... More >>

Sars Cases In China Continues To Climb

Friday, 2 May 2003, 10:25 am | United Nations

Number Of New Sars Cases In China Continues To Climb, Un Health Agency Says The number of new cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in China continues to climb steadily, particularly in Beijing, with 187 new cases and 11 deaths, more ... More >>

UN Radio: UN Humanitarian Teams In Baghdad

Friday, 2 May 2003, 12:31 am | United Nations

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Ramiro Lopes da Silva, today led a team of senior UN officials across the border from Jordan into Iraq. The team will re-establish a permanent presence of UN international staff in the Iraqi capital ... More >>

Annan 'deeply disturbed' by Israeli raid in Gaza

Friday, 2 May 2003, 12:27 am | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan voiced deep concern over Israel's military incursions today in Gaza, stressing that they violated international humanitarian law and contradicted the international community's latest efforts to solve the Middle ... More >>

Senior UN relief officials return to Iraq

Friday, 2 May 2003, 12:25 am | United Nations

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq led a team of senior UN officials across the border from Jordan into Iraq today to re-establish a permanent presence of international personnel in Baghdad for relief operations for the first time since ... More >>

Annan's "Off The Cuff" Comments On Roadmap

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 12:21 am | United Nations

New York, 30 April 2003 - Secretary-General's press encounter following the Security Council meeting on the role of the UN in post-conflict situations (unofficial transcript) More >>

UN Radio: Quartet presents Road Map

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 12:19 am | United Nations

The Quartet on the Middle East Peace Process today presented to the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority a Road Map to peace in the region. In a joint statement, the quartet said the road map is aimed at realising the vision shared ... More >>

Quartet releases Road Map to Middle East peace

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 12:14 am | United Nations

The diplomatic Quartet - comprising the United Nations, United States, Russian Federation and European Union - released its Road Map for a permanent solution to the Middle East conflict today, a move immediately welcomed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, ... More >>

Pledging UN support for Road Map

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 12:13 am | United Nations

Pledging total United Nations support to the Israelis and Palestinians in implementing the Road Map settlement for a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to both sides to “stay the course” on what may be a difficult ... More >>