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San Francisco quake anniversary a clarion call
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 8:38 pm | United Nations
The main United Nations body entrusted with mitigating the impact of natural disasters today used the 100th anniversary of the great San Francisco earthquake to call for greater steps to protect schoolchildren such as better buildings and training, noting ... More >>
Liberia: Nearly 94 per cent feel safer with UN
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 8:36 pm | United Nations
An overwhelming 94 per cent of Liberians said that the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) made them more secure in the aftermath of a bloody, decade-long civil war, and they gave high marks to the operation for its quick-impact projects and ... More >>
Pressing For National Unity Government In Iraq
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 11:45 am | United Nations
Continuing his efforts to tamp down rising sectarian violence, the top United Nations envoy in Iraq today discussed the need to form a government of national unity as soon as possible with the war-torn country’s leading Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand ... More >>
Iodine Could Have Prevented Cancer At Chernobyl
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 10:37 am | United Nations
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) said today that iodized salt could have significantly lowered the numbers of exposed children who developed thyroid cancer and called for ... More >>
Liberians Feel Safer With UN Peacekeeping
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 10:32 am | United Nations
An overwhelming 94 per cent of Liberians said that the United Nations Mission in Liberia ( UNMIL ) made them more secure in the aftermath of a bloody, decade-long civil war, and they gave high marks to the operation for its quick-impact projects ... More >>
Peace agreement for Darfur within reach, UN told
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:47 pm | United Nations
Though the parties to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan – which has already cost nearly 200,000 lives, mainly civilians – have not yet compromised on key issues, a peace agreement is within reach by the 30 April deadline set by the African Union (AU), ... More >>
Let Bosnia and Herzegovina stand on its own: envoy
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:45 pm | United Nations
Bosnia and Herzegovina, emerging from the devastation of inter-ethnic bloodshed, must now be allowed to take responsibility for its own political reforms and economic development while the international community clears up defined, outstanding issues, ... More >>
Iraq: Formation urged of govt to end violence
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:42 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq today called for the speediest possible formation of a government of national unity to prevent rising sectarian tensions from spiralling out of control after yesterday’s prolonged violence in the Adhamiya quarter of Baghdad. More >>
Pakistan: quake survivors want to go home
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:37 pm | United Nations
As tens of thousands of people displaced by last October’s earthquake in Pakistan stream home from their temporary camps, a top official of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), which is leading the relief effort, listened to the aspirations and ... More >>
Chad: UN seeks to balance refugees with security
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:36 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency, which last week flew some of its staff out of Chad during clashes between Government and rebel forces, has no immediate plans for any further evacuation as continues its efforts to help some 200,000 Sudanese who ... More >>
Chernobyl: Landmark health report, cancer & death
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:34 pm | United Nations
Some 5,000 people who were children and adolescents at the time of the world’s worst-ever civil nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Ukraine, have so far been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and there may be up to 9,000 excess cancer deaths, according to a new United ... More >>
Proposed Australian border control serious concern
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced serious concern over proposed new border control measures by Australia to deal with asylum seekers arriving by boat, including their transferral offshore, even if they have reached the mainland, to ... More >>
Moscow: UN talks on Cyprus, Middle East, reform
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:26 pm | United Nations
Cyprus, the Middle East and other hotspots topped the agenda during talks in Moscow today between the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and the Russian Foreign Minister. More >>
Côte d’Ivoire: UN advocate for rights of displaced
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:06 pm | United Nations
With up to a million and a half people displaced by civil war and conflicts over land and ethnicity in Côte d’Ivoire, a top United Nation is official is visiting the country to investigate their plight and advocate for their rights, the UN operation ... More >>
Peace Agreement for Darfur Within Reach, UN Told
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 11:20 am | United Nations
Though the parties to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan – which has already cost nearly 200,000 lives, mainly civilians – have not yet compromised on key issues, a peace agreement is within reach by the 30 April deadline set by the African Union (AU), ... More >>
Pakistan: Quake Survivors Want to Go Home
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 11:07 am | United Nations
As tens of thousands of people displaced by last October’s earthquake in Pakistan stream home from their temporary camps, a top official of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), which is leading the relief effort, listened to the aspirations and ... More >>
Annan Calls on Palestine Govt to Reject Terrorism
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 3:53 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan strongly condemned today's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv and called on the Palestinian Authority to “take a clear public stand against such unjustifiable acts of terrorism.” More >>
Hold the Caviar: Body Bans Caspian Sturgeon Export
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 3:03 pm | United Nations
Only Iran will be allowed to export caviar from wild Caspian Sea sturgeon this year after the five nations sharing the basin failed to provide information needed to ensure the fish’s survival to the United Nations-backed body that oversees a global ... More >>
Council Hails Efforts To Resolve Iraq-Kuwait Issue
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 2:07 pm | United Nations
Members of the Security Council today voiced their backing for the work of the United Nations envoy seeking to resolve outstanding matters relating to Iraq's 1990 invasion and subsequent occupation of Kuwait, and hailed the Baghdad Government for its role ... More >>
UN Call For Iran To Suspend Uranium Enrichment
Monday, 17 April 2006, 1:30 pm | United Nations
Following meetings in Tehran with senior officials, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called on Iran to suspend uranium enrichment activities. More >>
