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UN envoy returns from Timor-Leste to brief Annan
Sunday, 11 June 2006, 4:54 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan was briefed by his Special Envoy for Timor-Leste today as a stronger United Nations presence there looked increasingly likely following the recent outbreak of violence in the small nation that the world body shepherded ... More >>
Annan transmits report on Hariri murder probe
Sunday, 11 June 2006, 4:53 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has sent members of the United Nations Security Council the latest report on the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a spokesman for the world body confirmed today. More >>
Emission reductions pass one billion tonnes mark
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 3:07 pm | United Nations
(Bonn, 9 May 2006) – According to the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, the Kyoto Protocol’s clean development mechanism (CDM) is as of today estimated to generate more than one billion tonnes of emission reductions by the end of 2012. More >>
Un Refugee Agency Plea For Uzbek Refugees
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 2:11 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency ( UNHCR) today repeated calls to the Kyrgyz Government not to forcibly return four refugees to Uzbekistan who fled their country after last year's killings in the city of Andijan, saying such extraditions would violate the ... More >>
Life Sentences For 6 Congolese Soldiers
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 2:07 pm | United Nations
In a case that the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been following closely, six soldiers from the national armed forces were given life sentences of hard labour for crimes against humanity after their ... More >>
Refugee Numbers Fall To 26-Year Low
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 2:04 pm | United Nations
While the number of refugees worldwide has reached a 26-year low, dropping by 1.1 million in 2005 to 8.4 million, the count of uprooted people of concern to the United Nations refugee agency has risen by 1.3 million to nearly 21 million due to an increase ... More >>
Un Security Council Mission Heads To Chad
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 2:02 pm | United Nations
A delegation of United Nations Security Council members visiting Sudan and neighbouring countries held talks today with officials in North Darfur for talks on security, humanitarian issues and gender-based violence. More >>
Un-Aided Summit To Boost Fertilizer Use In Africa
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 1:59 pm | United Nations
With two major multilateral African organizations having called for a summit to boost organic and inorganic fertilizer use on the continent, a five-day high-level meeting will start tomorrow in Nigeria, one of the co-sponsors, the United Nations International ... More >>
International Attention Needed For The Displaced
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 1:56 pm | United Nations
With more than 2 million internally displaced people (IDPs) uprooted by Colombia's decades-long civil war and hundreds of thousands more seeking refuge in neighbouring countries, the United Nations refugee agency is calling for more international attention ... More >>
Actions Can Reverberate Worldwide - Annan
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 1:49 pm | United Nations
Employing examples drawn from the headlines and from popular culture, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged a group of high school graduates in New York to use their education for the good of others, aware that their actions can ... More >>
Un Mission Delays Start Of Disarmament
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 1:45 pm | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire has postponed the start of militia disarmament in response to factional leaders who said they needed more time to raise awareness among their followers about the scheduled process whose starting ... More >>
Annan Says Nuclear Talks With Iran Started Well
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 1:42 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that European Union-led talks with Iran over its nuclear ambitions had got off to a “reasonably good start and appeared to be moving forward. More >>
Us Radio Hosts Broadcast Live From Un
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 1:39 pm | United Nations
Counter-terrorism, the promotion of democracy worldwide, efforts to assist children living in poverty and the threat of bird flu were among the many and varied subjects explored live on the air as an unprecedented gathering of radio hosts from across ... More >>
Un Aids Flood Relief Efforts In Northern Thailand
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 1:37 pm | United Nations
Following severe flash floods and landslides in Thailand that have affected more than 340,000 people, completely destroyed 700 houses and damaged more than 1,000 roads and bridges, the United Nations Office has released emergency cash grants of ... More >>
Un Rights Expert To Visit Russia
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 1:33 pm | United Nations
Facing a serious rise in the number of racist attacks in Russia, including murder, especially in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, a United Nations human rights expert is to pay a six-day visit to the country next week at the invitation of the Government. More >>
Un Envoy Returns From Timor-Leste
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 1:24 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan was briefed by his Special Envoy for Timor-Leste today as a stronger United Nations presence there looked increasingly likely following the recent outbreak of violence in the small nation that the world body shepherded ... More >>
UN: Football Players, Fans urged To Build Peace
Friday, 9 June 2006, 4:50 pm | United Nations
Using the global language of football, players and fans everywhere should bridge religious, cultural and social divisions in the quest for peace and development, the chiefs of both the United Nations and the World Cup said today. More >>
Iraq: UN hails completion of new government
Friday, 9 June 2006, 1:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations mission in Iraq, which has been pushing for an all inclusive government in the war-torn country ever since it was set up after the United States-led invasion three years ago, today hailed the completion of a new cabinet and offered its support ... More >>
Annan says nuclear talks with Iran started well
Friday, 9 June 2006, 1:01 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that European Union-led talks with Iran over its nuclear ambitions had got off to a “reasonably good start” and appeared to be moving forward. More >>
Woman president to head UN General Assembly
Friday, 9 June 2006, 1:00 pm | United Nations
The Legal Counsel to the Royal Family of Bahrain, pioneering lawyer Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, has been elected President of the 61st General Assembly session, becoming only the third woman who will hold that post and the first one elected since 1969. More >>
