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Nuclear-Arms-Free Zone Can Spur Stability
Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:33 am | United Nations
The recently signed Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia can spur progress on other issues related to those arms, the Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan told the United Nations General Assembly today. More >>
Germany Tips UN Revival
Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:28 am | United Nations
The United Nations is set to enjoy a resurgence, even among wavering Member States, as the complexity and number of crises keep rising, Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the General Assembly today. More >>
Iraq’s President Seeks International Support
Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:26 am | United Nations
The President of Iraq today called on national leaders attending the General Assembly’s annual debate to support the International Compact for development in his country. More >>
West African Countries Urge Reform
Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:22 am | United Nations
Joining their voices to numerous others calling for reform of the Security Council at this year’s General Assembly debate, leaders of West African countries have urged granting Africa a permanent seat on the powerful body. More >>
Darfur Crisis Threatens Entire Region
Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:20 am | United Nations
The continuing armed conflict and humanitarian crisis engulfing Sudan’s Darfur region threaten the security of the entire region, the Foreign Minister of Chad told the General Assembly today as he urged for the restoration of peace to Darfur as ... More >>
Meeting On UN-Regional Cooperation
Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:17 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today re-emphasized the need for regional organizations and the United Nations to work ever more closely in tackling the myriad issues of global security, following on from his remarks earlier in the week to the Security ... More >>
Rich Nations Boost Aid Levels To End Poverty
Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:11 am | United Nations
Developing nations will never be able to rise up from poverty until they receive much greater assistance from the industrialized world, the leaders of five Southern African nations told the United Nations General Assembly today. More >>
Security Council Holds Closed Meeting On Kosovo
Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:08 am | United Nations
The Security Council today held a closed meeting on Kosovo at a time when fresh violent incidents have shaken the Albanian-majority Serbian province which the United Nations has run since 1999, and talks to determine its final status – hoped to have been ... More >>
Violence In Afghanistan At Worst Since 2001
Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:06 am | United Nations
Violence In Afghanistan Is At Its Most Severe Since The Fall Of The Taliban In 2001: Annan More >>
Haiti: UN Helps Refurbish Schools In Slums
Monday, 25 September 2006, 9:58 am | United Nations
Books are replacing bullets in some of Haiti’s worst slums where gunmen once ruled the roost, as scores of thousands of youngsters return to school thanks to a joint operation by the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) and its partners. More >>
African Countries Underline Extreme Poverty At UN
Monday, 25 September 2006, 9:54 am | United Nations
Extreme poverty remains the greatest danger facing humanity, African nations told the United Nations General Assembly today as they outlined the challenges they face in attempting to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the target date ... More >>
Uganda: War Crimes Amnesty For Rebels Is Necessary
Monday, 25 September 2006, 9:48 am | United Nations
Uganda has offered an amnesty to the leadership of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group notorious for using child soldiers and committing other human rights abuses, because it believes this is the best way to end the 20-year conflict peacefully, ... More >>
UN Reports New Atrocities In People Smuggling
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:53 pm | United Nations
As the number of East Africans smuggled across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia to Yemen in the past three weeks topped 2,100, the United Nations refugee agency today reported new atrocities, with passengers beaten to death and thrown overboard by club-wielding ... More >>
Experts Say Torture Took Place At Guantanamo
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:50 pm | United Nations
UN Experts Reiterate That Torture Took Place At UN's Detention Centre At Guantánamo More >>
Torture Widespread In Many Regions Of World
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:34 pm | United Nations
Most States have not taken the necessary legislative measures to ensure that law enforcement officials get the message that torture constitutes a serious crime which can never be justified, an independent expert has told the United Nations Human Rights ... More >>
Government Aircraft Bomb Darfur Villages: UN
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:29 pm | United Nations
The Sudanese Government’s military campaign against rebels in the north Darfur region is causing hardship to civilians due mainly to indiscriminate aerial bombardments on villages, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ... More >>
Middle East Talks Must Resume Without Precondition
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:26 pm | United Nations
The spirit of international cooperation that last month ended the deadly conflict in Lebanon should now be applied to resolve the question of Palestine, “the root of all the conflicts and wars” in the Middle East for many decades, Palestinian ... More >>
New Assembly Hailed As ‘Remarkable Achievement’
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:17 pm | United Nations
The new National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country’s first elected legislative body in more than four decades, was inaugurated today in what the top United Nations official there called a “remarkable achievement.” More >>
Venezuela Anticipates American Opposition
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:13 pm | United Nations
During an address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Hugo Chávez Frías of Venezuela announced his country’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council and predicted strong opposition from the United States. More >>
Côte D’Ivoire: UN Health Team Helps In Emergency
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:10 pm | United Nations
A United Nations health team has flown to Côte d’Ivoire to help the authorities deal with an environmental emergency in the West African country’s largest city following the dumping of toxic chemical waste that has already killed seven people ... More >>
