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Three-week extension of Oil-for-Food programme
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 11:49 am | United Nations
The official in charge of the United Nations programme that is the only source of food for 60 per cent of Iraq's population today urged the Security Council to extend it for another three weeks so that supplies already in the pipeline can be delivered. More >>
Annan moves to heal Security Council rifts on Iraq
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 11:47 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed for a healing of the rifts within the United Nations Security Council that marked the run-up to the war in Iraq as the international community now seeks to help that country return to normalcy and rejoin ... More >>
Blix's case for return of UN weapons inspectors
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 11:45 am | United Nations
In his first meeting with the Security Council since the war in Iraq, top United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix made the case today for the return of his inspections teams as a guarantor of independence and credibility in the search for suspected ... More >>
UN Radio: There is Anarchy and Chaos in Baghdad
Friday, 11 April 2003, 12:30 am | United Nations
AUDIO: There is anarchy and chaos in Baghdad, according to the United Nations humanitarian agencies in Amman, Jordan. Looting continued throughout the city and most of the United Nations compound has been looted. The spokeswoman for the UN humanitarian ... More >>
No Apparent Government in Iraq, Annan is Concerned
Friday, 11 April 2003, 12:26 am | United Nations
Noting that there appeared to be no functioning government in Iraq, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today recalled that the Security Council had reaffirmed that the coalition had the responsibility for the welfare of the people in the areas ... More >>
UN agencies alarmed at security situation in Iraq
Friday, 11 April 2003, 12:24 am | United Nations
Even as United Nations relief agencies reported chaotic scenes from Baghdad, with a hospital and UN compounds being looted, plans were underway today to send some international humanitarian aid staff back into the country within the next few days, ... More >>
Singapore: Stopping Spread Of Sars In Hospitals
Friday, 11 April 2003, 12:06 am | United Nations
Singapore Increases Measures To Stop Spread Of Sars In Hospitals - Who Following an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) at a general hospital in Singapore, the United Nations lead health agency said local authorities have increased ... More >>
Condolences To Families Of Afghan Civilian Victims
Friday, 11 April 2003, 12:04 am | United Nations
UN Envoy Conveys Condolences To Families Of Afghan Civilian Victims Of Air Strike The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today conveyed his condolences to the families of the Afghans killed unintentionally when a coalition air strike in ... More >>
Timor-Leste Indicts 5 Indonesian Soldiers
Friday, 11 April 2003, 12:03 am | United Nations
Timor-Leste Indicts 5 Indonesian Soldiers For Crimes Against Humanity - Un Timor-Leste filed an indictment against five Indonesian soldiers today for crimes against humanity, bringing to more than 20 the number of Indonesian personnel charged this week, a ... More >>
Learn Why Young People Take To Drugs
Friday, 11 April 2003, 12:01 am | United Nations
Learn Why Young People Take To Drugs To Solve The Problem - Unicef Society must understand the reasons why young people turn to drugs rather than just punish them if it wants to solve the problem of addiction, the United Nations Children's Fund ... More >>
UN Concerned About Breakdown Of Law In Iraq
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 4:49 pm | United Nations
In Baghdad, numerous medical facilities have neither water nor electricity. And United Nations aid agencies are concerned about the breakdown of law and order, which has been accompanied by widespread looting, in the Iraqi capital. Spokesman for the UN ... More >>
UN doing 'whatever we can' to aid Baghdad
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 4:44 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today the United Nations was trying to do everything possible to rush emergency medical supplies to Baghdad. More >>
Humanitarian crisis looms in Iraq
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 4:42 pm | United Nations
9 April – United Nations relief agencies warned today that looting and the breakdown of law and order in Iraq threatened to unleash a humanitarian crisis as their operations were obstructed, and they called on the occupying military forces to afford the necessary ... More >>
Israel's air attack in Gaza neighbourhood
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 4:40 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today voiced his deep concern about Israel's air attack last night in Gaza, which left seven Palestinians dead and dozens more wounded, and repeated earlier calls for an end to violence by all sides and ... More >>
UN's growing alarm for Iraqi civilians, children
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 4:39 pm | United Nations
Senior United Nations officials expressed growing alarm today over the mounting civilian death toll in Iraq and the fate of children who may be cut off from aid. More >>
Sars Contained In Guangdong, China
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 12:00 am | United Nations
Sars Contained In Guangdong, China, But Rural Areas Need Better Monitoring -Who Although the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the Chinese province where the disease is believed to have originated appears to have been contained, ... More >>
Crisis In DPR Of Korea May Create Solution
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 11:40 am | United Nations
Crisis In DPR Of Korea May End Up Paving Way For Permanent Settlement - Un Adviser A senior United Nations adviser said today that the current crisis surrounding the restart of the nuclear programme in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) ... More >>
UN Official Dies Of Sars While On Mission In China
Tuesday, 8 April 2003, 8:47 am | United Nations
UN Official Dies Of Sars While On Mission In China The United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) today is mourning the death of a senior official who died of a serious respiratory disease, which has killed nearly 90 people around the world, ... More >>
Details Of UN, Cambodia Text On Khmer Rouge Trials
Tuesday, 8 April 2003, 12:57 am | United Nations
Details Of UN, Cambodia Text On Khmer Rouge Trials Reported To General Assembly Although the text of a draft agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Cambodia on a special court to try former Khmer Rouge leaders is a "considerable improvement" ... More >>
UN Radio Report: Waging War To Stop Attacks
Monday, 7 April 2003, 4:20 pm | United Nations
In a special United Nations Radio report Jayantha Dhanapala, the UN disarmament chief, asks is policy applied equally and considers the ethics of waging war to disarm a country. More >>
