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Colombia: UN Concerned As Thousands Flee
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:08 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today raised a new alarm over the number of Colombians driven from their homes by clashes between Government forces and irregular armed groups in the north-eastern Catatumbo region of a country where more than four decades ... More >>
UN Peacebuilding Commission Work Welcomed
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:04 pm | United Nations
Burundi and Sierra Leone, the two countries chosen by the United Nations’ nascent Peacebuilding Commission for its first activities, today outlined to the General Assembly their advances so far and the challenges ahead as they try to emerge from ... More >>
Closer Regional Cooperation Stressed In Balkans
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 2:03 pm | United Nations
Strengthening relations between neighbours is essential if the countries of the Balkans are to consolidate the peace achieved over the past decade and continue their fight against such problems as organized crime and corruption, two leaders from the region ... More >>
Call For Strike At Extremist Ideologies
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 1:55 pm | United Nations
Calling for United Nations Member States to reach agreement on a comprehensive global convention against terrorism, Australia’s Foreign Minister stressed in his speech to the General Assembly today that the world must take collective aim at the extremist ... More >>
Spain And Portugal Affirm Importance Of Dialogue
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 1:53 pm | United Nations
A serious, sustained dialogue between cultures and civilizations that leads to concrete actions is the way forward to tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges, especially the conflict in the Middle East, Europe’s Iberian neighbours Spain and ... More >>
Annan Welcomes Extension Of Darfur Mission
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 1:50 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the extension of the African Union Mission currently deployed in Darfur, Sudan, until the end of the year, but reiterated the need for a United Nations peacekeeping operation to help restore peace and stability ... More >>
Growing Tide Of Inter-Faith Intolerance
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 1:48 pm | United Nations
Warning that growing tensions between major world religions could threaten stability, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today issued a ringing appeal for dialogue, cooperation and the abandonment of prejudice. More >>
Europe Must Offer Financial Recompense For Slaves
Friday, 22 September 2006, 4:51 pm | United Nations
Two centuries after the end of the British trade in African slaves to the Caribbean and the Americas, Europe has failed to apologize or offer any reparations “for this crime against humanity and genocide,” the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent ... More >>
Need For Security Council Reform Greater Than Ever
Friday, 22 September 2006, 11:54 am | United Nations
As part of his further efforts to speed up the process of United Nations reform, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the 15-member Security Council must change to reflect the new reality of international relations, and called on all Member States ... More >>
Audio: Today's News Update From The United Nations
Friday, 22 September 2006, 11:04 am | United Nations
Scoop Audio: The UN Global Counter Terrorism Strategy Launched This Week - UN observes International Day of Peace - Quartet reaffirms commitment to stalled MidEast peace process - Annan welcomes African Union decision to extend its mission in Darfur - ... More >>
Balkan Leaders Emphasize Value Of Shared Vision
Friday, 22 September 2006, 10:31 am | United Nations
The democratic and economic development of South-Eastern Europe depends on the region’s nations sharing a common vision of the importance of stability, tolerance and cooperation, the leaders of four Balkan countries stressed in speeches today to the United Nations ... More >>
Enhanced UN Peacekeeping Force In Lebanon
Friday, 22 September 2006, 10:28 am | United Nations
The enhanced UN Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL ) has reached approximately 5,000 troops with the arrival of contingents from France, Italy and Spain, concluding the first phase of a deployment of up to 15,000 blue helmets to oversee the cessation ... More >>
Chile President Urges UN To Champion Human Rights
Friday, 22 September 2006, 10:26 am | United Nations
Recalling the human rights abuses suffered by her country decades ago, the President of Chile today urged national leaders gathered at the United Nations for its annual general debate to end impunity for violations. More >>
Hopes For New Palestinian Government
Friday, 22 September 2006, 10:19 am | United Nations
A high-level meeting at the United Nations of key international partners in the Middle East peace process today welcomed efforts to form a Palestinian national unity government in the hope that it would commit to non-violence and recognize Israel’s right to ... More >>
Annan Appoints Special Envoy For Gambia
Friday, 22 September 2006, 10:15 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed former Nigerian Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar as his Special Envoy for the Gambia to help ensure peaceful presidential elections there later this week. More >>
Annan Calls For UN Liberia Mission To Be Extended
Friday, 22 September 2006, 10:10 am | United Nations
Liberia has made “tangible progress” in areas such as Government reform and the fight against corruption but still faces major challenges in its reconstruction efforts after years of conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today as ... More >>
Call For Understanding Of Muslim Humiliation
Friday, 22 September 2006, 10:01 am | United Nations
The divide between the Muslim and Judeo-Christian worlds will widen until the international community appreciates the sense of humiliation Muslims feel at many actions around the world, especially in the Middle East, Malaysia’s Prime Minister told the United ... More >>
Kiribati Urges UN To Tackle Global Warming
Friday, 22 September 2006, 9:56 am | United Nations
The Vice President of Kiribati, a tiny, remote Pacific Ocean country, has appealed to the United Nations to intensify the international response to the problem of global warming. More >>
DR Congo: UN Announces Campaign Dates
Friday, 22 September 2006, 9:54 am | United Nations
Campaigning for the run-off presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between President Joseph Kabila and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba will take place from 13 to 27 October in the second phase of the largest and most ... More >>
Opium Poppy Trade Must Be Stopped
Friday, 22 September 2006, 9:51 am | United Nations
The upsurge in terrorism across Afghanistan over the past year will not end until the booming opium poppy industry is defeated and farmers can find alternative livelihoods, the country’s President told the United Nations General Assembly today. More >>
