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Ancient Silk Road To Get Its Modern Counterpart
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 3:54 pm | United Nations
New York, Nov 6 2006 10:00AM A railway version of the famed Silk Road is set to move a step closer to reality at a regional United Nations transport conference that opened in the Republic of Korea (ROK) today, with an agreement for a trans-continental network ... More >>
Militia Attack Civilians, Aid Workers In Darfur
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 3:52 pm | United Nations
Militia are continuing to attack civilians, burn houses and destroy crops every day in Sudan’s conflict-ridden Darfur region, while targeting non-governmental workers trying to assist an estimated 2 million people displaced by the violence, a UN spokesman ... More >>
Tennis Star Joins UN-Backed Efforts In Ghana
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 3:49 pm | United Nations
On her first trip to Africa, world tennis star Serena Williams has urged all pregnant women and children in Ghana to protect themselves from malaria, the deadly disease that is the number one killer of children in the country, responsible for one quarter ... More >>
UN Adviser Visits Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 9:53 am | United Nations
A United Nations Special Adviser on children and armed conflict has begun a 9-day field visit to Sri Lanka aimed at ensuring better protection from the ravages of the civil war in the strife-torn country, where 17 relief workers killed three months ... More >>
Early Election Results Released In DR Congo
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 9:51 am | United Nations
Preliminary election results released over the weekend in the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) aim to stem the flow of rumours that final results are already in, the United Nations reported today. More >>
Climate ChangeWill Endanger Gains Against Poverty
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 9:48 am | United Nations
Kenyan Environment Minister Kivutha Kibwana opened the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Nairobi today with a warning that climate change could endanger whatever gains have been made against poverty. He urged countries to work together to ensure ... More >>
Calls For International Court To Re-Try Saddam
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 9:42 am | United Nations
Citing the “doubtful legitimacy and credibility” of the Iraqi court that sentenced Saddam Hussein and other former leaders to hang, a United Nations human rights expert has called for an international tribunal to re-try the ousted president and urged ... More >>
Immediate Action To Curb Use Of Cluster Bombs
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 9:38 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for urgent actions to address the “disastrous impact” of cluster munitions, warheads that can scatter scores of smaller bombs, especially when used in populated areas, as occurred in this summer™s ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Hails Probe Into Killings
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 9:34 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official today welcomed Sri Lanka's establishment of a commission of inquiry into extrajudicial killings and disappearances, but expressed concern that shortcomings in the national legal system could hamper its effectiveness. More >>
Somalia Should Not Be Theatre for Proxy War
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 12:21 am | United Nations
Postponed peace talks for solving the crisis in Somalia, now scheduled to be held in mid-December, offer the best hope for the war-torn country, and neighbouring States must avoid interfering in its affairs and using it for a “proxy war,” a United ... More >>
Pact allows surprise visits to detention centres
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 11:18 am | 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 >>
UN Execution Moratorium Call After Saddam Sentence
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 11:16 am | 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 >>
Call for HIV prevention in child health
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 9:53 am | United Nations
Call for HIV prevention in child health PRESS RELEASE Asia Pacific Region initiates action to integrate HIV Prevention into maternal and child health care services Subang, Malaysia, 6th November — With an estimated 930,000 new HIV infections in Asia and ... More >>
Bahrain: Mixed Report After Fact-Finding Visit
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 4:59 pm | United Nations
New York, Nov 1 2006 4:00PM While Bahrain has taken measures to address human trafficking, much remains to be done to implement its international obligations, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today at the end of a four-day fact-finding ... More >>
Panama fills last vacant Security Council seat
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 4:56 pm | United Nations
New York, Nov 2 2006 Panama today emerged as the compromise candidate to fill the last remaining seat on the 15-member United Nations Security Council, breaking more than two weeks and 47 rounds of voting deadlock in the General Assembly that pitted ... More >>
Attack Could Not Have Come From Behind Abkhaz line
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 4:53 pm | United Nations
A rocket attack in north-western Georgia, where fighting between the Government and Abkhaz separatists 14 years ago forced nearly 300,000 refugees to flee their homes, could not have been launched from the Restricted Weapons Zone in Abkhazia, as had ... More >>
UN refugee agency resumes family reunion flights
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 4:49 pm | United Nations
Nov 3 2006 After a five-month suspension, the United Nations refugee agency today resumed family visit flights between Sahrawi refugees living in the camps in Tindouf, Algeria, and their relatives in various towns in the Western Sahara Territory, some ... More >>
Experts Report Human Rights Abuses In Mexican Cra
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 4:46 pm | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert has expressed concern about reports of serious abuses, including murder, perpetrated by a paramilitary group taking place amid the Mexican Government’s efforts to regain control of the city Oaxaca where ... More >>
UN Emergency Chief Urges Action On Disasters Today
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 4:43 pm | United Nations
With global warming threatening to change the face of the planet, mega-cities looming as potential earthquake mega-traps, and the world’s poorest exposed as the most vulnerable, the top United Nations emergency relief official is calling for “action ... More >>
Fighting Corruption In Medicines Procurement
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 4:39 pm | United Nations
With up to $50 billion spent every year on pharmaceutical products and recent estimates showing that as much as 25 per cent of procured medicines can be lost to fraud, bribery and other corrupt practices, the United Nations health agency today launched a new ... More >>
