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Bush tells UN peace is taking root in Mid-East

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 4:17 pm | United Nations

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly today, United States President George W. Bush said peace is taking root in the Middle East and pledged further efforts to help the region’s people solidify progress. More >>

Audio: Today's News Update From The United Nations

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 4:14 pm | United Nations

UN Audio: General Assembly Update; Annan Praises Role of the UN in Meeting World Challenges - President Bush Urges a More Tolerant and Hopeful Society in the Middle East - UN Envoy Puts Forward Proposals to Revive Darfur Peace Plan - Annan Warns ... More >>

Mid-East Conflict Requires New Strategy

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 2:32 pm | United Nations

Voicing dismay that the conflict in the Middle East has become “the epicentre of global instability,” French President Jacques Chirac told world leaders who gathered today for the General Assembly that it was time to “tread off the beaten track ... More >>

UN Appeals For $1 Million For Earthquake Relief

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 11:58 am | United Nations

The United Nations today appealed for $1 million for emergency aid over the next six months to help victims of the July earthquakes in Tajikistan, which destroyed or damaged nearly 2,600 houses and affected some 21,000 people, as winter approaches. More >>

Urgent Improvements In Child Health Care Needed

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 11:19 am | United Nations

Releasing a new study today showing that around 29,000 children under five years old die around the world every day, the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) called for stronger health services in countries with high child mortality and ... More >>

Concern Over Death Of Journalist In Turkmenistan

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 11:11 am | United Nations

The head of the United Nations organization entrusted with defending freedom of expression and the press today voiced “grave concern” over the death in jail of a Turkmen journalist and called on the authorities of the former Soviet Central Asian country ... More >>

Calls For Assistance To World’s Poorest Countries

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 11:07 am | United Nations

The lack of significant progress in reducing poverty in the world’s 50 poorest and most vulnerable countries – even as they posted sharply improved economic performance – dominated discussions at the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting ... More >>

Darfur Peace Deal Needs Fresh Discussions

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:55 am | United Nations

The Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) that was supposed to end the fighting in the war-torn region of western Sudan “is in a coma,” violated day after day and lacking the respect of most locals, the senior United Nations envoy to the country said today ... More >>

Secretary-General Urges Peaceful, Lawful Elections

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:53 am | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all parties and candidates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where run-off elections are scheduled for October, to ensure that the process is peaceful and lawful. More >>

Private Sector Can Help Africa Advance

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:48 am | United Nations

Private Sector Can Help Africa Advance If It Shares Profits, Say Participants At UN Meeting More >>

Poland Receives FDR Award On Disabilities

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:45 am | United Nations

Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski accepted the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award for his country’s efforts to improve the lives of persons with disabilities at a ceremony held at the United Nations today. More >>

Annan Urges More Global Support For Iraq

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:40 am | United Nations

Without greater global support, Iraq will fail to attain peace, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told a high-level meeting in New York today, underscoring the importance of the International Compact aimed at ending the killings and bringing stability ... More >>

Afghan Poppy Growing Requires Security

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:37 am | United Nations

A sharp rise in opium cultivation in Afghanistan – by far the world’s largest supplier – must be met with security and law enforcement as well as efforts to reduce demand in the countries where illegal drug users reside, a senior United Nations ... More >>

Fall In Asylum Applications Continues Unabated

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:25 am | United Nations

Asylum applications in most industrialized countries continue to drop, largely due to fewer people applying in Europe after the introduction of more restrictive policies as well as to improved conditions in some of the main countries of origin, according ... More >>

Pace Of Somalis Fleeing Fighting Picks Up

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:19 am | United Nations

More than 3,400 Somalis, mainly women and children, have fled the conflict between Islamists and warlords to neighbouring Kenya in the past six days, bringing the total so far this year to over 26,300 and raising fears that the influx could increase ... More >>

Lebanon: UN Expert On Food ‘Very Concerned’

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:16 am | United Nations

Following a week-long visit to areas of Lebanon badly hit by the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah in July and August, a United Nations food expert has expressed great concern that the long-term effects on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands ... More >>