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Next few weeks a ‘crucial period’ for Middle East
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:30 pm | United Nations
The coming weeks are a crucial period for the Middle East, with new governments being formed, the Security Council discussing Iran’s nuclear ambitions and a host of other regional issues in the spotlight, a senior United Nations envoy said today, as he ... More >>
Iraq: after reporters’ murder, free press is vital
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:28 pm | United Nations
Condemning the recent murder of three Iraqi journalists, the top United Nations envoy in Iraq warned today that freedom of the press was an absolute prerequisite for democracy in a country that has become the most dangerous place in the world for journalists. More >>
Annan concerned at Middle East violence
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:23 pm | United Nations
Concerned at deadly violence today in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for urgent steps to restore calm and to secure the release of all kidnapped persons. More >>
Middle East: Urgent steps to restore calm
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:21 pm | United Nations
Expressing serious concern over the upsurge in violence in the West Bank and Gaza today, the United Nations Security Council called on the parties to exercise maximum restraint and to take urgent steps to restore calm. More >>
Govt in Afghanistan must reach local communities
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:19 pm | United Nations
Against a backdrop of rising terrorism and insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, the top United Nations envoy to the country today said that the Kabul Government must, with international help, extend its reach to local communities. More >>
South Africa’s progress may show the way for all
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:17 pm | United Nations
Saying that South Africa shows that a nation “need not be imprisoned by its history,” United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today praised the country for its internal policies and development, and said its success in relating to the wider world may ... More >>
Cambodia: agreements ahead of Khmer Rouge trials
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:12 pm | United Nations
The United Nations and Cambodia’s Government today signed agreements putting in place the legal foundations for the administrative set-up and operations of the Extraordinary Chambers to try Khmer Rouge leaders, accused of horrific crimes, including mass killings, ... More >>
Birth certificates vital: fighting poverty & abuse
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:10 pm | United Nations
Stepping up efforts to protect children from abuse and guarantee them health care and education, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today joined other international agencies in calling for urgent and far-reaching action to ensure that every child ... More >>
Colombian rebels commit war crimes on civilians
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:04 pm | United Nations
United Nations human rights officials have yet again condemned the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – Popular Army (FARC-EP) for attacks on civilians, condemning the murder of a former governor of an indigenous reservation and his wife as war ... More >>
Chad: insecurity bars UN access to refugee influx
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:02 pm | United Nations
Insecurity due to rebel activity is preventing the United Nations refugee agency and its partners from reaching an estimated 2,600 people from the Central African Republic (CAR) who have reportedly fled from fighting in their own country to a remote ... More >>
Annan: UN staff deserve better management systems
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 8:00 pm | United Nations
Staff members of the United Nations deserve better management systems, Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today, voicing hope that reform proposals aimed at improving the Organization will succeed in redressing problems faced by its personnel. More >>
Greenhouse gases reach highest level ever recorded
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 7:57 pm | United Nations
Globally averaged concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), the most abundant greenhouse gas in the planet’s atmosphere, as well as of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), reached their highest ever-recorded levels in 2004, mainly due to human activity, ... More >>
Darfur: Insecurity rises, protection of civilians?
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 7:56 pm | United Nations
Amid rising insecurity contributing to a “dangerous and volatile” situation in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported today that international efforts must focus on the protection of civilians there. More >>
Genocide suspect Milosevic died of heart attack
Monday, 13 March 2006, 7:05 pm | United Nations
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic - the most notorious suspect to be indicted for crimes committed during the wars that engulfed the Balkans in the 1990s - died in detention on Saturday from a myocardial infarction, the United Nations International ... More >>
UN inquiry: death of genocide mastermind Milosevic
Monday, 13 March 2006, 7:03 pm | United Nations
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today announced an inquiry into the circumstances of the death Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic – the most notorious suspect to be indicted for crimes committed ... More >>
UN deplores bomb attack on former Afghani pres.
Monday, 13 March 2006, 6:59 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today deplored an attack against a former president of the country and parliamentary leader who escaped serious harm in the blast that took the lives of innocent bystanders. More >>
Middle East conflicts nearing 'boiling point,' UN
Monday, 13 March 2006, 6:56 pm | United Nations
With several hotspots in the Middle East reaching a boiling point, the national dialogue in Lebanon represents one of the few signs of peaceful conflict resolution, a senior United Nations envoy said today in Paris. More >>
Kosovo: UN urges steps, build multiethnic society
Monday, 13 March 2006, 6:55 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Kosovo today hailed recent progress in the United Nations-administered province and urged continued efforts to foster a multiethnic democracy there. More >>
Côte d'Ivoire: UN trains local officers in airport
Monday, 13 March 2006, 6:53 pm | United Nations
United Nations police have trained nearly 300 Ivorian agents in airport safety, the world body's peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) announced. More >>
Sudan: clashes etc force UN to slash refugee opes
Friday, 10 March 2006, 8:05 pm | United Nations
Blocked by deteriorating security from delivering much needed aid to more than a million victims of Sudan’s vicious three-year-old conflict in the western Darfur provinces, the United Nations refugee agency today announced a 44 per cent reduction ... More >>
