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Dep Sec-Gen Outlines Changes At The World Body
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 4:39 pm | United Nations
Stressing the need for the United Nations to change to deal with the myriad new demands of the 21st century, Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown today reiterated the importance of development, security, and human rights and democracy as the “three ... More >>
Chief Calls For Aiding Internally Displaced People
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 3:43 pm | United Nations
Facing what he called a “moment of truth,” the head of the United Nations refugee agency today called for fully expanding its mission from assisting those displaced from their countries to also helping the tens of millions uprooted within their own ... More >>
States Debate Annan’s Last Organizational Report
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 2:12 pm | United Nations
The General Assembly today discussed Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s 10th and last organizational report in which he focused on the need for “good governance and accountability,” not only within the world body itself but also within Member States ... More >>
World Economic Growth Rate Projected To Drop
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 11:10 am | United Nations
The world can expect a robust economic growth rate of 3.6 per cent this year but a deceleration to 3 per cent is projected for 2007, according to the latest United Nations assessment. More >>
Resolving Differences At The Ballot Box
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 11:04 am | United Nations
Stressing the need to restore stability and peace in Timor-Leste following the deadly violence that erupted earlier this year, the United Nations envoy in the tiny nation said today that all Timorese should resolve their differences at the ballot box and ... More >>
Envoy Briefed On Latest Plans To Stem Violence
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 10:52 am | United Nations
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki today briefed the top United Nations official there on various initiatives that he hopes will combat terrorism and bring down the level of sectarian violence in the war-torn country. More >>
Envoy To Liberia Praises The Role Of Women
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 12:36 am | United Nations
Speaking at a high-level forum in Liberia, which is run by Africa’s only female president, the top United Nations envoy to the country praised the role of women at all levels of Government, saying they bring a “different perspective” to development ... More >>
UN's Afghanistan Envoy Condemns Suicide Attack
Monday, 2 October 2006, 4:33 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan has condemned a suicide attack outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul city that reportedly resulted in more than a dozen deaths and wounded over 50 other people. More >>
Thai Economy Set For Steady Growth
Monday, 2 October 2006, 10:43 am | United Nations
In a new analysis after the military coup, United Nations economists predicted today that Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth could reach 4.7 per cent next year if the new government maintains political stability, but would only reach 3.1 ... More >>
Call For More Immunisation Funding In Americas
Monday, 2 October 2006, 10:15 am | United Nations
With about one of every three children in Latin America and the Caribbean living in districts underserved for health care, a regional United Nations meeting today called for new funding to ensure immunization at more than 95 per cent in all districts ... More >>
Envoy For Tsunami Recovery Deplores Bloodshed
Monday, 2 October 2006, 10:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations’ Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery today added his voice to the chorus of alarm at reports that more than 200 civilians had been killed and thousands more displaced during the past two months in fresh fighting between Government ... More >>
Myanmar: Senior UN Official Set To Return
Monday, 2 October 2006, 10:07 am | United Nations
Myanmar: Senior UN Official Set To Return For High-Level Talks On Rights And Democracy More >>
Darfur: Arms Embargo Monitoring Extended
Monday, 2 October 2006, 10:02 am | United Nations
The Security Council voted today to extend the mandate of the panel of experts set up to help a Council committee monitor an arms embargo in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur. More >>
UN Probe Into Murder Of Former Lebanese Leader
Monday, 2 October 2006, 9:57 am | United Nations
Evidence suggests that a young, male suicide bomber, probably non-Lebanese, detonated up to 1,800 kilograms of explosives inside a van to assassinate former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut last year, the head of the United Nations-backed investigation ... More >>
Probe Unable To Determine Why Appeals Were Ignored
Monday, 2 October 2006, 9:52 am | United Nations
A board of inquiry into an Israeli attack in Lebanon that killed four United Nations military observers in July had no access to the commanders involved and was therefore unable to determine why the attacks were not halted despite repeated appeals from ... More >>
Global Anti Terrorism Strategy Stressed
Saturday, 30 September 2006, 2:05 pm | United Nations
The heads of three major United Nations anti-terrorism committees briefed the Security Council today on the latest efforts to tackle the scourge, calling for greater involvement by Member States and stressing the importance of the world body’s Global Counter-Terrorism ... More >>
Global Warming Is More Than Just A Green Issue
Saturday, 30 September 2006, 1:28 pm | United Nations
Climate change must be viewed as much more than an environmental issue if the world is to understand and tackle the scope and nature of the threat it represents, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said last night. More >>
UN Rights Expert Calls For Release Of Students
Saturday, 30 September 2006, 1:24 pm | United Nations
An independent United Nations human rights expert today called for the immediate release of three prominent student leaders in Myanmar reportedly arrested yesterday, citing numerous charges of abuse in pre-trial detention as cause for “extreme” ... More >>
Inequitable Health Care Rife In The Americas
Saturday, 30 September 2006, 1:21 pm | United Nations
Unequal access to services and disparities between rural and urban areas continue to mar the health systems in North and South America and the Caribbean, according to the latest United Nations report on the issue. More >>
Serious Human Rights Transgressions In DPR Korea
Saturday, 30 September 2006, 1:19 pm | United Nations
Painting a grim picture of the human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), an independent United Nations expert today highlighted egregious transgressions involving the rights to food and life, humane treatment ... More >>
