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Three Options on Security Council Reform Proposed
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 12:49 am | United Nations
After two days of the General Assembly’s annual debate on reforming the 15-member Security Council, the Assembly President has outlined three possible options on how to proceed, noting that while consensus appears to exist on the need to expand its ... More >>
Concern Over Kuwaitis Missing Since 1990 War
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 12:16 am | United Nations
Welcoming the recent progress on identifying and recovering the remains of Kuwaitis and other nationals missing since the 1990 Gulf War, the Security Council today expressed concern over the fate of nearly 400 others whose whereabouts remain unknown. More >>
Democracy Fund Seeks to Improve Accountability
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 3:07 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Democracy Fund, which awards grants to projects that try to help promote and consolidate new and restored democracies, met today to discuss ways to improve the monitoring, evaluation and accountability of its grants. More >>
UN-Assisted Refugee Convoys to Southern Sudan
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 11:49 am | United Nations
The voluntary return of refugees to southern Sudan following the end of its civil war last year resumes in earnest this week with United Nations-assisted convoys from Ethiopia and the Central African Republic (CAR). More >>
Key Role of Communications in Mitigating Distaters
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 11:25 am | United Nations
Aware that communications can make the difference between life and mass death in a natural disaster, the United Nations today opened a four-day workshop for the Asia-Pacific region to streamline that key element in the overall strategy to mitigate the impact ... More >>
UN Refugee Agency Raises Nearly $400 Million
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency raised nearly $400 million at a pledging conference yesterday towards the $1.06 billion it is seeking in its initial global appeal for 2007 to assist some 21 million people around the world. More >>
Call For Funding Of Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:36 am | United Nations
New vaccines against the virus that causes cervical cancer could save hundreds of thousands of women’s lives in the developing world, home to the vast majority of the more than 250,000 women who died from the disease last year, and funding to make ... More >>
Half Pregnant Women Lack Skilled Birth Care
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:35 am | United Nations
Aiming to help save the lives of more than 5 million women and over 45 million newborns by 2015, midwives and public health experts from 20 countries around the world have gathered in Tunisia for the first-ever International Forum on Midwifery in the Community, ... More >>
Darfur: UN Rights Council Holds Special Session
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:33 am | United Nations
The newly enhanced United Nations Human Rights Council today held a special session on Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region, with top officials from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on down calling for immediate action to end the nightmare of civilian deaths, ... More >>
Uruguay’s New Refugee Laws Earn Praise From UN
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today welcomed Uruguay’s approval of laws containing guarantees on the processing of asylum claims and special provisions for the protection of women and children. More >>
UN Agency Launches $246-Million Emergency Appeal
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:27 am | United Nations
Citing a dramatically deepening humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory, the United Nations agency that cares for millions of Palestinian refugees today launched a $246-million emergency appeal for 2007, its largest since its first ... More >>
Treaty On Doping in Sport to Come Into Force Feb
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 9:32 am | United Nations
A United Nations-backed treaty that is the first binding and universal legal instrument seeking to eliminate doping in sport will enter into force on 1 February following its 30th ratification yesterday, imposing uniform rules, tests and sanctions worldwide ... More >>
Middle East: Annan Calls for ‘New Push for Peace’
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 9:31 am | United Nations
Warning that tensions in the Middle East are near their breaking point, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for a “new and urgent push for peace” from all sides, including the international community, lest the people of the region ... More >>
Guidelines for Plane Carry-on Liquids Issued
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 9:29 am | United Nations
Seeking to thwart terrorist plots to blow up airliners, the United Nations aviation agency has issued new interim security control guidelines for screening potentially dangerous items in hand luggage, including liquid, gels and aerosols that may be ... More >>
Despite Challenges, DR Congo Could Spur Developmnt
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 9:28 am | United Nations
Despite its recent landmark elections, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) still faces “enormous” challenges in recovering from a brutal civil war, however, with all its natural resources the massive African country could spur development ... More >>
Brazil: UN Loans Set to Help Over 100,000 Poor
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 9:27 am | United Nations
More than 100,000 poor Brazilians are expected to benefit from a United Nations-backed development and income-generating project in the semi-arid north-eastern region of Latin America’s largest and most populous country. More >>
Expert Urges Republic of Korea to Protect Migrants
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 9:26 am | United Nations
An independent United Nations rights expert today called on the Republic of Korea to take further steps to expand the rights of foreign wives of its nationals and voiced concern over discriminatory measures against migrants. More >>
Resumption of Six-Party Talks on Korean Nukes
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 9:25 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed news that the six-party talks aimed at achieving a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula are scheduled to resume later this month. More >>
Attempts to Question Or Deny Holocaust Deplored
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 12:28 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today deplored any attempt to question or deny the Holocaust as a conference continued in Iran on the scale and nature of the Nazi slaughter of 6 million Jews ... More >>
Lack of Cooperation Prevents Beit Hanoun Mission
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 2:29 pm | United Nations
Israel’s lack of cooperation has prevented a fact-finding mission from the United Nations Human Rights Council from visiting Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, where an Israeli attack last month killed 19 Palestinian civilians, the head of the ... More >>
