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Proposed Human Rights Council is vital: Annan
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:22 pm | United Nations
Warning that the proposed Human Rights Council could “unravel” if Member States made the wrong moves in the ongoing negotiations over the body, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that the Council was of utmost importance to all nations and ... More >>
UN alarmed over attack on press in Nairobi, Kenya
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:20 pm | United Nations
High officials of the United Nations expressed alarm over a raid on the offices of the Standard newspaper in Nairobi and its sister television station, KTN, during which several editions of the paper were burnt, the offices of KTN vandalized, and ... More >>
Annan to establish forum on internet governance
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:17 pm | United Nations
Following up on an agreement reached on the contentious topic of internet governance at the November World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to start creating a forum for a more inclusive ... More >>
Argentina takes reins of UN Security Council
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:15 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council will this month focus on the situations in Haiti, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Sudan and – possibly – Iran, the Ambassador of Argentina and incoming president of the 15-member body’s said today. More >>
UN welcomes European-Iranian meeting on weapons
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:08 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency entrusted with curbing the spread of nuclear arms today welcomed the scheduled meeting tomorrow between European foreign ministers and Iranian officials and called on Iran to show “full transparency” over a nuclear ... More >>
Central Africa: funds to prevent bloody nightmare
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:06 pm | United Nations
Seeking to prevent a return to “the bloody nightmare” of civil war that has torn apart the countries of central Africa, the heads of three of the largest United Nation humanitarian agencies today appealed to the international community for substantial ... More >>
Iraq: UN calls on leaders to step back from brink
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:05 pm | United Nations
The United Nations has strongly condemned the continuing violent attacks in Iraq which are taking an ever-increasing number of civilian lives, particularly those of innocent children, and appealed to the country’s leaders to step back from the ... More >>
UN condemns bombings at its office in east Nepal
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:03 pm | United Nations
The United Nations today strongly condemned two explosions at the premises of the World Food Programme (WFP) in the east of strife-torn Nepal, caused when “socket bombs” were thrown over the fence surrounding the office. More >>
Kosovo: UN urges higher profile for women
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:02 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today urged a higher profile for women in the political life of the UN-administered province. More >>
UNICEF staffer abducted in south Somalia, released
Friday, 3 March 2006, 2:00 pm | United Nations
A staff member of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was released today after being abducted by armed men in the Lower Juba region of southern Somalia on Wednesday. More >>
Annan urges Eritrea to lift flight ban on UN
Friday, 3 March 2006, 1:58 pm | United Nations
With a peacekeeper dead of cardiac arrest after an unnecessarily long medical evacuation, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the Eritrean authorities, in the strongest terms, to lift without delay their flight ban and other restrictions on the operations ... More >>
UN hails Indian-US nuclear cooperation agreement
Friday, 3 March 2006, 1:56 pm | United Nations
The civil nuclear cooperation agreement reached today between India and the United States is a milestone that could consolidate efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear arms and combat nuclear terrorism, the United Nations agency entrusted with curbing ... More >>
UN and Asian Development Bank fight illicit drugs
Friday, 3 March 2006, 1:54 pm | United Nations
Expanding their existing cooperation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have agreed to join forces in fighting illicit drugs, money-laundering and corruption. More >>
Transcend national concerns, agree on Human Rights
Friday, 3 March 2006, 1:52 pm | United Nations
Calling on Member States to transcend their national positions and forge global solutions, General Assembly President Jan Eliasson said today that it was crucial to get speedy agreement on setting up a new United Nations Human Rights Council, the body put forward ... More >>
Cyprus: Annan And Papadopoulos Meet On Strategies
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 1:46 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President Tassos Papadopoulos of Cyprus agreed in Paris today that demilitarization, de-mining and technical talks on a range of issues would greatly improve the atmosphere for talks on reuniting ... More >>
Cyprus: Annan and Papadopoulos meet on strategies
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:17 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President Tassos Papadopoulos of Cyprus agreed in Paris today that demilitarization, de-mining and technical talks on a range of issues would greatly improve the atmosphere for talks on reuniting ... More >>
Sudan rife with distrust of UN & fear of Al Qaida
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:14 am | United Nations
Distrust of the United Nations and warnings of Al Qaida involvement are growing in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the UN’s envoy to the troubled African nation warned today, saying that both are linked to the uncertainty surrounding peacekeeping operations ... More >>
Master planning crucial for slum-free urbanization
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:12 am | United Nations
Aiming to prevent the proliferation of slums, the head of the United Nations Human Settlements agency has said that the urbanization crisis facing many countries, especially in Africa, can be effectively tackled if towns and cities stuck to detailed master ... More >>
Viet Nam beats deadly maternal & neonatal tetanus
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:11 am | United Nations
Backed by United Nations agencies, Viet Nam has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus as a public health problem in a victory over a scourge that used to kill some 20,000 Vietnamese babies annually before the age of one month. More >>
UNICEF: Zimbabwe must halt violence against women
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:10 am | United Nations
Following the brutal murder of a Zimbabwean student by her boyfriend, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today called on the country's political and community leaders to campaign widely and forcefully to end the growing tide of violence against ... More >>
