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Aerial Surveillance Of Lebanese Oil Spill Begins
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 9:31 am | United Nations
Following assurances from Israeli authorities of safe passage for its flights, the UN’s Environmental Programme UNEP>( UNEP ) is swiftly moving to begin aerial surveys of the massive oil spill that affected some 150 kilometres of Lebanese and Syrian ... More >>
Annan Appeals To Iran On Nuclear Issue
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 9:12 am | United Nations
Reacting to a signal from Iran that it was set to reply next week to a package of Security Council-backed proposals on resolving the nuclear issue, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to Iran to seize "this historic ... More >>
Violation of ceasefire endangers fragile calm
Sunday, 20 August 2006, 5:50 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has been in touch with top Israeli and Lebanese officials today following an Israeli raid in eastern Lebanon which he warned endangers the fragile calm that has generally held in the region since Monday. More >>
UN Marks 3rd Anniversary of Baghdad Terror Attack
Sunday, 20 August 2006, 11:57 am | United Nations
At its Headquarters in New York and at other duty stations around the globe, the United Nations family today marked the third anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on the world body’s offices in Baghdad, widely considered the UN’s darkest ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Calls For Aid Access
Sunday, 20 August 2006, 11:54 am | United Nations
Aid workers need access to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to thousands of Sri Lankan civilians who are running short of water and food after their communities were cut off by fighting between the Government and separatist Tamil Tigers, the ... More >>
Korea Willing To Accept Emergency Aid
Sunday, 20 August 2006, 12:05 am | United Nations
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has agreed to accept emergency rations to help the victims of last month’s devastating floods and landslides in the central and southern regions, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced ... More >>
Calls For Lifting Of Blockade On Lebanon
Sunday, 20 August 2006, 12:04 am | United Nations
Israel’s continuing naval and air blockade of Lebanon should be lifted immediately to allow urgent assistance to reach the hundreds of thousands of Lebanese who are returning to their homes, the United Nations deputy head of emergency relief said ... More >>
UN Calls For Lifting Of Blockade On Lebanon
Sunday, 20 August 2006, 12:02 am | United Nations
Israel’s continuing naval and air blockade of Lebanon should be lifted immediately to allow urgent assistance to reach the hundreds of thousands of Lebanese who are returning to their homes, the United Nations deputy head of emergency relief said ... More >>
Un Team Discusses Long-Term Ceasefire In Beirut
Sunday, 20 August 2006, 12:00 am | United Nations
A United Nations delegation met in Beirut today with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and other senior officials to discuss carrying out the terms of Security Council resolution 1701, which was adopted just over a week ago and forced a cessation ... More >>
Un Peacekeepers On High Alert In DR Congo
Saturday, 19 August 2006, 2:19 pm | United Nations
United Nations troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are on high alert this weekend, as provisional results from last month’s historic elections are set to be released in the next two days. More >>
Universal Hiv/Aids Services Need Drastic Measures
Saturday, 19 August 2006, 2:16 pm | United Nations
The goal of delivering universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care by 2010 will not be reached unless more health workers are made available, said the acting head of the United Nations health agency at the closing session of the International ... More >>
Deteriorating Situation In Darfur Concerns UN
Saturday, 19 August 2006, 2:11 pm | United Nations
Warning that “something very ugly is brewing” in Darfur, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown today urged the international community to pay close attention to the crisis in the impoverished and strife-torn region of western ... More >>
Emergency Aid For Gaza’s Palestinians Held Up
Saturday, 19 August 2006, 2:08 pm | United Nations
Emergency Aid For Gaza’s Palestinians Held Up In Israel Due To Lebanon Conflict – Un More >>
Un’s Timor-Leste Mission Extended Briefly
Saturday, 19 August 2006, 2:05 pm | United Nations
As the Security Council weighs requests from Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Government of Timor-Leste to create a new, expanded United Nations mission in the South-East Asian country, the 15-member body today briefly extended the current mission ... More >>
Unesco Condemns Murder Of Colombian Journalist
Saturday, 19 August 2006, 1:19 pm | United Nations
As part of his continued campaign to focus attention on threats to press freedom worldwide, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO> UNESCO ) today condemned the killing of a radio journalist ... More >>
Youth With Disabilities Strive To Inspire
Saturday, 19 August 2006, 1:14 pm | United Nations
Youth from across the world are a driving force behind talks now taking place at United Nations Headquarters in New York aimed at finalizing a treaty protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. More >>
Lebanon: Un Appeals To Europe
Saturday, 19 August 2006, 1:11 pm | United Nations
Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown has appealed to European countries to provide solid commitments for troops so that the first wave of the expanded United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has the appropriate geographic balance ... More >>
UN Investigates Allegations Of Child Prostitution
Friday, 18 August 2006, 3:47 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is investigating a suspected child prostitution ring involving its peacekeepers and Government soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN mission in the vast African nation said today, as it re-emphasized ... More >>
Hate Messages In DR Congo Media Target Whites
Friday, 18 August 2006, 1:43 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has expressed concern about hate messages in the local media, which are inciting Congolese to target and take revenge on “white people and foreigners,” a spokesman for the world ... More >>
Bird Flu Virus Becoming Endemic In Parts Of Asia
Friday, 18 August 2006, 10:45 am | United Nations
Laboratory results show that a recent wave of bird flu in poultry in Thailand and Laos was the result of both old and new strains of the H5N1 virus, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO) said today, calling for vigorous implementation ... More >>
