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Massive Clothing Distribution ToRefugees
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 11:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has launched a widespread clothing distribution operation to help over 50,000 camp dwellers prepare for the coming rainy season in the Ituri region of the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
Efforts To Curb Spread Of HIV In Asia-Pacific
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 11:01 am | United Nations
With an estimated 930,000 new HIV infections in Asia and the Pacific last year, United Nations agencies have called for urgent efforts to prevent the escalating spread of the virus and reduce mortality by better integrating HIV prevention, treatment ... More >>
Annan Praises Peace Deal in Nepal
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 11:01 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all sides in Nepal to “maintain the momentum of the peace process” after the country’s multi-party Government and the Maoists agreed on a peace deal to end 10 years of civil war that ... More >>
Israel Did Not Use DU In Hizbollah Conflict
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 11:00 am | United Nations
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found no evidence that Israel used munitions with depleted uranium (DU) during its conflict with Hizbollah, but the country’s use of cluster bombs in Lebanon remains the main obstacle to a resumption ... More >>
Shock, Dismay at Deadly Shelling of Gaza Civilians
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:58 am | United Nations
United Nations officials voiced shock and dismay at Israel’s shelling of a residential area in the occupied Gaza Strip in which 18 Palestinian civilians were killed, including eight children and seven women, with Secretary-General Kofi Annan calling on the ... More >>
New Head Of UN World Food Programme
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:58 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the head of the organization’s largest agricultural agency jointly appointed a new chief for the World Food Programme, officials announced at WFP’s headquarters in Rome today. More >>
Regular Assessment of Bird Flu in Poultry Needed
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:57 am | United Nations
A reported change in the bird flu virus comes as no surprise but underscores the need to assess regularly vaccines currently in use for poultry, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. More >>
Unicef Renews Appeal For Drought-Hit Afghans
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:51 am | United Nations
Faced with zero response to its most recent appeal to help 2.5 million drought-stricken Afghans, half of them children, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued an urgent appeal today for $3.8 million, warning that lack of water and food will ... More >>
‘Entrenched Inequality’ Must Be Tackled
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:46 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today highlighted the need to deal with “entrenched inequality,” noting in particular the problems in Latin America where over 200 million people live in poverty, as he called for balanced development and ... More >>
Colombia: UN Refugee Agency Voices Fresh Alarm
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:43 am | United Nations
Dozens of Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities in Colombia are at risk because of an upsurge in violence, the United Nations refugee agency said today in the latest of a series of recent warnings about the ongoing impact of more than four decades ... More >>
Climate Change Threatens Food Availability
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:40 am | United Nations
Climate change will directly affect future food availability and compound the difficulties of feeding the world’s rapidly growing population, a United Nations conference in Kenya on the phenomenon has been warned. More >>
Bird Flu Expert Nominated As Head Of Health Agency
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:36 am | United Nations
A Chinese doctor who has played a key role in United Nations efforts to prevent bird flu from mutating into a deadly human pandemic was today nominated to become the new head of the UN health agency. More >>
Campaign To Plant A Billion Trees Within A Year
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:34 am | United Nations
A campaign to plant a billion trees within a year was launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, today in a bid to encourage all sectors of society, from concerned citizens to philanthropic corporations, to take small ... More >>
Need For Human Rights Progress In Myanmar
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 10:31 am | United Nations
Annan Stresses Need For Human Rights Progress In Myanmar As Top Political Officer To Visit More >>
Annan Hails China Commitment to Double Africa Aid
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 4:42 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has hailed a commitment by China to double its aid to Africa by 2009. More >>
Annan Targers Enviornment In Call To Curb War
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 4:11 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today took aim at two of the pernicious consequences of war, calling for universal adherence to a treaty that seeks to limit the effects of landmines and booby traps, and urging stronger measures to protect ... More >>
New Pact Allows Visits To Detention Centres
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 4:07 pm | United Nations
A landmark pact allowing experts to visit detention centres unannounced in a bid to protect against torture and a forthcoming draft convention protecting disabled persons both highlight recent outstanding human rights achievements, a senior United ... More >>
Up 4.5 Per Cent, UN Reports
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 4:04 pm | United Nations
World tourism continues to exceed expectations, showing resilience against factors such as this summer’s Israeli-Hizbollah war in Lebanon and terrorist threats to air travel, with international arrivals for the first eight months up 4.5 per cent ... More >>
Panama Is New Member Of Security Council
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 3:58 pm | United Nations
New York, Nov 7 2006 5:00PM Panama today was elected to a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council after being chosen by Latin American and Caribbean nations as a compromise candidate to end the stalemated contest for the seat between Guatemala ... More >>
Calls For Moratorium On Executions In Iraq
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 3:56 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official has called on the Iraqi authorities to observe a moratorium on executions following the death sentence imposed on ousted president Saddam Hussein and other defendants yesterday, urging that their right ... More >>
