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UNICEF helps Lebanese children back to school
Friday, 25 August 2006, 10:27 am | United Nations
Distributing emergency aid in town of Saddiqin 24 August 2006 – With Lebanon’s education sector suffering around $70 million damage because of the recent conflict, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working to ensure hundreds of thousands ... More >>
UN Aid Convoys Leave For Southern Lebanon
Friday, 25 August 2006, 10:18 am | United Nations
Five more United Nations aid convoys carrying essential supplies left Beirut for southern Lebanon as UN agencies said the full extent of the destruction in the south was becoming clear and warned of growing public health dangers faced by survivors ... More >>
Annan Views Holocaust Deniers As Bigots
Friday, 25 August 2006, 10:13 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan considers anyone who would try to deny the truth of the Holocaust or make false claims about it to be a bigot, his spokesman told reporters at United Nations Headquarters in New York today. More >>
UN Delegation Speaks Of Mixed Feelings
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 11:11 am | United Nations
Concluding its regional diplomacy today by meeting Israel’s Prime Minister, a high-level United Nations delegation that also met Lebanese leaders at the weekend said there were reasons for both optimism and pessimism after the past few days of ... More >>
Annan Calls For An End To Violence In Congo
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 10:33 am | United Nations
Annan Calls For An End To Violence In Congo; Urges All Forces Off The Capital’s Streets More >>
Support For Adoption Of Disability Treaty
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 10:15 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today expressed support for an international convention to protect the rights of persons with disabilities, adding that its adoption – the latest round of negotiations on an agreed text conclude ... More >>
Shortages Of Water As Most Lebanese Return Home
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 10:09 am | United Nations
With most Lebanese who fled the devastating month-long conflict in their homeland now having gone back to their homes, United Nations agencies on the ground have identified shortages of clean water and shelter as two of the most pressing needs faced by the ... More >>
Concern About Violent Clashes In The Congo
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 10:06 am | United Nations
Expressing serious concern about clashes that have taken place in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since presidential election results were released on Sunday, the Security Council today called for an end to the violence ... More >>
Call For Greater Protection Of Children In Sudan
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 10:04 am | United Nations
As the humanitarian and security situation in Sudan continues to worsen, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on all parties to put an end to grave child rights violations and grant humanitarian workers unfettered access to children. More >>
Senegalese Refugees Flood Gambia To Escape Clashes
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 9:57 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency will dispatch another team to southern Gambia this week as thousands of Senegalese refugees sweep across the border to escape rising tensions in their country’s volatile Casamance region. More >>
UN Envoy To Timor-Leste Urges Pledge To Judicary
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 9:44 am | United Nations
Two days before the mandate of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste ( UNOTIL ) comes to an end, the Secretary General’s Special Representative to the Southeast Asian nation called for renewed commitment to the integrity of the country’s judicial ... More >>
UN Paints Grim Picture Of Palestinian Situation
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 9:57 am | United Nations
> Briefing the Security Council today on the situation of Palestinians in the Middle East, the top United Nations political officer painted a grim picture of developments over the past 12 months, warning that the vision of Israel and Palestine living peacefully ... More >>
UN Force Destroys Unexploded Ordnance In Lebanon
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 9:53 am | United Nations
A team from the United Nations force in Lebanon has destroyed more unexploded ordnance in the south of the country in a controlled explosion, the mission said today, as it continues humanitarian work for Lebanese civilians and also coordinates troop ... More >>
Un Food Agency Provides Assistance
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 9:51 am | United Nations
With heavy rains still lashing Ethiopia, the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP> WFP ) is working with other humanitarian groups and the Government to help almost 120,000 people affected by devastating floods over the past month, and warns ... More >>
UN Food Agency Provides Food To Flood Victims
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 9:45 am | United Nations
With heavy rains still lashing Ethiopia, the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP> WFP ) is working with other humanitarian groups and the Government to help almost 120,000 people affected by devastating floods over the past month, and warns ... More >>
Bird Flu Still A Threat - UN
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 9:41 am | United Nations
Despite successful efforts to contain the spread of the deadly H5N1 virus, avian flu poses a threat to a growing number of countries, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( > FAO), which says the Caucasus and southern Balkans are ... More >>
Un Delegation Discusses Lebanon Situation
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 9:37 am | United Nations
A high-level United Nations delegation met Israel’s Foreign Minister and other senior officials today to discuss the issue of prisoners, an arms embargo, the lifting of the blockade of Lebanon and other issues relating to the Security Council resolution ... More >>
Experts Arrive In Lebanon To Plan Recovery Efforts
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 9:41 am | United Nations
One week after a cease-fire between Israel and Hizbollah went into effect, four experts from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today began a five-day mission to Lebanon to determine how the cultural agency can best help ... More >>
Lebanese Army Move Into More Positions
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 9:38 am | United Nations
Lebanese forces moved into more areas in the south of the country today as Israeli troops withdrew and the cessation of hostilities with Hizbollah continued to hold, the United Nations interim force, which is coordinating the operation, said in a ... More >>
Annan Urges DR Congo To Respect Poll Results
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 9:35 am | United Nations
Annan Urges All Parties In The DR Congo To Abide By The Electoral Law; Respect Poll Results More >>
