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UN Force in Lebanon Efforts for Civilians
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 9:56 am | United Nations
Despite limitations imposed by the current fighting in the Middle East, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is exerting all possible efforts to protect civilians affected by the violence, a spokesman for the world body said today. More >>
UNSC Work On ‘Solution’ To Violence In Lebanon
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 12:49 am | United Nations
As a team of senior United Nations official meets with the parties on the ground in an effort to end the explosion of violence in Israel and Lebanon, Security Council members are actively searching for a lasting solution to crisis, according to its ... More >>
Secretary-General's Team Arrives In Cairo
Monday, 17 July 2006, 9:51 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's high-level team to the Middle East, which includes his Special Political Adviser, arrived in Cairo today on the first leg of a diplomatic mission aimed at stemming the increasing violence between Israel, ... More >>
N. Korea Suspend Ballistic Missile Activities - UN
Monday, 17 July 2006, 9:23 am | United Nations
Condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) multiple ballistic missile launches 11 days ago, the United Nations Security Council today demanded that the country suspend all related activities and required States to prevent the ... More >>
Un Launches Campaign To Bolster Peace In Mindanao
Sunday, 16 July 2006, 1:27 pm | United Nations
More than 2 million deprived people on the war-ravaged southern Philippines island of Mindanao are benefiting from a $27-million aid operation launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week in support of Government effort to end ... More >>
Un Team Holds Talks In Cairo
Sunday, 16 July 2006, 1:23 pm | United Nations
Aiming to help defuse the current crisis in the Middle East, a three-person team dispatched by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the region held talks today with key Arab countries in Cairo. More >>
Middle East: End urged to disproportionate attacks
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:36 am | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian officials today urged Israel, the Palestinians and Lebanese Hizbollah militants to refrain from disproportionate responses in the current renewed fighting, avoid attacking civilians, end rocket attacks and release immediately all ... More >>
UN team on the Middle East arrives in Cairo
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:33 am | United Nations
Secretary-General’s team on the Middle East arrives in Cairo for first leg of peace talks More >>
Congo: UN reports mass displacement in northeast
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:32 am | United Nations
Major population displacements in the Ituri district in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have resulted from renewed fighting between the national army and rebel militias, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reported today. More >>
Middle East: All sides must cooperate with UN team
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:30 am | United Nations
Following a Security Council meeting today to discuss the escalating crisis in the Middle East, its President called on all “concerned sides and parties” to fully cooperate with a high-level United Nations team – which includes Secretary-General ... More >>
Ethiopia: UN global pastoralist talks begin
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:28 am | United Nations
From the far reaches of the earth, over 300 pastoralists are meeting this week in the Ethiopian woodlands to exchange tips and lobby for change at a six-day event sponsored by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ... More >>
Philippine island of Mindanao: Campaign for peace
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:27 am | United Nations
More than 2 million deprived people on the war-ravaged southern Philippines’ island of Mindanao are benefiting from a $27-million aid operation launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week in support of Government effort to end ... More >>
Annan sends top advisers to Middle East
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:24 am | United Nations
Seeking to defuse what he called “the major crisis” stemming from the flare-up of violence between Israel, the Palestinians and Lebanon, Secretary-General Kofi Annan is today sending a three-member team of veteran United Nations officials for ... More >>
US vetoes Security Council resolution on Gaza
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 10:22 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council failed today to adopt a draft resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the Israeli soldier abducted by Palestinian armed groups from Gaza and for a halt to what it called a “disproportionate” ... More >>
US Vetoes UNSC Resolution On Violence In Gaza
Friday, 14 July 2006, 11:57 am | United Nations
US Vetoes Security Council Resolution On Violence In Gaza New York, Jul 13 2006 6:00PM More >>
US Vetoes Gaza Security Council Resolution
Friday, 14 July 2006, 11:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council failed today to adopt a draft resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the Israeli soldier abducted by Palestinian armed groups from Gaza and for a halt to what it called a “disproportionate” ... More >>
Annan Welcomes US Endorsement Of Geneva Convention
Friday, 14 July 2006, 8:11 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the United States Government’s decision to ensure that all its actions affecting alleged Al Qaida or Taliban militants comply with the standards of the Geneva Conventions, specifically Article 3 which ... More >>
Annan Sends Advisers To ME To Defuse New Crisis
Friday, 14 July 2006, 8:10 am | United Nations
Seeking to defuse what he called “the major crisis” stemming from the flare-up of violence between Israel, the Palestinians and Lebanon, Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a three-member team of veteran United Nations officials for wide-ranging ... More >>
Hizbollah attack condemned, release of Israelis
Thursday, 13 July 2006, 7:58 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for the immediate release of two Israeli soldiers seized by Hizbollah militants from Lebanon and conferred with key leaders on the attack, which he condemned as a “blatant breach” of Security ... More >>
Annan underlines Holocaust remembrance as crucial
Thursday, 13 July 2006, 7:55 pm | United Nations
The United Nations will expand its partnerships with civil society to commemorate the uniqueness of the Holocaust in human history and to draw from the Nazi German murder of millions of Jews and other minorities lessons to help to prevent future ... More >>
