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Princess of Norway named new UNAIDS Special Rep.
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 6:57 pm | United Nations
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today announced that Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway will serve as its new Special Representative, advocating for action to combat the spread of the disease and to ... More >>
UN meeting on Asia-Pacific mulls 2-track approach
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 6:55 pm | United Nations
A major United Nations meeting on the Asia-Pacific region today discussed a two-track approach to cooperation focusing on both cross-border infrastructure development, such as highways and railways, and infrastructure investment like bonds and a development ... More >>
Wetlands restoration key to slashing bird flu
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 6:53 pm | United Nations
Restoring tens of thousands of lost and degraded wetlands around the world could go a long way towards reducing the threat of bird flu pandemics by keeping disease-carrying wild birds away from infecting domestic poultry, according to a United Nations report ... More >>
Annan donates Serville award proceeds to women
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 6:50 pm | United Nations
In Spain today, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan accepted the first Seville Node between Cultures Award, and immediately pledged to donate the accompanying monetary prize to a project helping Congolese women traumatized by sexual violence. More >>
Asia-Pacific faces staggering infrastructure needs
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 6:46 pm | United Nations
In spite of some gains in transport, notably the Trans-Asian Railway Network and the Asian Highway Network, a staggering $600 billion a year is needed for infrastructure development in Asia-Pacific region as a whole, a major United Nations regional meeting ... More >>
Jordanian to lead UN force in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 6:45 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint a Jordanian Major-General with extensive peacekeeping experience as Force Commander of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). More >>
Princess Named New Unaids Special Representative
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 5:15 pm | United Nations
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway will serve as its new Special Representative, advocating for action to combat the spread of the disease and to help those affected by it. More >>
Office In Chechnya Once Security Conditions Allow
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 2:43 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 More >>
Annan Taps Swiss Democracy Expert For Election
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 9:05 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has named the former director of the office for democratic institutions of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to be his envoy for the Côte d’Ivoire election process. More >>
Jordanian General To Lead UN Force In Ethiopia
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 10:44 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint a Jordanian Major-General with extensive peacekeeping experience as Force Commander of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). More >>
Breaking Logjam On Nuclear Disarmament Front
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 10:04 am | United Nations
With virtual stagnation on the disarmament front despite heightened global concern over the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and the risk of them falling into terrorist hands, a senior United Nations official today called for urgent ... More >>
Nepal: UN Calls On Army To Use Restraint
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 10:02 am | United Nations
United Nations human rights officials have expressed grave concern at reports of shooting into a crowd of demonstrators by the Nepalese army resulting in death and injury, calling the incident a clear violation of international standards. More >>
Envoy Calls On Serbia To End Boycott Policy
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 10:00 am | United Nations
The United Nations administrator of Kosovo today called on Serbia to reverse its calls to ethnic Serbs to boycott institutions in the Albanian-majority Serbian province which the world body has run ever since the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) ... More >>
Security Council Approves UN Troop Redeployment
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 8:45 am | United Nations
The Security Council today authorized the temporary redeployment of peacekeepers from the Organization's operation in Burundi (ONUB) to its mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) to strengthen security and oversight for the upcoming Congolese ... More >>
Pakistan: UN Warns Against Fall In Aid
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 8:43 am | United Nations
While the much talked about ‘donor fatigue’ did not occur during the relief phase for last year’s devastating Pakistani earthquake, any slackening of aid during the reconstruction stage could lead to hardship for many survivors next winter, a senior ... More >>
Day for Rwanda’s victims, action on Darfur urged
Monday, 10 April 2006, 9:03 pm | United Nations
Marking 12 years since the horrific genocide in Rwanda, when at least 800,000 people were massacred, mostly butchered with machetes, for being ethnic Tutsis or Hutu moderates, the United Nations adviser on preventing such crimes today warned of similarities ... More >>
Palestinians: Grim health scenario if funds cut
Monday, 10 April 2006, 9:01 pm | United Nations
The Palestinian public health system faces a rapid decline towards possible collapse, with limited or no access to preventive and curative services for nearly half the population, particularly the poor, in the event of a cut-off in donations and an ... More >>
West Africa: Youth unemployment a ‘ticking bomb’
Monday, 10 April 2006, 8:58 pm | United Nations
Increasing levels of youth unemployment in impoverished West Africa, where almost three quarters of the population is under 30, poses a serious threat to the security and stability of the whole region, the United Nations Special Representative for ... More >>
Kenya: Recent surge in rapes, UN calls for action
Monday, 10 April 2006, 8:54 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is urging the Kenyan Government to take strong measures following a recent spike in rape incidents that has seen young girls to elderly women being brutally assaulted. More >>
Corporations accountable for chemical poisoning
Monday, 10 April 2006, 8:52 pm | United Nations
With 47,000 people estimated to die each year from toxic chemicals and many millions more made ill, a United Nations expert today urged States to hold trans-national corporations accountable for the human rights caused violations caused by poisons ... More >>
