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UN-Backed Treaty Suspends Ivory Exports
Friday, 6 October 2006, 11:23 am | United Nations
The United Nations-backed body overseeing trade in endangered species today suspended the export of 60 tonnes of ivory from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa because of shortcomings in the system to monitor elephant populations and poaching. More >>
Calls For More Global Co-operation
Friday, 6 October 2006, 11:20 am | United Nations
A top United Nations anti-terrorism official has urged greater global cooperation to combat transnational crime and drug trafficking, warning that the scourge is one of the greatest challenges to international peace and security. More >>
Liberia Enacts New Forest Policy
Friday, 6 October 2006, 11:10 am | United Nations
Following years of destructive civil war, illegal lumber trafficking and massive fraud to fuel conflict, Liberia passed a forestry law last night in line with new policies drawn up with United Nations help to ensure that the people of the impoverished ... More >>
Peacekeeping Presence Helps Stimulate Economy
Friday, 6 October 2006, 12:23 am | United Nations
Beyond supervising the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah in southern Lebanon, clearing unexploded ordnance and providing humanitarian relief, the enhanced United Nations peacekeeping mission is also helping to revive the economy. More >>
New Guidelines For Reporting On Environment
Friday, 6 October 2006, 12:12 am | United Nations
A “ carrots and sticks” approach coupling mandatory regulation with voluntary standards will lead to better reporting by corporations of their performance in non-financial areas such as environmental protection, labour standards, human rights and anti-corruption ... More >>
Global Refugee Problem Of Forcible Returns Flagged
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 5:05 pm | United Nations
Half of the United Nations refugee agency’s 116 country offices said they had to confront attempts to forcibly return refugees or asylum-seekers to situations where they could face danger, challenging the international system’s “most fundamental ... More >>
New Communications Plan For Emergency UN Missions
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 5:04 pm | United Nations
United Nations emergency response missions around the world will have access to the latest telecommunications technology within 48 hours of a disaster anywhere on Earth under a five-year public-private partnership announced today. More >>
UN Volunteer Detained For More Than Five Weeks
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 5:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) welcomed today’s decision by Eritrea to release and hand over a UN Volunteer it had detained for more than five weeks. More >>
Head Guinea-Bissau Peacebuilding Office Announced
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 5:01 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today that he plans to appoint Nigeria’s Shola Omoregie as his new representative in Guinea-Bissau and as head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office to the West African country (UNOGBIS). More >>
Annan Selects Nigerian To Serve In Guinea-Bissau
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 4:27 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today that he plans to appoint Nigeria’s Shola Omoregie as his new representative in Guinea-Bissau and as head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office to the West African country (UNOGBIS). More >>
Peacemakers Find Help Only A Few Mouse-Clicks Away
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 1:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations’ Department of Political Affairs (DPA) has created an innovative new website to give diplomats, politicians, mediators and other officials critical advice and background information to help them resolve violent conflicts around the ... More >>
UN Adviser On Genocide Prevention Visits Rwanda
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 1:21 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame today to learn how the small central African country is moving beyond the 1994 massacres that claimed of up 800,000 lives. More >>
UN Expert Postpones Chechnya Mission
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 11:57 am | United Nations
A United Nations expert on torture has postponed a fact-finding mission to Russia, including the troubled region of Chechnya, because of differences over making unannounced visits to detention centres and holding private interviews with detainees. More >>
Somalia: Envoy On Second Leg Of Seven-Nation Tour
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 11:54 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for Somalia today visited Eritrea on the second leg of his seven-nation mission to promote peace and reconciliation ahead of the next round of peace talks between the rival factions in the war-torn east African country. More >>
Security Council Pressures Korea Over Nuclear Test
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 11:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council held closed consultations on the stated intention of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to carry out a nuclear test, and all members voiced “very strong concern… and strongly urged North Korea to ... More >>
Iraq: UN Envoy Continues Top-Level Talks
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 11:48 am | United Nations
Continuing his consultations with Iraqi leaders, the top United Nations envoy in the violence-wracked country today discussed the latest political and security developments with President Jalal Talibani. More >>
Developing Countries Need More Aid: UN
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 11:45 am | United Nations
Openness and market access are sometimes not enough to allow developing countries to benefit from economic globalization because they lack the knowledge and infrastructure to produce goods and services and need increased foreign aid and investment, a top ... More >>
Guinea-Bissau Gaining Ground But Still At Risk
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 11:42 am | United Nations
Guinea-Bissau has made some progress towards political reconciliation, but the West African country remains so poor and enduring tensions are still strong enough that the risk of a major setback is ever-present, less than a decade after the end of ... More >>
Role For UN’s Intellectual Property Watchdog
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 11:38 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency that protects ownership of intellectual property has welcomed a commitment by all 183 Member States acknowledging its central role in defending and strengthening intellectual property worldwide, including everything ... More >>
Rising Tide Of Sewage Threatens World’s Oceans
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 12:55 am | United Nations
While good progress has been made in curbing oil and chemical pollution, a rising tide of sewage is threatening the world’s seas and oceans, endangering human health, wildlife and livelihoods ranging from fisheries to tourism, according to a new United ... More >>
