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UNESCO, Women’s Tennis Ace Out Gender Inequality
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 9:32 am | United Nations
In a further partnership between United Nations agencies and sports organizations, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has teamed up with the governing body of women’s tennis to ace out gender inequality. More >>
Kosovo: Envoy Urges Against ‘Unilateral Actions'
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 9:30 am | United Nations
Just days after a United Nations proposal for the future of Kosovo was postponed, the top UN envoy there warned its leaders against talk of “unilateral actions” in the Albanian-majority Serbian province that the world body has run since Western ... More >>
Pact on Clearance of Unexploded Weaponry in Force
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 12:53 am | United Nations
The entry into force of a new international agreement to eliminate unexploded weaponry such as landmines as soon as possible after a conflict “is not an end in itself but rather the beginning of a long series of actions” to protect civilians against ... More >>
HRC Special Session on Israel’s Actions in Gaza
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 12:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Wednesday in response to Israel’s recent military actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent attack that killed 19 civilians and injured 60 others in Beit ... More >>
Taliban Insurgency Tops List Of Concerns
Monday, 13 November 2006, 4:30 pm | United Nations
With the Taliban insurgency posing a major problem for Afghanistan, the head of a Security Council mission there today pledged that the international community will stand by the country as it works to rebuild. "We fully realize that this country ... More >>
US Vetoes UN Resolution On Israeli Gaza Operations
Monday, 13 November 2006, 9:09 am | United Nations
Exercising its veto in the Security Council today, the United States blocked a draft resolution that won the endorsement of 10 other members and would have called for a United Nations fact-finding mission in response to a recent Israeli operation in ... More >>
Lebanon: Indonesian Troops Arrive To Boost UN
Sunday, 12 November 2006, 2:00 pm | United Nations
Indonesian troops arrived today in Lebanon to boost the enhanced United Nations peacekeeping force there to almost 10,000, made up of soldiers from 21 different countries, the mission said. More >>
Women’s Panel ‘Ahead Of Its Time’
Sunday, 12 November 2006, 1:57 pm | United Nations
Annan Praises UN Women’s Panel On 60th Anniversary For Being ‘Ahead Of Its Time’ More >>
Annan Urges End To Attacks Near Dafur
Sunday, 12 November 2006, 1:53 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today decried the growing violence near the Central African Republic’s border with the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan, while the top UN human rights official warned that attacks in West Darfur could intensify ... More >>
UN Refugee Agency Applauds Argentina
Sunday, 12 November 2006, 1:39 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today welcomed Argentina’s recent approval of a refugee law, saying it provides a solid framework for protection of rights, and noting in particular its special provisions for refugee women and children. More >>
UN Climate Change Negotiations Progressing
Sunday, 12 November 2006, 1:36 pm | United Nations
Climate change negotiations at a United Nations conference in Nairobi are progressing toward decisions on key issues that include adaptation, financial mechanisms, deforestation, technology transfer and capacity building, officials there said today. Yvo de Boer, ... More >>
Launch Of International Human Solidarity Day At UN
Sunday, 12 November 2006, 1:33 pm | United Nations
Nobel laureate and co-founder of Poland’s Solidarnosc movement Lech Walesa welcomed the launch of International Human Solidarity Day at a ceremony at United Nations Headquarters today, calling for a global front to address today’s challenges. More >>
UN Official Meets Separately With Myanmar Leaders
Sunday, 12 November 2006, 1:31 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations political official held separate meetings today in Myanmar with government leaders as well as the most prominent member of the opposition: detained Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. More >>
UN Peacekeeping Deployment Reaches Record Level
Saturday, 11 November 2006, 1:54 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeeping deployment reached a historic high at the end of October, with nearly 81,000 military and police personnel and some 15,000 civilians serving in peace operations around the world in 18 different missions, and a budget that ... More >>
Uganda: UN Appeals For Calm
Saturday, 11 November 2006, 1:48 pm | United Nations
United Nations officials today expressed “grave concerns” over escalating violence and loss of life, property and human dignity in the Kotido District of Uganda of the past two weeks and called on Karamojong communities to refrain from violent responses ... More >>
Timor-Leste: Citing Better Security
Saturday, 11 November 2006, 1:46 pm | United Nations
Nearly seven months after deadly violence forced around 155,000 people in Timor-Leste to flee to temporary camps, the top United Nations official in the tiny nation called today on these internally displaced persons (IDP) to return to their homes, citing ... More >>
Focus On Africans And Women Worldwide
Saturday, 11 November 2006, 1:21 pm | United Nations
Pledging to devote herself to improving the health of the people of Africa and women across the globe, Margaret Chan, a Chinese doctor who has played a key role in United Nations efforts to prevent bird flu from mutating into a deadly human pandemic, has ... More >>
Meeting Myanmar Groups
Saturday, 11 November 2006, 1:18 pm | United Nations
Continuing his four-day visit to Myanmar, the top United Nations political officer today discussed transparency and the need to open up the political process to all the country’s people, in meetings with representatives from various ethnic and ... More >>
Kosovo: UN Envoy Puts Off Presenting Final Status
Saturday, 11 November 2006, 1:16 pm | United Nations
A United Nations proposal for the future status of the Albanian-majority Serbian province of Kosovo, which the world body has run Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid ethnic fighting, will not be presented until after Serbia’s ... More >>
Crisis Looms In Columbia UN Warns
Saturday, 11 November 2006, 1:14 pm | United Nations
After months of deterioration, the humanitarian situation in parts of southern Colombia has reached a critical stage, with thousands of civilians caught up in fighting or forced to flee, the United Nations refugee agency warned today in its latest alert ... More >>
