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Call for Help for Liberian Children
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 1:13 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Liberia today released a report documenting how hundreds of the country’s children – many with living parents and other relatives – are being kept in inhumane conditions in orphanages, some run for profit, and recommended ... More >>
Serbian Loses War Crime Transfer Appeal
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 11:07 am | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today dismissed the appeal of a former Serbian military commander indicted over his role in the 1991 attacks against the world-renowned historical district of the Croatian city, Dubrovnik, ... More >>
SG, Council Praise Ivorian PM Deal
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 11:06 am | United Nations
Commending the efforts of both sides to implement this month’s peace deal between rival political leaders in the divided West African nation of Côte d’Ivoire, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement earlier this week that has led to the appointment ... More >>
SC Lifts Weapons Rwanda Non-Govt Ban
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 11:05 am | United Nations
Welcoming recent positive developments in Rwanda and other countries of Africa’s Great Lakes region, the United Nations Security Council today lifted the remnants of an arms embargo imposed on the country in 1994 amid widespread ethnic killings ... More >>
SG Calls For Mid East Peace Plan Backing
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 9:57 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged leaders meeting at the Summit of the League of Arab States to re-affirm their commitment to the Arab Peace Initiative, which he called one of the pillars of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, while ... More >>
Migiro Welcomes Closer UN-EU Relations
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 9:24 am | United Nations
Two weeks after a report showed that hundreds of millions of people have benefited from a United Nations-European Union (EU) partnership – in such areas as protecting refugees, helping children and promoting democracy – Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose ... More >>
More Efforts to Help Central Africans
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 9:24 am | United Nations
Stepping up its response to the increasing waves of displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR), where rebel attacks, banditry and fighting have driven almost 300,000 people from their homes, the United Nations refugee agency has led a joint mission ... More >>
Parties in DR Congo's Democratic Duty
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 3:56 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on both the Government and opposition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to shoulder their responsibilities to democracy to ensure a full transition to peace after last year’s historic elections ... More >>
Mandate Extended of Hariri Probe
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 2:50 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today extended for one year the mandate of the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) probing the 2005 terrorist attack that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others. More >>
Haiti: More Than 400 Gangsters Seized
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 1:29 pm | United Nations
More than 400 Haitian gang members have been arrested since the beginning of the year in operations by the Haitian National Police (HNP), backed by United Nations police and military to crack down on violent crime, UN officials reported today. More >>
Darfur: UN, AU Envoys Meet Tribe Leaders
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 1:19 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Special Envoy for Darfur and his counterpart from the African Union held talks today with representatives of the war-torn Sudanese region’s Arab tribes and leaders of its civil society groups as part of ongoing efforts to revitalize ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Parties Must End Violence
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 1:18 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against escalating violations of the 2002 ceasefire between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and called for them to return to the negotiating table. More >>
Fact-Finding Call: Alleged Isreal Abuses
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 12:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council today adopted a resolution without a vote which called for two urgent fact-finding missions to be dispatched to the occupied Palestinian territory, voicing concern that previous attempts to investigate potential ... More >>
Removal of Cyprus Buffer Wall Hailed
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 12:25 am | United Nations
The Security Council today welcomed the removal by Greek Cypriots of a wall in the long-running buffer zone dividing the island into northern and southern segments, voicing hope that similar confidence-building measures will lead to the resumption ... More >>
Release Of Babies From Malaysian Detention
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:08 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Malaysia’s release from detention of six babies from Myanmar who had been arrested with their relatives and held for up to four weeks for not having valid immigration documents. More >>
Calm Returning To Capital Of DR Congo
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:07 am | United Nations
The situation is relatively calm again inside Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after two days of deadly clashes between Government forces and the security detail of former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the United ... More >>
Sudan: UN Official Blocked From Darfur Camp
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:07 am | United Nations
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator arrived today in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan but was blocked at a military checkpoint and denied permission to continue to a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). More >>
Secretary-General Calls For Iran To Comply
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:06 am | United Nations
One day after the Security Council tightened the sanctions it has imposed against Iran over its uranium-enrichment activities, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for the country to take steps to restore trust that its nuclear ... More >>
Countries Must Ratify Anti-Doping Pact
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:04 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today hailed a call by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to render cities in countries that have not ratified the UN anti-doping treaty ineligible to ... More >>
Ban Ki-Moon Discusses Regional Hotspots
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 11:04 am | United Nations
Iraq, Lebanon, Israel-Palestine and the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region were discussed during talks today in Cairo between President Hosni Mubarak and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who said the Egyptian leader is a key partner in dealing with these ... More >>
