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Security Council Must Take Over Peace Efforts
Saturday, 21 October 2006, 12:37 am | United Nations
The Security Council should assume responsibility for finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict instead of leaving it to the diplomatic Quartet, which is increasingly perceived within the region as biased and has done little to stem the deteriorating human rights ... More >>
Most Blue Helmets Now in Place in Southern Lebanon
Friday, 20 October 2006, 4:38 pm | United Nations
Considerable progress has been achieved in southern Lebanon since the Security Council resolution ending the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah, and most of the expected force of blue helmets to monitor the cessation of hostilities has now been deployed, ... More >>
A Broader Approach To Security Stressed
Friday, 20 October 2006, 3:46 pm | United Nations
Highlighting the increasing importance of United Nations peacekeeping operations, with more staff deployed than ever before, the UN’s top official in the area today stressed the importance of improved efficiency and the need for a broader approach ... More >>
UN: New Protocol Needed To Deal With Poverty
Friday, 20 October 2006, 3:13 pm | United Nations
Poverty and underdevelopment continue to exacerbate abuse, neglect and discrimination, in the process denying millions the enjoyment of their civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights, according to the United Nations top human rights official. More >>
DR Congo: UN Mission Condemns Attacks,
Friday, 20 October 2006, 11:50 am | United Nations
With less than two week to go before the second round of presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission has condemned the latest acts of violence and called for restraint as the vast country seeks to ... More >>
UN Nuclear Watchdog Needs Greater Resources
Friday, 20 October 2006, 11:48 am | United Nations
With a major increase in nuclear power generation around the world and a “temptation” for countries to develop nuclear weapons, the United Nations atomic watchdog has said it needs greater technological, regulatory and financial resources to tackle ... More >>
Only Dialogue Will Bring Peace To Middle East
Friday, 20 October 2006, 11:45 am | United Nations
Top UN Envoy Says Only Dialogue With All Parties In The Middle East Will Bring Peace More >>
Haitian Leaders Want To End Human Rights Abuses
Friday, 20 October 2006, 11:32 am | United Nations
Although the human rights situation in Haiti is cause for concern with reports of extrajudicial executions and arbitrary detentions in deplorable conditions, there is room for optimism in light of the Government’s will to confront and resolve ... More >>
Continuing Conflict Hinders Aid In Afghanistan
Friday, 20 October 2006, 11:05 am | United Nations
Insecurity throughout much of Afghanistan, particularly in southern, south-eastern and eastern Regions, continues to impede United Nations humanitarian operations in the war-torn country, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported in its latest update. More >>
UN Reports On Marine Pollution Threats
Friday, 20 October 2006, 10:48 am | United Nations
With the conditions under which coral reefs have flourished in the past half-million years dramatically changing, their ability to survive in a globally warming world may crucially depend on the levels of pollution to which they are exposed, the United ... More >>
Unicef Helps Nigeria Immunize 29 Million Children
Friday, 20 October 2006, 10:45 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) has provided crucial logistical support to Nigeria for a massive immunization campaign to protect 29 million children against measles, a highly contagious virus that kills more children than any other preventable ... More >>
General Assembly Resumes Voting
Friday, 20 October 2006, 10:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly was still deadlocked after resuming voting today in the contest to fill a non-permanent seat on the Security Council allocated to the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, with Guatemala leading Venezuela ... More >>
Final seat on Security Council remains undecided
Friday, 20 October 2006, 12:00 am | United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly remained deadlocked after a third day of voting this week in the contest to fill a non-permanent seat on the Security Council allocated to the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, with Guatemala maintaining its ... More >>
Close To 24 Million Stand Up Against Poverty
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 3:38 pm | United Nations
In churches and schools, in slums and outside posh hotels, on Indian cricket fields and in Mexican football stadiums, close to 24 million people participated in the United Nations-led “STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY” initiative to remind world leaders ... More >>
US Likely To Accept Burundian Refugees - UN
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 3:35 pm | United Nations
In a major breakthrough for Burundians stuck in limbo in Tanzanian refugee camps for many years, the United States has agreed to interview 13,000 of them under a United Nations refugee agency resettlement programme, and the agency said today that ... More >>
Officials Need Better Access In Wartorn Sri Lank
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 3:22 pm | United Nations
UN Relief Officials Say They Need Better Access In War-Torn Areas In Sri Lanka More >>
Congo Presidential Contenders To Use UN Helicopter
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 3:18 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has made two helicopters available for the use of the two contenders as they campaign in the run-off round of the country’s historic presidential elections. More >>
Côte D’ivoireTo Progress Towards Elections
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 3:16 pm | United Nations
The “manifest lack of political will” among main political leaders in Côte d’Ivoire is undermining United Nations efforts to restore stability and to organize elections in the country, which effectively split in half when armed rebellion erupted in 2002, ... More >>
Long-Term Solution To Chronic Food Shortages
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 10:01 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations relief official wrapped up a five-day visit to Eritrea today, stressing the need for stronger links between humanitarian assistance and long-term measures to address the underlying causes of food shortages in the poor East African ... More >>
Child Poverty Clouds Future - UN
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 9:57 am | United Nations
Although the number of children under 15 living in extreme poverty in South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States has dropped from 32 million to 18 million since the late ‘90s, governments must increase their health and education ... More >>
