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Russian Federation Joins UN FAO
Saturday, 15 April 2006, 2:27 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), which helps developing countries fight hunger, today announced that Russia has become a member, more than 60 years after the agency’s founding. More >>
UN Official Urges Protection Of Iraqi Academics
Saturday, 15 April 2006, 12:42 am | United Nations
The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today appealed for international support to Iraqi academics and intellectuals and called for measures to protect them from a "heinous campaign ... More >>
UN Workshop Examines Needs Of Iraqi Children
Saturday, 15 April 2006, 12:28 am | United Nations
The special needs of thousands of Iraqi children held in juvenile institutions and detention centres were the focus of a just-concluded, five-day workshop aimed at improving conditions for young people who have come in conflict with the law, officials ... More >>
UN evacuates staff from strife-torn Chad
Friday, 14 April 2006, 11:17 am | United Nations
As fighting erupted in N’djamena, the capital of Chad, the United Nations has begun the evacuation of all non-essential staff as well as personnel of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the city, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), ... More >>
Nepal: Let food convoys, medicines, through
Friday, 14 April 2006, 11:15 am | United Nations
United Nations humanitarian agencies have appealed to all parties in the conflict in Nepal to allow safe passage for food convoys to hundreds of thousands of people, and the distribution of vitamins and de-worming tablets for 6 million children, as ... More >>
Congo: Life sentences on soldiers for massive rape
Friday, 14 April 2006, 11:12 am | United Nations
Welcoming the first sentencing of army soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for crimes against humanity stemming from massive rape, United Nations officials have called for further investigations to help prosecute other military personnel ... More >>
Extends UN mission in Ethiopia, Eritrea for month
Friday, 14 April 2006, 10:56 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today extended the mandate of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) for another month, but warned that unless both sides fulfilled its earlier demands – including lifting restrictions on UN personnel and ... More >>
Russian Federation joins UN Food, Agricultural Org
Friday, 14 April 2006, 10:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), which helps developing countries fight hunger, today announced that Russia has become a member, more than 60 years after the agency’s founding. More >>
Bangladeshi, Haitian win UN family planning award
Friday, 14 April 2006, 10:52 am | United Nations
A pioneering family planning doctor from Bangladesh and a major reproductive health foundation in Haiti have won this year’s United Nations Population Award, the lead agency on the issue (UNFPA) announced today. More >>
Dead bodies in natural disasters: Negligible risk
Friday, 14 April 2006, 10:48 am | United Nations
While noting “some encouraging signs” for advancing the peace process in divided Côte d’Ivoire, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned today the security situation remains fragile and repeated his appeal to the Security Council to reinforce ... More >>
Dead bodies in natural disasters: Negligible risk
Friday, 14 April 2006, 10:46 am | United Nations
Dead bodies in natural disasters pose a negligible threat to public health and unnecessary mass burials and cremations can not only increase the mental suffering of victims’ families but also lead to legal and other long-term difficulties by preventing proper ... More >>
UN, Arab League agree to fight terrorism
Friday, 14 April 2006, 10:27 am | United Nations
The advancement of cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States in fighting terrorism and fostering understanding topped the agenda of a meeting today in Vienna between the two organizations. More >>
UN: New Global Alliance on ICT for development
Friday, 14 April 2006, 10:24 am | United Nations
The United Nations today announced the launch of a new Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development which will bring together a wide variety of interested participants as part of broader international efforts ... More >>
UN condemns Chad attacks, calls for negotiation
Friday, 14 April 2006, 10:22 am | United Nations
As fighting that had flared on Chad’s border with Sudan’s Darfur region today exploded in its capital, N'Djamena, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Security Council condemned any attempt to seize power by force as well as attacks on Darfur ... More >>
Darfur: Call for smooth transition to UN operation
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 7:33 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today called on “all parties” to ensure a smooth and successful transfer to a United Nations operation in the violence-wracked Darfur region of Sudan, while also commending the African Union’s (AU) mission in the region and endorsing ... More >>
Action needed to bring clean energy to poor areas
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 7:28 pm | United Nations
Despite some progress in controlling atmospheric pollutants such as lead, ozone-depleting substances and some greenhouse gasses, urgent action is needed to provide clean energy to reduce poverty, promote development and tackle climate change, according to a ... More >>
Action needed to bring clean energy to poor areas
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 7:27 pm | United Nations
Despite some progress in controlling atmospheric pollutants such as lead, ozone-depleting substances and some greenhouse gasses, urgent action is needed to provide clean energy to reduce poverty, promote development and tackle climate change, according to a ... More >>
Deadly Afghan school attack, UN calls for end
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 7:25 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today condemned the “heinous” attack on a school which killed six children and wounded 14 other people. He called for the end of such atrocities against the youngsters of the violence-torn country. More >>
Food crisis threatens Gaza, with crossing Israel
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 7:20 pm | United Nations
With the Karni commercial crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip still closed, a senior official of the main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees warned that the clock is ticking toward a dangerous lack of basic food. More >>
Chechnya: UN refugee agency to open once security
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 7:04 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will open an office in the war-torn republic of Chechnya in the Russian Federation as soon as security conditions allow, the head of the agency announced today, saying a presence on the ground would ... More >>
