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Guinea-Bissau: UN seeks $3.6 million to help
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 8:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today appealed for $3.64 million to provide relief aid to Guinea-Bissau, where armed confrontations between the army and a faction of a Senegalese separatist group that ended earlier this month have left approximately 20,000 people in need ... More >>
300 Somalis, Ethiopians are smuggled into Yemen
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 7:59 pm | United Nations
More than 300 Somalis and Ethiopians were smuggled into Yemen last weekend with tales of a harrowing trip during which the smugglers beat three passengers to death and threw their corpses overboard, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said today. More >>
Sudanese Rebel groups continue recruiting refugees
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 7:57 pm | United Nations
Rebel groups are reportedly continuing to recruit men and boys in camps in Chad that shelter 200,000 Sudanese who have fled the fighting in the Darfur region of their own country, and the Chadian Government must take all necessary steps to stop such ... More >>
Palestinians continue to flee Baghdad for Syria
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 7:55 pm | United Nations
Palestinians are continuing to flee insecurity in Baghdad for Syria but are not being allowed entry into the country, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), which is providing them with assistance at a ‘no-man’s land’ on the border, reported today. More >>
Afghan returnees in 2006 passes 50,000 mark
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 7:54 pm | United Nations
The number of Afghan refugees returning home this year from Pakistan under the United Nations refugee agency’s (UNHCR) voluntary repatriation programme is set to pass the 50,000 mark, bringing to some 3 million the total who have left Pakistan in the ... More >>
Resolution paving way for UN force in Darfur
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 7:52 pm | United Nations
The Security Council took a major step forward today towards establishing a robust United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region by unanimously adopting a resolution calling for the deployment on the ground of a joint UN-Africa ... More >>
Scoring for UNICEF at this Year’s World Cup
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 10:54 am | United Nations
The world’s top soccer stars will not only score for their home countries at next month’s World Cup but also shoot goals for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) under a campaign that kicked off today, using one of the most popular sporting events ... More >>
Call for Ceasefire And End to Violence in Somalia
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 10:41 am | United Nations
Expressing deep concern at the recent reports of violence in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, which have led to a large number of casualties and the displacement of thousands of people, the United Nations Security Council today called for an unconditional ... More >>
Myanmar: High-Level Talks on Democracy
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 10:40 am | United Nations
Myanmar: UN to Hold First High-Level Talks in 2 Years With Government on Democracy More >>
Agencies Use 'Star Power' to Push Causes
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 10:39 am | United Nations
Using the worlds of sports, academia and music to amplify their messages, United Nations agencies have selected a series of ‘stars’ in each area to help tackle issues ranging from crime and drug abuse by the young to the battle against child exploitation ... More >>
After 12 Years Korean Medical Unit Departs Sahara
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 10:37 am | United Nations
A military medical contingent from the Republic of Korea that has been supporting the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for the past 12 years has departed, passing the baton to its counterpart from the Malaysian ... More >>
Be good global citizens, Annan tells Koreans
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 7:46 pm | United Nations
On the second stage of a six-nation tour, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged university students in the Republic of Korea to rise to the challenge of creating a better society at home and helping the United Nations create a better one in the ... More >>
UN moves to reinforce Darfur peace accord
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 7:44 pm | United Nations
United Nations officials mobilized today to press for a robust peacekeeping force and a speedy disbursement of humanitarian funds to back up a peace accord signed 10 days ago between the Sudanese Government and a major rebel group in the western ... More >>
Haiti’s new Govt hailed, but challenges ahead
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 7:42 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today congratulated Haiti’s newly inaugurated President, his Government and the new parliamentarians and called on them to build a better future for the Caribbean country and to finish the cycle of municipal, local ... More >>
UN envoy on AIDS in Africa sees progress in Kenya
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 7:41 pm | United Nations
UN envoy on AIDS in Africa sees progress in Kenya but urges action for orphans More >>
Nicole Kidman hails UNIFEM's 30th anniversary
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 7:36 pm | United Nations
Paying tribute to three decades of work by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), agency Goodwill Ambassador and internationally renowned actress Nicole Kidman has hosted a gala in New York honouring Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ... More >>
Horn of Africa: 40,000 children face death
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 7:33 pm | United Nations
Despite rains, 40,000 children face death in drought-stricken Horn of Africa, UN warns More >>
Uganda: Improve lives of children to consolidate
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 7:29 pm | United Nations
Uganda has become a model for development, but must now make a commitment to uphold the rights of the more than 3 million children who remain vulnerable to poverty, disease and insecurity, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said as President ... More >>
AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe/Central Asia
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 7:27 pm | United Nations
With 270,000 people newly infected with HIV in 2005 alone, the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region faces the world’s most rapidly expanding AIDS epidemic, and treatment and preventive measures must be urgently boosted, United Nations officials ... More >>
‘10 Stories The World Should Hear More About’
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 6:08 pm | United Nations
Aiming to spotlight international issues that deserve greater media attention, the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) today unveiled its annual list of “Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About,” which this year ranges from development ... More >>
