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Committee to Examine Criminal Accountability of UN
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 1:59 pm | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly has agreed to set up to a committee to consider the criminal accountability of UN officials and experts serving on peacekeeping missions. More >>
Small Band of Rich Controls Majority of Wealth
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 1:58 pm | United Nations
The richest 2 per cent of people in the world own more than half of all household wealth, while the poorer half of the global population control just 1 per cent, according to a study released today by the United Nations University (UNU). More >>
Sudan: Clashes in North Darfur Prompt Warning
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 1:57 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) warned today that humanitarian agencies may have to scale back their operations in North Darfur amid growing concerns following several days of clashes in the provincial capital of El Fasher. More >>
Websites Flunk Basics For Disability Accessibility
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:29 am | United Nations
Only three out of 100 leading websites around the world meet the needs of persons with disabilities, such as the visually or manually impaired, according to a United Nations-commissioned report unveiled today. More >>
Thousands Fleeing Terror In Central Africa
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:16 am | United Nations
With violence, fighting and rebel attacks spreading terror and uprooting scores of thousands of people in the north-western Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today called for urgent international funding ... More >>
UN Marks International Volunteer Day
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations today honoured the tens of thousands of volunteers from both developing and industrialized countries who over the past 35 years have supported the Organization’s peace, relief and development initiatives around the planet, as well as the millions ... More >>
Philippines: UN Rushes In Relief Supplies
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:11 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies are rushing relief supplies for victims of floods and mudslides in the Philippines, where at least 526 people have been killed, more than 1000 wounded and 740 reported missing in the wake of Typhoon Durian, which totally destroyed 80,000 ... More >>
Chad: Violence Threatens Fragile UN Relief
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:08 am | United Nations
The fragile life-line for 110,000 Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad is stretching even thinner as the security situation deteriorates, with fighting between Government troops and rebels forcing humanitarian agencies to reduce staff to the bare minimum, ... More >>
Guidelines For More Effective And Honest Justice
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations crime-fighting agency and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have launched a series of guidelines to help countries make their criminal justice systems more effective and honest as a vital element for the maintenance ... More >>
Annan Calls on Govts to Destroy Chemical Weapons
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:02 am | United Nations
Describing chemical weapons as “cruel and inhumane,” United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all States to accede to the global convention banning these arms, as the treaty approaches its 10-year anniversary. More >>
Annan Recommends Extending Cyprus Mission
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 10:45 am | United Nations
Faced with the lack of a comprehensive political settlement in Cyprus and concerned about the attitudes of both sides, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today recommended a further six-month extension in the mandate of the UN mission that has ... More >>
UN Head Condemns Coup In Fiji
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 8:49 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today deplored the coup d’état in Fiji, calling for the immediate reinstatement of the Pacific island nation’s legitimate authority. More >>
Departing Aid Chief Urges SC to Defend Civilians
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 2:08 pm | United Nations
Although there has been a steady decline in the number of conflicts in the past 15 years, violent attacks against civilians have surged over the same period, the top United Nations humanitarian official told the Security Council today. More >>
UNESCO Chief Pays Tribute to Iraqi Journalists
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 11:35 am | United Nations
UNESCO Chief Pays Tribute to Iraqi Journalists After Murder of Two More Media Workers More >>
Three Young Athletes Run The Sahara
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:36 am | United Nations
Running over endless sands and camel tracks, past towering dunes, stark rock mountains and mud-brick mosques, through oases and nomad settlements, three young athletes are pounding their way across the Sahara Desert , covering the equivalent of two ... More >>
World Leaders To Be Accountable For Promises Made
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:32 am | United Nations
Calling the struggle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic “the greatest challenge of our generation,” Secretary-General Kofi Annan tonight called on international leaders to make sure they deliver on all the promises that their governments have made. More >>
Strategy Seeks To Develop Powerful Malaria Vaccine
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:30 am | United Nations
With two people dying from malaria every minute and up to 1,000 others becoming infected, a new United Nations-backed global strategy was launched today to develop a highly effective vaccine within the next 20 years. More >>
UN Begins Medical Assistance In Southern Sudan
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:28 am | United Nations
The United Nations has started delivering medical assistance to more than 300 civilians who were injured, some badly, during heavy fighting earlier this week in the southern Sudanese provincial capital of Malakal. More >>
Chad UN Refugee Agency Airlifts Emergency Supplies
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has airlifted 110 tonnes of emergency supplies into Chad to ensure a vital lifeline for more than 300,000 refugees and displaced people after mobs looted warehouses containing nearly 500 tonnes of food and other ... More >>
Report Condemns Flagrant Israeli Violations In War
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:23 am | United Nations
Israel’s use of weapons such as cluster bombs during this summer’s war with Hizbollah in Lebanon was a flagrant violation of the right to life and property, excessive, not justified by military necessity and went beyond the arguments of proportionality, ... More >>
