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‘AIDS clock’ ticks to represent pandemic's toll
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 7:40 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has relaunched its AIDS Clock, an exhibit that has been counting the relentless toll of the epidemic since 1997. More >>
Stemming migration death toll from Africa to Spain
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 7:38 pm | United Nations
Faced with a rising death toll at sea among migrants seeking to reach Spain from Africa, the United Nations refugee agency today sponsored a conference in Madrid to promote practical and effective cooperation between Mediterranean States to tackle ... More >>
International Support Urged for W Africa Stability
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 2:02 pm | United Nations
While there have been some positive developments in four West African countries that have recently been torn by conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged a group of interested States working to bring peace and development to ... More >>
Loan From UN Agricultural Fund To R'lic Of Congo
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 9:58 am | United Nations
A loan of more than $8 million to the Republic of Congo will help strengthen markets and financial services and improve agricultural production, benefiting tens of thousands of people in three provinces, according to an agreement signed in Rome today, the ... More >>
Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal Denies Transfer
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 11:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has denied a bid to transfer a genocide case to Norway, arguing that the country lacks specific laws on cases of war crimes. More >>
Agency to Further Role in Occupied Territory
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 11:11 am | United Nations
As the situation in Gaza and other parts of the Occupied Territories continues to deteriorate, the main United Nations humanitarian agency operating in the area is considering taking enhanced measures to assist refugees and other vulnerable sections ... More >>
Phone Taps in US and Newsroom Spying in Germany
Monday, 22 May 2006, 7:52 pm | United Nations
Phone Taps in United States and Newsroom Spying in Germany “Confirm Civil Liberty Threats” Says IFJ More >>
UN officials welcome formation of Iraq's new Govt
Monday, 22 May 2006, 7:46 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and his senior envoy to Iraq today welcomed the announcement of the formation of the new Iraqi Government, and urged that the process be completed in order to consolidate stability. More >>
After meeting Aung San Suu Kyi, UN leaves Myanmar
Monday, 22 May 2006, 7:44 pm | United Nations
Completing a round of wide-ranging discussions with officials in Myanmar in what marked the first high-level talks between the United Nations and the country in more than two years, a senior envoy from the world body met with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. More >>
UN health agency chief hospitalized
Monday, 22 May 2006, 7:42 pm | United Nations
Dr. Lee Jong-wook, the Director-General of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), is currently recovering from surgery at the Cantonal Hospital in Geneva after the removal of a blood clot from his brain, the agency reported today. More >>
FAO, China Forge Alliance to Improve Food Security
Monday, 22 May 2006, 12:10 am | United Nations
China will provide further technical assistance to rural communities in developing countries under an agreement reached today between the country’s Government and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). More >>
Burundi: Corpses Unearthed by Floodwaters Reburied
Monday, 22 May 2006, 12:09 am | United Nations
Expressing his condolences to the families in Burundi whose loved ones were exhumed by torrential rainfall and floodwaters submerging a cemetery, the acting Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General there said his staff had not ... More >>
Philippines: Yet one more journalist murdered
Saturday, 20 May 2006, 6:11 pm | United Nations
Just a day after deploring an attack on a Christian radio station in Kenya, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today again exerted its role as defender of freedom of the press, condemning the murder of a Philippines ... More >>
Darfur: Steps to stem further violence urged
Saturday, 20 May 2006, 6:08 pm | United Nations
The humanitarian situation in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan could get even worse in the coming days if the international community fails to take immediate steps to ensure the implementation of recent peace accord between the Sudanese Government ... More >>
DR of Congo: Dozens of crimes by soldiers
Saturday, 20 May 2006, 6:05 pm | United Nations
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s own soldiers were responsible for the majority of the nearly seven dozen complaints of crimes and human rights violations under investigation by the United Nations mission (MONUC) for the last two months, according ... More >>
Sri Lankan refugee boat arrivals mount in India
Saturday, 20 May 2006, 6:02 pm | United Nations
More than 1,000 Sri Lankans have fled to southern India since the beginning of the year, the vast majority by boat, because of the upsurge of violence between Government and rebel Tamil forces in the north and east of the island, the United Nations refugee ... More >>
Cambodia: Vital need for independent judiciary
Saturday, 20 May 2006, 6:00 pm | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour wrapped up a one-week visit to Cambodia today, stressing the “capital importance” of an independent, professional judiciary not only for the consolidation of democracy but also for resolving issues ... More >>
Colombian indigenous leaders flee to Panama
Saturday, 20 May 2006, 5:57 pm | United Nations
Voicing renewed concern at the impact of Colombia’s four decades of civil conflict on its indigenous communities, with smaller groups threatened with extinction, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) reported today that nearly 50 Wounaan people, ... More >>
UN calls on imams to promote rights of women
Saturday, 20 May 2006, 5:55 pm | United Nations
Winding up an official visit to Bangladesh, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Thoraya Obaid addressed thousands of members of the Grand Conference of Imams, urging them to promote the full and equal participation of women in society, ... More >>
UN should stay long enough to consolidate Haiti
Saturday, 20 May 2006, 5:52 pm | United Nations
The international community must give urgent financial support to the Government of newly elected President Réné Préval of Haiti, who will lack the money to pay State workers in the immediate future, the United Nations Secretary-General’s outgoing ... More >>
