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Fund To Support Peace Talks For Uganda
Sunday, 8 October 2006, 12:22 am | United Nations
As senior United Nations officials say the situation in once war-torn northern Uganda is more promising than it has been in years, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today launched a $4.8 million proposal to help sponsor ... More >>
Countering Widespread Violence Against Women
Sunday, 8 October 2006, 12:20 am | United Nations
Violence against women is common and widespread throughout the developing and developed world and urgent action must be taken to deal with the scourge, the United Nations health agency warned today in a report highlighting that women are generally more ... More >>
Annan Welcomes Sudan’s Acceptance Of UN Help
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:54 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the Sudanese Government’s positive response to the United Nations’ move last month to enhance its support of the African Union mission as it tries to maintain peace and security across the war-torn Darfur ... More >>
UN Yearbook Highlights Security Role Of World Body
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:51 pm | United Nations
Increasing global instability and the United Nations’ response to that problem – through its many peacekeeping operations and political and peacebuilding missions – are extensively covered in the 58th edition of the Yearbook of the United Nations, ... More >>
3,500 People Risk Somalia-Yemen Smuggling Trip
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:48 pm | United Nations
3,500 People Risk Somalia-Yemen Trip In First Month Of New Smuggling ‘Season’ - UN More >>
Steady Progress On Nigeria/Camaroon Border
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:45 pm | United Nations
The situation remains calm on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon as steady progress is made in demarcating their common boundary, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in his latest update on the work of the commission charged with overseeing the peaceful ... More >>
Surge Into Kenya Threatens UN Agency
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:41 pm | United Nations
The flood of Somalis pouring into neighbouring Kenya over the past two days to escape factional fighting has surged almost five-fold to a rate of 1,000 a day, pushing to more than 30,000 the total of new arrivals this year, and the United Nations refugee ... More >>
Global Fund Expected To Approve Almost $1 Billion
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:37 pm | United Nations
The United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is expected to approve requests from almost 100 countries for $950 million over two years to support programmes to combat the global scourges that kill over 6 million ... More >>
Efforts To Upgrade Nuclear Safety Move Ahead
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:26 pm | United Nations
As part of its multi-national efforts to upgrade nuclear safety and security at the world´s research reactors, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency has concluded a $4.3 million contract to rid a Serbian reactor site of old ‘spent’ nuclear ... More >>
Human Rights Council Ends Its Second Session
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:23 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Human Rights Council today ended its second session but decided to put off any decisions on draft resolutions until 27 November because of the large number involved after three weeks of wide-ranging discussions covering everything ... More >>
Palestinian Child Deaths Nearly Double 2005
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:20 pm | United Nations
Ninety-one Palestinian children have already been killed this year in the West Bank and Gaza, almost double the number for the whole of 2005, with youngsters suffering increasing levels of stress from violence and fear in the Israeli-Palestinians conflict, ... More >>
Armed Groups Target Aid Workers In Eastern Chad
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 1:15 pm | United Nations
The security situation throughout eastern Chad, where 213,000 Sudanese have sought shelter from the fighting in Darfur, remains extremely volatile as unidentified armed groups continue to target humanitarian workers and steal their vehicles, the United ... More >>
UN HQ Opens Doors for Architecture Lovers
Friday, 6 October 2006, 1:58 pm | United Nations
The inner sanctum of the United Nations in its efforts to maintain international peace – the Security Council chamber – will be opened to architecture buffs this weekend as part of a special guided tour of the world body’s landmark headquarters ... More >>
Timor-Leste: Envoy Applauds Call to Accept Report
Friday, 6 October 2006, 1:57 pm | United Nations
The United Nations envoy in Timor-Leste today warmly welcomed a statement by Timorese leaders calling on the population to accept the findings of an upcoming UN report into this year’s deadly violence in the tiny South-East Asian nation, which killed ... More >>
Deadly Heroin Overdoses Could Soar UN
Friday, 6 October 2006, 11:48 am | United Nations
The world’s health authorities should prepare for a significant increase in the number of deaths from heroin overdoses following a dramatic surge in opium production in Afghanistan this year, the United Nations top narcotics fighter has warned . More >>
Israel And Hizbollah Committed "Major Violations"
Friday, 6 October 2006, 11:45 am | United Nations
Criticizing violations of human rights and humanitarian law by both Israel and Hizbollah in the recent 34-day conflict in Lebanon, four independent United Nations rights experts today called for further investigations to determine whether war crimes were ... More >>
Top UN Peacekeeping Official Warns Of Overstretch
Friday, 6 October 2006, 11:41 am | United Nations
An “unprecedented” surge is taking place in the number and size of United Nations peacekeeping missions, with as many as 140,000 staff members likely to be in the field next year, a senior UN official said today, warning of the dangers of political ... More >>
Ivorian Leaders Must Show Restraint
Friday, 6 October 2006, 11:38 am | United Nations
Deploring inflammatory remarks and threats made by a political leader in Côte d’Ivoire against a grouping of neighbouring states working to bring stability to the divided country, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged all Ivorian parties ... More >>
World Faces An 18 Million Teacher Shortfall
Friday, 6 October 2006, 11:34 am | United Nations
The world will need 18 million new teachers in the coming decade in order to meet demand worldwide for primary education, with sub-Saharan Africa facing the greatest challenge, to boost its teacher force by 68 per cent, United Nations officials said ... More >>
UN Proposes Dramatic Cut In Air Pollution
Friday, 6 October 2006, 11:28 am | United Nations
With air pollution estimated to cause some 2 million premature deaths around the world each year from respiratory infections, heart disease, and lung cancer, the United Nations health agency today called for dramatically lower standards for levels ... More >>
