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Darfur force: African Union move to extend mandate

Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 8:15 pm | United Nations

While welcoming a decision made by the African Union to extend the mandate of its troops in the violence-wracked Darfur region of Sudan for three months to the end of 2006, a senior United Nations envoy warned today that continued militia attacks ... More >>

African diamond trade conference spotlights mining

Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 8:08 pm | United Nations

With up to half a million small-scale miners in West Africa digging up diamonds – which help fuel conflict but could also boost development in the region – a United Nations-backed ministerial conference in Monrovia, Liberia highlighted the problems ... More >>

Jordan: Impunity for torture & ill-treatment found

Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 8:06 pm | United Nations

Concluding that there is “general impunity for torture and ill-treatment in Jordan,” a country which serves as a vice chair on the newly established Human Rights Council, a United Nations rights expert recently returned from there has recommended a raft ... More >>

Cyprus: final member of missing persons committee

Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 8:03 pm | United Nations

The third and final member of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus today officially took up his duties at a ceremony in the United Nation Protected Area, part of an effort to resolve some of the consequences of the conflict between Greek Cypriots ... More >>

Cambodia: ‘Moral strength’ for Khmer Rouge trial

Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 8:02 pm | United Nations

Welcoming the swearing in today of judges for Cambodia's long-awaited trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders, accused of horrific crimes, including mass killings, during the 1970s, the United Nations Legal Counsel called on these officials to show the ... More >>

Timor-Leste: Malnutrition among displaced children

Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 8:01 pm | United Nations

Initial checks on children in makeshift camps for displaced persons in Timor-Leste today indicated that 15 per cent need immediate treatment for malnutrition after violence ripped through the small South-East Asian nation, driving more than 155,000 ... More >>

Afghanistan: UN appeal, critical funding shortfall

Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 7:59 pm | United Nations

Facing a shortfall of more than a third in requested aid for Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has renewed its urgent appeal to donors to come up with “critical” additional funding to finance its activities for the rest of the ... More >>

Focus On Global Job Crisis At Upcoming Session

Monday, 3 July 2006, 11:40 am | United Nations

In a new look at why more than half the world's workforce cannot earn enough to lift themselves and their families out of extreme poverty, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will consider possible solutions that can generate productive ... More >>

Environment Is A Winner At 2006 World Cup

Monday, 3 July 2006, 11:35 am | United Nations

A pioneering initiative to make the 2006 FIFA World Cup not only entertaining but environmentally-friendly is has already emerged as a winner, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today. More >>

Annan Stresses Need To Avoid Diplomatic Standstill

Monday, 3 July 2006, 11:32 am | United Nations

At a meeting in Africa today with Iranian President Mohamed Ahmadinejad, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan stressed that every effort should be made to avoid any standstill in the diplomatic process aimed at averting a confrontation ... More >>

Inaugural Session Of Un Human Rights Council

Monday, 3 July 2006, 11:29 am | United Nations

Ushering in a new era in the way the international community responds to rights abuses, the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council has concluded its inaugural session with decisive action on both fundamental protections and pressing concerns. More >>

Baghdad Killings Condemned

Monday, 3 July 2006, 11:12 am | United Nations

The senior United Nations envoy to Iraq condemned "in the strongest possible terms" today's deadly bombing in Baghdad as well as the kidnapping of an Iraqi member of parliament, calling for his immediate release. More >>

UN Calls on Rival Factions to Step Back

Monday, 3 July 2006, 11:06 am | United Nations

Describing the escalating violence of the past few days in the Gaza Strip as a grave crisis, a senior United Nations official warned the Security Council today that another full-scale conflict between Israelis and Palestinians could easily be set off, and ... More >>

Dr Of Congo Election Campaign Begins

Monday, 3 July 2006, 11:01 am | United Nations

Saying that armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) still threaten elections in the vast central African nation where political campaigns officially kicked off today, the United Nations Security Council today decided> decided to extend ... More >>

Un Agency Urges Meeting To Reaffirm Refugee Rights

Monday, 3 July 2006, 10:58 am | United Nations

The United Nations refugee agency today urged Member States to reaffirm their recognition of the specific rights and needs of refugees, including the fundamental obligation not to return them to countries where their life or liberty would be at risk. More >>

Annan Pleads For End To International Deadlock

Monday, 3 July 2006, 10:53 am | United Nations

With the world sleepwalking down the path towards more States, and possibly terrorists, acquiring nuclear weapons, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly urged the Conference on Disarmament to take action after nine years of deadlock and ... More >>

Un Casts Spotlight On Sudan's Forgotten Refugee

Monday, 3 July 2006, 10:47 am | United Nations

On the other side of Sudan from the headline-grabbing events of the Darfur conflict, tens of thousands of refugees are living on, as they have for years, in a silent crisis largely ignored by the world but sustained by the United Nations World Food ... More >>