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Progress In Talks At UN Climate Change Conference
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 3:39 pm | United Nations
Progress has been made on a number of issues at a United Nations conference in Nairobi aimed at forging responses to global warming, including efforts to promote projects in developing countries that will help people adapt to threats posed by the phenomenon, ... More >>
Prevent Africa Conflicts from Becoming Regional
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 2:00 pm | United Nations
Arriving in Nairobi, Kenya, today to attend the closing stages of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on African leaders to act in their own backyards to prevent conflicts in one country from becoming a ... More >>
Ceasefire Needed in Darfur, Diplomacy Intensifies
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 1:57 pm | United Nations
All sides must stop fighting immediately in Darfur, the top United Nations peacekeeping official said today, as he outlined increasing diplomatic efforts over the next few weeks aimed at ending the spiralling violence and the “very tragic” situation ... More >>
Australian Peacekeeping Vet For UNTSO
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 11:24 am | United Nations
An Australian veteran of United Nations peacekeeping missions, Major-General Ian Campbell Gordon, is set to become Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up ... More >>
Congo: Contenders Will Respect Sec Force Neurality
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 11:23 am | United Nations
As part of a series of agreements to abide by the outcome of the Congolese presidential elections, the contenders have pledged to respect the apolitical character of the national security services, the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic ... More >>
Violence Spiralling In South-East Chad, UN Warns
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 10:18 am | United Nations
Voicing “extreme” concern at the escalating communal fighting in south-east Chad, the United Nations refugee agency today called on the international community to quickly mobilize a “multi-dimensional presence” to protect hundreds of thousands ... More >>
Insurance Against Ravages Of Climate Change Needed
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 10:15 am | United Nations
Warning that by 2040 the world could witness a year in which losses from droughts, storms surges, hurricanes and floods hit $1 trillion, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today called for new kinds of insurance and financing, including ... More >>
Iraq: UN Calls For Immediate Action On Kidnappings
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 10:12 am | United Nations
Condemning the kidnappings of dozens of people at the Iraqi Higher Education Ministry as “a nefarious crime,” the top United Nations official in the violence-wracked country today called on the authorities to take immediate action to free the victims. More >>
Kenya: Floods Cause Major Setback
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 10:09 am | United Nations
Heavy flooding has engulfed camps in eastern Kenya where tens of thousands of Somalis have sought refuge from fighting in their own homeland, uprooting more than 78,000 people and killing two, the United Nations refugee agency said today. More >>
Annan in Kenya to Address Climate Change Conf.
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 9:54 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, today to attend the closing stages of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, warning that urgent action is needed now. More >>
Forced Return of Refugee by Azerbaijan Criticized
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 9:53 am | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today levelled strong criticism at Azerbaijan authorities for forcing a Turkish citizen of Kurdish ethnicity, who had previously been granted refugee status in Germany, to return to her native country. More >>
Annan Calls for High-Level Meeting on Darfur
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 3:13 pm | United Nations
The security situation continues to be volatile in all of Darfur’s three states, with a number of reported deadly militia attacks on civilians, violent acts of banditry and clashes between Government and rebel forces in the past few days, UNMIS has reported. More >>
National Institutions Crucial to Peacebuilding
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 11:46 am | United Nations
National law-making bodies and other institutions are crucial to preventing war and building peace, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message to mark the opening of the yearly gathering of parliamentarians at United Nations Headquarters ... More >>
Iraqi Govt, UN Officials Discuss Human Rights
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 11:45 am | United Nations
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) announced today that it has helped convene a meeting with the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights on protecting people in the violence-wracked country against a range of rights abuses. More >>
UN Official Calls on Myanmar to Release Suu Kyi
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 10:56 am | United Nations
The top United Nations political officer has delivered a letter to Myanmar’s rulers from Secretary-General Kofi Annan reiterating his call for the release of democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and stressing that the international community expects ... More >>
Algeria: UN Food Chief Appeals To Donor Community
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 10:43 am | United Nations
The international community must not forget the plight of tens of thousands of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria who are still entirely dependent on external aid to survive, three decades after fleeing a territorial dispute with Morocco over Western Sahara, ... More >>
Two UN Blue Helmets Fatally Injured In Haiti
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 9:45 am | United Nations
Two Jordanian soldiers serving with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) have died from injuries they suffered after being shot at by armed individuals. More >>
Rainwater Harvesting Crucial UN Reports
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 9:42 am | United Nations
African countries suffering or facing water shortages as a result of climate change have a massive potential in rainwater harvesting , with nations like Ethiopia and Kenya capable of meeting the needs of six to seven times their current populations, ... More >>
Early Childhood Care Crucial Unicef Warns
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 9:37 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) today called on governments and others committed to universal education and gender equality to remember that the earliest years are the most critical for children’s development. More >>
Annan Refutes Clash of Civilizations
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 9:37 am | United Nations
Rejecting the notion of a clash of civilizations or religions, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for better education and opportunities for youth, as well as the resolution of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, to stem mounting mistrust ... More >>
