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Stronger Social Security Needed Against Poverty
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 1:22 pm | United Nations
To reduce poverty, developing countries need to strengthen their social security systems following on the success of industrial countries, an anti-poverty expert said today at a United Nations forum on poverty held at the world body’s Headquarters ... More >>
Somalia: Annan Calls for Return to Talks
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 1:21 pm | United Nations
Describing the situation in war-torn Somalia as “very serious,” United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the impoverished country’s neighbours not to interfere in the conflict, as he also called on Somali parties to resume peace ... More >>
DR Congo: Call for Calm After Provisional Results
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 1:20 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the two candidates and their supporters in the run-off presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to respond calmly to provisional results released today and to use the law rather ... More >>
UN More Transparent, Accountable, Ethical
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 1:19 pm | United Nations
The departing top United Nations management official said today he leaves behind an organization that is more transparent, accountable and ethical than when he joined thanks to new initiatives that have been championed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, ... More >>
Darfur Conflict: Foreign Presence Needed on Border
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 1:18 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for an “international presence” on Sudan’s border with Chad to prevent the bloody Darfur conflict from increasingly spilling over to its neighbour, stressing that the United Nations has also not given ... More >>
Hope New Palestinian Govt Leads to Engagement
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 1:17 pm | United Nations
The United Nations and its key international partners in the Middle East peace process today expressed hope that a new Palestinian Government of National Unity would take steps to open the way for renewed engagement by the international community. More >>
Annan Lauds Tsunami Envoy Bill Clinton
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 11:19 am | United Nations
Marking the final meeting of the international consortium set up to deal with the ravages of the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today praised former United States President Bill Clinton for making a ... More >>
Annan: Climate Change Sceptics 'Out of Step'
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 11:17 am | United Nations
Climate change must be taken as seriously as the issues that have traditionally monopolized first-order political attention such as conflict, poverty and the proliferation of deadly weapons, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told a United Nations conference on ... More >>
DR Congo: Call for Rivals to Avoid Provocation
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 11:16 am | United Nations
The top United Nations peacekeeping official and senior European officials today issued a new call to both presidential candidates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to avoid any provocative acts over the yet-to-be announced results of ... More >>
UN, Afropop Join to Enhance Peacekeeping Radio
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 11:14 am | United Nations
A popular music radio programme featuring the music of Africa will soon be heard in parts of the continent where the United Nations has deployed its blue helmets thanks to a new pro bono agreement signed today between the UN Department of Peacekeeping ... More >>
Sri Lanka’s Children ‘At Risk From All Sides’
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 11:04 am | United Nations
Elements of Sri Lanka’s security forces are helping a breakaway rebel group abduct children to fight the separatist Tamil Tigers, while the rebels themselves continue to use child soldiers in their conflict against the Government, a United Nations ... More >>
Helping Developing Countries With Kyoto Protocol
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:51 am | United Nations
(Nairobi, 15 November 2006) – The high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, attended by approximately 100 ministers from around the world and more than six thousand participants, was opened Wednesday by the Kenyan President ... More >>
UN Denounces Israeli Military Actions
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:48 am | United Nations
Condemning Israel’s recent military activities in the northern Gaza Strip, including the killing of 18 Palestinian civilians at Beit Hanoun, the United Nations Human Rights Council today called for urgent international action to end whose incursions ... More >>
Over 1 Million People In Nepal Could Go Hungry
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:25 am | United Nations
Over 1 Million People In Nepal Could Go Hungry Unless UN Agency Gets Passage For Food More >>
UN Steps Up War On Counterfeit Medicine Market
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:15 am | United Nations
The multi-billion-dollar market for counterfeit medicines was placed squarely in the cross-hairs of a new United Nations-backed initiative today to help national authorities crack down on the products, which can promote drug resistant strains ... More >>
Up To 1 Million People Threatened By Flooding
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:12 am | United Nations
Up to 1 million people in southern Somalia could be directly affected by the worst flooding in 50 years, deepening a humanitarian crisis already exacerbated by renewed fighting in a country that has not had a functioning national government since 1991, ... More >>
Polio Immunization Campaign Gets Underway In Iraq
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:09 am | United Nations
Despite security concerns which forced a one-week delay, a nationwide United Nations-backed polio immunization drive in Iraq is now underway to protect 4.8 million against the highly infectious and incurable disease that can cause lifelong paralysis and is ... More >>
'Who Do We Adults Think We Are?'
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:06 am | United Nations
UNICEF Forum November 16th 'When it comes to our children; 'Who Do We Adults Think We Are?' This years UNICEF forum examines how the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of adult New Zealanders work to shape children's lives for better and for worse. ... More >>
Uganda: UN Calls For Improved Security
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 3:44 pm | United Nations
Continuing his peace efforts in Uganda by meeting the country’s President, the top United Nations aid official has stressed the need to improve security for members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) as they assemble at staging areas stipulated ... More >>
Regional Approach Key To Fight Hiv/Aids
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 3:42 pm | United Nations
Regional Approach Key To Fight Hiv/Aids In Horn Of Africa, UN-Backed Meeting Told More >>
