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All Countries Deserve Rights Scrutiny
Friday, 16 March 2007, 1:39 pm | United Nations
No country is immune from human rights problems and therefore they can all benefit from cooperating frankly with international rights mechanisms, the top United Nations official for the subject said today. More >>
Iraq: Dangers of Further Conflict
Friday, 16 March 2007, 1:19 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Iraq today pledged the world body’s continued support for the war-torn country, especially through dialogue with its neighbours, while warning of the danger that would be posed by any additional conflicts in the ... More >>
Assembly Supports Reform Proposals
Friday, 16 March 2007, 1:17 pm | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly today endorsed the major reform proposals put forward by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon upon taking office earlier this year, including the designation of a High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and the restructuring ... More >>
Some Of World’s Forests Reversing Centuries
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 5:43 pm | United Nations
Although the world’s forests are shrinking yearly overall, a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report released today offers cause for optimism, showing that in some regions, centuries of deforestation are being reversed thanks ... More >>
Fugitive Haitian Gang Leader Sought
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 5:42 pm | United Nations
A notorious Haitian armed gang leader who has been a principal target of a weeks-long United Nations-backed crackdown on violent crime in Port-au-Prince, the capital, has been captured in a southern town and transferred back to the city with UN logistical ... More >>
Rights Chief Stresses Universal Review
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 1:13 pm | United Nations
A key test of whether the United Nations Human Rights Council is working better than its derided predecessor will be the functioning of the “universal periodic review,” the new mechanism that allows the records of all countries to be scrutinized, United ... More >>
Jan Egeland Named Special Advisor to SG
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 1:13 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today named Jan Egeland as his new Special Adviser, and said that he believes the Norwegian will be able to draw on his more than a quarter century of experience in peace processes and humanitarian operations in his new capacity. More >>
Côte D’ivoire: Implimentation of Accord
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 1:12 pm | United Nations
Welcoming this month’s peace deal between rival political leaders in the divided West African nation of Côte d’Ivoire, the Security Council today urged both sides to implement all their commitments under the accord to ensure that it takes effect. More >>
Treaty To Fight Illegal Fishing
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 11:48 am | United Nations
Stepping up the fight against illegal fishing, which is depleting world stocks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO is leading efforts for the adoption by 2009 of a final draft for a legally binding international agreement establishing ... More >>
Need For Political Dialogue In Somalia
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 11:00 am | United Nations
Deploring the recent wave of deadly violence in Somalia, especially in the capital, Mogadishu, Security Council members today underlined the need for the political process in the war-torn country to be as representative and inclusive as possible. More >>
Caribbean Changing Age Structure
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:56 am | United Nations
Caribbean countries should take advantage of the window of opportunity offered by the rapid transition in the age structure of the region’s population, a United Nations report issued today recommends. More >>
Liberia: Medical Care At Monrovia Central Prison
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:55 am | United Nations
Blue helmets serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia UNMIL have conducted a one-day medical outreach at the overcrowded Monrovia Central Prison, where more than 500 inmates are currently detained. More >>
Sudanese Refugees Return To Celebration And Song
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:51 am | United Nations
Elders, women and youth sang and danced, a cow was slaughtered and officials spoke as the United Nations refugee agency opened two new repatriation corridors from western Ethiopia to south Sudan at the weekend to pave the way home for thousands of Sudanese ... More >>
UN-Backed International Compact For Iraq
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations-sponsored International Compact for Iraq (ICI), which seeks to consolidate peace in the war-torn country and pursue political, economic and social development over the next five years, will hold a meeting in New York this Friday, ... More >>
Nepal: Concerned That Maoist Retain Arms
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:31 am | United Nations
The United Nations Political Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has expressed concern over media reports quoting the chairman of the country’s Maoists as saying the group retains weapons and combatants outside specified cantonment sites, actions that would ... More >>
Moldovan Law Aimed At Combating Domestic Violence
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:18 am | United Nations
With more than a quarter of Moldova’s women over 15 years of age having experienced domestic violence, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed parliament’s decision to adopt a law aimed at preventing and combating the problem, along with ... More >>
30,000 Impoverished Iraqi Refugees In Syria
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:17 am | United Nations
UN Agency Appeals For $1.7 Million To Feed 30,000 Impoverished Iraqi Refugees In Syria More >>
UN ‘Deeply Regrets’ Deportation Of Iraqi Refugee
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:16 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR today expressed “deep regret” over Turkey’s deportation of an Iraqi, although the agency had accorded him refugee status and issued him the relevant documentation. More >>
Aid Needed For Colombians Who Have Fled To Ecuador
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:14 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR António Guterres has called for more international cooperation to help hundreds of thousands of Colombian refugees in Ecuador who have fled more than 40 years of fighting between the Colombian Government, ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Intervention In Favour Of Opposition
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:13 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today welcomed the Zimbabwean High Court’s order that an opposition leader be provided immediately with all necessary medical treatment and brought before the Court or released after ... More >>
