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Ecuador Volcano Victims To Get Food Aid
Friday, 1 September 2006, 12:11 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) announced today that it will distribute rations among 25,000 people that were evacuated in the Andean region after the Tungurahua volcano erupted earlier this month affecting more than 100,000 people affected in ... More >>
Most Pakistan Quake Survivors Now Home
Friday, 1 September 2006, 12:08 am | United Nations
Now that hundreds of thousands of survivors of last October’s deadly earthquake in Pakistan have returned home from temporary camps, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) today closed the offices in the region, handing over full responsibility ... More >>
Gaza A ‘Ticking Time-Bomb,’
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 4:51 pm | United Nations
Warning that Gaza is a “ticking time-bomb” marked by conditions so severe a social explosion is inevitable, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today called on donors scheduled to convene tomorrow in Stockholm to generously fund assistance ... More >>
Message To Help In The UN Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 10:26 am | United Nations
Tennis Star Serves Up A Video Message To Help In The UN Fight Against HIV/AIDS More >>
Somalia: UN Envoy Calls For Enhanced Efforts
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 10:24 am | United Nations
The Secretary-General’s top envoy for Somalia met today with members of a group of states working to promote peace and development in the troubled Horn of Africa country to discuss ways to improve international support for that effort. More >>
UN Aid Chief In Chad Warns Of Regional ‘Disaster’
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 10:21 am | United Nations
The top United Nations aid official in Chad, which is home to hundreds of thousands of Sudanese who have fled the violence in neighbouring Darfur, warned today of a regional “humanitarian disaster” unless the two African Governments put their ... More >>
UN Hopes To Soon Double Its Troops In Lebanon
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 10:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations hopes to soon double to 5,000 the number of its troops in southern Lebanon, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in Israel on the latest leg of his diplomatic tour of the Middle East to increase support for full implementation of ... More >>
UN Police Promote Road Safety In Timor-Leste
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 10:15 am | United Nations
The newly established United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste ( UNMIT ) kicked off its work this weekend with an initiative by UN police to raise awareness in the small nation about traffic rules and regulations. The project carries the ... More >>
UN Agencies Prepare Response To Nepal Floods
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 10:08 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies are rushing aid to Nepal following recent monsoon rains that spawned flooding and mudslides in the western part of the country. More >>
UN Refugee Agency Teams Help Lebanese Return
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 10:06 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today announced that its teams are operating across southern Lebanon assisting thousands of displaced people who have been unable to return either because their homes were destroyed during the recent conflict or because ... More >>
Annan Welcomes Cessation Of Hostilities Agreement
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 10:03 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the recent signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group notorious for committing atrocities against ... More >>
Security Council Extends Appointment
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 9:59 am | United Nations
The Security Council today unanimously voted to extend the appointment of a Ugandan judge serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) so that the case she is currently presiding over may proceed without interruption. More >>
UNDP Holds First Counter-Narcotics Workshop
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 9:54 am | United Nations
With poppy cultivation a serious and growing problem in Afghanistan, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has lead a workshop for members of the counter-narcotics commissions of both houses of the country’s National Assembly. More >>
Annan Urges All Sides To Respect Ceasefire
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 9:42 am | United Nations
Israel and Hizbollah must respect their ceasefire, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today during a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations force in southern Lebanon, where he also paid tribute to the hundreds of UN personnel who have lost ... More >>
Security Council Urges Action On Cyprus
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 12:15 am | United Nations
Members of the United Nations Security Council today expressed support for Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s continued efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem and urged that work begin quickly to carry out recent commitments ... More >>
Gaza’s Economy Is Reaching Rock Bottom
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 3:32 pm | United Nations
Describing growing poverty and destitution in Gaza, the United Nations food agency today called for the economy to be given a “firm kick-start,” warning that its own food assistance to the territory was only a temporary solution to the problem ... More >>
Calm Prevails In D.R Congo
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 2:10 pm | United Nations
The situation in Kinshasa remained calm over the weekend as the first parliamentary election results from last month’s historic balloting emerged, the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported. More >>
UN Top Humanitarian Official Warns Of Catastrophe
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 1:35 pm | United Nations
The United Nations’ most senior humanitarian official issued a dire warning today about the situation in Darfur, stating that “a man-made catastrophe of an unprecedented scale” looms within weeks unless the Security Council acts immediately to deal ... More >>
Annan Hails Agreement On Disabilities Treaty
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 11:24 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed the agreement reached late Friday on the text of a treaty to protect the rights of persons with disabilities, urging all Member States to ratify the convention and implement it quickly. More >>
Children Gather In Malaysia For UN Conference
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 11:22 am | United Nations
Children from nearly 70 countries are meeting in Malaysia this week to discuss ways to protect the world's forests, as part of a conference sponsored by the United Nations Environmental Programme ( UNEP ). More >>
