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Overhaul of UN, from Headquarters to field
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 9:05 pm | United Nations
Aiming to keep step with the shift at the United Nations from bureaucratic tasks to life-saving work in the field, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today presented proposals for a far-reaching overhaul ranging from setting up a 2,500-strong core of mobile ... More >>
Proposals to strengthen UN management benefit all
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 9:01 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan assured hundreds of United Nations staff members packed in a conference room at UN Headquarters in New York – as well as those watching via webcast – that the radical reform proposals he put forward today will strengthen ... More >>
Côte d’Ivoire: build on democratic gains, election
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 8:59 pm | United Nations
Côte d’Ivoire: UN official urges building on democratic gains ahead of October elections More >>
UN and NY Knicks to ‘Dunk Malaria’ in event
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 8:56 pm | United Nations
With a small dunk of a little ball directed towards a mini-basket by each of thousands of basketball fans on 15 March, the United Nations, the New York Knicks and other partners hope to raise awareness and funds to defeat malaria, a scourge that kills ... More >>
Racism and discrimination on rise around the world
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 8:54 pm | United Nations
Racism and racial discrimination are on the upswing and becoming widespread throughout the world, with the current global situation confirming the worst expectations that man's worst tendencies are created in the womb, a United Nations expert on racism ... More >>
Colombia: UN again condemns leftist rebels
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 8:28 pm | United Nations
For the third time in a week, United Nations human rights officials have condemned the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – Popular Army (FARC-EP) for attacks on civilians. More >>
Women On Afghan Buses To Get New Deal
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 1:20 pm | United Nations
By the end of the year at least 30 percent 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 >>
Iran: UN Atomic Chief Sees No Breakthrough
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 3:23 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency entrusted with curbing the spread of nuclear weapons said today he did not expect any “breakthrough” or “positive agreement” on Iran’s nuclear programme at the current meeting of the atomic watchdog’s Board of ... More >>
Agenda Of UN Outer Space Panel
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 11:31 am | United Nations
Reducing risks from space debris or near-Earth objects such as meteors, space-based disaster management through satellites, and space-based telemedicine for monitoring diseases such as bird flu or malaria figured high on the agenda of a two-week United ... More >>
UN demands Eritrea lift restrictions after death
Monday, 6 March 2006, 7:57 pm | United Nations
The Security Council today reiterated its demand that Eritrea lift all restrictions on the operations of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), in the wake of a peacekeeper’s death after a medical evacuation that took much longer ... More >>
Malloch Brown named UN Deputy Secretary-General
Monday, 6 March 2006, 7:56 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Chef de Cabinet, Mark Malloch Brown, who has played a key role in United Nations reform and development efforts, was today named Deputy Secretary-General as of 1 April, when current incumbent Louise Fréchette steps down. More >>
Refugees fleeing both ways between Chad and Sudan,
Monday, 6 March 2006, 7:54 pm | United Nations
After reporting earlier in the week that refugees were fleeing violence in Chad into the equally troubled Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations affirmed today that some 100 to 125 Sudanese also continue to arrive at a camp in eastern Chad each day. More >>
Compliance body set up for Kyoto Protocol
Monday, 6 March 2006, 7:48 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said today that a Compliance Committee for the Kyoto Protocol, the environmental treaty aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, has begun operations, with an enforcement branch ... More >>
Serbia, Kosovo leaders urged to stay engaged
Monday, 6 March 2006, 7:46 pm | United Nations
A United Nations special envoy today completed a five-day visit to Serbia and Kosovo following last month’s first round of direct talks between the two sides on the final status of the Albanian-majority Serbian province, which the UN has run ever since ... More >>
Algeria floods: Govts answer appeal for refugees
Monday, 6 March 2006, 7:44 pm | United Nations
Governments have answered an urgent appeal by the United Nations refugee agency to help fly about 150 tonnes of relief supplies to some 60,000 Sahrawi refugees left homeless by severe flooding in three camps in western Algeria, the agency said today. More >>
World meets on nuclear safety and security at UN
Monday, 6 March 2006, 7:41 pm | United Nations
Faced with the threat of nuclear terrorism and the risk of accidents at atomic power stations, senior regulators from some 60 countries wrapped up a week-long United Nations-sponsored meeting in Moscow today aimed at reinforcing nuclear safety and ... More >>
Serious concern for Palestinians refugees in Iraq
Monday, 6 March 2006, 7:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced serious concern over the safety of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Iraq, some of whom have reportedly been directly targeted and killed in the continuing violence there. More >>
Liberia, UN assures of continued protection
Monday, 6 March 2006, 7:32 pm | United Nations
Visiting northwestern Liberia, the senior United Nations envoy to the country has assured residents that the international community will continue to support and protect them, the UN peacekeeping mission there (UNMIL) reported this weekend. More >>
Lebanon: Annan welcomes dialogue towards stability
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:27 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed the national dialogue officially initiated today by the Lebanese Speaker of Parliament on issues critical for the country, expressing hope that it will contribute to political stability there. More >>
Côte d’Ivoire: Leaders should continue dialogue
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:25 pm | United Nations
Welcoming Wednesday’s meeting between the main leaders in Côte d’Ivoire, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged them to continue their constructive dialogue and pledged the world body’s support in realizing their goals. More >>
