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Nagorno-Karabakh In UN Assembly Debate
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 10:21 am | United Nations
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on the fifth day of its annual high-level debate, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan expressed their views on the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. More >>
UN Should Lead Response To Global Challenges
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 10:16 am | United Nations
The United Nations should stand at the forefront of global efforts to end conflicts, establish peace and promote economic development, but it must also become more efficient and broadly accountable to do so, representatives of Japan and Turkmenistan told ... More >>
West African Countries Need Global Support
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 10:11 am | United Nations
West African countries that have emerged from conflict to form democratically elected governments deserve international support to consolidate their fragile progress, ministers from the region have told the United Nations General Assembly as it continued ... More >>
Annan Appeals For Global Tolerance
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 10:08 am | United Nations
Using the anniversary of a notorious massacre of Jews and others in Ukraine in World War II to deplore the recent increase in extremism and intolerance, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today made an impassioned appeal for pluralism and mutual ... More >>
Shortfall In Feeding Drought-Stricken Kenyans
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 8:37 am | United Nations
Although rains have reduced the number of drought-stricken Kenyans in need of food aid from 3.5 million to nearly 3 million, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it still needs $44 million to continue its operations there for ... More >>
UN Asked To Help End Deadly Toll Of Child Hunger
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 8:36 am | United Nations
UN Agency Chiefs Call On US Congress To Help End Deadly Toll Of Child Hunger Now More >>
UNESCO Chief Condemns Another Journalist’s Murder
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 8:34 am | United Nations
Keeping up his campaign to defend the freedom of the press, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today deplored the murder of a Bangladeshi journalist as a blow against democracy. More >>
Timor-Leste: First Batch Of Police Return To Work
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 8:33 am | United Nations
The first group of Timor Leste police has resumed work under a United Nations mentoring scheme after being relieved of duty earlier this year in violence that shook the small South East Asian nation, which the world body shepherded to independence from ... More >>
Armenia And Azerbaijan Exchange Accusations
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 8:32 am | United Nations
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other during addresses to the United Nations General Assembly of not being interested in achieving a lasting peace settlement in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. More >>
Myanmar Poses No Threat - Foreign Minister
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 8:31 am | United Nations
Security Council Member States have misused their mandate by placing Myanmar on the Council’s agenda because the country does not pose a threat to regional peace and security, Myanmar’s Foreign Minister U Nyan Win told the General Assembly today. More >>
UN’s Influenza Pandemic Task Force Meets
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 12:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations health agency’s Influenza Pandemic Task Force (IPTF), which will advise the world body on how best to respond to health issues of global concern related to bird flu and pandemic influenza, has held its first meeting in Geneva. More >>
Somalia: Islamic Court Action Threatening Peace
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 12:01 am | United Nations
Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government will not remain committed to peace talks with the country’s Union of Islamic Courts (ICU) if it persists in its “aggressive policies of attacks and territorial expansion,” the Somali Foreign Minister told ... More >>
‘Appalling’ Conditions for Ordinary Palestinians
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 2:58 pm | United Nations
Describing a ‘tragic’ human rights situation for ordinary Palestinians living in the occupied territory, an independent United Nations expert today presented his report to the newly established Human Rights Council, sparking criticism from the ... More >>
Ethiopia "Allowed To Defy International Law"
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 11:59 am | United Nations
Ethiopia has been allowed to defy international law for four years and reject the binding decision on the demarcation of its border with Eritrea because the Security Council has chosen to encourage and support its conduct, Eritrean Health Minister ... More >>
Côte D’ivoire Elections Should Not Be Delayed
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 11:57 am | United Nations
Côte D’ivoire Elections Should Not Be Delayed Past December, Nigerian Minister Tells UN More >>
Central Asia Can Do More To Boost Afghanistan
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 11:55 am | United Nations
The Foreign Ministers of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan called for stepped-up international efforts to help Afghanistan establish peace and stability, defeat the drug trade and make economic progress during their addresses to the United Nations General Assembly ... More >>
Malta Asks UN For Greater Help
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 11:52 am | United Nations
Mass illegal immigration from Africa to Europe is causing real hardship for countries such as Malta, the nation’s Foreign Affairs Minister told the General Assembly today as he called for greater support from other United Nations Member States to ... More >>
UN Envoy To Liberia Speaks Of ‘Cautious Optimism’
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 11:50 am | United Nations
Impoverished Liberia has made progress this year in rebuilding since its new President took power in January, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today, describing a feeling of “cautious optimism” after 14 years of civil war, but he also emphasized ... More >>
School Grants For Palestinian Refugee Children
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 11:45 am | United Nations
A United Nations relief agency has distributed 100 shekels (about $25) apiece to Palestinian refugee children to cover the costs of school bags, uniforms and shoes in the Gaza Strip, infusing noticeable economic activity into a region that has reached ... More >>
Growing Tide Of Somali Refugees Flee To Kenya
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 11:42 am | United Nations
As Somalis fleeing renewed conflict in their homeland pushed the number of refugees in neighbouring Kenya to the highest level in a decade, the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) today appealed for immediate contributions to stave off major ... More >>
