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Angolan Refugees In Zambia Have Final Chance
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 10:09 am | United Nations
The voluntary repatriation of Angolan refugees from Zambia has resumed, providing them with a final chance to return with the assistance of the United Nations refugee agency. More >>
Lebanon: UN Emergency Aid Distributed In The Tyre
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 5:38 pm | United Nations
United Nations emergency aid is being distributed today to Lebanese in the devastated southern port city of Tyre, tonnes of fuel are being sent to hospitals to keep them operating, and two UN-chartered ships are off-loading supplies in the capital Beirut, ... More >>
Israel, Hizbollah Are Holding Fire
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 2:37 pm | United Nations
There have been no breaches of the Security Council-mandated cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah since it came into effect on Monday morning, the United Nations Interim Force for Lebanon More >>
Drought And Floods Strike Different Afghan Regions
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 11:04 am | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian arm has stepped in to assist Afghanistan, where the population is suffering on two fronts – drought is devastating large swathes of the country and recent floods have caused damage to two provinces. More >>
UN treaty to protect persons with disabilities
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 10:56 am | United Nations
15 August 2006 – A successful outcome of negotiations now taking place at the United Nations on a treaty to protect the rights of persons with disabilities could make a huge difference in the lives of almost 650 million such people, the Ambassador ... More >>
Timor-Leste: UN calls for an expanded mission
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 10:54 am | United Nations
15 August 2006 – Given the fragile security situation in Timor-Leste, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to that country today called on the Security Council to establish a new, larger United Nations mission there. More >>
Timor-Leste: UN Envoy Calls For Expanded Mission
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 10:51 am | United Nations
Given the fragile security situation in Timor-Leste, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to that country today called on the Security Council to establish a new, larger United Nations mission there. More >>
Un Official Urges Toronto Meeting To Look Ahead
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 12:27 am | United Nations
As scientists, world leaders, activists and others gather in Toronto for the XVI International AIDS conference, the head of the UN agency responding to the disease today said it is time to move the world’s response to the epidemic to the next ... More >>
Annan Hails Progress In Building Peace In Aceh
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 12:17 am | United Nations
Marking the first anniversary of the signing of a pact between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh movement, Secretary-General Kofi Annan hailed progress in efforts to build peace in the region, which has seen nearly 30 years of separatist ... More >>
DR Congo Vote Count on Schedule, Says UN Mission
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 4:12 pm | United Nations
The counting of the ballots from last month’s historic elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is ahead of schedule, and results of the presidential race should be available in less than a week, according to the UN Mission in that ... More >>
Increased Lebanon Aid Effort After Hostilities
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 4:11 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies stepped up their efforts today to bring humanitarian relief inside Lebanon to hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians as they try to return to their homes after the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah took ... More >>
Domestic Violence in Afghanistan is 'Endemic'
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 4:09 pm | United Nations
Domestic violence against Afghan women appears endemic, and attacks against them usually take place with impunity, according to a disturbing new report by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). More >>
Cessation Of Hostilities Seems To Be Holding
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 10:25 am | United Nations
Expressing relief that the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and northern Israel “appears to be generally holding” since it began earlier today, Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on all sides in the recent conflict in the region to act quickly ... More >>
As Lebanese Return Home, UN Provides Aid
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 10:14 am | United Nations
With thousands of people moving back to their homes or communities in war-ravaged Lebanon, where a cessation of hostilities took effect this morning, United Nations agencies are providing assistance while warning of the dangers posed by landmines ... More >>
UN Poised to Rush Aid to Lebanon
Monday, 14 August 2006, 3:11 pm | United Nations
With a cessation of hostilities set to take effect in Lebanon and Israel on Monday, United Nations agencies are poised to immediately step up emergency relief operations as soon as safe land movement is possible. More >>
Lebanon: Fighting Intensifies, UN Mission Damaged
Monday, 14 August 2006, 10:39 am | United Nations
With exchanges of fire intensifying over the past 24 hours throughout the southern Lebanon, the United Nations mission there sustained extensive material damage, though no one was hurt during the attacks. More >>
Annan Pushes for Resolution on Israel-Lebanon War
Monday, 14 August 2006, 10:38 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is working “very intensely” with Security Council members and key leaders to push for a resolution concerning the situation along the Blue Line separating Israel from Lebanon. More >>
Killings, Lack of Access Mark Bad Aid Month
Monday, 14 August 2006, 10:37 am | United Nations
Increased killings of aid workers worldwide and lack of humanitarian access to those people most in need, especially in conflict areas like Lebanon, Darfur and Sri Lanka, have made the past month one of the “worst ever,” the top United Nations emergency ... More >>
Mid East: Cessation of Hostilities to Begin Monday
Monday, 14 August 2006, 10:36 am | United Nations
The conflict that has engulfed Lebanon and northern Israel over the past month is set to end on Monday when a cessation of hostilities called for by the United Nations Security Council enters into force, Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today ... More >>
Fighting Between Israel And Hizbollah Intensifies
Monday, 14 August 2006, 10:33 am | United Nations
On the eve of a planned cessation of hostilities set to end the fighting that has engulfed Lebanon and northern Israel for the past month, violence in the region intensified today, according to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which sustained ... More >>
