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Security Council members to meet Annan on Iraq
Monday, 7 April 2003, 4:16 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has invited members of the Security Council to meet with him on Iraq on Monday morning, a spokesman for the world body announced today. More >>
WHO predicts 50 % jump in cancer by 2020
Friday, 4 April 2003, 11:49 am | United Nations
If you escape the onslaught of US bombs be warned cancer might get you: In the most comprehensive global examination of cancer to date, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that annual rates could rise by 50% by 2020. More >>
UN Radio Details Looming Human Catastrophe in Iraq
Friday, 4 April 2003, 11:44 am | United Nations
Audio and Text: Including In-Depth UN Report: Toxic Smoke Polluting Iraq - Special Rapporteur on Torture - Measles Outbreak Reported in the North of Iraq - Iraqi Child Injured by Landmine Remains Critical More >>
No immediate prospect for Iraq ceasefire - Annan
Friday, 4 April 2003, 11:36 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said he does not see any immediate prospect for a ceasefire in the war in Iraq. More >>
Concern over access by Iraqis to relief supplies
Friday, 4 April 2003, 11:34 am | United Nations
After hearing an update on the humanitarian situation in Iraq by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today, the members of the Security Council expressed their concern regarding the Iraqi population's access to relief help. More >>
Iraq: UN aid agencies appeal for emergency funds
Friday, 4 April 2003, 11:33 am | United Nations
With water shortages still posing a major concern in Iraq, United Nations aid agencies today appealed for a swifter and more generous response to the $2.2 billion UN appeal launched last week to tackle growing health and other emergencies. More >>
Who Experts Arrive At SARS Site In China
Friday, 4 April 2003, 10:45 am | United Nations
Who Experts Arrive At Site In China Of First And Largest Sars Outbreak Seeking to find the source of a deadly new respiratory disease, United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) experts arrived in Guangdong Province, China, today and immediately ... More >>
Soaring heat and water shortages in Iraq - UN
Wednesday, 2 April 2003, 11:11 am | United Nations
1 April – As United Nations relief agencies struggled to move more humanitarian aid into Iraq, stifling heat amid a continuing water shortage emerged today as a new threat to the health of the civilian population, especially children. More >>
Venezuela incursions by armed groups from Colombia
Wednesday, 2 April 2003, 11:10 am | United Nations
1 April – Hundreds of people have been displaced by incursions into Venezuela by irregular armed groups from Colombia and reported armed clashes along the border between the two countries, the United Nations refugee agency said today as it appealed ... More >>
Annan hopes UN weapons inspectors will return
Wednesday, 2 April 2003, 11:09 am | United Nations
1 April – Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today he hoped United Nations weapons inspectors would eventually return to Iraq, noting that their work had merely been suspended. More >>
WHO Concerned About Respiratory Disease Cases
Wednesday, 2 April 2003, 8:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations lead health agency has expressed concern over cases of a mysterious respiratory disease in a Hong Kong residential complex, where the illness seems to be transmitted in a way not yet understood. More >>
Summary Of Statements To UNSC On Iraq War
Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:54 am | United Nations
Following are summaries of statements made in today’s resumption of the security council meeting on iraq. A summary of the meeting will be available at the conclusion of the meeting as press release sc/7707. More >>
Security Council ends Iraq debate
Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:51 am | United Nations
27 March – The United Nations Security Council today wrapped up its first debate on Iraq since hostilities began on 19 March, with speakers making an overwhelming appeal for humanitarian relief for the civilian population despite their differences ... More >>
UN staff still working in Iraq to bring relief
Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:49 am | United Nations
27 March – United Nations relief agencies reported today that their 3,400 local staff in Iraq were doing all they could to bring relief to the civilian population and perform their functions despite the withdrawal of international personnel on the ... More >>
Annan concerned by civilian casualties in Iraq
Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:48 am | United Nations
26 March – Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced increasing concern over civilian casualties of the conflict in Iraq, and met with his top humanitarian officials to discuss contingency plans for United Nations relief agencies to return to the country ... More >>
Blix sees no evidence Iraq has used banned weapons
Friday, 28 March 2003, 12:46 am | United Nations
27 March – Top United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix said today he had no evidence that Iraq had used banned weapons in the current conflict nor did he think they would use them. More >>
What UNICEF said at the UN briefing
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 10:54 am | United Nations
"In the north of Iraq UNICEF has been facilitating the continuing measles immunisation. Measles is the biggest killer of children in crises. The latest report says that 23,000 school children at 42 schools in Suleimanyeh were reached with measles immunisation." More >>
UN Radio: Iraq's Children Traumatized By The War
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 10:47 am | United Nations
UNICEF is warning that the war will have lasting effects on Iraqi children. The UN Children's Agency says many schools in Baghdad are closed and parents are afraid to let their children play outside. UNICEF's Spokesman in Amman, Jordan, Geoffrey ... More >>
Annan appeals to Security Council to unite
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 10:41 am | United Nations
Annan appeals to Security Council to unite and bring relief to Iraqi people - Invoking "the terrifying impact" of war on Iraq, grief for the dead and anguish for the living, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed today to the divided Security ... More >>
Annan ‘concerned’ by civilian casualties in Iraq
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 10:39 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced increasing concern over civilian casualties of the conflict in Iraq, and met with his top humanitarian officials to discuss contingency plans for United Nations relief agencies to return to the country as soon as the ... More >>
