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UN Envoy To Timor-Leste Chairs Election Meeting
Friday, 18 August 2006, 10:42 am | United Nations
As a first step toward helping Timor-Leste hold free and fair elections next year, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in that country today convened a meeting of the major political parties to negotiate a new law that would govern those ... More >>
Unesco Chief Condemns Murder Of Mexican Editor
Friday, 18 August 2006, 10:39 am | United Nations
Continuing his campaign to draw the world’s attention to threats against freedom of the press, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO>( UNESCO ) today condemned the killing of the editor ... More >>
UN Demands Immediate End To Demolitions
Friday, 18 August 2006, 10:36 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert joined her voice today to the growing alarm about the Sudanese authorities’ demolition yesterday – without warning – of the homes of 12,000 long-term internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in a camp ... More >>
UN Opens New Offices In Afghanistan
Friday, 18 August 2006, 10:21 am | United Nations
The United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan UNAMA>( UNAMA ) has opened a new regional office in Qalat, Zabul, in the south of the country, where a growing insurgency threatens stability, as part of its efforts to work with Afghans to boost ... More >>
Unicef Working To Help Children In Tajikistan
Friday, 18 August 2006, 10:07 am | United Nations
With thousands of children returning to school in Tajikistan in the first week of September as usual, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working to ensure that those living in areas hit by a recent earthquake will be able to learn despite ... More >>
Water And Other Essentials Needed In Beirut
Friday, 18 August 2006, 10:04 am | United Nations
Water And Other Essentials Needed In Beirut Says UN As It Sends More Convoys South New York, Aug 17 2006 4:00PM More >>
Un Agencies Agree To Tackle Oil Spill
Friday, 18 August 2006, 10:00 am | United Nations
Un Agencies Agree On Clean-Up Plan To Tackle Oil Spill Polluting Lebanon And Syria More >>
Israel Begins Withdrawal From Lebanon
Friday, 18 August 2006, 9:53 am | United Nations
The Israeli Army has started its withdrawal from Lebanese territory and the Lebanese Army has begun deploying troops south of the Litani River, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL> UNIFIL ), which is helping to support and coordinate the ... More >>
Execution Prompts Stand Against Death Penalty
Friday, 18 August 2006, 9:48 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today condemned the death penalty as reports emerged that Iranian authorities recently executed an Afghan national living in Iran. More >>
Liberia Retakes Rubber Plantation
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 11:02 pm | United Nations
The Liberian Government has formally re-possessed a public rubber plantation that had been illegally occupied by ex-combatants, part of a United Nations-backed effort to restore state authority and the rule of law across the formerly war-torn West ... More >>
Food to be combined with treatment
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 10:59 pm | United Nations
Toronto, 16 August- Without nutritious food, HIV treatment is unlikely to succeed said Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV & AIDS to Africa at a World Food Organisation press conference on Day Four of the 16th International AIDS Conference ... More >>
Food Cuts For 6 Million People In Darfur Threat
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 2:18 pm | United Nations
With food stocks running short, rations for 6 million people in Darfur could be scaled back as early as October unless funds are raised, the United Nations food agency warned today, calling on the international community to help the region’s beleaguered ... More >>
Lack Of Funds Could Halt Aid to Lebanon
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 11:24 am | United Nations
Un Agency Warns That Lack Of Funds Could Halt Aid To Lebanon As 60,000 Cross The Border More >>
Milestone Reached In Hiv Treatment Access
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 11:21 am | United Nations
The number of people receiving HIV antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa has surpassed the one million mark for the first time, but much work remains to be done to reach the goal of providing universal access to prevention, treatment and care ... More >>
Un Agency Hails Donation To Anti-Smoking Campaign
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 10:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations health agency today welcomed a contribution of $125 million to a worldwide anti-smoking initiative from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as part of the larger drive to restrict tobacco use, which currently kills some 5 million ... More >>
Jackie Chan Stars In Un-Backed Bird Flu Warning
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 10:38 am | United Nations
World-famous actor and martial arts expert Jackie Chan stars in a United Nations-backed television public service announcement alerting children and their families around the world to the dangers of bird flu, which has killed more than 130 people worldwide ... More >>
Aiming To Help Rebuild South Sudan
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 10:33 am | United Nations
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme ( UN-HABITAT> UN-HABITAT ) has opened a new office in South Sudan, aiming to bolster the reconstruction effort in the vast region, which is benefiting from a peace deal that ended over two decades of war. More >>
Ceasefire "Generaly Maintained" in Lebanon
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 10:29 am | United Nations
The Security Council-imposed cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah was generally maintained in the past 24 hours, with three incidents reported> reported , according to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL), which has been ... More >>
Unesco Chief Condemns Wave Of Killings
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 10:25 am | United Nations
The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO>( UNESCO ) today condemned the recent murders of several journalists in Iraq, calling the attacks an “alarming campaign against freedom of the press in the country. More >>
Un Palestine Relief Agency Condemns Killing
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 10:13 am | United Nations
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( UNRWA> UNRWA ) has spoken out against the “senseless and tragic” killing of one of its workers, who died in Lebanon during an Israeli air attack just 20 minutes before the Security ... More >>
