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Corruption etc hinder global water distribution
Friday, 10 March 2006, 8:01 pm | United Nations
Although unevenly distributed, the world has plenty of water but mismanagement, limited resources and environmental changes mean that almost one fifth of the planet's population still lacks access to safe drinking water and 40 per cent do not have basic sanitation, ... More >>
Annan heads to Africa for two-week official visit
Friday, 10 March 2006, 7:57 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan heads to Africa this weekend for a two-week official visit that will take him to South Africa, Madagascar, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the United Nations has deployed a multifaceted ... More >>
Iraq: Calls for inclusive govt to end violence
Friday, 10 March 2006, 7:52 pm | United Nations
Voicing grave concern over sectarian violence in Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a fully inclusive government and an end to mass detention, torture and extrajudicial killings, pledging full United Nations support for such efforts ... More >>
Europe: help with election security in DR of Congo
Friday, 10 March 2006, 7:48 pm | United Nations
As the United Nations helps the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to hold national elections in June as part of a peace plan after the most lethal fighting in the world since World War II, the world body’s top peacekeeping official is calling on the ... More >>
Africa: curb bird flu, chances of jumping to human
Friday, 10 March 2006, 7:44 pm | United Nations
Africa must curb bird flu and its chances of jumping to humans – UN health chief More >>
Flood victims in Bolivia need immediate assistance
Friday, 10 March 2006, 7:39 pm | United Nations
More than 1,000 Bolivian families affected by flooding need immediate food assistance, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today, highlighting an emergency that has affected almost 30,000 people. More >>
UN: landmark disaster fund to speed up assistance
Friday, 10 March 2006, 7:34 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today formally launched a landmark $500-million fund – with over half that amount already pledged – to jump-start relief operations in future natural and man-made disasters and save thousands of lives that would otherwise be lost to ... More >>
Namibia: UN sends in aid following flooding
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 8:47 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is helping Namibia recover from flooding when the sluices of a dam fed by eight rivers had to be opened last month to alleviate rising waters, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today. More >>
Talks with Iraq’s neighbours, UN visits Jordan
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 8:45 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq today visited Amman, capital of neighbouring Jordan, where many of the world body’s operations have been based since the attack on the UN’s Baghdad headquarters in August 2003. More >>
Ethiopia Eritrea urged: settle untenable stalemate
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 8:41 pm | United Nations
Calling the protracted stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea “increasing untenable” and dangerous for the region, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged both countries to cooperate during a proposed March convening of the commission that was ... More >>
Sudan’s intelligence apparatus targets activists
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 8:38 pm | United Nations
Wrapping up a mission to Sudan, a United Nations independent human rights expert today reported that the country’s intelligence structures continue targeting activists. More >>
DR of Congo: UN-backed military operation succeeds
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 8:36 pm | United Nations
Troops from the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), backed by hundreds of United Nations peacekeepers with armoured vehicle and helicopter support, have regained control of parts of the South Kivu region in the east of the strife-torn ... More >>
Judges nominated for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge trial
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 8:34 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has submitted a list of international judges and other legal experts to Cambodia’s Prime Minister to serve in the trial of former leaders of the Khmer Rouge accused of horrific crimes, including mass killings, ... More >>
Avian flu spreads, UN prepares for human pandemic
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 8:32 pm | United Nations
With wild birds spreading the avian flu virus further into Africa and Europe, the United Nations system was stepping up assistance to countries in their efforts to contain the virus in birds and conducting simulation exercises to prepare strategies ... More >>
Azerbaijan generally respects religion but...
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 8:29 pm | United Nations
Calling for strengthening impartial, democratic institutions in Azerbaijan, an independent United Nations human rights expert today said the national Government generally respects freedom of religion but in some regions administrative controls “result in real forms ... More >>
Iran report goes to Security Council, cool-head?
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 8:25 pm | United Nations
Citing outstanding questions surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme, the Director-General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today is sending its report on the issue to the Security Council, marking a new phase in the diplomatic ... More >>
Women on Afghan buses to get new deal
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 9:13 pm | United Nations
By the end of the year at least 30 per cent of seats on all public buses in Afghanistan will be reserved for women under an ambitious United Nations-backed programme launched in a country where drivers now speed past stops if only women are waiting while men ... More >>
Global community must boost aid to Central Africa
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 9:11 pm | United Nations
The international community must increase its support to Central Africa at a crucial time in its troubled history as the region makes the precarious transition from war to peace while being struck hard by drought, the United Nations top refugee official ... More >>
Deaths of 5 kids in Gaza, UN urges protect young
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 9:10 pm | United Nations
After deaths of 5 children in Gaza, UNICEF urges all-out effort to protect young More >>
Improvements for minorities, Kosovo status talks
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 9:08 pm | United Nations
Improvement in the lives of minorities in Kosovo must be made immediately, a senior United Nations envoy said today, as a prerequisite to settling the final status of the Albanian-majority Serbian province which the United Nations has run ever since ... More >>
