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UN concerned at rising violence in Somalia
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:58 am | United Nations
Reacting to intensifying violence in Somalia, where Islamic forces were recently reported to have taken control of the capital, Mogadishu, after fierce battles with other groups, the United Nations Security Council today called on all concerned to ... More >>
UN Middle East media seminar opens in Moscow
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:57 am | United Nations
An international media seminar on peace in the Middle East, mandated by the United Nations General Assembly, opened in Moscow today with Secretary-General Kofi Annan stressing the vital need for Israelis and Palestinians to deal with each other face ... More >>
UN-aided summit to boost fertilizer use in Africa
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:55 am | 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 >>
UNICEF helps Namibia combat deadly polio outbreak
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:54 am | United Nations
With polio infecting 34 people in Namibia within a two-week period after a 10-year absence, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking urgent funding for a mass vaccination campaign to immunize the entire population of some 1.8 million ... More >>
Blog joins UN video game in battle against hunger
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:53 am | United Nations
Fresh from the global success of the world’s first humanitarian video game designed to arouse children’s interests in the challenges of fighting hunger, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the launch of a blog, an interactive internet ... More >>
Annan’s Special Rep meets Timor-Leste Pres, UN aid
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:52 am | United Nations
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Timor-Leste met the country’s President today for talks focusing on political and humanitarian efforts aimed at helping the country out of its current crisis, as United Nations agencies stepped up efforts ... More >>
UN stresses positive aspects of intern.l migration
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:51 am | United Nations
Senior United Nations officials today stressed the mutual benefits to countries of international migration, emphasized the importance of the high-level dialogue to take place in September examining the links between migration and development, and ... More >>
Afghanistan: Public execution by Taliban deplored
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:49 am | United Nations
A United Nations human rights expert today condemned “in very strong terms” the reported public execution by Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban regime of an alleged murderer in Daikundi province. More >>
UN praises cruise ship for rescuing migrants
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today praised the rescue of 22 migrants, including at least one asylum seeker, whose vessel had sunk in the Aegean Sea, by the crew of a Dutch-registered cruise ship of the Holland America Line. More >>
Zarqawi’s death removes ‘heinous & dangerous man'
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:46 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today the reported death in Iraq of the Jordanian insurgent Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a “relief” since such a “such a heinous and dangerous man” will no longer be around to continue harming Iraqis, ... More >>
War Crimes Tribunals Call for Help from States
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 3:36 pm | United Nations
Member States must do more to assist the United Nations war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia in bringing perpetrators to justice, the top legal officials from those bodies told the Security Council today, as they highlighted ... More >>
6 Personnel of UN Mission in Liberia Disciplined
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 1:32 pm | United Nations
Stressing its determination to end all forms of misconduct, including sexual exploitation and abuse, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) today issued a new report on the problem among its personnel, six of whom faced disciplinary action stemming ... More >>
Missions Seeking to End Darfur Strife Visit AU HQ
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 1:32 pm | United Nations
Two United Nations missions seeking to strengthen an African Union (AU) monitoring force in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region and prepare for its possible transition to a full-fledged UN peacekeeping operation held talks today with various officials ... More >>
Annan Backs Call for Greater US Engagement with UN
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 11:11 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan supports a call by his Deputy for greater United States engagement with the United Nations, a spokesman for the world body said today. More >>
Murder of Yet One More Iraqi Journalist Deplored
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 11:02 am | United Nations
With yet one more Iraqi journalist murdered, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today yet again stressed the vital role of a free press plays in establishing democracy, voicing the hoped that “the ... More >>
Chad: UN concerned at attacks by janjaweed militia
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 8:50 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced “extreme concern” at continuing attacks by janjaweed militia from Sudan into eastern Chad and the potential for more displacement of locals in an area where 50,000 people are already estimated to have been uprooted. More >>
Somalia: UN asks Islamic forces to enter dialogue
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 8:48 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy for Somalia today called on Islamic forces, which are reported to have taken control of the capital Mogadishu after fierce battles with other groups, to enter into talks with all parties in an effort to bring stability ... More >>
UN, FIFA urge football players, fans: Build peace
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 8:46 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 >>
Montenegro to get UN help with refugee problem
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 8:44 pm | United Nations
With the world’s youngest country, Montenegro, still saddled with thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from its former union with Serbia, victims of the various Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, the United Nations refugee agency has ... More >>
Syria should not extradite Iranian Arab refugees
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 8:42 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today called on Syria not to extradite Iranian Arabs to their homeland, reminding the Government of its obligations not to return refugees or asylum seekers to territories where their lives or freedom might be threatened ... More >>
