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Timor-Leste: UN Expands Emergency Relief
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 1:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has stepped up emergency relief operation in Timor-Leste, reaching out to tens of thousands of people who fled violence in Dili, the capital, for surrounding areas in the small South-East Asian nation that the UN shepherded ... More >>
Unicef Scores For World's Children At World Cup
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 1:19 pm | United Nations
While the planet's top soccer players score goals for their national teams in the World Cup on the playing fields of Germany, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today teamed up with the sport's governing body to score one for the world's youngsters, ... More >>
Deadly Bus Attack In Sri Lanka
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 1:15 pm | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has called on the Sri Lankan Government to investigate yesterday's attack on a bus, which reportedly killed 62 civilians and injured more than 40 others, including school-aged children, ... More >>
Un Food Agency Appeals For Urgent Funds
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 1:11 pm | United Nations
Facing a complete break in supplies in Mauritania at the end of next month, the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP) today called on the international community to urgently come up with $4 million to fund its vital food aid operation for nearly ... More >>
Mia Farrow, In Darfur For Unicef
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 1:07 pm | United Nations
Peace and recovery in Darfur must focus on the safety and well-being of children, Actress Mia Farrow, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF) told Government and rebel leaders during her trip to the Sudanese province. More >>
Unesco Chief Deplores Murder Of Indian Journalist
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 1:01 pm | United Nations
Yet once again defending freedom of the press as a vital ingredient in democracy, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the murder of an Indian journalist who wrote about a scam ... More >>
UN Refugee Agency Rejects Report Of Torture
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 12:58 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today rejected a recent report from an international non-governmental human rights organization alleging that Vietnamese authorities have been detaining, interrogating and torturing Montagnard asylum seekers who have returned ... More >>
Un To Launch Global Information Alliance
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 12:53 am | United Nations
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown will next week launch the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development, a new initiative aimed at promoting the use of such technologies for development. More >>
Speech Constraints In Fight Against Terrorism
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 12:49 am | United Nations
The head of the main United Nations counter-terrorism office said today that speech that incites terrorism could probably be constrained under the laws of most countries, though they might have different interpretations about what constitutes incitement. More >>
Head Of Un Council Mission Optimistic On Elections
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 12:44 am | United Nations
Upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are moving ahead under good conditions, but technical problems should be expected, equal media access for all parties must be assured and the poll must be followed by speedy development ... More >>
13 million deaths each year preventable - UN
Sunday, 18 June 2006, 12:40 am | United Nations
More than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes and the lives of as many as 4 million children alone, mostly in developing countries, could be saved by preventing such ecological risks, according to a new ... More >>
Trial of former Liberian President in Netherlands
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:14 am | United Nations
Citing reasons of security and expediency, the Security Council today paved the way for the transfer of former Liberian President Charles Taylor to The Hague, Netherlands from Sierra Leone, where he is now awaiting trial under a United Nations-backed tribunal ... More >>
DR Congo: UN mission head optimistic on elections
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:12 am | United Nations
Upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are moving ahead under good conditions, but technical problems should be expected, equal media access for all parties must be assured and the poll must be followed by speedy development ... More >>
Human Rights Council: Annan in Europe for meeting
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:09 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be in Europe from Sunday for a host of discussions and meetings, including addressing the inaugural gathering of the new Human Rights Council on 19 June and discussing the troubled state of nuclear ... More >>
Timor-Leste: UN expands emergency relief
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:07 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has stepped up emergency relief operation in Timor-Leste, reaching out to tens of thousands of people who fled violence in Dili, the capital, for surrounding areas in the small South-East Asian nation that the UN shepherded ... More >>
UNESCO chief deplores murder of Indian journalist
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:05 am | United Nations
Yet once again defending freedom of the press as a vital ingredient in democracy, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the murder of an Indian journalist who wrote about a scam ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Govt must investigate deadly bus attack
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:04 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has called on the Sri Lankan Government to investigate yesterday’s attack on a bus, which reportedly killed 62 civilians and injured more than 40 others, including school-aged children, ... More >>
Africa refugee visit, UN calls on rich countries
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 11:02 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres today called for rich countries to invest in the economic development of Africa’s Great Lakes region to prevent countries emerging from conflict from slipping back into chaos. More >>
Goal! UNICEF scores for world’s children World Cup
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 10:59 am | United Nations
While the planet’s top soccer players score goals for their national teams in the World Cup on the playing fields of Germany, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today teamed up with the sport’s governing body to score one for the world’s youngsters, ... More >>
Actress Mia Farrow, in Darfur for UNICEF
Saturday, 17 June 2006, 10:57 am | United Nations
Peace and recovery in Darfur must focus on the safety and well-being of children, Actress Mia Farrow, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) told Government and rebel leaders during her trip to the Sudanese province. More >>
