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Security Situation Improving in S Sudan Town
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:23 am | United Nations
The security situation inside the southern Sudanese provincial capital of Malakal is steadily returning to normal, the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the country has reported, after last week’s outbreak of deadly violence in the town. More >>
Office to Support National Reconciliation in CAR
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:22 am | United Nations
Responding to the volatile situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) – an impoverished country bordering Chad and Sudan – the United Nations office there plans to support national reconciliation, strengthen democracy and promote good governance, ... More >>
Annan Names Special Envoy for Northern Uganda
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:21 am | United Nations
In an effort to bring a comprehensive political solution to the conflict in northern Uganda while addressing its wider regional ramifications, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has named former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano his Special Envoy ... More >>
UN Satisfied At Voting Process Despite Violence
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:21 am | United Nations
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) today expressed satisfaction with the conduct of elections in the country while voicing concern at isolated outbreaks of violence. More >>
World Cup Initiative Scores Goal For Environment
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:00 am | United Nations
United Nations-backed efforts to promote eco-friendly sports scored another goal for the environment today with a report showing that this year’s World Cup football in Germany more than compensated for the greenhouse gases it emitted through clean ... More >>
Detention Of Ethiopian Boat People In Yemen
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has voiced concern at the detention in Yemen of 126 Ethiopians now threatened with deportation after crossing by boat from Somalia. More >>
Report Shows Toll Taken By Aids In The Workplace
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:57 am | United Nations
More than 3 million people around the world are unable to work because of illnesses caused by HIV/AIDS, according to a new report by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) which argues that better treatment for sufferers would ... More >>
UN Calls For Almost $4 Billion In Emergency Aid
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:55 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today launched an appeal for almost $4 billion to provide food, water, medicine and other emergency assistance to help millions of people struggling to survive in areas of conflict and natural disasters in 29 ... More >>
Peacekeeping Presence In Darfur Is Essential - UN
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:54 am | United Nations
The world cannot afford to compromise on ensuring there is a continued peacekeeping presence in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur that is as effective as possible, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told an African Union (AU) summit today. More >>
Torture In Paraguay Must Be Fully Criminalized
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:52 am | United Nations
New York, Nov 30 2006 8:00PM Torture is still widely used in police custody in Paraguay, an independent United Nations rights expert has warned, calling for the practice to be fully criminalized, measures put in place to prevent it, and all perpetrators ... More >>
Uganda: Unicef Calls For Restraint
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:50 am | United Nations
Alarmed at continued violence in Uganda’s northern Kotido district linked to a disarmament campaign in which 13 women and nine children have already died, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on national and local authorities to ... More >>
Alleged Murderer Of UN Observers In 2003 Captured
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:48 am | United Nations
A fugitive former rebel militia member alleged to have been involved in the murder of two United Nations observers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) three and a half years ago has been arrested, bringing to seven number of those detained ... More >>
Hunger Strike by Accused Serb Prompts Concern
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today expressed grave concern about the actions of Vojislav Šešelj, the Serbian politician who has refused food as he awaits trial on charges of taking part in an ethnic cleansing ... More >>
Just Say No to Exploitation: UN Anti-Crime Chief
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:05 am | United Nations
From the sex trade to underpaid maids to sweatshops, the chief United Nations crime fighter is calling for concrete steps to reduce the lures and increase the risks of human trafficking. More >>
Darfur Remains Volatile, Despite Fewer Incidents
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 12:19 am | United Nations
The situation in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur remains volatile, although there were fewer incidents than usual reported over the past week, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) said today. More >>
Agency Teams Up With Travel Group to Save Dolphins
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 12:19 am | United Nations
With 2007 declared the “Year of the Dolphin,” the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has teamed up with TUI, Europe’s leading travel group, to launch a major public awareness campaign on various threats to the marine mammal’s survival ... More >>
Kimberley Plan to Stop Diamonds Funding Conflict
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 12:18 am | United Nations
The General Assembly today passed a resolution backing the Kimberley Process, a global initiative involving governments, the international diamond industry and civil society aimed at preventing so-called “conflict diamonds” from funding warfare and civil ... More >>
Kosovo Albanians, Serbia Still Opposed on Future
Monday, 4 December 2006, 4:41 pm | United Nations
Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian Government and Serbia remain “diametrically opposed” in their views of the future status of the Serbian province, which that the United Nations has run ever since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid ... More >>
UN Food Agency Teams Up With Islamic Relief Group
Monday, 4 December 2006, 4:40 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today signed an agreement with the international Islamic aid organization, Islamic Relief Worldwide, to increase cooperation on vital feeding programmes for the poor regardless of colour or creed, both for ... More >>
Liberia, UN And World Bank Sign $4 Million Deal
Monday, 4 December 2006, 4:39 pm | United Nations
As part of continued United Nations assistance to help Liberia rebuild after 14 years of brutal civil war, the world body has signed a landmark agreement involving the Government and the World Bank to rehabilitate three major roads, costing an estimated ... More >>
