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Lebanon’s Cultural Heritage Largely Survived Bombs
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 11:11 am | United Nations
Most components of Lebanon’s cultural heritage were spared during the recent conflict, experts sent by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) said today after visiting the country, but urgent measures are needed ... More >>
Human Rights Abuses Mounting In Darfur: UN
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 10:56 am | United Nations
Despite a peace accord in May, the situation in Sudan’s Darfur region has steadily worsened, rights abuses are committed on a large scale by government forces, associated militia and rebel groups, civilians are specifically targeted and sexual violence ... More >>
UN Force Commander Briefs Visiting Defence Chief
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 10:51 am | United Nations
The United Nations Force Commander in Lebanon today briefed the visiting French Defence Minister on the latest situation on the ground, including the recent increases in UN troops and the continued Israeli withdrawal and Lebanese army deployment. More >>
Deadly Suicide Attack A Crime Against Humanity: UN
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 10:49 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan said a suicide attack today in the southern province of Kandahar that killed four Canadian soldiers and wounded or killed tens of civilians, mainly children, was a “crime against humanity” and an atrocity ... More >>
Task Force Agrees To Step Up Disarmament
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 10:46 am | United Nations
A Security Task Force in Timor-Leste, where violence earlier this year caused over three dozen deaths and forced some 150,000 people to flee their homes, has agreed to step up a national disarmament campaign, the United Nations mission there ( UNMIT ... More >>
Spotlighting ‘Cancer’ Of Sexual Abuse In DR Congo
Sunday, 17 September 2006, 3:44 pm | United Nations
Describing sexual abuse as “a cancer in Congolese society that seems to be out of control,” the United Nations’ most senior humanitarian official today urged the Security Council to exert pressure on the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ... More >>
Ware Crime Indictments Against Ugandan Rebels
Sunday, 17 September 2006, 3:29 pm | United Nations
The concern shared by some locals in Uganda that International Criminal Court ( ICC ) indictments against leaders of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) could jeopardize the peace process in the country’s north do not outweigh the need to ensure there ... More >>
18 Countries Take 29 Treaty Actions At UN Event
Sunday, 17 September 2006, 3:19 pm | United Nations
Eighteen countries have taken 29 actions signing and ratifying international pacts during the first three days of a special event taking place at United Nations Headquarters in New York. More >>
UN Security Council To Focus On Myanmar
Sunday, 17 September 2006, 3:02 pm | United Nations
In a landmark decision today, the United Nations Security Council voted by 10 votes to four against with one abstention to focus on the situation in the isolated Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, where democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained ... More >>
Côte D’ivoire: Annan Concerned
Sunday, 17 September 2006, 2:51 pm | United Nations
With Côte d’Ivoire already reeling from a toxic waste disaster that has claimed at least half a dozen lives, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed concern that the country’s president’s reported decision to abandon the ongoing peace ... More >>
Worsening Conditions In Darfur Prompt Alarm
Sunday, 17 September 2006, 2:44 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today joined her voice to the growing chorus of UN officials expressing alarm about the deteriorating situation in the strife-torn Darfur region of western Sudan. More >>
Call For Renewed Efforts To Restore Ozone Layer
Sunday, 17 September 2006, 2:40 pm | United Nations
Efforts to protect the ozone layer are showing signs of progress, but much remains to be done to restore this life-saving part of the earth's atmosphere that filters out the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message ... More >>
Deadly Smuggling Of Refugees From Somalia To Yemen
Saturday, 16 September 2006, 2:28 pm | United Nations
More and more people are being smuggled across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia to Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency, which has repeatedly been warning of the dangers involved, said today. More >>
UN Refugee Agency Appeals To Syria
Saturday, 16 September 2006, 2:23 pm | United Nations
Voicing “deep concern” about the fate of three Iranian Arabs being held in Syria, the United Nations refugee agency today urged their release. More >>
Darfur Beset By Another Round Of Violent Clashes
Saturday, 16 September 2006, 2:21 pm | United Nations
A gunman fired shots at African Union (AU) soldiers attempting to bring peace to Darfur, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) said today as it reported on a fresh round of violent clashes and acts of banditry across the war-wracked region. More >>
UN Food Agency To Wind Down Relief Effort
Saturday, 16 September 2006, 2:19 pm | United Nations
Lebanon will soon be food secure again and its commercial sector is bouncing back quicker than expected, paving the way for the withdrawal of the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) from the country by the end of October, according to a report ... More >>
Turkmenistan: Journalist’s Death In Prison
Saturday, 16 September 2006, 2:16 pm | United Nations
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) today expressed serious concern about the recent death of a journalist in a Turkmenistan prison and urged the country’s authorities to launch a full and independent investigation ... More >>
First Group Of Spanish Troops Arrive In Lebanon
Saturday, 16 September 2006, 2:13 pm | United Nations
Spanish troops today arrived for the first time in Lebanon, helping to boost the United Nations force to around 4,600, while Israel’s withdrawal from the south is continuing and Lebanese troops are expected to deploy into more areas tomorrow, ... More >>
UN Envoy To Kosovo Condemns Blast
Saturday, 16 September 2006, 2:11 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo strongly condemned an explosive attack today which damaged the car of the Minister of Internal Affairs but resulted in no injuries, saying the violence ran counter to the will of the province’s people, ... More >>
Lebanon: All Sides largely complied with cessation
Saturday, 16 September 2006, 2:09 pm | United Nations
Israel and Hizbollah have “largely complied” with the cessation of hostilities agreement that in mid-August ended more than a month of fighting in Lebanon, but while a start has been made toward broader peace in the region much still remains ... More >>
